CN218846341U

CN218846341U - Air conditioner structure

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Publication number: CN218846341U
Application number: CN202223202293.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 汪峰; 高强
Original assignee: Sanhua New Energy Thermal Management Technology Hangzhou Co ltd
Current assignee: Sanhua New Energy Thermal Management Technology Hangzhou Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-11-30
Filing date: 2022-11-30
Publication date: 2023-04-11
Anticipated expiration: 2032-11-30

Abstract

The application relates to an air conditioner structure, include: a housing comprising a wall and a cavity enclosed by the wall, the wall comprising a first wall at least partially perpendicular to its thickness; the blocking piece is at least partially positioned in the cavity and can divide the cavity into at least a first cavity and a second cavity; the fans are arranged in the first cavity, and air outlets of at least part of the fans face the first wall; the heat exchanger is arranged on at least one side of the length direction and/or the width direction of the fan; in addition, the electronic control assembly, the compressor, the expansion valve and other components are arranged in the second cavity. The air conditioner structure can reduce the thickness and size of the air conditioner and improve the energy efficiency of the air conditioner.

Description

Air conditioner structure

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of air conditioners, in particular to an air conditioner structure.

Background

At present, an all-in-one air conditioner is generally adopted by an energy storage air conditioner, and the all-in-one air conditioner is placed into an energy storage cabinet body during installation. The air conditioner has the advantages that a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, an expansion valve, a fan, a water pump and the like are arranged in the same air conditioner shell, and the size of the air conditioner is large. The thickness size of air conditioner is because need reserve sufficient space and be used for the circulation of air, and consequently its thickness is thicker, has taken up the great space of energy storage cabinet for the vanning volume that is used for the battery reduces. For the energy storage air conditioner, the smaller the size of the air conditioner in the thickness direction, the larger the packing amount of the battery is, and the lower the comprehensive cost is, but the smaller the thickness is, the smaller the space of the heat exchanger is, and the lower the energy efficiency of the air conditioner is.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The first aspect of the present application provides an air conditioning structure, and this air conditioning structure can guarantee the circulation of air space in the air conditioner on the basis that reduces air conditioner thickness dimension to guarantee the air conditioner efficiency.

According to the present application, there is provided an air conditioning structure comprising:

a housing comprising a wall and a cavity enclosed by the wall, the wall comprising a first wall at least partially perpendicular to its thickness;

a barrier at least partially located in the cavity, the barrier capable of dividing the cavity into at least a first cavity and a second cavity;

the fans are arranged in the first cavity, and at least part of air outlets of the fans face the first wall;

the heat exchanger is arranged in the first cavity, and the heat exchanger is arranged on at least one side of the length direction and/or the width direction of the fan.

In some embodiments, the housing wall has third and fourth walls in a thickness direction, defining the first cavity between the third wall and the blower as a first mounting cavity, and the first cavity between the fourth wall and the blower as a second mounting cavity;

the heat exchanger comprises a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, the first heat exchanger is located in the first installation cavity, and the second heat exchanger is located in the second installation cavity.

In some embodiments, the width direction of the first heat exchanger is parallel to the axis of the fan, and the width direction of the second heat exchanger is parallel to the axis of the fan;

or the width direction of the first heat exchanger is inclined to the axis of the fan, and the width direction of the second heat exchanger is inclined to the axis of the fan.

In some embodiments, a plurality of said fans are mounted to said first chamber in at least two columns/rows along the length/width direction of said housing;

the heat exchanger also comprises a third heat exchanger, and at least one third heat exchanger is arranged in the first cavity between every two adjacent columns/rows of the fans.

In some embodiments, the number of the third heat exchangers is two, the width directions of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger are parallel to the axis of the fan, and the third heat exchanger is parallel to the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger.

In some embodiments, the number of the third heat exchangers is two, an included angle between the two third heat exchangers is an acute angle, and the width directions of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger are inclined to the axis of the fan.

In some embodiments, the installation position of the fan is higher than the installation position of the heat exchanger in the height direction of the housing.

In some embodiments, the heat exchanger further comprises an electronic control assembly, a compressor and an expansion valve, wherein the electronic control assembly, the compressor and the expansion valve are installed in the second chamber, and the compressor and the expansion valve are directly or indirectly connected with the heat exchanger through pipelines.

In some embodiments, the heat exchanger comprises:

a first tube and a second tube;

the heat exchange tubes are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the first tube, the heat exchange tubes are communicated with the first tube and the second tube, at least part of the heat exchange tubes are bent, and the length direction of the heat exchange tubes is arranged in the first cavity along the length direction or the width direction of the first wall;

and at least part of the fins are arranged between two adjacent heat exchange tubes in the length direction of the first tube.

The beneficial effect of this application is:

according to the air conditioning structure provided by the first aspect of the application, the air conditioning structure separates the shell into the first cavity and the second cavity through the barrier, the fan and the heat exchanger are installed in the first cavity, the air outlet of the fan faces the first wall, and the heat exchanger is arranged on at least one side of the length direction and/or the width direction of the fan. The heat exchanger is arranged on the side face of the fan, so that the thickness of the air conditioner can be reduced, the whole structure is more compact, more fans or heat exchangers can be placed while air circulation is guaranteed, and the heat exchange effect is improved.

The second aspect of the present application also provides another air conditioning structure, including:

a barrier at least partially mounted within the housing wall, the barrier capable of dividing the cavity into at least a first cavity and a second cavity;

the fans are arranged in the first cavity, and air outlets of the fans face the first wall; the heat exchangers are arranged in the first cavity, and one heat exchanger is arranged corresponding to one fan;

the heat exchanger comprises a first pipe, a second pipe and a plurality of heat exchange pipes, the heat exchange pipes are communicated with the first pipe and the second pipe, and at least part of the heat exchange pipes are arranged on the outer side of the fan in a surrounding mode.

The beneficial effect of this application is:

according to the air conditioning structure provided by the second aspect of the application, the air conditioning structure separates the shell through the barrier to form the first cavity and the second cavity, the fan and the heat exchanger are installed in the first cavity, the air outlet of the fan faces to the first wall, wherein one of the heat exchangers and one of the fan are installed correspondingly, and at least part of the heat exchange tubes of the heat exchanger are arranged outside the fan in a surrounding manner. According to the air conditioner structure, when the thickness of the air conditioner is reduced, one fan is surrounded by one heat exchanger, the influence of a wind field between the fans is reduced, the uniformity of the wind field of the heat exchanger is improved, the area of the heat exchanger can be increased in the same space, and therefore the heat exchange effect is improved.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the application.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an air conditioning structure provided herein in one embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an arrangement of the heat exchanger and the fan of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of another arrangement of the heat exchanger and the fan in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a second embodiment of an air conditioning structure provided by the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic front view of the structure of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of an arrangement of the heat exchanger and the fan of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of another arrangement of the heat exchanger and the fan of FIG. 4;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural view of an air conditioning structure provided by the present application in a third embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a side view of the structure of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural view of a fourth embodiment of an air conditioning structure provided by the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of an air conditioning structure provided by the present application in a fifth specific embodiment.

Reference numerals are as follows: the heat exchanger comprises a shell 1, a first wall 11, a first cavity 12, a second cavity 13, a third wall 14, a fourth wall 15, a first installation cavity 121, a second installation cavity 122, a barrier 2, a fan 3, a heat exchanger 4, a first heat exchanger 41, a second heat exchanger 42, a third heat exchanger 43, a first pipe 44, a second pipe 45, a heat exchange pipe 46, an electronic control assembly 5, a compressor 6, an expansion valve 7, a plate type heat exchanger 8 and a water pump 9.

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present application and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the application.

Detailed Description

For better understanding of the technical solutions of the present application, the following detailed descriptions of the embodiments of the present application are provided with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It should be understood that the embodiments described are only a few embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the present application is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. As used in the examples of this application and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It should be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein is merely one type of association that describes an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.

It should be noted that the directional terms such as "upper", "lower", "left", "right", etc. described in the embodiments of the present application are described in the angles shown in the drawings, and should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present application. In addition, in this context, it will also be understood that when an element is referred to as being "on" or "under" another element, it can be directly on or under the other element or be indirectly on or under the other element through intervening elements "

The embodiment of the application provides an air conditioner structure, and the technical scheme and the technical effect are described by taking the air conditioner structure as an example in the field of energy storage, of course, the application field of the air conditioner structure in the embodiment of the application is not limited to the description of the text, and the air conditioner structure can also be used in other fields, such as household air conditioners, automobile air conditioners and the like.

As shown in fig. 1, an air conditioning structure according to the present application includes: the shell 1, the shell 1 includes the wall and cavity formed by enclosing of the wall, the wall of the wall includes the first wall 11 perpendicular to its thickness direction at least partially;

the barrier 2 is at least partially positioned in the cavity, and the barrier 2 can divide the cavity into at least a first cavity 12 and a second cavity 13; the barrier member 2 is used for separating the cavity to mount each component in the air conditioner according to requirements, so long as the barrier member 2 can perform separation and bearing capacity of a certain weight, in this embodiment, the barrier member 2 may be a plate or a plurality of plates, and the plate is fixedly connected with the shell wall to separate a space enclosed by the shell wall;

the fans 3 are arranged in the first cavity 12, and the air outlets of at least part of the fans 3 face the first wall 11;

the heat exchanger 4 is arranged in the first cavity 12, and the heat exchanger 4 is arranged on at least one side of the length direction and/or the width direction of the fan 3; in the present embodiment, the heat exchangers 4 are disposed on both sides in the longitudinal direction of the fan 3.

In addition, the air conditioner also comprises an electric control assembly 5, a compressor 6, an expansion valve 7 and the like, wherein the electric control assembly 5, the compressor 6, the expansion valve 7 and the like are installed in the second cavity 13, and the compressor 6 and the expansion valve 7 are directly or indirectly connected with the heat exchanger 4 through pipelines. In particular, for the liquid cooling unit, the second chamber 13 may also be provided with components such as a plate heat exchanger 8, a water pump 9, etc.

In this embodiment, taking an air conditioner with a cubic structure as an example, the casing 1 of the air conditioner structure is a cube, a cavity of the air conditioner is formed by a space enclosed by the casing walls of the casing 1, and various components in the air conditioner, such as the heat exchanger 4, the fan 3, the compressor 6, the electric cabinet, and the like, are all installed in the cavity. When the air conditioner has a cubic configuration, the first wall 11 is substantially perpendicular to the thickness direction of the casing 1.

As shown in fig. 1, a plurality of fans 3 are disposed at a middle position of the first chamber 12 in a length direction of the housing 1, heat exchangers 4 are disposed at both sides of the plurality of fans 3, and the housing 1 is provided with air inlet/outlet ports at positions corresponding to the heat exchangers 4 and the fans 3. In addition to the fan 3 and the heat exchanger 4, functional components with a small volume can be arranged in the first chamber 12 to ensure that the first chamber 12 has enough space for air to flow through. Because the heat exchanger 4 is arranged on both sides of the fan 3, the thickness of the shell 1 can be reduced, so that the occupied space of the air conditioner is reduced, and more space is vacated in the energy storage cabinet body to load more batteries.

When the heat exchanger 4 works, air enters from the air inlet under the action of the fan 3, exchanges heat with a refrigerant in the heat exchanger 4 and then is discharged through the fan 3. Because the heat exchanger 4 is arranged on both sides of the fan 3, the wind field of each area of the heat exchanger 4 can be more uniform, thereby ensuring the heat exchange effect.

In some more specific embodiments, as shown in fig. 1-2, the casing wall has a third wall 14 and a fourth wall 15 in the thickness direction, defining a first cavity 12 between the third wall 14 and the blower 3 as a first mounting cavity 121, and a first cavity 12 between the fourth wall 15 and the blower 3 as a second mounting cavity 122;

the heat exchanger 4 comprises a first heat exchanger 41 and a second heat exchanger 42, the first heat exchanger 41 is positioned in the first installation cavity 121, namely the length direction of the first heat exchanger 41 is installed between the third wall 14 and the fan 3 along the height direction of the shell 1; the second heat exchanger 42 is located in the second installation cavity 122, that is, the length direction of the second heat exchanger 42 is installed between the fourth wall 15 and the fan 3 along the height direction of the casing 1. The heat exchangers 4 are arranged on two sides of the fan 3, the thickness of the shell 1 can be reduced by the arrangement structure, the wind field of each area of the heat exchanger 4 can be uniform, in addition, the first heat exchanger 41 and the second heat exchanger 42 are arranged in the first cavity 12 along the height direction of the shell 1, the length of the heat exchanger 4 can be equal to the height of the first cavity 12, the heat exchange area of the heat exchanger 4 is increased, and the heat exchange effect is improved.

As shown in fig. 2-3, in some more specific embodiments, the width direction of the first heat exchanger 41 is parallel to the axis of the fan 3, and the width direction of the second heat exchanger 42 is parallel to the axis of the fan 3; that is, the width direction of the first heat exchanger 41 and the second heat exchanger 42 is parallel to the thickness direction of the casing 1. When the air conditioner works, air enters from one side of the first wall 11 of the shell 1, cold air enters the first cavity 12 of the shell 1 and exchanges heat with the refrigerants of the first heat exchanger 41 and the second heat exchanger 42, and then air is discharged from one side of the first wall 11 under the action of the fan 3.

Alternatively, the width direction of the first heat exchanger 41 is inclined to the axis of the fan 3, and the width direction of the second heat exchanger 42 is inclined to the axis of the fan 3. The inclination here means that the width direction of the first heat exchanger 41 intersects the axis of the fan 3 at an angle, and in general, if the air conditioner is to be supplied with air from the first wall 11 side, the inclination angles of the first heat exchanger 41 and the second heat exchanger 42 are each inclined gradually inward in the thickness direction. In limited space, the first heat exchanger 41 and the second heat exchanger 42 which are obliquely arranged can increase the heat exchange area, meanwhile, the optimization of a wind field is facilitated, and the heat exchange effect is improved. When the air conditioner works, air can be fed from two sides of the thickness direction of the shell 1, or from one side of the first wall 11 of the shell 1, or both the two are provided with air inlets so as to facilitate air feeding. Preferably, the air inlet and the air outlet of the air conditioner are both on the same side of the housing 1, i.e. on the side of the first wall 11.

In some embodiments, the plurality of fans 3 are mounted in at least two columns/rows to the first chamber 12 along the length/width direction of the housing 1; the heat exchanger 4 further comprises a third heat exchanger 43, at least one third heat exchanger 43 being mounted in the first chamber 12 between two adjacent rows/rows of fans 3. As shown in fig. 4-5, taking the case that the fans 3 are installed in two rows in the first cavity 12 along the length direction of the casing 1, at this time, a third heat exchanger 43 is further disposed between the two rows of fans 3, and the arrangement of the third heat exchanger 43 can increase the air inlet and outlet amount and the air inlet and outlet speed, thereby improving the heat exchange effect.

In some more specific embodiments, as shown in fig. 6, the number of the third heat exchangers 43 is two, the width directions of the first heat exchanger 41 and the second heat exchanger 42 are parallel to the axis of the fan 3, and the third heat exchanger 43 is parallel to the first heat exchanger 41 and the second heat exchanger 42. That is, the width directions of the first heat exchanger 41, the second heat exchanger 42 and the two third heat exchangers 43 are all parallel to the thickness direction of the casing 1, and when the heat exchanger 4 works, in addition to the first heat exchanger 41 and the second heat exchanger 42 performing air intake at two sides, air can also be intake at the opposite side of the two third heat exchangers 43, and then air is exhausted under the action of the fan 3.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 7, the number of the third heat exchangers 43 is two, the included angle between two third heat exchangers 43 is an acute angle, and the width directions of the first heat exchanger 41 and the second heat exchanger 42 are inclined to the axis of the fan 3. As mentioned in the above embodiments, the obliquely arranged heat exchanger 4 is beneficial to increasing the installation angle of the heat exchanger 4, and is beneficial to improving the uniformity of the wind field while increasing the heat exchange area, thereby improving the heat exchange effect.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 8 to 9, the installation position of the fan 3 is higher than that of the heat exchanger 4 in the height direction of the housing 1. More specifically, the heat exchanger 4 is located below the plurality of fans 3, and when the air conditioner is in operation, air enters from a position below the first cavity 12, exchanges heat with a refrigerant in the heat exchanger 4, and then exits from the upper portion of the first cavity 12 under the action of the fans 3. Such arrangement structure can make heat exchanger 4 be closer to second chamber 13 to closer to install the compressor 6 in second chamber 13, make heat exchanger 4 shorter with the connecting line of compressor 6, be favorable to reducing pipeline connecting pipe length, reduce the pipeline pressure drop, thereby promote the heat transfer effect.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 10, the heat exchanger 4 comprises: a first pipe 44 and a second pipe 45; a plurality of heat exchange tubes 46, the plurality of heat exchange tubes 46 being disposed at intervals along a length direction of the first tube 44, the heat exchange tubes 46 communicating the first tube 44 and the second tube 45, the heat exchange tubes 46 being at least partially bent, the heat exchange tubes 46 being disposed in the first chamber 12 with a length direction thereof being the same as a length or width direction of the first wall 11; and a fin at least a part of which is provided between two heat exchange tubes 46 adjacent in the length direction of the first tube 44.

In this embodiment, the heat exchange tube 46 of the heat exchanger 4 is a bent structure, and the bent structure may be a partial bend, or the entire heat exchange tube 46 may be bent in a shape, as shown in fig. 10, specifically, the bent structure may be a bent form of a wave-shaped structure, and the heat exchange tube 46 is bent outward at a position corresponding to the fan 3 and is bent inward at other positions, so that the structure may improve the uniformity of the wind field of the heat exchanger 4, and is more favorable for heat exchange.

As shown in fig. 11, the second aspect of the present application also provides another air conditioning structure, including:

the shell comprises a shell 1, wherein the shell 1 comprises a shell wall and a cavity formed by enclosing the shell wall, and the shell wall comprises a first wall 11 at least partially vertical to the thickness direction of the shell wall;

the barrier member 2, the barrier member 2 is at least partially installed in the shell wall, the barrier member 2 can divide the cavity into at least a first cavity 12 and a second cavity 13;

the fans 3 are arranged in the first cavity 12, and air outlets of the fans 3 face the first wall 11; the heat exchangers 4 are arranged in the first cavity 12, and one heat exchanger 4 is arranged corresponding to one fan 3;

the heat exchanger 4 comprises a first pipe 44, a second pipe 45 and a plurality of heat exchange pipes 46, wherein the heat exchange pipes 46 are communicated with the first pipe 44 and the second pipe 45, and at least part of the heat exchange pipes 46 are arranged on the outer side of the fan 3 in a surrounding mode.

In this embodiment, a fan 3 is being enclosed to a heat exchanger 4, and through enclosing the outside that sets up at fan 3 with crooked heat exchange tube 46 pipe, when having reduced air conditioner thickness, still do benefit to and reduce the influence of wind field between each fan 3, improve 4 wind field homogeneity of heat exchanger, in the same space, can improve the area of heat exchanger 4 to promote the heat transfer effect.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An air conditioning structure, comprising:

2. The structure of claim 1, wherein the casing wall has a third wall and a fourth wall in a thickness direction, the first cavity defined between the third wall and the blower is a first installation cavity, and the first cavity defined between the fourth wall and the blower is a second installation cavity;

3. The structure of claim 2, wherein the width direction of the first heat exchanger is parallel to the axis of the fan, and the width direction of the second heat exchanger is parallel to the axis of the fan;

4. The air conditioning structure of claim 3, wherein a plurality of said fans are installed in at least two columns/rows in said first chamber along the length/width direction of said case;

the heat exchanger also comprises a third heat exchanger, and at least one third heat exchanger is arranged in the first cavity between two adjacent columns/rows of the fans.

5. The structure of claim 4, wherein the number of the third heat exchangers is two, the width direction of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger is parallel to the axis of the fan, and the third heat exchanger is parallel to the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger.

6. The structure of claim 4, wherein the number of the third heat exchangers is two, an included angle between the two third heat exchangers is an acute angle, and the width directions of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger are inclined to the axis of the fan.

7. The structure of claim 1, wherein the installation position of the fan is higher than the installation position of the heat exchanger in a height direction of the case.

8. The structure of any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising an electronic control assembly, a compressor and an expansion valve, wherein the electronic control assembly, the compressor and the expansion valve are mounted in the second chamber, and the compressor and the expansion valve are directly or indirectly connected to the heat exchanger through a pipeline.

9. The structure according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that said heat exchanger comprises:

a first tube and a second tube;

the heat exchange tubes are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the first tube, the heat exchange tubes are communicated with the first tube and the second tube, at least part of the heat exchange tubes are bent, and the length direction of the heat exchange tubes is the same as the length direction or the width direction of the first wall and is arranged in the first cavity;

10. An air conditioning structure, comprising:

a barrier at least partially mounted within the housing wall, the barrier capable of dividing the chamber into at least a first chamber and a second chamber;

the heat exchanger comprises a first pipe, a second pipe and a plurality of heat exchange pipes, the heat exchange pipes are communicated with the first pipe and the second pipe, and at least part of the heat exchange pipes are arranged outside the fan in a surrounding mode.