EP0836057A1 - Behälter zum Sammeln von Kondensat und Kühlgerät mit solchem Behälter - Google Patents

Behälter zum Sammeln von Kondensat und Kühlgerät mit solchem Behälter Download PDF

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EP0836057A1
EP0836057A1 EP97420188A EP97420188A EP0836057A1 EP 0836057 A1 EP0836057 A1 EP 0836057A1 EP 97420188 A EP97420188 A EP 97420188A EP 97420188 A EP97420188 A EP 97420188A EP 0836057 A1 EP0836057 A1 EP 0836057A1
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Michel Smah
Alain Compingt
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D21/00—Defrosting; Preventing frosting; Removing condensed or defrost water
    • F25D21/14—Collecting or removing condensed and defrost water; Drip trays
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F13/00—Details common to, or for air-conditioning, air-humidification, ventilation or use of air currents for screening
    • F24F13/22—Means for preventing condensation or evacuating condensate

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  • the present invention relates to devices designed to ensure the cooling of the air contained in a room or an enclosure in the general sense, and it specifically targets refrigeration devices called double evaporators flux.
  • the invention relates even more precisely, the means of collecting and evacuation of condensates produced by such devices.
  • a double flow evaporator has two heat exchangers or batteries traversed, each by a refrigerant or by any other heat transfer fluid.
  • Each heat exchanger is placed on the path of air circulation provided by one or more fans.
  • Such an evaporator comprises a body or a casing forming a tank in which is fitted, for each fan, an air intake extending substantially in a plane horizontal. The sucked air is diverted towards the two exchangers placed laterally, to then be discharged by two outlets extending substantially in a vertical plane.
  • such a container also called a drainer
  • a drainer must ensure the collection of condensates and the entry of air while providing an certain aesthetics, since such a bin generally constitutes the facade of the device. It must be considered that such characteristics must be respected, regardless of the power of the device.
  • the power of the evaporator depends the design of the exchangers with which a determined number of fans. It follows that each evaporator model of a given power requires the creation of a specific drip tray. Indeed, each model of bin has dimensions and a number of air inlets adapted to the power of the evaporator to be fitted. Difficulties appear for manufacturing, storage and the maintenance of such devices, which greatly increases their cost.
  • the tank is constituted by at least two plates modular condensate recovery systems, each fitted with a air circulation and interconnected on at least one of their transverse sides neighbor, using watertight connection means ensuring a flow of condensates from one plate to another until the condensate drain outlet.
  • the container according to the invention therefore consists of several elements modules each assigned to a fan and intended to be connected together tightly, to ensure the collection and evacuation of condensate.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a refrigeration appliance equipped with a recovery tank according to the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the device, taken substantially along lines II-II of FIG. 1 .
  • Fig. 3 is a view in longitudinal section of an apparatus, taken substantially along the lines III-III of FIG. 2.
  • Fig. 4 is a view in partial longitudinal section, taken substantially along the lines IV-IV of FIG. 2.
  • Fig. 5 is a view of the internal face of a modular plate according to the invention, taken substantially along the lines VV of FIG. 2.
  • Figs. 6 and 7 are detailed sectional views showing features of the invention.
  • Figs. 1 to 4 illustrate a refrigerating appliance 1 intended to cool the air in a room or an enclosure 2 in the general sense, by being mounted on a support 3 extending substantially in a horizontal plane, such as a ceiling.
  • the refrigerating apparatus 1 advantageously constitutes a double-flow evaporator.
  • a double flow evaporator 1 comprises one or more fans 4 , three in number in the example illustrated, each driven in rotation about a vertical axis by means of an electric motor 6 mounted on a body 7 .
  • the evaporator 1 comprises, in the usual way, a tank 8 for collecting and evacuating the condensates created during the operation of the refrigerating appliance.
  • the tank 8 is arranged to include, for each fan 4 , an air inlet opening 9 extending substantially in a horizontal plane.
  • each fan 4 ensures the circulation of air with a view to bringing it to two heat exchangers 11 , also called batteries, placed symmetrically with respect to the longitudinal median plane P of the device.
  • Each heat exchanger 11 is arranged to include a circulation circuit 12 of a refrigerant or heat transfer fluid.
  • the evaporator 1 has two air delivery outlets 13 which are substantially established in a vertical plane and allow the air to exit into the enclosure 2 after having been deflected, then passed through the exchangers 11.
  • the tank 8 consists of at least two modular plates 21 equal in number to the number of fans 4 fitted to the evaporator 1 .
  • the evaporator 1 therefore comprises three modular plates 21 intended to collect the condensates by their internal face 22.
  • each modular plate 21 has a rectangular shape and has two longitudinal sides 24 mutually parallel and two transverse sides 25 mutually parallel. It must be considered that the longitudinal 24 and transverse 25 sides are considered with respect to the longitudinal plane of symmetry P of the device 1 passing through all the fans 4 .
  • Each modular plate 21 is provided with an air circulation opening 9 delimited by a pipe nozzle 9 , rising from the internal face 22 of the plate and centered relative to the longitudinal 24 and transverse 25 sides.
  • Each opening 9 is equipped with a protective element 26 of the perforated type, allowing the passage of air while preventing access to the fan 4 .
  • the protective element 26 is formed on the external face 27 of the plate, namely that facing the enclosure 2 to be cooled.
  • the modular plates 21 are intended to be mounted one next to the other while being connected to each other by the transverse sides 25 , using means 28 of sealed connection ensuring a sealed flow of condensate from one plate to the other until at least one outlet S for evacuating condensate from the evaporator.
  • the means 28 are adapted to seal the joint formed by two transverse sides 25 adjacent to two adjacent plates 21 .
  • the sealed connection means 28 are constituted at least by overlapping connection means 28 1 .
  • the overlapping connection means 28 1 comprise a connection means of a first type 30, intended to cooperate with a connection means 32 of a second type, complementary to the first type.
  • the connection means of the first type 30 consist of a lip, a rib or an edge 30 rising from the internal face 22 of the plates and intended to be capped by means of a dropped edge 32 rising from the internal face 22 of the plates, from a lip, a rib or an edge 33.
  • each plate 21 is provided, on one of its transverse sides 25 , with an edge 30 and on its opposite transverse side, with a dropped edge 32 .
  • the edges 30 and the fallen edges 32 each extend substantially over the entire length of the transverse sides 25.
  • the longitudinal sides 24 are each provided with a rim 36 rising from the internal face 22 of the plates to ensure the confinement of the condensates.
  • each modular plate 21 is arranged so that its internal face 22 constitutes a surface for draining the condensates in the direction of at least one trough or a channel 37 arranged in the plate to open locally on at least one and, preferably, on the two transverse sides 25 .
  • each channel 37 is formed along each longitudinal side 24 of the plates to ensure the collection and the flow of the condensates collected on the internal face 22 of the plate.
  • the internal face 22 of each plate is shaped to present, from the central air intake duct 9 1 , a slope directed towards the longitudinal sides 24 , so as to allow the condensates represented by the arrows g , from the center of the plate towards the channels 37.
  • the flanges 36 which run along the channels 37 rise to come to be established in a plane passing substantially through the top of the internal face 22 located in the median longitudinal plane P.
  • each internal face 22 of the plates has transversely a convex curvature symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal median plane P to allow complete drainage of the condensates in the direction of the troughs 37.
  • each plate 21 can be equipped with a single trough 37 centered on the longitudinal median plane P.
  • each internal face 22 of the plates has transversely, a concave curvature symmetrical with respect to the plane P , in order to ensure the flow of the condensates from the longitudinal sides 24 in the direction of the nozzle 9 1 from which extends the central channel 37.
  • each channel 37 opens onto a transverse side 25 in connection with connection means 28 constituted by connection means 28 2 of the interlocking type.
  • the fitting means 28 2 are constituted by a male sleeve 38 intended to engage inside a female end piece 39.
  • each channel 37 opening onto the transverse side 25 of the plates provided with the fallen edge 32 is extended by a male sleeve 38 projecting from the sides 25 ( fig. 5 ), while each channel 37 opening onto the transverse side of the plates provided with the edge 30 , is fitted with a female end piece 39 s' extending over a limited portion inside the channel up to the level of the sides 25.
  • each female end piece 39 is intended to come to be fitted by a conical assembly, with a male sleeve 38 which has a bore or a central passage 40 for the condensates.
  • each transverse side 25 is provided with one or two elastic tabs 41 intended to snap onto the edge 30 or 33 of an adjacent plate.
  • the central passage 40 is sealed by the conical socket produced and can be completed or obtained by mounting a seal on the sleeve 38.
  • the modular plates 21 are linked to each other by means of a drainer 42 mounted to extend below each heat exchanger 11.
  • Each drainer 42 thus has a cross-section in the general shape of a U , of width slightly greater than that of the exchanger.
  • Each drainer 42 is fixed on studs 43 carried by the internal face 22 of the plates and is engaged on mounting lugs 44 extending at each of the ends of the longitudinal sides 24.
  • Each drainer 42 has a total length at least equal to the length of each exchanger 11 to allow direct recovery of the condensates appearing on the fins of the exchangers. It should be noted that provision may be made not to use the drip trays 42 , the tank 8 then ensuring complete collection of the condensates.
  • the recovery tank 8 is also constituted by end elements 45 , 45 1 each constituted in the form of a half-box having a transverse side 46 similar to the transverse sides 25 of the plates and equipped with sealed connection means 28.
  • one of the end elements 45 is provided with an edge 30, while the other end element 45 1 is provided with a dropped edge 32 .
  • the condensate discharge orifice S is formed in one of the end elements, preferably that 45 provided with an edge 30 as covering means 28 1 .
  • the lateral sides 46 of the end elements 45, 45 1 are provided with connection means 28 2 of the socket type.
  • the transverse side 46 of the end element 45 is equipped with two receiving passages for the male sleeves 38 , while the side 46 of the end element 45 1 is provided with a half male sleeve 38 1 engaging in a female end piece 39 (fig. 3).
  • the constitution of the tray 8 according to the invention follows directly from the above description.
  • the number of plates 21 used to constitute a tank 8 depends on the power of the evaporator 1 which comprises, for each power, a determined number of fans 4 , for example three in the example illustrated.
  • Three modular plates 21 are assembled together by their transverse sides 25 ensuring, on the one hand, the nesting of the edge 30 inside the fallen edge 32 and, on the other hand, the engagement of each male sleeve 38 inside a female end piece 39 placed in correspondence. Maintaining the male sleeves 38 in position inside the female end pieces 39 is ensured by the engagement of the elastic tabs 41 on the corresponding edges 30, 33 .
  • a drainer 42 is then mounted to extend between each longitudinal side 24 and the nozzle 9 1 and over the entire length of the assembly formed by the modular plates 21 .
  • the modular end plates 21 are then equipped with the two end elements 45 , 45 1 ensuring cooperation between the edges and the fallen edges of the end plates and the end elements.
  • the male sleeves 38 of the plate 21 adjacent to the end element 45 open freely inside the volume of this element, while the half-sleeves 38 1 penetrate inside the female end pieces 39 of the extreme modular plate.
  • the end plates 21 are mounted articulated on the body 7 by means of axes not shown, carried by the end elements, and engaged in bores made in the lugs 44.
  • the assembly of modular plates 21 is thus mounted at the four corners making it possible, by dismantling at least two axes placed on the same longitudinal side, to ensure the pivoting of the plates relative to the body 7 and, consequently, to give access to the fans 4 .
  • the end elements 45, 45 1 are mounted by any appropriate means on the body 7 of the evaporator. Each end element 45 , 45 1 is closed by a complementary cap 49.
  • the evaporator 1 is mounted on the support 3 to have an inclination of a few degrees considered in the longitudinal plane P and in the direction of the end element 45 provided with the evacuation orifice S.
  • Each modular plate 21 is thus adapted to collect the condensates falling on its internal face 22. Due to the conformation of the internal face 22 , the condensates naturally flow in the direction of the channels 37 which, due to the inclination of the device, ensure the flow in a general direction represented by the arrow F.
  • the condensates are conducted from one plate 21 to another, preferably through the passages 40 of the male sleeves 38 which have a perfect seal due, in particular, to the conical socket produced. The condensates are therefore recovered at one of the ends of the tank 8 allowing an efficient and simple evacuation by the evacuation S.
  • the tank 8 according to the invention can thus be made up of identical modular plates 21 and assembled in number depending on the power of the evaporator.
  • a characteristic allows the manufacture of the plates 21 by an injection technique, in a plastic material such as for example Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) or Polycarbonate (PC) or Polystyrene (PS).
  • ABS Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
  • PC Polycarbonate
  • PS Polystyrene
  • connection means of the overlapping type 28 1 are carried by transverse sides of two adjacent modular plates 21 .
  • these overlapping means 28 1 can be constituted in a different way, for example, by a seal or by means of a covering part of general U-shaped cross section mounted to come over the edges. or ledges formed along the transverse sides 25 .
  • This covering part is fixed by any appropriate means to the plates and covers the mounting joint between two plates, making it possible to ensure perfect sealing between the two modular plates or between a modular plate and each end element.
  • each modular plate 21 has a transverse side 25 provided with a connection element 30 of the first type, while the other transverse side 25 is provided with a connection element of the second type 32 . It should be noted that it may be provided to perform a first type of plate 21 provided on its two transverse sides, the connecting elements of a first type 30, and a second type of plate 21 equipped on two transverse sides , complementary connection elements 32 of the second type.
  • each modular end plate has, for example, a zone of low resistance intended to be withdrawn to constitute the evacuation orifice S.
  • the sealed connection means 28 are constituted by overlapping means 28 1 and interlocking means 28 2 .
  • Such an advantageous arrangement makes it possible to concentrate the flow of condensate on a limited portion of the transverse sides facilitating the use of sealed connection means.

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NL1011021C2 (nl) * 1999-01-14 2000-07-17 Remon B V Vloeistofbehandelingsinrichting.
WO2018210596A1 (de) * 2017-05-16 2018-11-22 Güntner Gmbh & Co. Kg Wärmeaustauschereinrichtung und verfahren zum austausch von wärme zwischen luft und einem in einem wärmeübertrager geführten fluid

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DE4311160A1 (de) * 1993-04-05 1994-10-06 Licentia Gmbh Lamellenverdampfer für Haushalt-Umluft-Kühl- und Gefriergeräte
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