EP1024334B1 - Diffuseur d'air - Google Patents

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EP1024334B1
EP1024334B1 EP99125755A EP99125755A EP1024334B1 EP 1024334 B1 EP1024334 B1 EP 1024334B1 EP 99125755 A EP99125755 A EP 99125755A EP 99125755 A EP99125755 A EP 99125755A EP 1024334 B1 EP1024334 B1 EP 1024334B1
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Luca De Siati
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    • 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
    • F24F13/02—Ducting arrangements
    • F24F13/06—Outlets for directing or distributing air into rooms or spaces, e.g. ceiling air diffuser
    • F24F13/068—Outlets for directing or distributing air into rooms or spaces, e.g. ceiling air diffuser formed as perforated walls, ceilings or floors
    • 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
    • F24F13/02—Ducting arrangements
    • F24F13/06—Outlets for directing or distributing air into rooms or spaces, e.g. ceiling air diffuser
    • F24F2013/0608—Perforated ducts

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  • the present invention relates to an ambient air recirculation system, particularly for public and industrial environments of medium and large cubic capacity.
  • heating, air-conditioning and ventilation systems particularly in public and industrial environments of medium and large cubic capacity, give rise to an undesirable static layering of warm air in the upper part of the environment concerned. This phenomenon causes environmental discomfort for persons and a considerable waste of energy.
  • Patent Abstracts of Japan vol. 009, no. 213 (M-408), 30 August 1985 (1985-08-30) & JP 60 071832 A (NIHON HAIGOU SHIRIYOU KK), 23 April 1985 (1985-04-23) discloses the technical features contained in the preamble of Claim 1.
  • this diffuser has a complex construction and is suspended in the upper area of the environment through complicated suspension means arranged at its front and bottom ends.
  • the present invention is intended to remedy them in a simple and economical way.
  • the principal object of the present invention is therefore to provide an ambient air recirculation system, particularly for public and industrial environments of medium and large cubic capacity, which makes it possible to maintain a constant and optimal circulation of ambient air between the upper and lower layers in the environment concerned, without the need for significant modifications to the existing heating, air-conditioning and/or ventilation systems, and with a low technical and financial input.
  • Another object is to provide an ambient air diffuser which is structurally simple and reliable in operation, as well as being easily installed, for the application of the system specified above.
  • the present invention provides an ambient air recirculation system, particularly for public and industrial environments of medium and large cubic capacity, whose essential characteristic is specified in Claim 1.
  • At least one airtight tubular diffuser with a flexible wall is positioned in the upper part of the environment concerned, in which a static layering of warm air tends to occur.
  • the said diffuser has a static air intake which is located at the height of the layered warm air, and through which warm air is conveyed by forced conveying means into the said diffuser and fed in a continuous flow to at least one static aperture (nozzle) of the diffuser for the outlet of pressurized air, oriented towards the lower layers of air in the environment concerned.
  • a continuous flow of primary air in the shape of a cone passes through the said aperture into the said lower layers of the ambient air, while it generates an ambient air recirculation field in the vicinity of the aperture by an inductive phenomenon, since a low-pressure area is formed in the vicinity of the aperture by the "Venturi" effect, which causes the return of a continuous flow of layered air into the high part of the environment concerned and its mixing with the primary air flow passing out of the aperture.
  • the said recirculation system comprises an arrangement of diffusers in one or more lines with at least one diffuser in each.
  • the number 10 indicates as a whole a warm air diffuser for the application of the system according to the invention.
  • the said diffuser 10 comprises an airtight tubular body 11 with a flexible wall, which is for example essentially cylindrical, and open at one of its axial ends 11.1, which forms a static intake for ambient air. At the opposite end, the said diffuser 10 is closed by an airtight cap 11.2.
  • the said diffuser 10 is made from fabric double-coated with polyvinyl chloride (PVC), with a high-frequency welded fireproof polyester insert (operating temperature from -10 to 80°C).
  • PVC polyvinyl chloride
  • the said diffuser 10 is suspended in the upper area of a heated, air-conditioned and/or ventilated environment. It is connected, for example, to a galvanized steel suspension cable F by a plurality of suspension hooks G, engaged in corresponding reinforced eyelets provided along a longitudinal rib 11.3 of the diffuser. The diffuser is suspended parallel to the said cable F.
  • a linear arrangement of static apertures (nozzles) for air diffusion 12 is provided along the tubular body 11 of the said diffuser 10.
  • the said diffusion apertures 12 are oriented towards the lower layers of air in the environment concerned.
  • An axial electric fan 13 is placed facing the said static ambient air intake 11.1 of the diffuser 10 and is suspended by elastic positioning cable means. When its motor is switched on, the said fan 13 causes a forced suction of warm air drawn from the upper area of the environment concerned, and conveys it through the said air intake 11.1 and through the said diffuser 10 in the form of a corresponding continuous flow of warm air.
  • the diffuser 10 is thus kept continuously inflated with air in the form of a windsock.
  • a continuous flow C in the form of a cone of primary air passes out through each diffusion aperture 12 and enters the lower layers of the air in the environment concerned.
  • This flow C also generates an ambient air recirculation field by an inductive phenomenon at the aperture 12, since it forms a low-pressure area D in the vicinity of the aperture by the "Venturi" effect.
  • This causes the return of a continuous flow S of layered air into the high part of the room concerned and its mixing with the primary air flow C (as shown by way of example by the arrows R in Fig. 1).
  • Fan type: model AFQ - 450 - 30/4m-B forced draught propeller fan with protective grille single phase, 4 pole, 230 V 50 Hz delivery, m 3 /hr: 4,000 static: 100 pascals (max.) power input: 450 watts weight: 12 kg noise level at 3 m: 58 dB Diffuser: made from high-toughness Trevira double-coated with PVC class 2 - CSE RF1 - 75 A CSE RF 3 /// weight in grams 500 g/m 2 min.
  • the system according to the invention produces a thorough delayering as a result of high induction for environments up to a height of 18 m. It provides a uniform distribution of the ambient air in the area concerned, by the "plenum" effect, with a maximum residual velocity of 0.25 m/s.
  • a plurality of diffusers 10 are arranged in line and, in a single environment, a plurality of lines, each having one or more diffusers 10, can be formed.
  • the relative lightness of the diffuser 10 enables it to be suspended easily and safely and to be made in shapes with a large linear extension.

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  1. Système de recirculation d'air ambiant, comprenant un environnement ventilé et/ou climatisé et/ou chauffé, au moins un diffuseur (10) avec un corps tubulaire étanche à l'air (11) ayant une paroi flexible et étant positionné dans la partie supérieure de l'environnement concerné, dans lequel une accumulation statique d'air chaud a tendance à se produire; dans lequel ledit corps (11) a au moins une entrée d'air (11.1) qui est logée dans la couche de l'air chaud accumulé dans ledit environnement et à travers laquelle l'air chaud est transporté par des moyens de transport forcés (13) dans ledit corps tubulaire (11) et est alimenté dans la forme d'un flux continu à au moins une ouverture (12) du corps pour la sortie de l'air pressurisé, orientée en direction des couches inférieures de l'air dans l'environnement concerné; dans lequel un flux continu de l'air primaire (C) passe à travers ladite au moins une ouverture (12) dans lesdits couches inférieures de l'air de l'environnement concerné, tandis qu'il génère un champ de recirculation d'air ambiant à proximité de l'ouverture (12) par un phénomène inductif étant donné qu'une zone de basse pression (D) est formée à sa proximité par l'effet "Venturi", qui provoque le retour d'un flux continu de l'air accumulé (S) dans la partie haute de l'environnement concerné et son mélange (R) avec le flux d'air primaire (C) sortant de l'ouverture, et dans lequel ledit diffuseur (10) est suspendu dans la zone supérieure de l'environnement chauffé, climatisé et/ou ventilé par une pluralité de moyens de suspension (G, 11.3) disposés dans la direction longitudinale du diffuseur, caractérisé en ce que ledit diffuseur (10) est connecté à un câble de suspension (F) par une pluralité de crochets de suspension (G) engagés dans des oeillets renforcés correspondants prévus le long d'une nervure longitudinale (11.3) du diffuseur.
  2. Système de recirculation d' air ambiant selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit diffuseur (10) est suspendu parallèlement audit câble (F).
  3. Système de recirculation d'air ambiant selon les revendications 1 et/ou 2, caractérisé en ce qu'un ventilateur (13) est placé en face de ladite entrée d'air ambiant statique (11.1) du diffuseur 10 et est suspendu par le positionnement de moyens de câble.
  4. Système de recirculation d'air ambiant selon les revendications 1, 2 et/ou 3, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une disposition de diffuseurs (10) dans une ou plusieurs lignes avec au moins un diffuseur dans chaque.
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IT1999TO000061A IT1307121B1 (it) 1999-01-28 1999-01-28 Sistema di ricircolazione d'aria ambiente, particolarmente perambienti civili ed industriali di media e grande cubatura, e
ITTO990061 1999-01-28

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