EP1672285A1 - Hood ventilation apparatus - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
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- F24F7/04—Ventilation with ducting systems, e.g. by double walls; with natural circulation
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
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- the present invention relates to a hood ventilation apparatus, and particularly, to a hood ventilation apparatus having a walljet device for efficiently guiding air containing cooking by-products which are exhausted to an outer circumferential surface of a hood toward a hood collecting region even using a small amount of discharged air.
- a hood ventilation apparatus is mounted above a cooking source such as gas-ranges or electrical microwave ovens (used as a heating source) so as to exhaust air containing pollutants which are generated while cooking food at home kitchens or restaurants to an external circumference.
- a cooking source such as gas-ranges or electrical microwave ovens (used as a heating source) so as to exhaust air containing pollutants which are generated while cooking food at home kitchens or restaurants to an external circumference.
- a conventional hood ventilation apparatus includes a hood 10 installed on a support 15 such as a mounting wall so as to be positioned above cooking source 40 (e.g., gas-ranges or cook-tops) with a constant interval from the cooking source 40, a grease filter 32 mounted in an intake opening 31 which is formed at an inlet side of the hood 10 facing an upper surface of the cooking source 40, for filtering grease particles generated during cooking and particles in an aerosol state, a blowing unit 22 mounted in an upper side of the hood 10, for generating intake airstreams and an exhaust duct 21 connected to an upper portion of the hood 10, for exhausting air having passed through the hood 10 to the exterior.
- cooking source 40 e.g., gas-ranges or cook-tops
- a grease filter 32 mounted in an intake opening 31 which is formed at an inlet side of the hood 10 facing an upper surface of the cooking source 40, for filtering grease particles generated during cooking and particles in an aerosol state
- a blowing unit 22 mounted in an upper side of the hood
- the hood 10 includes an air collecting chamber 30 of a canopy shape which has large lower area and small upper area and of which inside is penetrated to thusly collect air therein and a machinery chamber 20 extending upwardly to an upper portion of the air collecting chamber 30 so as to be communicated therewith, and in which the blowing unit 22 communicated with the exhaust duct 21 is mounted.
- the intake opening 31 is formed at a lower surface of the air collecting chamber 30 facing the cooking source, and the grease filter 32 is mounted to block the whole intake opening 31.
- the grease filter 32 is constructed such that air is ventilated. Accordingly, the air generated from the cooking source which is a heating source is sucked into the air collecting chamber 30 of the hood 10 via the grease filter 32. Grease which is contained in the air and cooking by-products in the aerosol state are filtered by the grease filter 32.
- the blowing unit 22 includes a fan 23 connected to a motor (not shown) and a rotary shaft of the motor, for generating a flow by being rotated by a rotation force of the motor.
- a centrifugal fan is used as the fan 23.
- the hood ventilation apparatus is operated at the same time when food is cooked using the cooking source 40.
- the motor When power is supplied to the motor constructing the blowing unit 22, the motor is operated.
- the fan 23 is rotated by the operation of the motor and thus airstream is generated by a suction force.
- the suction force of the fan 23 is lowered in inverse proportion to square of a distance on the basis of the suction surface of the air collecting chamber 30 of the hood 10, even though the suction force greatly acts on the suction surface, if the suction surface is distant from the heating source (cooking source), the air generated from the heating source may not effectively be collected into the hood.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a hood ventilation apparatus capable of improving collecting efficiency and cooking pleasantness by efficiently guiding pollutants exhausted to an outer circumferential surface of a hood into a hood collecting region even using a small amount of discharged air.
- a hood ventilation apparatus comprising: a hood including a main body installed above a cooking source and having a suction opening at a lower surface thereof into which air containing cooking by-products is sucked, and an exhaust duct extending to an upper side of the main body and exhausting the sucked air; a first blower mounted in the exhaust duct, for generating a suction force to suck air into the hood; a walljet guiding member installed at an outer circumference of the main body, for allowing air from the inside of the hood to flow along a surface thereof (the walljet guiding member); and a second blower provided in the main body, for supplying air into the walljet guiding member.
- Figs. 2 to 5 show a hood ventilation apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- a hood ventilation apparatus includes a hood 350 including a main body 200 installed above a cooking source such as cook-tops or gas-ranges (refer to Fig. 1) and having a suction opening 230 at a lower portion thereof, into which air containing cooking by-products is sucked, and an exhaust duct 300 extending to an upper side of the main body 200 and through which the sucked air is exhausted; a first blower 310 mounted in the exhaust duct 300, for generating a suction force so as to suck the air into the hood 350, a walljet guiding member 430 installed at an outer circumference of the main body 200, for allowing air from the inside of the hood 350 to flow along the surface of the walljet guiding member and a second blower 500 provided in the main body 200, for supplying air into the walljet guiding member 430.
- a cooking source such as cook-tops or gas-ranges (refer to Fig. 1)
- an exhaust duct 300 extending to an upper side of the main body
- the suction opening 230 is provided with a grease filter 250 for filtering grease particles and particles in an aerosol state generated during cooking.
- the walljet guiding member 430 may be installed at an entire region of the outer circumference of the main body 200, namely, over front portion, both lateral portions and rear portion of the outer circumference, or installed at the front portion and the both lateral portions or only at the front portion thereof.
- the walljet guiding member 430 is installed at the front portion of the outer circumference of the main body 200.
- One side of the main body 200 is opened.
- One end of an upper casing 210 of the main body 200 which is visible through the opened one side is connected with an air guiding plate 411.
- the walljet guiding member 430 is fixedly installed between the air guiding plate 401 and one end of a lower casing 220 of the main body 200 so as to form a walljet passage 401 between the air guiding plate 411 and a surface of the walljet guiding member 430.
- a through hole 211 is formed in the upper casing 210 of the main body 200 so as to allow the second blower 500 to suck air from the exterior into the interior of the main body 200.
- a centrifugal fan is preferably used as the second blower 500.
- a walljet guiding frame 440 is installed in the main body 200.
- the walljet guiding frame 440 thus covers the second blower 500 except for the opened one side of the main body 200 at which the walljet guiding member 430 is installed.
- a mounting hole 442 for mounting the second blower 500 is formed in one surface of the walljet guiding frame 440.
- a mounting portion 460 which covers the mounting hole 442 and in which the second blower 500 is mounted, is integrally attached to the walljet guiding frame 440.
- a first extension plate 410 having a particular length is interposed between the air guiding plate 411 and one end of the upper casing 210 of the main body 200 and a second extension plate 420 extends from one end of the lower casing 220 of the main body 200, so that the air discharged through the walljet passage 401 by the second blower 500 flows more smoothly and the walljet guiding member 430 is fixedly installed more easily.
- a length L from one end of the first extension plate 410 fixedly installed at one end of the upper casing 210 of the main body 200 to the end of the air guiding plate 411 is designed by considering an overall size of the hood ventilation apparatus 350.
- Hood ventilation apparatuses with typical sizes which are currently being used preferably have the length L shorter than 70mm.
- first extension plate 410 and the air guiding plate 411 are formed in a shape integrally extending from the upper casing 210 of the main body 200, and the second extension plate 420 can be constructed in a shape integrally extending from the lower casing 220 of the main body 200.
- the walljet guiding member 430 is formed in an annular pipe or an annular bar.
- the air guiding plate 411 is formed so as to have a constant curvature along the surface of the walljet guiding member 430.
- a ratio of a height h from the lower casing 220 of the main body 200 to the center of the walljet guiding member 430 with respect to a diameter D of the walljet guiding member 430 is preferably formed to be 0 to 0.25.
- a gap d between the walljet guiding member 430 and the end of the air guiding plate 411, which is a gap d of the walljet passage 401, is formed to be between 1.5mm and 4mm, by which an optimal walljet flow can preferably be formed.
- an initial angle ⁇ of the walljet discharged through the walljet passage 401 must be between 30° and 60° in a direction that the walljet is discharged on the basis of a virtual vertical line 473 passing the center of the walljet guiding member 430.
- a speed of the walljet is preferably maintained by 3 ⁇ 5m/s. For this, it is important to appropriately adjust the radius of curvature and the length of the air guiding plate 411 according to an optimal design.
- a part of lower portion of the walljet guiding member 430 is preferably protruded downwardly lower than the lower casing 220 of the main body 20 and installed at an outer circumferential surface of the main body 200.
- Fig. 6 shows main parts of a hood ventilation apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention. That is, in a hood ventilation apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Fig. 6, a through hole 462, into which the air discharged to the exterior through first blower 310 is partially sucked by a suction force of the second blower 500, is formed at a lower surface of the mounting portion 460 in which the second blower 500 is mounted.
- Fig. 7 shows a hood ventilation apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention. That is, the walljet guiding member 430 forms a constant interval b with one end of the lower casing 220 of the main body 200, more preferably, with the second extension plate 420, and accordingly a separation condition of the walljet using a boundary layer suction effect can be prevented by the interval b. At this time, air sucked into the first blower 310 can be sucked through the through hole 211 formed in the upper casing 210 of the main body 200, as shown in the first embodiment, and also can be sucked through the through hole 462 formed in the mounting portion 462, as shown in the second embodiment.
- Fig. 8 on the other side, is a plane view of a hood ventilation apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- the walljet guiding member 430 is constructed to be installed at the front portion and the both lateral portions of the outer circumference of the main body 200.
- a lighting lamp 450 such as a halogen lamp is installed in the walljet guiding member 430.
- the walljet guiding member 430 is formed of a material having a transparent or translucent property which can transmit light, so as to obtain a beautiful appearance thereof when the lighting lamp 450 is operated.
- a walljet guiding frame 570 is installed in the main body 200 so as to divide the airstream from the second blower 500 into three portions, namely, into the front portion and the both lateral portions. As a result, the air passing the second blower 500 can be easily guided toward the guiding member 430 installed at the front and the both lateral portions.
- Figs. 9 to 11 show various modification examples of the walljet guiding member according to the present invention.
- Fig. 9 shows a construction in which a curved guiding plate 412 is installed between the walljet guiding member 430 and the air guiding plate 411.
- Fig. 10 shows a structure in which the walljet guiding member 431 is not formed in an annular shape but formed in a curved plate shape. Also, Fig. 10 shows a construction in which a middle guiding plate 413 having a curved shape is installed between the walljet guiding member 430 having the curved plate shape and the air guiding plate 411.
- Fig. 11 shows a structure in which the walljet guiding member 432 is not formed in the annular shape but formed in the curved plate shape similar to Fig. 10, and also shows a construction in which a vertical portion 411 a extends from the air guiding plate 411.
- a middle guiding member 414 which includes a curved inner lateral surface 414a, an outer lateral surface 414b having a curved upper side and a perpendicular lower side, and a horizontal lower lateral surface 414c, is installed between the air guiding plate 411 and the walljet guiding member 432.
- Air containing cooking by-products generated from the cooking source 40 is discharged to the exterior through the exhaust duct 300 via the suction opening 230 by a suction force of the first blower 310 installed in the exhaust duct 300 of the hood ventilation apparatus.
- a walljet spread through the walljet passage 401 by an operation of the second blower 500 flows fast along the surface of the walljet guiding member 430, 431, or 432 by a coanda effect (a characteristic in which a fluid flows along a peripheral solid surface)
- a negative pressure region is artificially formed at a peripheral portion of the walljet guiding member 430.
- the walljet flows peripheral air having weak momentum into the negative pressure region.
- Figs. 12 to 17 show results from comparing performances of the hood ventilation apparatus according to the present invention with those of the conventional hood ventilation apparatus.
- Fig. 12 is a photo showing a result of an airstream visualization test (discharged air volume: 300CMH) when a walljet airstream is not generated in the hood ventilation apparatus according to the present invention
- Fig. 13 is a photo showing a result of the airstream visualization test (discharged air volume: 300CMH, walljet speed: 4m/s, passage interval d: 3.0mm) when the walljet airstream is generated in the hood ventilation apparatus according to the present invention.
- Figs. 14 and 15 show results of a CFD calculation (discharged air volume: 300CMH, walljet speed: 4m/s, passage interval d: 2.5mm) of the hood ventilation apparatus according to the present invention
- Figs. 16 and 17 show results of the CFD calculation (discharged air volume: 300CMH, walljet speed: 4m/s, passage interval d: 2.5mm) of the conventional hood ventilation apparatus.
- the airstream at the front side of the hood which are not collected can effectively be collected.
- the hood ventilation apparatus by installing the walljet guiding member at the outer circumferential surface of the suction opening into which the pollutants generated from the cooking source such as cook-tops or gas-ranges are sucked, a negative pressure is formed at a peripheral portion of the walljet guiding member by the walljet flow flowing along the surface of the walljet guiding member. As a result, it is possible to collect into the suction opening the air which is spread from the cooking source, deviated from the collecting chamber, and then discharged to the outer circumference of the hood ventilation apparatus.
- the pollutants can be prevented from being spread by collecting the pollutants into the collecting chamber of the hood ventilation apparatus even in the state that the discharged air volume is weak. Also, cooking pleasantness can be improved by restricting hot pollutants from being spread toward a face of user who is cooking.
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- The present invention relates to a hood ventilation apparatus, and particularly, to a hood ventilation apparatus having a walljet device for efficiently guiding air containing cooking by-products which are exhausted to an outer circumferential surface of a hood toward a hood collecting region even using a small amount of discharged air.
- In general, a hood ventilation apparatus is mounted above a cooking source such as gas-ranges or electrical microwave ovens (used as a heating source) so as to exhaust air containing pollutants which are generated while cooking food at home kitchens or restaurants to an external circumference.
- As shown in Fig. 1, a conventional hood ventilation apparatus includes a
hood 10 installed on asupport 15 such as a mounting wall so as to be positioned above cooking source 40 (e.g., gas-ranges or cook-tops) with a constant interval from thecooking source 40, agrease filter 32 mounted in anintake opening 31 which is formed at an inlet side of thehood 10 facing an upper surface of thecooking source 40, for filtering grease particles generated during cooking and particles in an aerosol state, a blowingunit 22 mounted in an upper side of thehood 10, for generating intake airstreams and anexhaust duct 21 connected to an upper portion of thehood 10, for exhausting air having passed through thehood 10 to the exterior. - The
hood 10 includes anair collecting chamber 30 of a canopy shape which has large lower area and small upper area and of which inside is penetrated to thusly collect air therein and amachinery chamber 20 extending upwardly to an upper portion of theair collecting chamber 30 so as to be communicated therewith, and in which the blowingunit 22 communicated with theexhaust duct 21 is mounted. - The
intake opening 31 is formed at a lower surface of theair collecting chamber 30 facing the cooking source, and thegrease filter 32 is mounted to block the whole intake opening 31. - The
grease filter 32 is constructed such that air is ventilated. Accordingly, the air generated from the cooking source which is a heating source is sucked into theair collecting chamber 30 of thehood 10 via thegrease filter 32. Grease which is contained in the air and cooking by-products in the aerosol state are filtered by thegrease filter 32. - The blowing
unit 22 includes a fan 23 connected to a motor (not shown) and a rotary shaft of the motor, for generating a flow by being rotated by a rotation force of the motor. A centrifugal fan is used as the fan 23. - An operation of such conventional hood ventilation apparatus will now be explained.
- First, the hood ventilation apparatus is operated at the same time when food is cooked using the
cooking source 40. - When power is supplied to the motor constructing the blowing
unit 22, the motor is operated. The fan 23 is rotated by the operation of the motor and thus airstream is generated by a suction force. - At the same time, while air containing cooking by-products generated during cooking using the
cooking source 40 flows upwardly by a convection, the air containing the cooking by-products is sucked into theair collecting chamber 30 via thegrease filter 32 mounted in the lower surface of theair collecting chamber 30 of thehood 10 by the suction force generated by the fan 23. The air sucked into theair collecting chamber 30 is discharged to the exterior through the fan 23 and theexhaust duct 21. While the air passes through thegrease filter 32, grease particles and particles in the aerosol state generated during cooking are filtered by thegrease filter 32. - However, in the above conventional hood ventilation apparatus, as shown in Fig. 2, when the air containing the cooking by-products generated during cooking flows upwardly by the convection and then is sucked into the
air collecting chamber 30 of thehood 10, the air is satisfactorily sucked in a suction region of the lower surface of theair collecting chamber 30 in which thegrease filter 32 is mounted and then discharged to the exterior through theexhaust duct 21, but an efficiency of the air suction into theair collecting chamber 30 is drastically lowered in a region deviated from the suction region in which thegrease filter 32 is mounted. - In particular, when the suction force of the fan 23 is weak, such condition is more serious. Even if the suction force of the fan 23 is increased to improve the air collecting efficiency, a suction speed for the air flowing upwardly to the region deviated from the suction region of the
grease filter 32 is lowered due to a resistant factor by thegrease filter 32. As a result, the air is spread toward users along an outer circumference of the lower surface of theair collecting chamber 30 of thehood 10. - Furthermore, because the suction force of the fan 23 is lowered in inverse proportion to square of a distance on the basis of the suction surface of the
air collecting chamber 30 of thehood 10, even though the suction force greatly acts on the suction surface, if the suction surface is distant from the heating source (cooking source), the air generated from the heating source may not effectively be collected into the hood. - As the air containing the cooking by-products which has not been collected into the hood flows indoors so as to pollute interior air.
- As a result, users feel unpleasant considerably, and it is hard to maintain a pleasant interior environment.
- Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a hood ventilation apparatus capable of improving collecting efficiency and cooking pleasantness by efficiently guiding pollutants exhausted to an outer circumferential surface of a hood into a hood collecting region even using a small amount of discharged air.
- To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, there is provided a hood ventilation apparatus comprising: a hood including a main body installed above a cooking source and having a suction opening at a lower surface thereof into which air containing cooking by-products is sucked, and an exhaust duct extending to an upper side of the main body and exhausting the sucked air; a first blower mounted in the exhaust duct, for generating a suction force to suck air into the hood; a walljet guiding member installed at an outer circumference of the main body, for allowing air from the inside of the hood to flow along a surface thereof (the walljet guiding member); and a second blower provided in the main body, for supplying air into the walljet guiding member.
- The foregoing and other objects, features, aspects and advantages of the hood ventilation apparatus according to the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
- The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings:
- Fig. 1 is a sectional view showing a conventional hood ventilation apparatus;
- Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a hood ventilation apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
- Fig. 3 is a lateral sectional view of Fig. 2;
- Fig. 4 is an enlarged view showing main parts of Fig. 3;
- Fig. 5 is a plane view of Fig. 2;
- Fig. 6 is an enlarged view showing main parts of a hood ventilation apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
- Fig. 7 is an enlarged view showing main parts of a hood ventilation apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention;
- Fig. 8 is a plane view showing a hood ventilation apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;
- Figs. 9 to 11 are longitudinal sectional views showing various modification examples for a walljet guiding member according to the present invention;
- Figs. 12 and 13 are photographs showing a result from an airstream visualization test of a hood ventilation apparatus according to the present invention;
- Fig. 14 is a view of a fluid flow showing a result from a CED calculation for an operational state of the hood ventilation apparatus according to the present invention;
- Fig. 15 is an enlarged view showing main parts of Fig. 14;
- Fig. 16 is a view of a fluid flow showing a result from the CED calculation for an operational state of the conventional hood ventilation apparatus; and
- Fig. 17 is an enlarged view of main parts of Fig. 16.
- Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of a hood ventilation apparatus according to the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
- There may exist a plurality of embodiments of a hood ventilation apparatus according to the present invention, and preferred embodiments therefor will now be explained.
- Hereinafter, the present invention will now be explained with reference to the attached drawings.
- Figs. 2 to 5 show a hood ventilation apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- Referring to those drawings, a hood ventilation apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes a
hood 350 including amain body 200 installed above a cooking source such as cook-tops or gas-ranges (refer to Fig. 1) and having a suction opening 230 at a lower portion thereof, into which air containing cooking by-products is sucked, and anexhaust duct 300 extending to an upper side of themain body 200 and through which the sucked air is exhausted; afirst blower 310 mounted in theexhaust duct 300, for generating a suction force so as to suck the air into thehood 350, awalljet guiding member 430 installed at an outer circumference of themain body 200, for allowing air from the inside of thehood 350 to flow along the surface of the walljet guiding member and asecond blower 500 provided in themain body 200, for supplying air into thewalljet guiding member 430. - The suction opening 230 is provided with a
grease filter 250 for filtering grease particles and particles in an aerosol state generated during cooking. - The
walljet guiding member 430 may be installed at an entire region of the outer circumference of themain body 200, namely, over front portion, both lateral portions and rear portion of the outer circumference, or installed at the front portion and the both lateral portions or only at the front portion thereof. - In the construction of the first embodiment shown in Figs. 2 to 5, the
walljet guiding member 430 is installed at the front portion of the outer circumference of themain body 200. - The construction of the hood ventilation apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention will now be explained in more detail.
- One side of the
main body 200 is opened. One end of anupper casing 210 of themain body 200 which is visible through the opened one side is connected with anair guiding plate 411. Thewalljet guiding member 430 is fixedly installed between theair guiding plate 401 and one end of alower casing 220 of themain body 200 so as to form awalljet passage 401 between theair guiding plate 411 and a surface of thewalljet guiding member 430. Also, athrough hole 211 is formed in theupper casing 210 of themain body 200 so as to allow thesecond blower 500 to suck air from the exterior into the interior of themain body 200. Here, a centrifugal fan is preferably used as thesecond blower 500. - In order to guide the air passing through the
second blower 500 via the throughhole 211 to a direction toward thewalljet passage 401, a walljet guidingframe 440 is installed in themain body 200. The walljet guidingframe 440 thus covers thesecond blower 500 except for the opened one side of themain body 200 at which thewalljet guiding member 430 is installed. Amounting hole 442 for mounting thesecond blower 500 is formed in one surface of thewalljet guiding frame 440. Amounting portion 460, which covers themounting hole 442 and in which thesecond blower 500 is mounted, is integrally attached to thewalljet guiding frame 440. - On the other hand, a
first extension plate 410 having a particular length is interposed between theair guiding plate 411 and one end of theupper casing 210 of themain body 200 and asecond extension plate 420 extends from one end of thelower casing 220 of themain body 200, so that the air discharged through thewalljet passage 401 by thesecond blower 500 flows more smoothly and thewalljet guiding member 430 is fixedly installed more easily. - For instance, a length L from one end of the
first extension plate 410 fixedly installed at one end of theupper casing 210 of themain body 200 to the end of theair guiding plate 411 is designed by considering an overall size of thehood ventilation apparatus 350. Hood ventilation apparatuses with typical sizes which are currently being used preferably have the length L shorter than 70mm. - In addition, the
first extension plate 410 and theair guiding plate 411 are formed in a shape integrally extending from theupper casing 210 of themain body 200, and thesecond extension plate 420 can be constructed in a shape integrally extending from thelower casing 220 of themain body 200. - The
walljet guiding member 430 is formed in an annular pipe or an annular bar. Theair guiding plate 411 is formed so as to have a constant curvature along the surface of thewalljet guiding member 430. Here, as shown in Fig. 5, a ratio of a height h from thelower casing 220 of themain body 200 to the center of thewalljet guiding member 430 with respect to a diameter D of thewalljet guiding member 430 is preferably formed to be 0 to 0.25. Also, a gap d between thewalljet guiding member 430 and the end of theair guiding plate 411, which is a gap d of thewalljet passage 401, is formed to be between 1.5mm and 4mm, by which an optimal walljet flow can preferably be formed. - In order for the air discharged through the
walljet passage 401 to flow smoothly without separation toward thesuction opening 230 along thewalljet guiding member 430, or in order to allow occurrence of the separation at least near the lower side of thesuction opening 230, an initial angle θ of the walljet discharged through thewalljet passage 401 must be between 30° and 60° in a direction that the walljet is discharged on the basis of a virtualvertical line 473 passing the center of thewalljet guiding member 430. A speed of the walljet is preferably maintained by 3~5m/s. For this, it is important to appropriately adjust the radius of curvature and the length of theair guiding plate 411 according to an optimal design. - On the other hand, in order for the air discharged through the
walljet passage 401 to effectively flow into thesuction opening 230 formed in thelower casing 220 of themain body 200 along the surface of thewalljet guiding member 430, a part of lower portion of thewalljet guiding member 430 is preferably protruded downwardly lower than thelower casing 220 of themain body 20 and installed at an outer circumferential surface of themain body 200. - A hood ventilation apparatus according to other embodiments of the present invention will now be explained. Here, the construction and explanation of the first embodiment will be omitted for clarifying characteristics of the other embodiments of the present invention more obviously, and the same reference numbers are provided for the same parts as that shown in the first embodiment.
- Fig. 6 shows main parts of a hood ventilation apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention. That is, in a hood ventilation apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Fig. 6, a through
hole 462, into which the air discharged to the exterior throughfirst blower 310 is partially sucked by a suction force of thesecond blower 500, is formed at a lower surface of the mountingportion 460 in which thesecond blower 500 is mounted. - Fig. 7 shows a hood ventilation apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention. That is, the
walljet guiding member 430 forms a constant interval b with one end of thelower casing 220 of themain body 200, more preferably, with thesecond extension plate 420, and accordingly a separation condition of the walljet using a boundary layer suction effect can be prevented by the interval b. At this time, air sucked into thefirst blower 310 can be sucked through the throughhole 211 formed in theupper casing 210 of themain body 200, as shown in the first embodiment, and also can be sucked through the throughhole 462 formed in the mountingportion 462, as shown in the second embodiment. - Fig. 8, on the other side, is a plane view of a hood ventilation apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. Here, the
walljet guiding member 430 is constructed to be installed at the front portion and the both lateral portions of the outer circumference of themain body 200. Alighting lamp 450 such as a halogen lamp is installed in thewalljet guiding member 430. At this time, thewalljet guiding member 430 is formed of a material having a transparent or translucent property which can transmit light, so as to obtain a delightful appearance thereof when thelighting lamp 450 is operated. - Furthermore, a
walljet guiding frame 570 is installed in themain body 200 so as to divide the airstream from thesecond blower 500 into three portions, namely, into the front portion and the both lateral portions. As a result, the air passing thesecond blower 500 can be easily guided toward the guidingmember 430 installed at the front and the both lateral portions. - Figs. 9 to 11 show various modification examples of the walljet guiding member according to the present invention.
- Fig. 9 shows a construction in which a
curved guiding plate 412 is installed between thewalljet guiding member 430 and theair guiding plate 411. - Fig. 10 shows a structure in which the
walljet guiding member 431 is not formed in an annular shape but formed in a curved plate shape. Also, Fig. 10 shows a construction in which amiddle guiding plate 413 having a curved shape is installed between thewalljet guiding member 430 having the curved plate shape and theair guiding plate 411. - Fig. 11 shows a structure in which the
walljet guiding member 432 is not formed in the annular shape but formed in the curved plate shape similar to Fig. 10, and also shows a construction in which avertical portion 411 a extends from theair guiding plate 411. Amiddle guiding member 414, which includes a curved innerlateral surface 414a, an outerlateral surface 414b having a curved upper side and a perpendicular lower side, and a horizontal lowerlateral surface 414c, is installed between theair guiding plate 411 and thewalljet guiding member 432. - Hereinafter, an operation of the hood ventilation apparatus according to the present invention having such construction will now be explained.
- Air containing cooking by-products generated from the
cooking source 40 is discharged to the exterior through theexhaust duct 300 via thesuction opening 230 by a suction force of thefirst blower 310 installed in theexhaust duct 300 of the hood ventilation apparatus. At the same time, as a walljet spread through thewalljet passage 401 by an operation of thesecond blower 500 flows fast along the surface of thewalljet guiding member walljet guiding member 430. At this time, the walljet flows peripheral air having weak momentum into the negative pressure region. As a result, among air spread upwardly from thecooking source 40, the air which has not been sucked into thesuction opening 230 but is rather discharged to the front side of the hood ventilation apparatus where a user who cooks positions is induced toward thesuction opening 230. Here, while the walljet loses its momentum more and more and passes the lower side of thewalljet guiding member suction opening 230, the walljet momentum after the separation occurrence is greater than the momentum of airstream spread from thecooking source 40. Also, the airstream from thecooking source 40 is pulled by a suction airstream generated at the peripheral portion of thesuction opening 230. As a result, the air from thecooking source 40, which has not been sucked into thesuction opening 230 but spread, can be effectively sucked into thesuction opening 230. - Figs. 12 to 17 show results from comparing performances of the hood ventilation apparatus according to the present invention with those of the conventional hood ventilation apparatus.
- First, Fig. 12 is a photo showing a result of an airstream visualization test (discharged air volume: 300CMH) when a walljet airstream is not generated in the hood ventilation apparatus according to the present invention, and Fig. 13 is a photo showing a result of the airstream visualization test (discharged air volume: 300CMH, walljet speed: 4m/s, passage interval d: 3.0mm) when the walljet airstream is generated in the hood ventilation apparatus according to the present invention.
- In addition, Figs. 14 and 15 show results of a CFD calculation (discharged air volume: 300CMH, walljet speed: 4m/s, passage interval d: 2.5mm) of the hood ventilation apparatus according to the present invention, and Figs. 16 and 17 show results of the CFD calculation (discharged air volume: 300CMH, walljet speed: 4m/s, passage interval d: 2.5mm) of the conventional hood ventilation apparatus.
- As shown in those testing results, in the hood ventilation apparatus according to the present invention, the airstream at the front side of the hood which are not collected can effectively be collected.
- As aforementioned, in the hood ventilation apparatus according to the present invention, by installing the walljet guiding member at the outer circumferential surface of the suction opening into which the pollutants generated from the cooking source such as cook-tops or gas-ranges are sucked, a negative pressure is formed at a peripheral portion of the walljet guiding member by the walljet flow flowing along the surface of the walljet guiding member. As a result, it is possible to collect into the suction opening the air which is spread from the cooking source, deviated from the collecting chamber, and then discharged to the outer circumference of the hood ventilation apparatus.
- As a result, the pollutants can be prevented from being spread by collecting the pollutants into the collecting chamber of the hood ventilation apparatus even in the state that the discharged air volume is weak. Also, cooking pleasantness can be improved by restricting hot pollutants from being spread toward a face of user who is cooking.
- As the present invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, it should also be understood that the above-described embodiments are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description, unless otherwise specified, but rather should be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims, and therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the metes and bounds of the claims, or equivalence of such metes and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.
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- A hood ventilation apparatus comprising:a hood including a main body installed above a cooking source and having a suction opening at a lower surface thereof into which air containing cooking by-products is sucked, and an exhaust duct extending to an upper side of the main body and exhausting the sucked air;a first blower mounted in the exhaust duct, for generating a suction force to suck air into the hood;a walljet guiding member installed at an outer circumference of the main body, for allowing air from the inside of the hood to flow along the surface of the walljet guiding member; anda second blower provided in the main body, for supplying air to the walljet guiding member.
- The apparatus of claim 1, wherein one lateral surface of the main body is opened, an air guiding plate is installed at one end of an upper casing of the main body at the opened one side of the main body, the walljet guiding member is fixedly installed between the air guiding plate and one end of a lower casing of the main body, and a walljet passage is formed between the air guiding plate and a surface of the walljet guiding member.
- The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the lower side of the walljet guiding member is partially protruded downwardly lower than the lower casing of the main body so as to be installed at an outer circumferential surface of the main body.
- The apparatus of claim 2 or 3, wherein the air guiding plate has a constant radius of curvature along the surface of the walljet guiding member.
- The apparatus of claim 2, 3 or 4, wherein a constant gap is formed between the walljet guiding member and the air guiding plate.
- The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the walljet guiding member has an annular pipe shape, and a ratio of a height from the lower casing of the main body to the center of the walljet guiding member with respect to a diagram of the walljet guiding member is 0 to 0.25.
- The apparatus of claim 5, the gap between the walljet guiding member and the end of the air guiding plate is between 1.5mm and 4mm.
- The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a walljet guiding frame is installed in the main body so as to cover the second blower except for the opened one side of the main body at which the walljet guiding member is installed.
- The apparatus of claim 8, wherein a mounting hole for mounting the second blower is formed on one surface of the walljet guiding frame, and a mounting portion for covering the mounting hole and in which the second blower is mounted is integrally attached to the walljet guiding frame.
- The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the mounting portion has a through hole into which air discharged to the exterior through the first blower partially flows inwardly by a suction force of the second blower.
- The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein a through hole is formed in the upper casing of the main body, and thus air is sucked from the through hole by the second blower.
- The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the air sucked into the suction opening by the first blower is partially supplied to the walljet guiding member by the second blower.
- The apparatus of any one of claims 2 to 12, wherein the walijet guiding member is an annular pipe, an initial angle of a walljet discharged to the opened one side of the main body is between 30° and 60° in a direction that the walljet is discharged on the basis of a virtual perpendicular line passing the center of the walljet guiding member, and a speed of the walljet is 3~5m/s.
- The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the walljet guiding member is positioned at a front portion of an outer circumference of the main body.
- The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein the walljet guiding member is installed at the front portion and both lateral portions of the outer circumference of the main body.
- The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the walljet guiding member is formed of a material which can transmit light, and has a lighting lamp therein.
- The apparatus of any one of claims 2 to 16, wherein a constant gap is formed between the walljet guiding member and one end of the lower casing of the main body.
- The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 17, wherein the second blower is a centrifugal fan.
- The apparatus of any one of claims 2 to 18, wherein a curved middle guiding plate is further positioned between the air guiding plate and the walljet guiding member.
- The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 19, wherein the walljet guiding member is formed in a curved plate shape.
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