EP2128536B1 - Apparatus and methods for air conditioning via a ceiling installation - Google Patents

Apparatus and methods for air conditioning via a ceiling installation Download PDF

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EP2128536B1
EP2128536B1 EP09397515.9A EP09397515A EP2128536B1 EP 2128536 B1 EP2128536 B1 EP 2128536B1 EP 09397515 A EP09397515 A EP 09397515A EP 2128536 B1 EP2128536 B1 EP 2128536B1
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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
    • F24F13/20—Casings or covers
    • 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
    • F24F13/32—Supports for air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation units
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63J—AUXILIARIES ON VESSELS
    • B63J2/00—Arrangements of ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning
    • B63J2/02—Ventilation; Air-conditioning
    • B63J2/04—Ventilation; Air-conditioning of living spaces
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F2221/00—Details or features not otherwise provided for
    • F24F2221/14—Details or features not otherwise provided for mounted on the ceiling

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  • the present invention generally relates to air conditioning.
  • the invention relates to the air conditioning of a ship cabin.
  • air conditioning is generally provided by air conditioning systems where an air conditioning terminal device for supply air is installed above a cabin's ceiling and exhaust air is provided for by a separate duct, e.g., an outlet device installed above the ceiling. Filtered air is supplied to the terminal device through an inlet duct. The terminal device, in turn, feeds air through a supply air diffuser or similar attached to the ceiling of the cabin.
  • a cabin passenger may also control the operation of the supply air terminal device by using an adjusting device installed on the cabin wall.
  • the user may set the temperature of the cabin lower or higher, for example.
  • the air flow supplied to the cabin (for example, the amount or temperature of flow or both) is adjusted on the basis of settings made by the user through the adjusting device, or potential other system settings so that the air conditioning conditions in the cabin meet the user's needs and desired requirements as well as possible.
  • the air conditioning terminal device is installed above the cabin's ceiling, either during the ship construction phase at the dock or, increasingly often, at a cabin plant in connection with cabin construction.
  • Completed cabin modules are typically installed on the ship by pushing them in place on the ship's deck and attaching them to the ship's hull. Due to the very limited space in the vertical direction between the ship's decks and the cabin modules, the terminal device cannot, in practice, remain in place in its operating position when the cabin is being pushed into the ship. As the terminal device typically substantially protrudes into the space above the cabin's ceiling, the terminal device may hit a horizontal beam in the ship and be damaged while the cabin module is being pushed into the ship, or may even entirely prevent the installation of the cabin.
  • One known implementation has aimed to overcome the problem presented above by using a flexible hose as an inlet pipe at the end of the air inlet duct side of the supply air terminal device and by dropping the terminal device into the cabin while the cabin is installed. During the commissioning phase on the ship, the terminal device is lifted back in place above the cabin's ceiling.
  • this solution presents a problem in that the flexible hose may be damaged while bending. It may exhibit a dent or be twisted so that it affects the flow of the terminal device's supply air and typically also temperature control.
  • an apparatus for air conditioning as defined in claim 1.
  • the apparatus comprises a terminal device adapted to be attached in an operating position to a ceiling of a space to be air conditioned, at least partly above the ceiling, the terminal device comprising a side of supply air inlet for feeding supply air into the terminal device.
  • the apparatus comprises installation means dedicated for said apparatus attachable to a ceiling of the space to be air conditioned and adapted for installing the terminal device on or above the ceiling of the space to be air conditioned.
  • the apparatus comprises:
  • the sliding and swinging enablement means may be attached or attachable to the terminal device or in connection with it, or partly to the terminal device and partly in connection with it.
  • special slide rails and/or slot parts and/or bars, pegs and/or protruding parts moving in them and/or attached/attachable to them may be installed either on the terminal device, the ceiling of the space to be air conditioned, and/or a special installation frame or rail or similar.
  • said mechanism is a dropping mechanism allowing dropping of the terminal device in a special supported position.
  • the support may be provided in two manners of different types or a combination thereof. In the first manner, the terminal device is dropped in a supported position where the apparatus itself supports the terminal device. Thereby, the terminal device may, for example, remain hanging from the dropping mechanism. In the second manner, the terminal device is dropped directly off the dropping mechanism, whereby the apparatus itself does not support the terminal device, but, rather, the support is provided by a mechanic etc.
  • the apparatus comprises a mechanism (or means) for moving or sliding the terminal device in the horizontal direction to or away from a pipe adapter.
  • the mechanism is adapted to release the terminal device from the mechanism when the terminal device has been moved or slid a certain distance from a pipe adapter.
  • the apparatus comprises a combined sliding and rotating mechanism (or means) for dropping the terminal device by swinging it down to said supported position with the side of supply air inlet downwards.
  • a swingdown mechanism may be implemented by using an installation frame, for example, or by using separate installation rails.
  • the swingdown mechanism may include support beams or rails that are attached to support beams above the ceiling of the space to be air conditioned (e. g. , a ship cabin).
  • the terminal device may be swung down before the ship cabin is installed, for example, and, at the commissioning phase, the terminal device may be lifted back in place above the ceiling.
  • the terminal device may be attached in place to a supply air pipe adapter, at whose other end a supply air duct will be or has been attached with a flexible hose etc.
  • the apparatus comprises an installation frame made of an incombustible material attached to the ceiling, entirely surrounding said opening arranged in the ceiling.
  • an installation frame covers the ceiling above the opening for a certain range (e. g. , 25 mm) from each edge, which is in compliance with specific fire safety requirements.
  • the apparatus comprises a mechanism comprising a sliding mechanism and a combined sliding and rotating mechanism, the sliding mechanism enabling sliding of the terminal device and the combined sliding and rotating mechanism enabling a combined sliding and rotating movement of the terminal device in a situation where the terminal device is disengaged from said sliding mechanism.
  • Rotating movement may be allowed around a specific axis of rotation.
  • the apparatus comprises a plurality of turbulence reduction plates in connection with the side of supply air inlet.
  • the apparatus may comprise said turbulence reduction plates regardless of other embodiments and regardless of whether the device includes a mechanism for dropping the terminal device through an opening arranged in the ceiling to the side of the space to be air conditioned with the side of supply air inlet foremost.
  • an apparatus for air conditioning is implemented, the apparatus comprising a plurality of turbulence reduction plates in connection with a side of supply air inlet.
  • the plates are parallel to the inlet direction of supply air, whereby they contribute to the generation of a laminar flow.
  • the turbulence reduction plates may be located in a supply air pipe adapter, for example. They may be positioned side by side.
  • the method comprises :
  • the method further comprises dropping the terminal device on the way from the operating position to said supported position through an opening arranged in the ceiling of the space to be air conditioned with the side of supply air inlet of the terminal device foremost, or lifting the terminal device on the way from said supported position to the operating position through an opening arranged in the ceiling of the space to be air conditioned with the side opposite to the side of supply air inlet of the terminal device foremost.
  • the method comprises moving or sliding the terminal device substantially in the horizontal direction to a pipe adapter or away from a pipe adapter. In some embodiments, the method comprises swinging the terminal device down in said supported position with the side of supply air inlet downwards.
  • the method allows sliding the terminal device by means of a sliding mechanism and allows a combined sliding and rotating of the terminal device around an axis of rotation by means of a terminal device sliding and rotating mechanism in a situation where the terminal device is disengaged from said sliding mechanism.
  • the method comprises reducing the turbulence of the supply air by means of a plurality of turbulence reduction plates.
  • the turbulence of the supply air can be reduced by means of a plurality of turbulence reduction plates regardless of other embodiments and regardless of whether the method comprises moving a supply air terminal device attachable to the ceiling of the space to be air conditioned, at least partly above the ceiling, between an operating position and a supported position.
  • a method is implemented comprising reducing the turbulence of the supply air by means of a plurality of turbulence reduction plates located in connection with the air conditioning apparatus.
  • the terminal device When, according to some embodiments, the terminal device is moved above the ceiling of the space to be air conditioned backwards so that the device is swung down to a supported position with the side of the supply air inlet pipe foremost, it may be preferable in some embodiments that in such a solution the terminal device is able to drop to the side of the space to be air conditioned (e. g. , into a cabin) through an opening typically smaller than usual. This, in turn, typically enables a smaller diffuser size.
  • said pipe adapter for example, includes turbulence reduction plates (e. g., lamellae) for evening out air turbulence
  • the adjustment of the air conditioning apparatus will be easier in some systems, especially such where the pressure of the supply air duct is measured or where adjustment is at least partly based on pressure difference measurements.
  • a habitable space comprising any apparatus comprised by the first aspect or its embodiments, wherein said habitable space is a hotel room or a cabin on a ship or other means of transport.
  • Said habitable room is otherwise constructed in the conventional manner, but it comprises an apparatus according to said first aspect or its embodiments, or installation means dedicated for such an apparatus (e. g. , an installation frame, installation rails or similar) attached to a ceiling of the habitable space.
  • an apparatus e. g. , an installation frame, installation rails or similar
  • installation means dedicated for such an apparatus (e. g. , an installation frame, installation rails or similar) attached to a ceiling of the habitable space.
  • FIG. 1 shows a three-dimensional view of an air conditioning apparatus in accordance with an embodiment.
  • the air conditioning apparatus comprises a terminal device 110, an installation frame 115 and a pipe adapter 120.
  • the terminal device 110 is in a down position (e. g. , for maintenance), where it hangs with its slide parts 140a, 140b from pegs (or support bars) 141a, 141b of the installation frame 115.
  • the terminal device comprises a supply air inlet pipe 130, a supply air outlet pipe 125 and (plug-in) connectors 170, as well as a cable clamp 175 for electrical connections.
  • Protruding parts 151 a, 151b that fit into corresponding slot parts 160a, 160b are integrated into or attached to the terminal device 110.
  • the protruding parts 151 a, 151b may be moved into the slot parts 160a, 160b by lifting and swinging the terminal device 110 in the manner shown by arrows 11 and 12, whereby, when the terminal device approaches the up position, there is room for the protruding parts 151 a, 151 b to move into the slot parts 160a, 160b at their ends 161 a, 161b, which include a widening or other arrangement enabling insertion.
  • the protruding parts may be implemented, e. g. , by means of an installation beam 150 whose bent ends form said protruding parts 151 a, 151 b.
  • the terminal device 110 may further be slid in the horizontal direction to its operating position, where the supply air inlet pipe 130 is attached to the pipe adapter 120.
  • the pipe adapter 120 is attached to a supply air duct with, e. g. , a flexible hose or similar (not shown).
  • the pipe adapter 120 comprises lamellae 180 for reducing the turbulence of the supply air.
  • Figure 2 shows a cross-sectional side view of the apparatus shown in Figure 1 while the terminal device 110 is in the down position.
  • the terminal device 110 hangs with its slide part 140a from the peg 141 a of the installation frame 115, which is detachably or fixedly attached to the ceiling 210 of the space to be air conditioned (e. g. , a ship cabin), whereby the terminal device 110 extends to the side of the space to be air conditioned through an opening arranged in the ceiling.
  • the space to be air conditioned e. g. , a ship cabin
  • Figure 3 shows a cross-sectional side view of the apparatus shown in Figure 1 while the terminal device 110 is in an interim position between the down position and the operating position.
  • Figure 4 shows a cross-sectional side view of the apparatus shown in Figure 1 while the terminal device 110 is in the operating position. In its operating position, the terminal device 110 is at least partly, in some embodiments substantially entirely, above the ceiling of the space to be air conditioned.
  • the terminal device 110 may be moved between the down position and the operating position for the purpose of installation or maintenance, for example. Movement from the down position to the operating position takes place as follows, for example:
  • the terminal device 110 is detached from the pipe adapter 120.
  • the terminal device 110 is slid or moved in the horizontal direction away from the pipe adapter 120.
  • the protruding part 151 a and the peg 141 a guide the horizontal movement of the terminal device 110 and move in the slot part 160a and the slide part 140a, respectively.
  • the slot part 160a together with the protruding part 151 a prevents any vertical movement of the terminal device, whereby the terminal device also cannot rotate around the axis of rotation formed by the peg 141a while the protruding part 151 a is within the slot part 161 a.
  • the protruding part 151 a when the protruding part 151 a has moved to the end 161 a of the slot part 160a, the protruding part 151 a drops (or can otherwise be detached) from the slot part 160a, whereby the terminal device 110 drops by means of the slide part 140a and swings downwards by rotating around the axis of rotation formed by the peg 141 a to the down position shown in Figure 2 with the side of supply air inlet of the terminal device 110 foremost.
  • This type of movement mechanism may be called a swingdown mechanism.
  • FIG. 5 shows a cross-sectional side view of an air conditioning apparatus in accordance with an embodiment.
  • a supply air diffuser 590 is installed in place, for example, by pushing it flush with a terminal device 110 according to arrows 55 and attaching it with screws, quick clamping or a similar attaching mechanism.
  • the supply air flows from a supply air duct through a pipe adapter 120 and a supply air inlet pipe 130 to the terminal device 110 in the direction of arrow 51.
  • the supply air appropriately treated in the terminal device 110 is conveyed from the terminal device 110 through a supply air outlet pipe 125 to the supply air diffuser 590 in the direction of arrow 52.
  • the supply air is conveyed from the supply air diffuser 590 to the space to be air conditioned typically from the sides of the supply air diffuser 590.
  • Arrows 53a and 53b illustrate this flow.
  • Figure 6 shows the movement of a terminal device 110 of the air conditioning apparatus with respect to an installation frame in an embodiment.
  • Arrow 61 illustrates the horizontal direction in which the terminal device 110 may be moved or slid towards or away from a pipe adapter 120.
  • protruding parts 151a, 151b are at ends 161a, 161b of slot parts 160a, 160b at a position where they can be detached from the slot parts 160a, 160b to enable a downswing of the terminal device 110.
  • Figure 7 shows a side view of a pipe adapter 120 in an embodiment.
  • the pipe adapter 120 may be attached to an installation frame 115 or the ceiling of the space to be air conditioned with screws or similar.
  • Figure 8 shows a front or rear view of a pipe adapter 120 in an embodiment.
  • the pipe adapter may comprise two, three, four or more lamellae or turbulence reduction plates 180, which extend from one edge or from close to the edge of the pipe adapter 120 to the other edge or close to the other edge of the pipe adapter 120 in the longitudinal direction of the pipe adapter 120.
  • the turbulence reduction plates 180 even out turbulences of the air, which makes it easier to adjust the air conditioning apparatus.
  • the slide parts 140a, 140b may be open at the side opposite to the side of supply air inlet, whereby the terminal device 110 will easily drop away from the installation frame 115 if it is desired to replace the entire terminal device 110.
  • the terminal device is detachable from the installation frame while in a supported down position by means of quick clamping or similar.
  • the slide parts 141a, 141b are located on the installation frame 115 instead of the terminal device, and the pegs (or support bars/beams) are located on the terminal device 110 instead of the installation frame.
  • the terminal device is, instead of sliding, moved using wheels installed on the terminal device 110 and/or the installation frame 115 so that the wheels may run in a suitable groove or on a suitable rail.
  • installation rails or similar instead of an installation frame, are used for installing the terminal device 110 on or above the ceiling of the space to be air conditioned.
  • an additional support e. g. , a support wire or wires
  • Such an additional support or a support wire or wires may be installed at one point in a suitable place on the terminal device (e. g.
  • the additional support enables supporting the downswing movement of the terminal device 110.

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