EP2375195B1 - Heat pump type water heater - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
- F24H—FLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEAT-GENERATING MEANS, e.g. HEAT PUMPS, IN GENERAL
- F24H4/00—Fluid heaters characterised by the use of heat pumps
- F24H4/02—Water heaters
- F24H4/04—Storage heaters
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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
- F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
- F25B30/00—Heat pumps
- F25B30/02—Heat pumps of the compression type
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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
- F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
- F25B47/00—Arrangements for preventing or removing deposits or corrosion, not provided for in another subclass
- F25B47/006—Arrangements for preventing or removing deposits or corrosion, not provided for in another subclass for preventing frost
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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
- F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
- F25B2339/00—Details of evaporators; Details of condensers
- F25B2339/04—Details of condensers
- F25B2339/047—Water-cooled condensers
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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
- F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
- F25B47/00—Arrangements for preventing or removing deposits or corrosion, not provided for in another subclass
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- F25B47/022—Defrosting cycles hot gas defrosting
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- the present invention relates to a heat pump water heater which employs a reverse-type defrosting method.
- Patent Literature 1 shows a heat pump system with a multifluid heat exchanger is capable of being operated in two flow configurations.
- the present invention was made in order to solve the above problems and has a first object to obtain a heat pump water heater provided with a drain pan anti-freezing method with a smaller number of components and in a simple structure.
- a second object of the present invention is to obtain a heat pump water heater provided with a drain pan anti-freezing method in which a discharge path of the drained water generated during the defrosting operation is not blocked and a drain reservoir is difficult to be generated.
- a heat pump water heater is provided with a refrigerating cycle in which a compressor, a four-way valve that switches a flow direction of a refrigerant, a water heat exchanger that performs heat exchange between the refrigerant and water, an expansion mechanism that adjusts a flow rate of the refrigerant and decompresses, and an air heat exchanger that performs heat exchange between the air and the refrigerant are sequentially and circularly connected by a pipeline, a water circuit in which the water heat exchanger, a hot water tank that reserves water heated by the water heat exchanger, and a pump are sequentially and circularly connected by a pipeline, a water channel pipeline disposed in a lower stage of the air heat exchanger, a path switching valve disposed in the water circuit between the pump and the water heat exchanger, a bypass circuit connected between the path switching valve and an inlet of the water channel pipeline and connecting an outlet of the water channel pipeline to the water circuit between the path switching valve and an inlet of the water heat exchanger, and
- the heat pump water heater since freezing of the drain pan is prevented by circulating the high-temperature circulating water in the hot water tank to a lower-stage path in the air heat exchanger during the defrosting operation and by heating the drained water generated in an upper stage of the air heat exchanger and then allowing it to flow into the drain pan, there is no need to distribute the part of the high-pressure side refrigerant pipeline or the part of the water pipeline for supplying hot water on the drain pan, which has an advantage that the mounting structure is simplified.
- the part of the high-pressure side refrigerant pipeline or the part of the water pipeline for supplying hot water is not distributed on the drain pan, the discharge path of the drained water is not blocked, the drain reservoir is hardly generated, and the drained water is smoothly drained, which has an advantage that cooling and freezing of the drained water in the drain reservoir during the heating operation is suppressed.
- Fig. 1 is a circuit diagram during a defrosting operation of a heat pump water heater according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- the heat pump water heater according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is composed of a compressor 1, a four-way valve 2 that switches a refrigerant circuit during the defrosting operation, a water heat exchanger 3 that performs heat exchange between water and a refrigerant, an electronic expansion valve 4 that adjusts a flow rate of the refrigerant and decompresses, and an air heat exchanger 5 that performs heat exchange between the air and the refrigerant connected sequentially by a refrigerant pipeline 6.
- a water circuit 10 between the water heat exchanger 3 and a hot water tank 7 is connected at a water-outlet side connection joint 8 and a water-inlet side connection joint 9, and water is circulated by a pump 11.
- a three-way valve 12 that switches to the water heat exchanger 3 during a heating operation and to the water circuit 10 so as to be connected to the water heat exchanger 3 via a lower-stage path 5a of the air heat exchanger during the defrosting operation is disposed.
- the three-way valve 12 constitutes a path switching valve.
- the lower-stage path 5a of the air heat exchanger constitutes a water channel pipeline.
- a bypass circuit 14 is constituted by connecting the three-way valve 12 (path switching valve) to an inlet of the lower-stage path 5a of the air heat exchanger (water channel pipeline), and connecting an outlet of the lower-stage path 5a of the air heat exchanger (water channel pipeline) to the water circuit 10 between the three-way valve 12 (path switching valve) and an inlet of the water heat exchanger 3.
- Fig. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration relating to control of an operation of the heat pump water heater according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- reference numeral 21 designates a control portion, which is composed of a microcomputer, a DSP or the like.
- reference numeral 22 designates a memory, which stores various types of data, tables and the like.
- Reference numeral 23 designates a ROM, which stores a program executed by the control portion 21 and fixed data.
- Reference numeral 24 designates an input/output bus, and information of all the devices is exchanged with the control portion 21 through this input/output bus 24.
- Reference numeral 25 designates a four-way valve driving portion, which drives switching of the four-way valve 2 on the basis of an instruction from the control portion 24.
- reference numeral 26 designates a three-way valve driving portion, which drives switching of the three-way valve 12 on the basis of an instruction from the control portion 24.
- Reference numeral 27 designates a communication portion, which receives setting information from a remote controller (hereinafter referred to as remote in some cases) 28 and transmits it to the control portion through the input/output bus 24.
- remote controller hereinafter referred to as remote in some cases
- the lower-stage path 5a of the air heat exchanger constitutes a water channel pipeline.
- Embodiment 1 a behavior of Embodiment 1 will be described.
- Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the behavior of the control portion 21 concerning the control of the operation of the heat pump water heater according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Subsequently, the behavior of the control portion 21 in Embodiment 1 will be described using Figs. 1 to 3 .
- Step S301 the control portion 21 executes initial value setting such as clearing of a timer value
- Step S303 the control portion 21 examines contents received from the remote controller 28 and determines whether there is a defrosting operation start instruction or not (Step S303).
- the air heat exchanger 5 which works as an evaporator and performs heat exchanger between the air and a refrigerant becomes a low temperature at 0°C or below, the air passing through the air heat exchanger 5 is cooled, and moisture in the air is condensed on surface of the air heat exchanger 5 and forms frost, which blocks the air passage.
- an operation to remove the frost adhering to the surface of the air heat exchanger 5 is needed, and the defrosting operation should be performed.
- the control portion 21 recognizes the defrosting operation start by this instruction signal, controls the four-way valve driving portion 25 and the three-way valve driving portion 26 on the basis of defrosting operation information set in the memory 22 in advance and switches the four-way valve 2 and the three-way valve 12 (Steps S304 to S305). Then, the control portion 21 drives the compressor 1 and starts the defrosting operation (Step S306).
- Step S307 to S308 a timer is counted and the defrosting operation is continuously performed until a predetermined time has elapsed.
- the frost adhering to the surface of the air heat exchanger is heated and becomes drained water, which drops onto the drain pan 13 running down on the fin, flows through a water discharge groove of the drain pan 13 and is discharged to the outside of the unit through a water outlet.
- the control portion 21 switches the four-way valve 2 and the three-way valve 12 back to the original positions and further stops the compressor so as to stop the defrosting operation (Step S309) and finishes the processing. After that, the operation of the water heater is performed.
- the drained water running down on the fin is heated in the lower stage of the air heat exchanger 5 so that the drained water can be prevented from freezing on the drain pan 13.
- the defrosting operation is started automatically if the control portion 21 calculates operation efficiency of the heat pump water heater resulting in equal or less than predetermined operation efficiency or if the temperature of hot water in the water heater is not raised to a predetermined temperature or above.
- Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the behavior of the control portion concerning control of an operation of a heat pump water heater according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- the flow is the same in Fig. 3 except that Steps S301 to S302 in Fig. 3 are replaced by Steps S401 to S402.
- the control portion 21 sets an initial value (Step S301) and then calculates operation efficiency of the heat pump water heater (Step S401).
- a calculation method of the operation efficiency a known method is used.
- the operation efficiency is calculated on the basis of a rotation speed of the compressor 1. This rotation speed of the compressor 1 is detected by a rotation detector, not shown, mounted on a rotation shaft of the compressor 1.
- the rotation speed of the compressor 1 may be calculated on the basis of an output of an inverter output current detector, not shown, using the current detector (such as a current transducer and the like), not shown.
- Step S402 compares the calculated operation efficiency with a predetermined reference value set (Step S402). If the operation efficiency is not less than the reference value, the routine returns to Step S401, where the calculation of the operation efficiency and the comparison with the reference value are repeated. In the comparison at Step S402, if the operation efficiency falls below the predetermined reference value set, an operation is performed similarly to Step S304 and after in Fig. 3 .
- Fig. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the heat pump water heater according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- a piping length of the water circuit 10 that connects them to each other can be made shorter and simple in configuration, and a manufacturing cost can be kept low.
- the three-way valve 12 used for switching of the water circuit during the defrosting operation on the inlet side of the water heat exchanger 3, the high-temperature water circulated from the hot water tank 7 in the water heat exchanger 3, which is an evaporator during the defrosting operation, can be supplied to the lower-stage path 5a of the air heat exchanger without lowering the temperature.
- the fin disposed in the air heat exchanger 5 by eliminating a cut-and-raised portion of the fins in the path portion through which the refrigerant flows, water removal performance of the fin in the periphery of the path portion, which becomes an evaporator during heating operation and through which the low-temperature refrigerant flows, is improved, and growth of frost can be suppressed.
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Description
- The present invention relates to a heat pump water heater which employs a reverse-type defrosting method.
- In a prior-art heat pump water heater which employs a reverse-type defrosting method, a method is proposed that freezing and growth on a drain pan of drained water dropped from the surface of an evaporator due to a defrosting operation function under a temperature condition of a low outside temperature is prevented by distributing a part of a high-pressure side refrigerant pipeline of a heat pump cycle or a part of a water pipeline for supplying hot water on the drain pan (See
Patent Literature 1, for example).
Patent Literature 2 shows a heat pump system with a multifluid heat exchanger is capable of being operated in two flow configurations. -
- Patent Literature 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No.
2004-218861 pages 3 to 4,Figs. 2 ,4 to 5 ) - Patent Literature 2:
US 4 796 437 A - However, with the anti-freezing method using the drain pan of the above prior-art heat pump water heater, it is important to distribute the part of the high-pressure side refrigerant pipeline or the part of the water pipeline for supplying hot water in close contact on the drain pan for efficient heat transfer, but there is a problem that a mounting structure of the refrigerant pipeline or the water pipeline becomes complicated. Also, since the part of the high-pressure side refrigerant pipeline or the part of the water pipeline for supplying hot water is distributed on the drain pan, it is likely that a water discharge path of the drained water generated during the defrosting operation is blocked by the distributed refrigerant pipeline or the water pipeline or a gradient of the water distribution path becomes difficult, whereby a drain reservoir might be generated, which is a problem.
- The present invention was made in order to solve the above problems and has a first object to obtain a heat pump water heater provided with a drain pan anti-freezing method with a smaller number of components and in a simple structure.
- A second object of the present invention is to obtain a heat pump water heater provided with a drain pan anti-freezing method in which a discharge path of the drained water generated during the defrosting operation is not blocked and a drain reservoir is difficult to be generated.
- A heat pump water heater according to the present invention is provided with a refrigerating cycle in which a compressor, a four-way valve that switches a flow direction of a refrigerant, a water heat exchanger that performs heat exchange between the refrigerant and water, an expansion mechanism that adjusts a flow rate of the refrigerant and decompresses, and an air heat exchanger that performs heat exchange between the air and the refrigerant are sequentially and circularly connected by a pipeline, a water circuit in which the water heat exchanger, a hot water tank that reserves water heated by the water heat exchanger, and a pump are sequentially and circularly connected by a pipeline, a water channel pipeline disposed in a lower stage of the air heat exchanger, a path switching valve disposed in the water circuit between the pump and the water heat exchanger, a bypass circuit connected between the path switching valve and an inlet of the water channel pipeline and connecting an outlet of the water channel pipeline to the water circuit between the path switching valve and an inlet of the water heat exchanger, and a control portion that executes switching control of the four-way valve and the path switching valve, in which the control portion switches the flow direction of the refrigerant in the refrigerating cycle by switching the four-way valve on the basis of predetermined information during the defrosting operation and allows high-temperature water in the hot water tank to flow through the water channel pipeline of the air heat exchanger via the bypass circuit by switching the path switching valve.
- In the heat pump water heater according to the present invention, since freezing of the drain pan is prevented by circulating the high-temperature circulating water in the hot water tank to a lower-stage path in the air heat exchanger during the defrosting operation and by heating the drained water generated in an upper stage of the air heat exchanger and then allowing it to flow into the drain pan, there is no need to distribute the part of the high-pressure side refrigerant pipeline or the part of the water pipeline for supplying hot water on the drain pan, which has an advantage that the mounting structure is simplified.
- Also, since the part of the high-pressure side refrigerant pipeline or the part of the water pipeline for supplying hot water is not distributed on the drain pan, the discharge path of the drained water is not blocked, the drain reservoir is hardly generated, and the drained water is smoothly drained, which has an advantage that cooling and freezing of the drained water in the drain reservoir during the heating operation is suppressed.
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Fig. 1 is a circuit diagram during a defrosting operation of a heat pump water heater according toEmbodiment 1 of the present invention. -
Fig. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration relating to control of an operation of the heat pump water heater according toEmbodiment 1 of the present invention. -
Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a behavior of a control portion relating to control of an operation of the heat pump water heater according toEmbodiment 1 of the present invention (1). -
Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a behavior of a control portion relating to control of an operation of a pump type water heater according toEmbodiment 2 of the present invention (2). -
Fig. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the heat pump water heater according toEmbodiment 2 of the present invention. Description of Embodiments -
Fig. 1 is a circuit diagram during a defrosting operation of a heat pump water heater according toEmbodiment 1 of the present invention. - As shown in
Fig. 1 , the heat pump water heater according toEmbodiment 1 of the present invention is composed of acompressor 1, a four-way valve 2 that switches a refrigerant circuit during the defrosting operation, awater heat exchanger 3 that performs heat exchange between water and a refrigerant, anelectronic expansion valve 4 that adjusts a flow rate of the refrigerant and decompresses, and anair heat exchanger 5 that performs heat exchange between the air and the refrigerant connected sequentially by arefrigerant pipeline 6. - A
water circuit 10 between thewater heat exchanger 3 and ahot water tank 7 is connected at a water-outletside connection joint 8 and a water-inletside connection joint 9, and water is circulated by a pump 11. Between the water-inletside connection joint 9 and thewater heat exchanger 3, a three-way valve 12 that switches to thewater heat exchanger 3 during a heating operation and to thewater circuit 10 so as to be connected to thewater heat exchanger 3 via a lower-stage path 5a of the air heat exchanger during the defrosting operation is disposed. The three-way valve 12 constitutes a path switching valve. Also, the lower-stage path 5a of the air heat exchanger constitutes a water channel pipeline. Also, a bypass circuit 14 is constituted by connecting the three-way valve 12 (path switching valve) to an inlet of the lower-stage path 5a of the air heat exchanger (water channel pipeline), and connecting an outlet of the lower-stage path 5a of the air heat exchanger (water channel pipeline) to thewater circuit 10 between the three-way valve 12 (path switching valve) and an inlet of thewater heat exchanger 3. - Also, bold arrows in
Fig. 1 indicate directions in which water (or hot water) flows, while broken lines indicate directions in which a refrigerant flows. -
Fig. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration relating to control of an operation of the heat pump water heater according toEmbodiment 1 of the present invention. - In
Fig. 2 ,reference numeral 21 designates a control portion, which is composed of a microcomputer, a DSP or the like. Also,reference numeral 22 designates a memory, which stores various types of data, tables and the like.Reference numeral 23 designates a ROM, which stores a program executed by thecontrol portion 21 and fixed data.Reference numeral 24 designates an input/output bus, and information of all the devices is exchanged with thecontrol portion 21 through this input/output bus 24. -
Reference numeral 25 designates a four-way valve driving portion, which drives switching of the four-way valve 2 on the basis of an instruction from thecontrol portion 24. Also,reference numeral 26 designates a three-way valve driving portion, which drives switching of the three-way valve 12 on the basis of an instruction from thecontrol portion 24.Reference numeral 27 designates a communication portion, which receives setting information from a remote controller (hereinafter referred to as remote in some cases) 28 and transmits it to the control portion through the input/output bus 24. - The lower-stage path 5a of the air heat exchanger constitutes a water channel pipeline.
- Subsequently, a behavior of
Embodiment 1 will be described. -
Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the behavior of thecontrol portion 21 concerning the control of the operation of the heat pump water heater according toEmbodiment 1 of the present invention. Subsequently, the behavior of thecontrol portion 21 inEmbodiment 1 will be described usingFigs. 1 to 3 . - While a power switch of the water heater is on, an operation of the water heater is performed, but since this operation is not related to the present application, it will not be described here. During the operation of the water heater, processing shown in
Fig. 3 is cyclically started in a relatively short cycle (a cycle of several milli seconds to several seconds, for example). If the processing ofFig. 3 is started, thecontrol portion 21 executes initial value setting such as clearing of a timer value (Step S301) and then, executes reception from the remote controller 28 (Step 302). Then, thecontrol portion 21 examines contents received from theremote controller 28 and determines whether there is a defrosting operation start instruction or not (Step S303). - In the heat pump water heater, if an operation is performed at a low outside temperature, the
air heat exchanger 5 which works as an evaporator and performs heat exchanger between the air and a refrigerant becomes a low temperature at 0°C or below, the air passing through theair heat exchanger 5 is cooled, and moisture in the air is condensed on surface of theair heat exchanger 5 and forms frost, which blocks the air passage. In order to ensure preferable performance of theair heat exchanger 5, an operation to remove the frost adhering to the surface of theair heat exchanger 5 is needed, and the defrosting operation should be performed. As for the defrosting operation, if a defrosting operation start instruction signal is transmitted from theremote controller 28 on the basis of a manipulation of the remote controller by a user and this instruction is received by thecontrol portion 21 sequentially through thecommunication portion 27 and the input/output bus 24, thecontrol portion 21 recognizes the defrosting operation start by this instruction signal, controls the four-wayvalve driving portion 25 and the three-wayvalve driving portion 26 on the basis of defrosting operation information set in thememory 22 in advance and switches the four-way valve 2 and the three-way valve 12 (Steps S304 to S305). Then, thecontrol portion 21 drives thecompressor 1 and starts the defrosting operation (Step S306). At the same time, a timer is counted and the defrosting operation is continuously performed until a predetermined time has elapsed (Steps S307 to S308). By means of this defrosting operation, the frost adhering to the surface of the air heat exchanger is heated and becomes drained water, which drops onto the drain pan 13 running down on the fin, flows through a water discharge groove of the drain pan 13 and is discharged to the outside of the unit through a water outlet. After a predetermined time has elapsed, thecontrol portion 21 switches the four-way valve 2 and the three-way valve 12 back to the original positions and further stops the compressor so as to stop the defrosting operation (Step S309) and finishes the processing. After that, the operation of the water heater is performed. - As described above, by allowing the high-temperature water supplied from the
hot water tank 7 to flow to the lower-stage path 5a of the air heat exchanger by switching the three-way valve 12 during the defrosting operation, the drained water running down on the fin is heated in the lower stage of theair heat exchanger 5 so that the drained water can be prevented from freezing on the drain pan 13. - In the above example, the case in which the defrosting operation is instructed by the
remote controller 28 has described, but it is needless to say that the instruction can be made by a switch operation on an operation panel on the main body side of the water heater. - Also, it may be so configured that the defrosting operation is started automatically if the
control portion 21 calculates operation efficiency of the heat pump water heater resulting in equal or less than predetermined operation efficiency or if the temperature of hot water in the water heater is not raised to a predetermined temperature or above. - Subsequently, an operation of the
control portion 21 in that case will be described. -
Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the behavior of the control portion concerning control of an operation of a heat pump water heater according toEmbodiment 2 of the present invention. InFig. 4 , the flow is the same inFig. 3 except that Steps S301 to S302 inFig. 3 are replaced by Steps S401 to S402. - Subsequently, the behavior of the
control portion 21 will be described usingFig. 4 . - The
control portion 21 sets an initial value (Step S301) and then calculates operation efficiency of the heat pump water heater (Step S401). As a calculation method of the operation efficiency, a known method is used. For example, the operation efficiency is calculated on the basis of a rotation speed of thecompressor 1. This rotation speed of thecompressor 1 is detected by a rotation detector, not shown, mounted on a rotation shaft of thecompressor 1. Alternatively, the rotation speed of thecompressor 1 may be calculated on the basis of an output of an inverter output current detector, not shown, using the current detector (such as a current transducer and the like), not shown. - Subsequently, the
control portion 21 compares the calculated operation efficiency with a predetermined reference value set (Step S402). If the operation efficiency is not less than the reference value, the routine returns to Step S401, where the calculation of the operation efficiency and the comparison with the reference value are repeated. In the comparison at Step S402, if the operation efficiency falls below the predetermined reference value set, an operation is performed similarly to Step S304 and after inFig. 3 . - As a result, since the defrosting operation is performed automatically, users don't have to make manipulation to instruct the defrosting operation. Also, since the defrosting operation is performed reliably, an efficient operation is made possible all the time.
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Fig. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the heat pump water heater according toEmbodiment 2 of the present invention. - By disposing the
water heat exchanger 3, the lower-stage path 5a of the air heat exchanger, and the water-inlet side connection joint 9 in the vicinity of the three-way valve 12 used for switching of the water circuit during the defrosting operation, a piping length of thewater circuit 10 that connects them to each other can be made shorter and simple in configuration, and a manufacturing cost can be kept low. - Also, by disposing the three-
way valve 12 used for switching of the water circuit during the defrosting operation on the inlet side of thewater heat exchanger 3, the high-temperature water circulated from thehot water tank 7 in thewater heat exchanger 3, which is an evaporator during the defrosting operation, can be supplied to the lower-stage path 5a of the air heat exchanger without lowering the temperature. - Also, at the fin disposed in the
air heat exchanger 5, by eliminating a cut-and-raised portion of the fins in the path portion through which the refrigerant flows, water removal performance of the fin in the periphery of the path portion, which becomes an evaporator during heating operation and through which the low-temperature refrigerant flows, is improved, and growth of frost can be suppressed. -
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- compressor
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- four-way valve
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- water heat exchanger
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- electronic expansion valve
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- air heat exchanger
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- lower path of air heat exchanger
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- refrigerant pipeline
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- hot water tank
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- water-outlet side connection joint
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- water-inlet side connection joint
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- water circuit
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- pump
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- three-way valve
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- drain pan
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- bypass circuit
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- control portion
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- memory
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- ROM
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- input/output bus
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- four-way valve driving portion
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- three-way valve driving portion
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- communication portion
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- remote controller
Claims (8)
- A heat pump water heater, comprising:a refrigerating cycle in which a compressor (1), a four-way valve (2) that is configured to switch a flow direction of a refrigerant, a water heat exchanger (3) that is configured to perform heat exchange between said refrigerant and water, an expansion mechanism that is configured to adjust a flow rate of the refrigerant and to decompress, and an air heat exchanger (5) that is configured to perform heat exchange between the air and the refrigerant are sequentially and circularly connected by a pipeline;a water circuit (10) in which said water heat exchanger (3), a hot water tank (7) that reserves water heated by said water heat exchanger (3), and a pump (11) are sequentially and circularly connected by a pipeline;a water channel pipeline (5a) that is a lower path of said air heat exchanger (5) and being disposed in a lower stage of said air heat exchanger (5) than a refrigerant pipeline (6) of said air heat exchanger (5) in which the refrigerant flows;a path switching valve (12) disposed in the water circuit (10) between said pump (11) and said water heat exchanger (3);a bypass circuit connected between said path switching valve (12) and an inlet of said water channel pipeline (5a) and connecting an outlet of said water channel pipeline (5a) to the water circuit (10) between said path switching valve (12) and an inlet of said water heat exchanger (3); characterized bya control portion (21) that is configured to execute switching control of said four-way valve (2) and said path switching valve (12), whereinsaid control portion (21) is configured to switch, during defrosting operation of said air heat exchanger, a flow direction of the refrigerant in said refrigerating cycle by switching said four-way valve (2) on the basis of predetermined information to supply the refrigerant discharged from said compressor (1) to said refrigerant pipeline (6) of said air heat exchanger (5), and switch said path switching valve (12) to allow high-temperature water in said hot water tank (7) to flow through the water channel pipeline (5a) of said air heat exchanger (5) that is the lower path via said bypass circuit, to flow into said water heat exchanger, and to flow back to said hot water tank (7).
- The heat pump water heater of claim 1, further comprising
a drain pan that collects drained water heated by the water channel pipeline (5a) of said air heat exchanger (5) and dropped from said air heat exchanger (5), in the lower part of said air heat exchanger (5). - The heat pump water heater of claim 1 or 2, wherein
a cut-and-raised portion is not disposed in the fin of the water channel pipeline portion of said air heat exchanger (5). - The heat pump water heater of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein
in the vicinity of said channel switching valve, said water heat exchanger (3), the water channel pipeline (5a) of said air heat exchanger (5), and a circuit connection joint on the water inlet side are disposed. - The heat pump water heater of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein
said path switching valve (12) is disposed on the inlet side of said water heat exchanger(3). - The heat pump water heater of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein
said path switching valve (12) is a three-way valve. - The heat pump water heater of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein said control portion (21) is configured to execute defrosting operation on the basis of an instruction from a user.
- The heat pump water heater of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein
said control portion is configured to execute the defrosting operation when efficiency falls below a reference value set in advance.
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