EP3370000B1 - Unité extérieure pour climatiseur - Google Patents

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EP3370000B1
EP3370000B1 EP16859333.3A EP16859333A EP3370000B1 EP 3370000 B1 EP3370000 B1 EP 3370000B1 EP 16859333 A EP16859333 A EP 16859333A EP 3370000 B1 EP3370000 B1 EP 3370000B1
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Yoji ONAKA
Takashi Matsumoto
Naofumi Takenaka
Shigeyoshi MATSUI
Hiroyuki Okano
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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
    • F24F1/00—Room units for air-conditioning, e.g. separate or self-contained units or units receiving primary air from a central station
    • F24F1/06—Separate outdoor units, e.g. outdoor unit to be linked to a separate room comprising a compressor and a heat exchanger
    • F24F1/14—Heat exchangers specially adapted for separate outdoor units
    • F24F1/16—Arrangement or mounting thereof
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F1/00—Room units for air-conditioning, e.g. separate or self-contained units or units receiving primary air from a central station
    • F24F1/06—Separate outdoor units, e.g. outdoor unit to be linked to a separate room comprising a compressor and a heat exchanger
    • F24F1/14—Heat exchangers specially adapted for separate outdoor units
    • F24F1/18—Heat exchangers specially adapted for separate outdoor units characterised by their shape
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F1/00—Room units for air-conditioning, e.g. separate or self-contained units or units receiving primary air from a central station
    • F24F1/06—Separate outdoor units, e.g. outdoor unit to be linked to a separate room comprising a compressor and a heat exchanger
    • F24F1/46—Component arrangements in separate outdoor units
    • F24F1/48—Component arrangements in separate outdoor units characterised by air airflow, e.g. inlet or outlet airflow
    • F24F1/50—Component arrangements in separate outdoor units characterised by air airflow, e.g. inlet or outlet airflow with outlet air in upward direction
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F11/00—Control or safety arrangements
    • F24F11/70—Control systems characterised by their outputs; Constructional details thereof
    • F24F11/80—Control systems characterised by their outputs; Constructional details thereof for controlling the temperature of the supplied air
    • F24F11/83—Control systems characterised by their outputs; Constructional details thereof for controlling the temperature of the supplied air by controlling the supply of heat-exchange fluids to heat-exchangers
    • 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
    • F24F13/30—Arrangement or mounting of heat-exchangers
    • 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
    • F25B39/00—Evaporators; Condensers
    • F25B39/02—Evaporators
    • 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
    • F25B41/00—Fluid-circulation arrangements
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D1/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators
    • F28D1/02—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid
    • F28D1/04—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits
    • F28D1/053—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits the conduits being straight
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F9/00—Casings; Header boxes; Auxiliary supports for elements; Auxiliary members within casings
    • F28F9/26—Arrangements for connecting different sections of heat-exchange elements, e.g. of radiators
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F1/00—Room units for air-conditioning, e.g. separate or self-contained units or units receiving primary air from a central station
    • F24F1/0007—Indoor units, e.g. fan coil units
    • F24F1/0059—Indoor units, e.g. fan coil units characterised by heat exchangers
    • F24F1/0063—Indoor units, e.g. fan coil units characterised by heat exchangers by the mounting or arrangement of the heat exchangers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F1/00—Room units for air-conditioning, e.g. separate or self-contained units or units receiving primary air from a central station
    • F24F1/0007—Indoor units, e.g. fan coil units
    • F24F1/0059—Indoor units, e.g. fan coil units characterised by heat exchangers
    • F24F1/0067—Indoor units, e.g. fan coil units characterised by heat exchangers by the shape of the heat exchangers or of parts thereof, e.g. of their fins

Claims (12)

  1. Unité extérieure (100a à 100d) d'un appareil de conditionnement d'air, comprenant:
    - un boîtier (1) présentant une entrée d'air (2) et une sortie d'air (3), et formant une enveloppe extérieure;
    - un ventilateur (5) prévu à l'intérieur du boîtier (1) et configuré pour aspirer l'air extérieur par l'entrée d'air (2) et évacuer l'air extérieur par la sortie d'air (3); et
    - un échangeur de chaleur (10a à 10f) prévu à l'intérieur du boîtier (1), et configuré pour échanger de la chaleur entre l'air extérieur aspiré par le ventilateur (5) et un réfrigérant, l'échangeur de chaleur (10a à 10f) incluant:
    - un premier corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (20, 120) incluant une pluralité d'ailettes (21) agencées en parallèle à un certain intervalle et une pluralité de tuyaux plats (22) passant à travers la pluralité d'ailettes (21) dans une direction d'agencement parallèle de la pluralité d'ailettes (21), dans laquelle le réfrigérant est agencé pour s'écouler à l'intérieur de la pluralité de tuyaux plats (22), et
    - un second corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (30, 130) incluant une pluralité d'ailettes (31) agencées en parallèle à un certain intervalle et une pluralité de tuyaux circulaires (32) passant à travers la pluralité d'ailettes (31) dans une direction d'agencement parallèle de la pluralité d'ailettes (31), dans laquelle le réfrigérant est agencé pour s'écouler à l'intérieur de la pluralité de tuyaux circulaires (32),
    le premier corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (20, 120) étant agencé plus près du ventilateur (5) que le second corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (30, 130);
    l'unité extérieure comprenant en outre:
    - un collecteur (25) relié à un côté amont du premier corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (20, 120); et
    - un distributeur (34) relié à un côté amont du second corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (30, 130) par un tube capillaire (33).
  2. Unité extérieure (100a à 100d) d'un appareil de conditionnement d'air selon la revendication 1,
    comprenant en outre un dispositif de contrôle de qualité (80, 110) prévu sur un côté amont de l'échangeur de chaleur (10a à 10f) et configuré pour contrôler une qualité du réfrigérant.
  3. Unité extérieure (100a à 100d) d'un appareil de conditionnement d'air selon la revendication 1 ou 2,
    dans laquelle le premier corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (20, 120) et le second corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (30, 130) sont agencés dans une direction haut-bas sur une vue de face, le premier corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (20, 120) est agencé sur ou au-dessus du second corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (30, 130) et le premier corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (20, 120) et le second corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (30, 130) sont reliés en série par un collecteur intermédiaire (26),
    dans laquelle l'unité extérieure (100a à 100d) est de préférence du type à flux supérieur ayant la sortie d'air (3) formée dans une surface supérieure du boîtier (1).
  4. Unité extérieure (100a à 100d) d'un appareil de conditionnement d'air selon la revendication 1 ou 2,
    dans laquelle le premier corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (20, 120) et le second corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (30, 130) sont agencés dans une direction avant-arrière sur une vue de face.
  5. Unité extérieure (100a à 100d) d'un appareil de conditionnement d'air selon la revendication 4,
    dans laquelle l'unité extérieure (100a à 100d) est du type à flux latéral ayant la sortie d'air (3) formée dans une surface latérale du boîtier (1).
  6. Unité extérieure (100a à 100d) d'un appareil de conditionnement d'air selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4,
    dans laquelle au moins l'un du premier corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (20, 120) et du second corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (30, 130) présente un mécanisme pour commander un débit du réfrigérant s'écoulant à travers le premier corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (20, 120) et le second corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (30, 130).
  7. Unité extérieure (100a à 100d) d'un appareil de conditionnement d'air selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6,
    dans laquelle un dispositif de distribution est relié à au moins l'un d'un côté amont et d'un côté aval du premier corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (20, 120) et du second corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (30, 130) via le premier corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (20, 120) et le second corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (30, 130).
  8. Unité extérieure (100a à 100d) d'un appareil de conditionnement d'air selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7,
    comprenant en outre une feuille anticorrosion insérée entre le premier corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (20, 120) et le second corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (30, 130).
  9. Unité extérieure (100a à 100d) d'un appareil de conditionnement d'air selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8,
    dans laquelle le premier corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (20, 120) et le second corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (30, 130) sont réalisés dans un matériau identique.
  10. Unité extérieure (100a à 100d) d'un appareil de conditionnement d'air selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4 et 6 à 9,
    dans laquelle des tuyaux de transfert de chaleur d'au moins l'un du premier corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (20, 120) et du second corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (30, 130) sont agencés dans une direction verticale.
  11. Unité extérieure (100a à 100d) d'un appareil de conditionnement d'air selon la revendication 1,
    dans laquelle le ventilateur est une turbosoufflante (250),
    le premier corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (20, 120) étant agencé plus près d'une extrémité distale de la turbosoufflante (250) que le second corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (30, 130).
  12. Unité extérieure (100a à 100d) d'un appareil de conditionnement d'air selon la revendication 11,
    dans laquelle le premier corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (20, 120) et le second corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (30, 130) sont reliés en série; ou
    dans laquelle le premier corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (20, 120) et le second corps principal d'échangeur de chaleur (30, 130) sont reliés en parallèle.
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