EP3540318A1 - Unité intérieure pour climatiseur, et climatiseur - Google Patents

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EP3540318A1
EP3540318A1 EP16920971.5A EP16920971A EP3540318A1 EP 3540318 A1 EP3540318 A1 EP 3540318A1 EP 16920971 A EP16920971 A EP 16920971A EP 3540318 A1 EP3540318 A1 EP 3540318A1
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Akinori SAKABE
Masayuki Oishi
Yasuhide Hayamaru
Seiji Hirakawa
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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
    • F24F1/02—Self-contained room units for air-conditioning, i.e. with all apparatus for treatment installed in a common casing
    • 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
    • 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
    • F24F1/0011—Indoor units, e.g. fan coil units characterised by air outlets
    • F24F1/0014—Indoor units, e.g. fan coil units characterised by air outlets having two or more outlet openings
    • 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
    • F24F13/00—Details common to, or for air-conditioning, air-humidification, ventilation or use of air currents for screening
    • F24F13/08—Air-flow control members, e.g. louvres, grilles, flaps or guide plates
    • 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
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to a structure of a heat exchanger of an indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, and an air-conditioning apparatus including the indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus.
  • a conventional indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes devices such as a heat exchanger, a fan, and an air-flow-direction control plate, and a box-shaped casing that houses these devices.
  • the indoor unit allows refrigerant to circulate between the indoor unit and an outdoor unit that are connected to each other by pipes.
  • the heat exchanger causes air flowing through the heat exchanger and the refrigerant flowing through the heat exchanger to reject heat or remove heat therebetween, thereby cooling or heating the air.
  • the cooled or heated air is blown out from an air outlet, to adjust the temperature of air inside a room.
  • a propeller fan is arranged on the upstream side of the heat exchanger, and an air outlet is provided in a lower portion of the casing.
  • the heat exchanger includes a single or a plurality of heat exchanger blocks. The air is supplied to the heat exchanger by the propeller fan, and the air that is heat-exchanged and conditioned is blown out from the air outlet.
  • a propeller fan is arranged on the upstream side of the heat exchanger, and an air outlet is provided in a lower portion of the casing.
  • the heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat exchanger blocks, and the heat exchanger blocks are arranged in a reverse V shape in side view.
  • An air mixing promoting element is provided so that the air passing through each of the heat exchanger blocks is mixed.
  • the temperature and humidity distribution of the blown-out air further expands.
  • the air mixing promoting element is provided in the vicinity of the heat exchanger, and the temperature and humidity distribution of the blown-out air is averaged.
  • the air mixing promoting element cannot be provided, resulting in dew condensation on the air-flow-direction control plate due to the influence of the wake of the heat exchanger.
  • the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object thereof is to provide an indoor unit for an air-conditioning unit that can suppress dew condensation on an air-flow-direction control plate in a configuration in which the air-flow-direction control plate is arranged in a vicinity of at least one of a plurality of heat exchanger blocks of a heat exchanger, and the air-conditioning unit.
  • An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus of an embodiment of the present invention includes a casing, an air inlet provided on the casing, an air outlet opening in a bottom surface of the casing, a heat exchanger arranged in an air passage extending from the air inlet to the air outlet, a fan arranged on a windward side of the heat exchanger in the air passage, and an air-flow-direction control plate provided in the air passage between the heat exchanger and the air outlet, wherein the heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat exchanger blocks that are arranged in a front-and-rear direction of the casing, and includes a refrigerant inlet through which refrigerant flows into the heat exchanger during a cooling operation, and a refrigerant outlet through which the refrigerant flows out of the heat exchanger, the air-flow-direction control plate is provided in the vicinity of one of the heat exchanger blocks, the refrigerant outlet is provided in a heat exchanger block other than the heat exchanger block that is provided in the vicinity of
  • the heat exchanger of the indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant outlet that is provided in the heat exchanger block other than the heat exchanger block that is disposed in the vicinity of the air-flow-direction control plate.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an indoor unit 100 of an air-conditioning apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
  • the indoor unit 100 includes a casing 50 having a substantially cuboid shape.
  • the casing 50 includes a front panel 52 on a front surface of the indoor unit 100.
  • a surface facing the front panel 52 of the casing 50 includes a back panel 51.
  • the indoor unit 100 has the back panel 51 that is attached and fixed to an installation wall surface of a room.
  • Two air inlets 60 are arranged in a top surface of the casing 50.
  • An air outlet 70 is provided in a bottom surface of the casing 50.
  • Fig. 2 is an explanatory view illustrating a cross section A-A perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the indoor unit 100 of Fig. 1 .
  • the cross section A-A is a cross section taken along the center of an axial-flow fan 2.
  • An internal structure and a flow of air in the indoor unit 100 of the air-conditioning apparatus according to Embodiment 1 will be described with reference to Fig. 2 .
  • the air inlet 60 is formed in the top surface of the casing 50, and the air outlet 70 is formed in the bottom surface of the casing 50.
  • An air passage 55 extending from the air inlet 60 to the air outlet 70 is formed inside the casing 50.
  • the axial-flow fan 2 is arranged directly below the air inlet 60.
  • the axial-flow fan 2 rotates to suck the air outside the casing 50 into the inside of the air passage 55 from the air inlet 60.
  • a heat exchanger 1 is arranged below the axial-flow fan 2.
  • the heat exchanger 1 includes a plurality of heat exchanger blocks 10a to 10d arranged in a W shape in cross-section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the casing 50.
  • the heat exchanger 1 is arranged between the front panel 52 and the back panel 51, and the air delivered from the axial-flow fan 2 exchanges heat with refrigerant that has passed through the heat exchanger 1 and passes through a heat transfer tube 6.
  • the air heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger 1 is sent toward the air outlet 70.
  • the heat exchanger blocks 10a to 10d are arranged in a W shape, but the arrangement of the heat exchanger blocks 10a to 10d is not limited to its form.
  • the number of the plurality of heat exchanger blocks 10 is not limited to four.
  • the plurality of heat exchanger blocks 10 are arranged in a front-and-rear direction of the casing 50, and may be in a form such as an N shape, an M shape, and a V shape, for example.
  • a drain pan 20 is arranged below the heat exchanger 1.
  • the drain pan 20 includes a drain pan portion 20a and a drain pan portion 20b for receiving dew condensation water attached to the heat exchanger 1.
  • the drain pan portions 20a, 20b cover two lower apexes of the W-shape of the heat exchanger 1 from below, respectively.
  • the air that has passed through the heat exchanger 1 is divided, thereby to flow through divided air passages formed between the drain pan portion 20a and a front air passage wall 52a of the front panel 52, between the drain pan portion 20a and the drain pan portion 20b, and between the drain pan portion 20b and a rear air passage wall 51a of the back panel 51, respectively.
  • the air passage formed between the drain pan portion 20a and the front air passage wall 52a of the front panel 52 is referred to as a front air passage 56a.
  • the air passage formed between the drain pan portion 20a and the drain pan portion 20b is referred to as a central air passage 56b.
  • the air passage formed between the drain pan portion 20b and a rear air passage wall 51a of the back panel 51 is referred to as a rear air passage 56c.
  • the front air passage 56a, the central air passage 56b, and the rear air passage 56c in Embodiment 1 correspond to the "divided air passages" of the present invention.
  • the air that has passed through the heat exchanger block 10a of the heat exchanger 1 mainly passes through the front air passage 56a, the heat exchanger block 10a being the closest to the front panel 52.
  • An air-flow-direction control plate 3 is disposed in the front air passage 56a.
  • the air-flow-direction control plate 3 is formed in a thin-plate shape, and the plate-shaped flat portion of the air-flow-direction control plate 3 is normally disposed to be in parallel to a direction of air flowing in the front air passage 56a.
  • a plurality of air-flow-direction control plates 3 are disposed along the front air passage 56 extending in the longitudinal direction of the casing 50a.
  • the air-flow-direction control plate 3 changes the angle of the flat portion to change the direction of air to be blown out from the air outlet 70.
  • the front air passage 56a in Embodiment 1 corresponds to a "first divided air passage” in the present invention.
  • the heat exchanger block 10a corresponds to a "first heat exchanger block” in the present invention. That is, the divided air passage into which the air that has passed through the "first heat exchanger block" flows corresponds to the "first divided air passage,” and the plurality of air-flow-direction control plates 3 are disposed in the first divided air passage.
  • the air that has passed through the heat exchanger blocks 10b and 10c at the center of the heat exchanger 1 mainly passes through the central air passage 56b.
  • Baffle plates 21a, 21b are arranged in the central air passage 56b, and the air passing through the central air passage 56b is rectified by the baffle plates 21a, 21b to flow in a predetermined direction.
  • the air that has passed through the heat exchanger block 10d of the heat exchanger 1 mainly passes through the rear air passage 56c, the heat exchanger block 10d being the closest to the back panel 51.
  • the rear air passage wall 51a has an upper portion that is parallel to the back surface of the casing 50, and a lower portion of the rear air passage wall 51a is formed to extend downward below the heat exchanger 1.
  • a lower end of the rear air passage wall 51a is disposed below the apex disposed closer to the back panel among the two lower apexes of the W-shape of the heat exchanger 1.
  • the air passing through the rear air passage 56c passes along the rear air passage 56c, thereby being rectified to flow obliquely downward toward the front of the casing 50.
  • the air outlet 70 is provided below the drain pan 20.
  • the air outlet 70 is closed by an up-and-down airflow direction louver 30 closer to the front surface and an up-and-down airflow direction louver 40 closer to the back surface during operation of an operation.
  • the up-and-down airflow direction louvers 30, 40 rotate about respective rotation shafts 31, 41 to thereby open the air outlet 70.
  • the airflow direction can be changed to the up-and-down direction by adjusting the angles of the up-and-down airflow direction louver 30 closer to the front surface and the up-and-down airflow direction louver 40 closer to the back surface.
  • the up-and-down airflow direction louver 30 closer to the front surface is provided with a right-and-left airflow direction louver 35 by which the airflow direction is changed to the right-and-left direction.
  • the right-and-left airflow direction louver 35 changes the angle to a right-and-left direction of the casing 50 to change the airflow direction.
  • Fig. 3 is a view illustrating a refrigerant flow passage 80 of the heat exchanger 1 illustrated in FIG. 2 .
  • the heat exchanger 1 includes a plurality of heat exchanger blocks 10a to 10d arranged in a W shape, in a cross-section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the casing 50.
  • the heat exchanger blocks 10a to 10d each include a primary heat exchange portion 4 and an auxiliary heat exchange portion 5.
  • the auxiliary heat exchange portion 5 is arranged so as to be overlapped with the windward side of the primary heat exchange portion 4.
  • the windward side means an upstream side of the air flow generated by the rotation of the axial-flow fan 2.
  • the leeward side means a downstream side of the air flow generated by the rotation of the axial-flow fan 2.
  • the auxiliary heat exchange portion 5 is arranged to mainly increase a subcooled region during heating operation to thereby improve the heat exchange performance.
  • the primary heat exchange portion 4 and the auxiliary heat exchange portion 5 each include the heat transfer tubes 6 each configured to extend linearly in the longitudinal direction of the casing 50 and be turned back at the end thereof, and fins 7 each are a thin strip-shaped metal plate.
  • a plurality of fins 7 are arranged at fine intervals in the longitudinal direction of the casing 50, i.e., in a direction in which the heat transfer tubes 6 extend linearly.
  • the fin 7 has holes therein through which the heat transfer tubes 6 pass, and is assembled so that the heat transfer tubes 6 pass through the holes.
  • the heat transfer tube 6 is turned back a plurality of number of times at the ends in the longitudinal direction of the heat exchanger 1 to form the refrigerant flow passage 80.
  • the primary heat exchange portion 4 includes the heat transfer tubes 6 that are arrayed in two rows on the windward side and the leeward side in a plane so that the two rows are arranged in parallel to each other, and the heat transfer tubes 6 arrayed in the plane are connected at their ends.
  • the plurality of heat transfer tubes 6 arrayed on the cross section illustrated in Fig. 3 are connected to one another at their ends by U-shaped connecting tubes.
  • the auxiliary heat exchange portion 5 includes the heat transfer tubes 6 that are arrayed in a single row in a plane. In Fig.
  • a dotted line connecting the adjacent heat transfer tubes 6 indicates that the adjacent heat transfer tubes 6 are connected to each other at the ends on the rear side of the heat exchanger 1 as shown in Fig. 3 .
  • a solid line connecting the adjacent heat transfer tubes 6 indicates that the adjacent heat transfer tubes 6 are connected to each other at the ends on the front side of Fig. 3 of the heat exchanger 1 as shown in Fig. 3 .
  • the auxiliary heat exchange portion 5 is located on the upstream side of the refrigerant flow passage 80 and the primary heat exchange portion 4 is located on the downstream side of the refrigerant flow passage 80.
  • the refrigerant delivered from the outdoor unit flows into the heat transfer tube 6 from a refrigerant inlet 81 in the top of an auxiliary heat exchange portion 5a of the heat exchanger block 10a closest to the front panel 52.
  • the refrigerant that has flowed from the refrigerant inlet 81 passes through the heat transfer tube 6 of the auxiliary heat exchange portion 5a of the heat exchanger block 10a, and then passes sequentially through an auxiliary heat exchange portion 5b of the heat exchanger block 10b, an auxiliary heat exchange portion 5c of the heat exchanger block 10c, and an auxiliary heat exchange portion 5d of the heat exchanger block 10d.
  • the refrigerant flow passage 80 is provided with a bifurcation portion 82 after the refrigerant flows out of the auxiliary heat exchange portion 5d.
  • the refrigerant flowing out of the auxiliary heat exchange portion 5d branches off into two passages of a refrigerant flow passage 80a and a refrigerant flow passage 80b from the bifurcation portion 82.
  • the refrigerant flowing in the one refrigerant flow passage 80a flows into a primary heat exchange portion 4a of the heat exchanger block 10a closest to the front panel 52.
  • the refrigerant flowing in the other refrigerant flow passage 80b flows into a primary heat exchange portion 4b of the heat exchanger block 10b that is closer to the front panel 52 among the central heat exchanger blocks.
  • the refrigerant that has branched off into the refrigerant flow passage 80a flows into the primary heat exchange portion 4a of the heat exchanger block 10a.
  • the refrigerant flows into a heat transfer tube 6a that is located in the uppermost position among the heat transfer tubes 6 arrayed on the windward side.
  • the primary heat exchange portion 4a includes the heat transfer tubes 6 that are arrayed in two rows on the windward side and the leeward side.
  • the refrigerant that has flowed into the primary heat exchange portion 4a passes through the row of the heat transfer tubes 6 on the windward side and the row of the heat transfer tubes 6 on the leeward side, and then flows out of the primary heat exchange portion 4a.
  • the refrigerant that has flowed out of the primary heat exchange portion 4a flows into a primary heat exchange portion 4c of the heat exchanger block 10c.
  • the refrigerant that has flowed into the primary heat exchange portion 4c of the heat exchanger block 10c flows into the heat transfer tube 6 that is located in the uppermost position on the windward side of the primary heat exchange portion 4c.
  • the refrigerant flows into the heat transfer tube 6 that is located in the uppermost position on the leeward side after the refrigerant has passed through the second heat transfer tube 6 from top on the windward side, and then the refrigerant flows into the third heat transfer tube 6 from the top on the windward side after the refrigerant has passed through the second heat transfer tube 6 from top on the leeward side. Then, the refrigerant passes through the heat transfer tubes 6 that are located below the third heat transfer tube 6 from the top on the windward side of the primary heat exchange portion 4c, and then flows out of the heat transfer tube 6 that is located in the lowermost position on the windward side of the primary heat exchange portion 4c.
  • the refrigerant flows into the primary heat exchange portion 4d of the heat exchanger block 10d closest to the back panel 51.
  • the refrigerant that has flowed into the primary heat exchange portion 4d flows into the heat transfer tube 6 that is located in the lowermost position on the windward side, passes through the heat transfer tubes 6 that are located in a lower portion on the windward side, flows into the row of the heat transfer tubes 6 on the leeward side, and then flows out of a refrigerant outlet 83 that is provided at the center of the heat transfer tube 6 on the leeward side.
  • the refrigerant flows into the heat transfer tube 6b that is located in the uppermost position among the heat transfer tubes 6 arrayed on the windward side.
  • the primary heat exchange portion 4b includes the heat transfer tubes 6 that are arrayed in two rows on the windward side and the leeward side.
  • the refrigerant that has flowed into the primary heat exchange portion 4b passes through the row of the heat transfer tubes 6 on the windward side and the row of the heat transfer tubes 6 on the leeward side, and then flows out of the primary heat exchange portion 4b.
  • the refrigerant that has flowed out of the primary heat exchange portion 4b flows into the primary heat exchange portion 4d of the heat exchanger block 10d.
  • the refrigerant that has flowed into the primary heat exchange portion 4d of the heat exchanger block 10d flows into the heat transfer tube 6 that is located in the uppermost position on the windward side of the primary heat exchange portion 4d.
  • the refrigerant that has flowed into the heat transfer tube 6 located in the upper most portion on the windward side of the primary heat exchange portion 4d flows into the heat transfer tube 6 that is located in the uppermost position on the leeward side after the refrigerant has passed through the second heat transfer tube 6 from top on the windward side, and then the refrigerant flows into the third heat transfer tube 6 from the top on the windward side after the refrigerant has passed through the second heat transfer tube 6 from top on the leeward side. Then, the refrigerant passes through the third and fourth heat transfer tubes 6 from the top on the windward side of the primary heat exchange portion 4d, and then flows out of the primary heat exchange portion 4d.
  • the refrigerant that has flowed out of the primary heat exchange portion 4d flows into the third heat transfer tube 6 from the top on the leeward side of the primary heat exchange portion 4c. Then, the refrigerant flows from the third heat transfer tube 6 on the leeward side of the primary heat exchange portion 4c to the heat transfer tube 6 on the lowermost position, and flows out of the primary heat exchange portion 4c. The refrigerant that has flowed out of the primary heat exchange portion 4c flows into the heat transfer tube 6 located in the lowermost position on the leeward side of the primary heat exchange portion 4d of the heat exchanger block 10d closest to the back panel 51.
  • the refrigerant that has flowed into the primary heat exchange portion 4d flows into the heat transfer tube 6 located in the lowermost position on the windward side, passes through the heat transfer tubes 6 that are located in a lower portion on the windward side, is transferred to the heat transfer tube 6 on the leeward side, and then flows out of a refrigerant outlet 84.
  • the refrigerant flowing into the heat exchanger 1 flows into the heat exchanger 1 from a single refrigerant circuit, and the refrigerant flow passage 80 branches off midway into two refrigerant circuits of the refrigerant flow passage 80a and the refrigerant flow passage 80b, and flows out of the refrigerant outlet 83 and the refrigerant outlet 84.
  • the two refrigerant outlets 83, 84 each are connected to any one of the heat transfer tubes 6 in the row on the most leeward side of the heat transfer tubes 6 in the heat exchanger block 10d closest to the back panel 51 of the heat exchanger blocks included in the primary heat exchange portion 4 and the auxiliary heat exchange portion 5 of the heat exchanger 1.
  • the refrigerant may be dried in the refrigerant outlet 83 and the refrigerant outlet 84. Therefore, this may cause increase in the variation in the temperature and humidity distribution of the air that passes through the heat exchanger 1 and is blown into the air-flow-direction control plate 3.
  • the refrigerant outlet 83 and the refrigerant outlet 84 through which the refrigerant flows out of the heat exchanger 1 are not arranged in the heat exchanger block 10a during the cooling operation, the heat exchanger block 10a being disposed on the windward side of the air-flow-direction control plate 3, thereby enabling the air-flow-direction control plate 3 to be arranged at a position near the heat exchanger 1 affected by the wake of the heat transfer tubes.
  • the variation in the temperature and humidity distribution of the air that passes through the air-flow-direction control plate 3 is not increased. Therefore, dew condensation on the air-flow-direction control plate 3 during the cooling operation can be suppressed.
  • the heat exchanger block 10 in which the refrigerant outlet 83 and the refrigerant outlet 84 are arranged does not have to be the heat exchanger block 10d closest to the back panel for cooling operation, and may be the heat exchanger block 10b or 10c that is not disposed in the vicinity of the air-flow-direction control plate 3, for example.
  • a detector may be provided to detect the quality of the refrigerant in the refrigerant outlet 83 and the refrigerant outlet 84. For example, the detector may detect the temperatures of pipes at the refrigerant outlet 83 and the refrigerant outlet 84.
  • the indoor unit 100 of an air-conditioning apparatus in which the heat exchanger 1 is provided is connected with an outdoor unit.
  • the outdoor unit is provided with a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger.
  • the indoor unit 100 and the outdoor unit are connected to each other by a connection pipe through which the refrigerant flows to form a refrigeration cycle circuit.
  • the indoor unit 100 includes the configurations (1) to (4) described above, thereby being capable of suppressing dew condensation on the components such as the air-flow-direction control plate 3 arranged in the vicinity of the heat exchanger block 10.
  • An indoor unit 200 of an air-conditioning apparatus according to Embodiment 2 is obtained by modifying the structure of the refrigerant flow passage 80 of the heat exchanger 1 in the indoor unit 100 of an air-conditioning apparatus according to Embodiment 1.
  • the following description is focused on differences between Embodiment 2 and Embodiment 1. Matters that are not particularly mentioned in Embodiment 2 are similar to those in Embodiment 1, and the same functions and components as those in Embodiment 1 are designated by the same reference signs in the following description.
  • Fig. 4 is a view illustrating a refrigerant flow passage 80 of a heat exchanger 201 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. As illustrated in Fig. 4 , a refrigerant inlet 281 of the heat exchanger 201 may be arranged closer to the back panel 51, i.e., in a heat exchanger block 210d closest to the rear air passage wall.
  • a refrigerant inflow passage can be shortened between the heat exchanger 201 and a connection pipe between the indoor unit and the outdoor unit that is a flow passage through which the refrigerant flows. This enables refrigerant pressure loss to be reduced during the cooling operation, thereby improving the cooling performance of the air-conditioning apparatus.
  • the amount of copper pipes used for the refrigerant inflow passage can be reduced by shortening the refrigerant inflow passage, thereby reducing the cost.
  • the heat exchanger 201 in Embodiment 2 includes a refrigerant flow passage 280 as described below. Firstly, the refrigerant flows into the heat exchanger 201 from the refrigerant inlet 281. The refrigerant delivered from the outdoor unit flows into the heat transfer tube 6 from the refrigerant inlet 281 in the top of the auxiliary heat exchange portion 5d of the heat exchanger block 10d closest to the rear air passage wall.
  • the refrigerant that has flowed from the refrigerant inlet 281 passes through the heat transfer tube 6 of the auxiliary heat exchange portion 5d of the heat exchanger block 10d, and then passes sequentially through the auxiliary heat exchange portion 5c of the heat exchanger block 10c, the auxiliary heat exchange portion 5b of the heat exchanger block 10b, and the auxiliary heat exchange portion 5a of the heat exchanger block 10a.
  • a bifurcation portion 282 is provided in the heat transfer tube 6 after the auxiliary heat exchange portion 5a.
  • the refrigerant flowing out of the auxiliary heat exchange portion 5a branches off into two passages of a refrigerant flow passage 280a and a refrigerant flow passage 280b from the bifurcation portion 282, and flows into the primary heat exchange portion 4a of the heat exchanger block 10a.
  • the refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant flow passage 280a flows in the row of the heat transfer tubes 6 on the windward side of the primary heat exchange portion 4a in an upward direction, flows into the row of the heat transfer tubes 6 on the leeward side from the uppermost position of the primary heat exchange portion 4a, flows in the row of the heat transfer tubes 6 on the leeward side to the lowermost position, and then flows out of the primary heat exchange portion 4a.
  • the refrigerant in the refrigerant flow passage 280a that has flowed out of the primary heat exchange portion 4a flows into the primary heat exchange portion 4b of the heat exchanger block 10b from the lowermost position thereof, flows in the upward direction, and then flows out of the primary heat exchange portion 4b before the refrigerant reaches the uppermost position.
  • the refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant flow passage 280b flows in the row of the heat transfer tubes 6 on the windward side of the primary heat exchange portion 4a in a downward direction, flows out of the heat transfer tube 6 that is located in the lowermost position, and then flows into the primary heat exchange portion 4b of the heat exchanger block 10b.
  • the refrigerant in the refrigerant flow passage 280b that has flowed into the primary heat exchange portion 4b flows in the row of the heat transfer tubes 6 on the windward side of the primary heat exchange portion 4b to the uppermost position thereof, and flows into the row of the heat transfer tubes 6 on the leeward side from the uppermost position.
  • the refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant flow passage 280b flows in the heat transfer tubes 6 on the leeward side of the primary heat exchange portion 4b in a downward direction, and flows out of the primary heat exchange portion 4b before the refrigerant reaches the lowermost position.
  • the refrigerant flow passage 280a and the refrigerant flow passage 280b are converged after the refrigerant flows out of the primary heat exchange portion 4b.
  • the refrigerant converged at a converging portion 285 branches off from a bifurcation portion 286 again through a refrigerant flow passage 280c.
  • the refrigerant flowing in a refrigerant flow passage 280d and a refrigerant flow passage 280e branched from the bifurcation portion 286 flows into the primary heat exchange portion 4c of the heat exchanger block 10c.
  • the refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant flow passage 280d flows into the row of the heat transfer tubes 6 on the windward side of the primary heat exchange portion 4c, is transferred to the row on the leeward side of the primary heat exchange portion 4c from the uppermost position in the downward direction, and flows out of the primary heat exchange portion 4c at the lowermost position.
  • the refrigerant that has flowed out of the primary heat exchange portion 4c flows into the lowermost position of the row of the heat transfer tubes 6 on the leeward side of the primary heat exchange portion 4d of the heat exchanger block 10d, flows in the upward direction, and flows out of the refrigerant outlet 283.
  • the refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant flow passage 280e flows in the row of the heat transfer tubes 6 on the windward side of the primary heat exchange portion 4c in a downward direction, flows out of the primary heat exchange portion 4c at the lowermost position.
  • the refrigerant that has flowed out of the primary heat exchange portion 4c flows into the lowermost position of the row of the heat transfer tubes 6 on the windward side of the primary heat exchange portion 4d of the heat exchanger block 10d, flows in the upward direction, flows into the row of the heat transfer tubes 6 on the leeward side at the uppermost position, flows in the downward direction, and flows out of the refrigerant outlet 284.
  • the refrigerant flow passage 280 in the heat exchanger 201 includes the converging portion 285 that converges some or all of the branched refrigerant flow passages.
  • the refrigerant flow passage 280 may include the bifurcation portion 286 at which the refrigerant flow passage branches off into the refrigerant flow passages equal in the number of refrigerant flow passages before being converged at the converging portion 285.
  • the difference in heat load is generated for each portion of the refrigerant flow passage 280
  • the difference in the quality of the refrigerant flowing out of each of the refrigerant flow passage 280a and the refrigerant flow passage 280b can be reduced. Accordingly, the quality of the refrigerant branched in the heat exchanger 201 can be averaged, thereby being capable of reducing the variation in the temperature and humidity distribution of the air that passes through the heat exchanger 201. Furthermore, the risk that dew is condensed on the air-flow-direction control plate 3 arranged in the vicinity of the heat exchanger 201 can be reduced.
  • the number of heat exchanger blocks 10 included in the heat exchanger 201 is not limited to four. Furthermore, the number of divided flow passages through which the air that has passed through the heat exchanger 1 passes may be appropriately changed in accordance with the number of heat exchanger blocks 10.
  • Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view illustrating a heat exchanger 201a in a modification example of the heat exchanger 201 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
  • the auxiliary heat exchange portion 5 does not need to be included in the heat exchanger block 10.
  • the number of heat transfer tubes 6 in a row, the number of rows of the heat transfer tubes 6, and the tube diameter of the heat transfer tube 6 are not limited.
  • the number of refrigerant inlets 281 and refrigerant outlets 283, 284 are not limited to the number illustrated in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 .
  • the number of flow passages branched at the bifurcation portion 286 after the refrigerant flow passage 280 is converged midway is not limited to the number equal to the number of refrigerant flow passages before being converged at the converging portion 285.
  • a reheat dehumidification valve may be provided on the downstream side of the converging portion 285 of the refrigerant flow passage 280.
  • the refrigerant flowing in the refrigerant flow passage 280a and the refrigerant flow passage 280b branched from the bifurcation portion 282 can be converged at the converging portion 285 so that the refrigerant can be mixed.
  • the difference in heat load is generated for each portion of the refrigerant flow passage 280
  • the difference in the quality of the refrigerant flowing out of each of the refrigerant flow passage 280a and the refrigerant flow passage 280b can be reduced.
  • the quality of the refrigerant branched in the heat exchanger 201 can be averaged, thereby being capable of reducing the variation in the temperature and humidity distribution of the air that passes through the heat exchanger 201.
  • the risk that dew is condensed on the air-flow-direction control plate 3 arranged in the vicinity of the heat exchanger 201 can be reduced.

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