JP2002277096A - Air conditioning system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that a constitution of a conventional system is complicate and heavy and the system cannot be freely carried therewith. SOLUTION: An air conditioning system comprises a dehumidifier 2 for dehumidifying a moisture in the air, and a cold/warm heat generator 35 for generating a cold or a warm heat. The generator 35 has a water holding material 21 for carrying a hydrate salt 25, a heating means 31 for heating the holding material 21, and a temperature controller 32 for heating the hydrate salt to a state of an anhydrous salt or a dihydrate salt by the heating means, when the warm heat is generated or heating the hydrate salt to a form of a hexahydrate salt when the cold is generated or controlling a supply air amount of the supply fan 5 of the dehumidifier 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air conditioner capable of partially dehumidifying, heating or cooling.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a dehumidifying dryer, there is one using an adsorbent such as silica gel or zeolite, and as a dehumidifying cooler, there is a heat pump using a compressor. Examples of the cooler include a cooler fan using the heat of vaporization of water and a desiccant cooler using an adsorbent. Examples of the cool / hot air blower include a cooling / heating air blower using a heat pump and a cool / hot air blower using an exothermic endothermic reaction of a Peltier element.

[0003] Each of the above-mentioned devices has a single function, and there is no device which combines dehumidification and a cool / hot air blower.

[0004]

A conventional air conditioner using a heat pump has a problem in that the air conditioner has a complicated structure, is heavy in weight, and cannot be used freely anywhere because it is portable. Have.

[0005] From the viewpoint of preventing global warming and depletion of the ozone layer, regulations on chlorofluorocarbon used in heat pumps are increasing, and there is a strong demand for alternative means having excellent energy saving.

[0006]

The present invention comprises a dehumidifying section for dehumidifying moisture in the air and a cold / hot heat generating section for generating cold or warm heat as constituent elements, and the cold / hot heat generating section contains a hydrated salt. A water retaining body to be supported; a heating means for heating the water retaining body; and a heating means for heating the hydrated salt to an anhydrous salt or dihydrate state when generating heat, and water when generating cold heat. The sum salt is heated in the form of hexahydrate, and the dehumidifying unit supplies the dehumidified air to the water retaining body to generate cold or warm heat,
The air conditioner has a simple structure capable of obtaining dehumidified air and cold or hot air, is portable, and can be used freely anywhere.

When the dry air dehumidified by the dehumidifying section is supplied to the cold and hot heat generating section, the amount of water that can be vaporized when the cold and hot heat generating section heats the hydrated salt into hexahydrate increases. The generated cold heat is efficiently transmitted to the dry air,
Cold heat can be generated efficiently. When the hydrated salt is in the form of an anhydrous salt or dihydrate, the dry air can be heated and heated. Furthermore, if only the dehumidifying section is used, the indoor can be dehumidified.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 comprises, as constituent elements, a dehumidifying section for dehumidifying moisture in the air, and a cold / hot heat generating section for generating cold or hot heat, wherein the cold / hot heat generating section comprises water. A water retention body supporting a salt, heating means for heating the water retention body, and the heating means, when generating hot heat, heats the hydrated salt to an anhydrous salt or dihydrate state to generate cold heat When the hydrated salt is heated in the form of hexahydrate, the dehumidifying unit supplies the dehumidified air to the water retaining body to generate cold or warm heat, thereby obtaining dehumidified air and cold or warm air. Air conditioner.

When the dry air dehumidified by the dehumidifying section is supplied to the cold / hot heat generating section, the amount of water which can be vaporized when the cold / hot heat generating section heats the hydrated salt into hexahydrate increases. The generated cold heat is efficiently transmitted to the dry air,
Cold heat can be generated efficiently. When the hydrated salt is in the form of an anhydrous salt or dihydrate, the dry air can be heated and heated. Furthermore, if only the dehumidifying section is used, the indoor can be dehumidified.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the dehumidifying section includes a fan for blowing air, a moisture absorbing means for dehumidifying moisture in the air blown by the fan, and a moisture absorbing means. Is provided with dew condensation means for dew condensation of the moisture absorbed, wherein the hygroscopic means or the dew condensation means is a honeycomb body comprising an inorganic salt having a hygroscopic property and a water absorbing resin capable of absorbing an aqueous solution of the inorganic salt. And

The inorganic salts having hygroscopicity are capable of adsorbing about twice as much moisture as silica gel or zeolite. Therefore, the amount of moisture that can be absorbed by the moisture absorbing means and the amount of moisture that can be absorbed by the dew condensation means are also reduced. When the amount becomes large, the dehumidified air can be efficiently dehydrated. Further, since the moisture absorbing member is a honeycomb body, the configuration of the dehumidifying section is simplified and the size can be reduced.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the second aspect, the moisture absorbing means includes a dehumidifying passage through which dehumidified air blown by the blower fan passes, and a second blower heated by the heating means. It is constituted by a honeycomb body having a regeneration passage through which room air blown by a fan passes.

Therefore, the water dehumidified in the dehumidifying passage is efficiently vaporized in the regeneration passage, and the dehumidified air can be efficiently blown.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the third aspect, the honeycomb body is constituted by an orthogonal honeycomb having a passage in the X direction and a passage in the Y direction.

Therefore, the dehumidifying section can be made extremely simple and compact, and the dehumidified air can be efficiently blown.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration according to any one of the second to fourth aspects, the dew condensation means includes:
It is constituted by a honeycomb body having a regeneration flow path through which air passing through the regeneration flow path of the moisture absorbing means flows, and a cooling flow path through which air for cooling the air flowing through the regeneration flow path flows.

For this reason, the moisture flowing through the regeneration flow path, which has been absorbed by the moisture absorbing body, is cooled by the air flowing through the cooling flow path to become dew condensation water, and the dehumidified air can be efficiently blown.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration according to any one of the second to fifth aspects, the dew condensation means includes:
It is configured to have a dew condensation water storage container that receives dew condensation water. For this reason, the dew water can be easily treated and the air conditioner is easy to handle.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration according to any one of the second to sixth aspects, the dew condensation means comprises:
It is configured to have an outlet for generating dew water and exhausting dehumidified air. For this reason, the air conditioner can easily take out the dehumidified air after discharging the dew condensation water, and can easily dehumidify the indoor air.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the dehumidifying section dehumidifies the moisture contained in the blowing air for blowing the dehumidifying air and the blowing fan. A disc-shaped honeycomb body, a motor for rotating and driving the disc-shaped honeycomb body, a heating unit for heating a part of the disc-shaped honeycomb body, and a part of the disc-shaped honeycomb body via the heating unit A second blower fan that blows air into the honeycomb structure, a dehumidified honeycomb body that dehumidifies moisture from the air blown by the second blower fan that has passed through the regeneration flow path of the disc-shaped honeycomb body, and a dehumidified honeycomb body. The disc-shaped honeycomb body includes an exhaust port through which dehumidified air that has passed is exhausted, and the disc-shaped honeycomb body includes an inorganic salt having a hygroscopic property and a water-absorbing resin capable of absorbing an aqueous solution of the inorganic salt.

Since the disc-shaped honeycomb body is configured to be rotatable, the inorganic salts or the water-absorbing resin or the honeycomb body carrying these can be moved to the area heated by the heating means and the second blower fan. It is possible to sequentially move to a cooling area which receives air blown by a blower fan and to automatically regenerate. In addition, the dehumidifying honeycomb body through which the air that has passed through the heating area of the disc-shaped honeycomb body can dehumidify moisture from the high-temperature and high-humidity air that has passed through the heating area, and the dehumidified air can be exhausted from the exhaust port. is there.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the eighth aspect, the disk-shaped honeycomb body has a partition wall that slides on the surface of the disk-shaped honeycomb body, and the partition wall is The configuration is such that the flow of dehumidified air and the flow of high-temperature air blown by the second blower fan are separated. For this reason,
Interference between the flow of dehumidified air and the flow of high-temperature air blown by the second blower fan can be prevented, and dehumidification can be performed efficiently.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration according to any one of the first to ninth aspects, the water retaining body is formed in a ring shape and is rotated on an endless track by a support means. I have. For this reason, the air blown by the blower fan can always vaporize new water,
It can be used continuously for a long time.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration according to any one of the first to tenth aspects, the heating means for heating the water retaining body is a weight detecting means for detecting the weight of the water retaining body. The amount of heating is adjusted in accordance with the weight of. Therefore, generation of warm or cold heat can be reliably controlled, and an air conditioner with stable operation can be provided.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in addition to any one of the first to eleventh aspects, calcium chloride, sodium acetate, lithium acetate, sodium carbonate, sodium sulfate, and sulfuric acid are used as hydrated salts. At least one selected from magnesium is used. For this reason, the amount of heat absorbed during dissolution can be particularly increased, and those containing water can be sufficiently dried in a temperature range from room temperature to about 40 ° C. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently generate cold or warm heat.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration according to any one of the first to twelfth aspects, at least a heat conductor is used for the water retaining body. For this reason, vaporization of the moisture possessed by the water retaining body is efficiently performed,
The amount of heat transferred to the dehumidified air is increased, so that efficient cold or warm heat can be generated.

[0027]

(Embodiment 1) An air conditioner according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the configuration of the present embodiment. The air-conditioning apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a dehumidifying unit 2 that dehumidifies moisture in air in a main body 1,
A cold / hot heat generating section 35 for generating cold or warm heat.

The cold / hot heat generating section 35 includes a water retaining body 21 for supporting the hydrated salt and a heating means 3 for heating the water retaining body 21.
1, a temperature control means 32, and an outlet 28. The heating means 31 heats the hydrated salt to an anhydrous salt or dihydrate when generating hot heat, and heats the hydrated salt to hexahydrate when generating cold heat.

The dehumidifying section 2 includes a moisture absorption ventilation path and a regeneration ventilation path.
Honeycomb body 3 having two ventilation paths, and fan 5 for blowing air
And a fan 9 for blowing air, a honeycomb body 13, and a dew-water storage container 17 for storing dew-water.

As the water retaining body 21 constituting the cooling / heating heat generating section 35, a fibrous material such as gauze or cloth having a large surface area is suitable. In the present embodiment, the water retaining body 21 has a ring shape, and has both ends supported by a shaft 22, and the shaft 22 is rotated by a motor 23 to rotate on an endless track. Further, the water retaining body 22 has a configuration in which a part thereof is immersed in a container 26 having the hydrated salt 25. Water is supplied to the container 25 from a water supply device 24.

In this embodiment, the weight detecting means 29 has a configuration using a capacitor. That is, one of the electrodes of the capacitor is moved up and down in accordance with the weight of the water retaining body 21, and the capacity formed between the fixed electrode and the other electrode is changed in accordance with the weight of the water retaining body 21. It is something that has become. The weight detecting means 29 is not limited to the configuration using the condenser, but may be any as long as it can measure the weight of the water retaining body 22. The detection information of the weight detecting means 29 is transmitted to the temperature control device 32.

In the present embodiment, the temperature control device 32 is constituted by a microcomputer,
In response to the detection information of No. 2, the amount of air blown by the fan 54 and the amount of heat generated by the heating means 31 are controlled.

In this embodiment, the honeycomb body 3 constituting the dehumidifying section 2 is made of ceramic paper. Further, the honeycomb body 3 is configured as shown in FIG. That is, a honeycomb body having an X-direction ventilation path and a Y-direction ventilation path is laminated. The ventilation path in the X direction is a moisture absorption ventilation path that constitutes a moisture absorption unit that absorbs moisture from the air blown by the fan 5. Further, the ventilation path in the Y direction is a regeneration ventilation path which constitutes a humidifying means for humidifying the moisture absorbed by the moisture absorption ventilation path. Alternatively, the ventilation path in the X direction is a reproduction ventilation path,
There is no problem even if the ventilation passage in the direction is a moisture absorption ventilation passage.

The skeleton of the honeycomb body 3 constituting the moisture-absorbing ventilation passage includes an inorganic salt such as calcium chloride, lithium chloride, lithium bromide, and calcium bromide, and a water-absorbing polymer film capable of absorbing an aqueous solution of the inorganic salt. It is carried. In this embodiment, a polyalkylene oxide-based polymer is used as the water-absorbing polymer film.

The air that has passed through the humidifying means is
It is guided to the dew condensation unit 13 and dehumidified by the dew condensation unit 13. Like the honeycomb body 3, the dew condensation unit 13 uses ceramic paper, and uses an orthogonal honeycomb having a ventilation path in the X direction and a ventilation path in the Y direction. The air passing through the humidifying means is sent through the ventilation passage in the X direction, and the air blown by the blower fan 5 is sent into the ventilation passage in the Y direction. Alternatively, there is no problem even if the air blown by the blower fan 5 is blown into the ventilation path in the X direction, and the air that has passed through the humidifying means is blown into the ventilation path in the Y direction.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below.
When a power supply (not shown) is turned on, the dehumidifying / cooling / heating heat generating apparatus of this embodiment starts operating. That is, the blower fan 5 draws air from the air inlet 4 of the main body 1 and blows air 6.
Is dehumidified by the dehumidifying unit 2 to become the dried air 7, which is sent to the cooling / heating heat generating unit 35. In the cold / hot heat generating section 35, water is supplied from the water supply device 3 to the water retaining body 4 holding the hydrated salt 2. At this time, the temperature control device 3
2. When the user's instruction is to generate heat, the current state of the hydrated salt is grasped from the weight detected by the weight detection means 31, and the state of this hydrated salt is the state of anhydrous salt or dihydrate. The amount of current supplied to the heating means 31 is adjusted with reference to the temperature measurement value of the temperature sensor 30 so that Alternatively, the blowing air volume of the blowing means 5 is adjusted. When the user's instruction is the generation of cold heat, the current state of the hydrate salt is grasped from the weight detected by the weight detection means 31, and the state of the hydrate salt is changed to the hexahydrate state. Similarly, the amount of current supplied to the heating means 31 is adjusted. Alternatively, the blowing air volume of the blowing means 5 is adjusted.

Accordingly, after the dry air blown by the blower fan 5 comes into contact with the hydrated salt in the predetermined state,
Air 27 containing cold or warm air is blown from the outlet 28. When the hydrated salt 2 held in the water retaining body 4 is in a dry state and is in an anhydrous salt or dihydrate state, the hydrated salt causes an exothermic reaction. When the hydrated salt held in the water retaining body 4 has a sufficient water content and is in a hexahydrate state, the hydrated salt 2 causes an endothermic reaction. The thus generated hot or cold heat is transferred to the air blown by the blower fan 5, so that the air 27 blown from the outlet 28 by the blower fan 5 has hot or cold heat.

That is, the hot / cold heat generating section 35 generates hot or cold heat by controlling the state of the hydrated salt.

At this time, in the present embodiment, the air that comes into contact with the water retaining body 21 passes through the dehumidifying section 2. In the dehumidifying section 2, the honeycomb body 3 and the dew condensation means 13
The moisture in the air blown by the blower fan 5 is dehumidified.
For this reason, the air that comes into contact with the water retaining body 21 is dry air with little moisture. In other words, it can contain a large amount of water vaporized from the water retaining body 21. That is, the air conditioner has a high cooling or heating capacity.

Next, the operation of the dehumidifying section 2 will be described. The air 6 or 7 blown by the blower fan 5 passes through the moisture absorption ventilation passage of the honeycomb body 3. The moisture-absorbing ventilation passage carries an inorganic salt such as calcium chloride, lithium chloride, lithium bromide, or calcium bromide, and a water-absorbing polymer film capable of absorbing an aqueous solution of the inorganic salt. Therefore, the water contained in the blown air 7 is absorbed by the inorganic salts. At this time, the water-absorbing polymer membrane holds the deliquescent liquid to which the inorganic salts have been adsorbed by the deliquescent when not in use so as not to leak outside the honeycomb body 3.

The air 7 thus blown by the blower fan 5
Is dehumidified and dried while passing through the moisture-absorbing ventilation passage of the honeycomb body 3, and comes into contact with the water retaining body 21 as described above.

The water absorbed by the inorganic salts is converted into the honeycomb body 3
It spreads all over the skeleton. At this time, the air 10 heated by the heating unit 11 is blown by the second blower fan 9 into the regeneration ventilation path constituting the humidifying unit of the honeycomb body 3. The second blower fan 9 blows the air 10 sucked from the second inlet 8 into the regeneration ventilation passage. For this reason, the diffused water is vaporized in the regenerative ventilation path to become steam. That is, the air flowing through the regeneration ventilation passage becomes the humidified air 12. The humidified air 12 is sent to a honeycomb body constituting the dew condensation unit 13.

The honeycomb constituting the dew-condensing means 13 is composed of an orthogonal honeycomb having the same two orthogonal ventilation paths as the honeycomb 3. The humidified air flows through one of the ventilation paths. Further, air 14 blown by the blower fan 5 is blown to the other ventilation path. Since the air 14 blown by the blower fan 5 is lower than the temperature of the humidified air 12, the humidified air 1
2 is cooled by the air 14 blown by the blower fan 5. Therefore, the moisture in the humidified air 12 condenses,
Water is stored in the dew condensation water storage means 17 as water droplets.

As described above, the air blown by the blower fan 5 from the intake port 4 and blown is dry air, which comes into contact with the water retaining body 21 constituting the cooling and heating unit 35. As a result, as described above, the cooling / heating heat generating section 35
Generates cold or warm heat according to the user's instructions.

Further, the dehumidified dry air is discharged from the second exhaust port 19. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, if the dry air exhausted from the exhaust port 19 is used, it can be used as a dehumidifier. In the case where the air exhausted from the exhaust port 28 is used, it can be used as a cold / hot heat generator.

At this time, the water supply device 24 provided in the cooling / heating heat generating section 35 is connected to the dew condensation water storage means 1 by an appropriate method.
When connected to 7, a self-watering type air conditioner that does not require water supply can be realized.

At this time, in this embodiment, the temperature control device 32 is constituted by a microcomputer, and based on the detection information of the temperature sensor 30 and the weight detection means 29,
The heating amount of the heating means 31 and the blowing air amount of the blowing fan 5 are controlled. For this reason, the state of the hydrated salt 25 can be freely changed as needed. That is, the hydrated salt 25 is heated to an anhydrous salt or dihydrate state when generating warm heat, and the hydrated salt 25 is heated to 6 when generating cold heat.
Heat to water salt form. Therefore, generation of warm heat and generation of cold heat can be freely adjusted.

At this time, if the water retaining body 21 is made to hold a substance that increases the heat transfer coefficient, such as a metal fiber, heat exchange between the air and the water retaining body 21 is performed quickly, and the cooling / heating capacity can be increased. it can. In particular, when a metal fiber such as an aluminum fiber or a stainless steel fiber is used, the heat exchange rate can be increased while maintaining the water holding power, so that the cooling and heating capacity can be further increased.

(Embodiment 2) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the configuration of the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, the honeycomb body 50 constituting the dehumidifying section 2 is a disc-shaped honeycomb body. Further, the honeycomb body 50 is provided with a rotation support 51 for transmitting the rotation of the motor 52.
It is rotatably supported by. 54 is an inlet 53
A blower fan blows the air 61 sucked from the second blower, and a second blower fan 55 blows the air 65 drawn from the second inlet 56. Reference numeral 57 denotes a heating unit that heats the air 65 blown by the second blower fan 55 to generate hot air 66. Further, below the honeycomb body 50, a honeycomb body constituting the condensation unit 58 is arranged.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the structure of the honeycomb body 50. As shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the honeycomb body 50 is a disc-shaped honeycomb body. Therefore, the surface area can be increased and the pressure loss can be reduced. In addition, a separation wall 73 is provided at the center of the honeycomb body 50. The separating wall 73 slides on the surface of the honeycomb body 50 to move the hygroscopic honeycomb body 50.
Divide the exit ventilation path into two. In this embodiment, the separation wall 73 is used.
Has a configuration using ceramic paper. One of the ventilation passages separated by the separation wall 73 serves as a heating unit 71 in which the heating unit 57 is disposed and an air cooling unit 72 for air-cooling the hygroscopic honeycomb body 50. The other ventilation path separated by the separation wall 73 is a moisture absorbing section 74.

The moisture absorbing section 74 is a blowing path through which the air blown by the blowing fan 54 is blown. As in the first embodiment, the moisture absorbing section 74 is formed by the inorganic salts and the water absorbing polymer film carried on the honeycomb body 50. The blower fan 54 absorbs moisture in the air blown by the blower. At this time, the air 62 that has passed through the honeycomb body 50 is dry air whose temperature has increased due to the heat of reaction between the inorganic salts and the water-absorbing polymer film.

The lower part of the honeycomb body 50 is provided with dew condensation means 58.
Are arranged. In the present embodiment, the honeycomb body constituting the dew-condensing means 58 is constituted by an orthogonal honeycomb body having a ventilation path in the X direction and a ventilation path in the Y direction. Note that the shape of the honeycomb body forming the condensation unit 58 does not need to be particularly limited to the orthogonal honeycomb body. The high-humidity air 67 that has passed through the honeycomb body 50 flows through the ventilation path in the X direction. The indoor air 63 blown by the blower fan 54 flows through the ventilation path in the Y direction.

Hereinafter, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
In this embodiment, the cooling / heating unit 35 has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted. As described above, the honeycomb body 50 constituting the dehumidifying unit 2 is
It rotates under the rotation of. The motor 52 is operated to slowly rotate the honeycomb body 50, and at the same time, the blower fan 54 is operated to guide the room air 61 into the main body 1. The indoor air 61 includes air 62 flowing into the honeycomb body 50,
Air 6 blown to the honeycomb body constituting the condensation means 58
Divided into three.

The air 62 that has passed through the honeycomb body 50 is dehumidified by the inorganic salts carried on the honeycomb body 50 and the water-absorbing resin capable of absorbing the aqueous solution of the inorganic salts to form dry air. In the same manner as in the first embodiment, air is blown to the cooling / heating heat generating unit 35. The cold / hot heat generator 35 generates cold or warm heat from the dry air in the same manner as described in the first embodiment.

The water absorbed by the inorganic salts and the water-absorbing resin diffuses from the skeleton of the honeycomb body 50 to the entire honeycomb body 50. In this state, the second blower fan 55 blows the air 65 heated by the heating unit 57.
The high-temperature blast air is the air 67 shown in FIG. The blown air 67 flows through the regeneration flow path that constitutes the humidifying means of the honeycomb body 50. For this reason, the moisture diffused from the skeleton of the honeycomb body 50 to the whole of the honeycomb body 50 is vaporized by the regeneration channel, and the air flowing through the regeneration channel becomes high-humidity air containing a large amount of moisture.
The high-humidity air 67 flows through the ventilation passage in the X direction of the honeycomb body that forms the condensation unit 58. The room air 63 blown by the blower fan 54 flows through the ventilation passage in the Y direction of the honeycomb body that forms the dew condensation unit 58. Since the temperature of the air 63 in the room is lower than the temperature of the air 67 flowing through the high-humidity ventilation passage in the X direction, the air 67 is cooled and dehumidified. The dehumidified water droplets are stored in the dew condensation water storage container 57.

Thus, the air 62 that has passed through the honeycomb body 50 becomes low-humidity dry air, and comes into contact with the water retaining body 21 constituting the cold / hot heat generation unit 35. Thus, according to the present embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, generation of warm heat and generation of cold heat can be freely adjusted.

At this time, in the present embodiment, the honeycomb body 50 is configured to be rotatable, and the separation wall 73 is provided on the surface of the honeycomb body 50. For this reason, the inorganic salts and the water-absorbing polymer film supported on the honeycomb body 50 can be automatically regenerated. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the moisture absorbing section 74 periodically rotates the heating section 71 by rotating the honeycomb body 50.
And the air cooling unit 72. In the heating unit 71, air heated to a high temperature by energization of the heating unit 57 is
The air is blown by the second blower fan 55. Also,
The air in the room blown by the blower fan 54 is blown to the air cooling section 72. For this reason, when passing through this zone by rotation, the inorganic salts and the water-absorbing polymer membrane are automatically regenerated.

The heating air and the cooling air are separated by the separation wall 73, and there is no mutual interference.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the honeycomb body 50 is configured to be rotatable, it is possible to realize an air conditioner capable of continuous operation and capable of automatic regeneration.

[0060]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a dehumidifying section for dehumidifying moisture in the air, and a cold / hot heat generating section for generating cold or warm heat, wherein the cold / hot heat generating section carries a hydrated salt. A water retaining body, a heating means for heating the water retaining body, and a heating means for heating the hydrated salt to an anhydrous salt or dihydrate state when generating heat, and hydrating when generating cold heat. The configuration is such that the salt is heated in the form of hexahydrate, and the dehumidifying unit supplies the dehumidified air to the water retaining body to generate cold or warm heat, thereby obtaining dehumidified air and cold or warm air. An object of the present invention is to realize an air conditioner that is simple, portable, and can be used freely anywhere.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the dehumidifying section includes a fan for blowing air, a moisture absorbing means for dehumidifying moisture in the air blown by the fan, and a dew condensation means for dew condensation of the moisture absorbed by the moisture absorbing means. The moisture absorbing means or the dew condensation means is configured as a honeycomb body including an inorganic salt having a hygroscopic property and a water absorbing resin capable of absorbing an aqueous solution of the inorganic salt, and particularly, the configuration of the dehumidifying section is simplified. The present invention realizes an air conditioner that is portable and can be used freely anywhere.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the moisture absorbing means comprises:
A dehumidifying passage through which dehumidified air blown by the blower fan passes;
A regenerating passage through which room air blown by the second blowing fan heated by the heating means passes, and the moisture dehumidified in the dehumidifying passage is efficiently vaporized in the regenerating passage, and the dehumidified air The present invention realizes an air conditioner that can efficiently blow air, is portable, and can be used freely anywhere.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the honeycomb body is constituted by an orthogonal honeycomb having a passage in the X direction and a passage in the Y direction, wherein the passage in the X direction is a moisture absorption passage or a regeneration passage, and the passage in the Y direction. The present invention realizes an air conditioner in which a dehumidifying section can be made extremely simple and small in size, and can be carried around and used freely anywhere as a constitution as a regeneration passage or a moisture absorbing passage.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the dew condensation means comprises:
It is constituted by a honeycomb body having a regeneration flow path through which air passing through the regeneration flow path of the moisture absorbing means flows, and a cooling flow path through which air for cooling the air flowing through the regeneration flow path can flow the dehumidified air efficiently. The present invention realizes an air conditioner that is portable and can be used freely anywhere.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the dew condensation means comprises:
As a configuration having a dew condensation water storage container that receives dew condensation water, it is possible to easily treat dew condensation water and realize an air conditioner that is easy to handle.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the dew condensation means comprises:
An air conditioner that has an air outlet that generates dew condensation water and exhausts dehumidified air, so that dehumidification air after discharging the dew condensation water can be easily taken out and indoor air can be easily dehumidified. Is realized.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, the dehumidifying section includes a blower fan for blowing dehumidified air, a disc-shaped honeycomb body for dehumidifying moisture contained in the blown air of the blower fan, and the disc-shaped honeycomb body. A motor that rotationally drives the honeycomb body of
A heating means for heating a part of the disc-shaped honeycomb body, a second blower fan for blowing a part of the disc-shaped honeycomb body through the heating means, and the disc-shaped honeycomb body have A dehumidified honeycomb body that dehumidifies moisture from the air blown by the second blower fan that has passed through the regeneration passage, and an exhaust port through which the dehumidified air that has passed through the dehumidified honeycomb body is exhausted, wherein the disc-shaped honeycomb body is provided. The present invention realizes an air conditioner capable of continuous operation and automatically regenerating as a configuration including an inorganic salt having hygroscopicity and a water-absorbing resin capable of absorbing an aqueous solution of the inorganic salt.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, the disk-shaped honeycomb body has a partition wall that slides on the surface of the disk-shaped honeycomb body, and the partition wall has a flow of the dehumidified air and a second blowing fan. As a configuration that separates the flow of high-temperature air that is blown, the interference between the flow of dehumidified air and the flow of high-temperature air that is blown by the second blower fan can be prevented, efficient dehumidification can be performed, and continuous operation can be performed. An object of the present invention is to realize an air conditioner which can be automatically regenerated.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, the water retaining body is formed in a ring shape, and is configured to rotate on an endless track by a supporting means. The air blown by the blower fan always vaporizes new water. The present invention realizes an air conditioner that can be used continuously for a long time, is portable, and can be used freely anywhere.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, the heating means for heating the water retaining body adjusts the amount of heating in accordance with the weight of the weight detecting means for detecting the weight of the water retaining body. Alternatively, it is possible to reliably control the generation of cold heat and realize an air conditioner with stable operation.

According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, calcium chloride, sodium acetate, lithium acetate,
As an arrangement using at least one selected from sodium carbonate, sodium sulfate, and magnesium sulfate, a portable air-conditioning apparatus that can generate high-efficiency cold or warm heat, is portable, and can be used anywhere. It is.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the structure using at least a heat conductor for the water retaining body, the water content of the water retaining body is efficiently vaporized, and the amount of heat transferred to the dehumidified air is reduced. Therefore, the present invention realizes an air-conditioning apparatus which can generate cold heat or heat with high efficiency, is portable, and can be used freely anywhere.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of an air conditioner according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the structure of the honeycomb body.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of an air conditioner according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the configuration of a disc-shaped honeycomb body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 2 Dehumidifying part 3 Honeycomb body 4 Intake port 5 Blow fan 8 Second intake port 9 Second fan 11 Heating means 13 Condensation means 17 Condensed water storage container 19 Second exhaust port 21 Water retaining body 22 Axis 23 Motor 24 Water supply device 25 Hydrated salt 26 Container 28 Exhaust port 29 Weight detection means 30 Temperature sensor 31 Heating means 32 Temperature control device 35 Cooling / heating heat generating section 40 Orthogonal honeycomb body 50 Honeycomb body 51 Rotary support body 52 Motor 53 Inlet port 54 Blowing fan 55 Second blower fan 56 Second intake port 57 Heating means 58 Condensation means 59 Condensed water storage container 60 Second exhaust port 71 Heating unit 72 Air cooling unit 73 Separation wall 74 Moisture absorbing unit

Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat II (reference) F24F 1/04 F24F 1/04 F25B 19/00 F25B 19/00 Z F term (reference) 3L050 BE04 4D052 AA08 CE00 DA01 DA06 DB01 FA04 GA01 GA03 GB02 GB03 GB09 HA08 HA11 HA12 HA14 HA27 HB02 HB06

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A dehumidifying section for dehumidifying moisture in the air, and a cold / hot heat generating section for generating cold or hot heat, wherein the cold / hot heat generating section heats a water retaining body supporting a hydrated salt and a water retaining body. And heating means for heating the hydrated salt to an anhydrous salt or dihydrate when generating hot heat, and heating the hydrated salt to hexahydrate when generating cold heat. An air conditioner capable of supplying dehumidified air to a water retaining body by a dehumidifying section to generate cold or warm heat to obtain dehumidified air and cold or warm air. 2. The dehumidifying unit includes a fan that blows air, a moisture absorbing unit that dehumidifies moisture in the air blown by the fan, and a dew condensation unit that causes the moisture absorbed by the moisture absorbing unit to dew.
2. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the moisture absorbing unit or the dew condensation unit is a honeycomb body including an inorganic salt having a hygroscopic property and a water absorbing resin capable of absorbing an aqueous solution of the inorganic salt. 3. 3. The honeycomb body having a dehumidifying passage through which dehumidified air blown by the blower fan passes, and a regeneration passage through which room air blown by the second blower fan heated by the heating means passes. Claim 2 constituted by
The air conditioner described in the above. 4. A honeycomb body comprising an orthogonal honeycomb having an X-direction passage and a Y-direction passage, wherein the X-direction passage is a moisture absorption passage or a regeneration passage, and the Y-direction passage is a regeneration passage or a moisture absorption passage. The air conditioner according to claim 3. 5. The dew condensation means is constituted by a honeycomb body having a regeneration flow path through which air passing through the regeneration flow path of the moisture absorbing means flows, and a cooling flow path through which air for cooling the air flowing through the regeneration flow path flows. The air conditioner according to any one of claims 2 to 4. 6. The air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the dew condensation means has a dew condensation water storage container for receiving dew water. 7. The air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the dew condensation means has an outlet for generating dew water and exhausting dehumidified air. 8. A dehumidifying section includes a blower fan for blowing dehumidified air, a disc-shaped honeycomb body for dehumidifying moisture contained in the blown air of the blower fan, and a rotary drive for the disc-shaped honeycomb body. A motor, a heating means for heating a part of the disc-shaped honeycomb body, a second blower fan for blowing a part of the disc-shaped honeycomb body via the heating means, and the disc-shaped honeycomb body A dehumidifying honeycomb body for dehumidifying moisture from air blown by the second blower fan having passed through the regeneration flow path, and an exhaust port through which dehumidified air passed through the dehumidified honeycomb body is exhausted; The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the honeycomb body of (1) includes an inorganic salt having a hygroscopic property and a water-absorbing resin capable of absorbing an aqueous solution of the inorganic salt. 9. The disc-shaped honeycomb body has a partition wall that slides on the surface of the disc-shaped honeycomb body, and the partition wall is provided with a flow of dehumidified air and a high-temperature air blown by a second blow fan. The air conditioner according to claim 8, wherein the air conditioner partitions the flow. 10. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the water retaining body has a ring shape, and is rotated on an endless track by a support means. 11. The heating device according to claim 1, wherein the heating means for heating the water retaining body adjusts a heating amount according to the weight of the weight detecting means for detecting the weight of the water retaining body. The described air conditioner. 12. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein at least one selected from calcium chloride, sodium acetate, lithium acetate, sodium carbonate, sodium sulfate, and magnesium sulfate is used as the hydrated salt. apparatus. 13. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein at least a heat conductor is used for the water retaining body.