JP2009168420A - Engine-driven type heat pump - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To use a ventilating hole for ventilation air of equipment chamber also as a through-hole of refrigerant connection piping for connecting refrigerant equipment with an outdoor heat exchanger, and reduce the number of man-hours of boring processing of a drain pan also used as a vertical partition wall, in an engine-driven type heat pump. <P>SOLUTION: The engine-driven type heat pump 1 has the drain pan 6 also used as the vertical partition wall, partitioning the lower equipment chamber 5 and an upper heat exchange chamber 4 and having the ventilating hole for guiding a flow of ventilation air for the equipment chamber 5 to the heat exchange chamber 4 and the through-hole 14 through which outdoor heat exchanger gas piping 45 and outdoor heat exchanger liquid piping 46 for connecting the refrigerant equipment with the outdoor heat exchanger 25 penetrate. The ventilating hole is also used as the through-hole 14, and the peripheral edge of the ventilating hole is covered with a ventilation duct 10 having at least one bent part 17c in the height direction and a discharge face 11c intersecting with the drain pan 6 also used as the vertical partition wall. The outdoor heat exchanger gas piping 45 and outdoor heat exchanger liquid piping 46 penetrate through the ventilation duct 10. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an engine-driven heat pump, and more particularly to a technology for constructing an upper / lower partition wall combined drain pan that divides an equipment room and a heat exchange room.

  Conventionally, it has an equipment room in which refrigerant equipment such as an engine and a compressor is arranged, a heat exchange room in which an outdoor heat exchanger is arranged above the equipment room, and an upper and lower partition wall that partitions the equipment room and the heat exchange room. Engine-driven heat pumps are known. Further, as an upper and lower partition wall having a function of a drain pan that performs drainage treatment of the heat exchange chamber, an upper and lower partition wall combined drain pan is also known.

The equipment room generates engine noise during operation. Therefore, the engine-driven heat pump needs to prevent the engine noise from leaking from the equipment room to the outside.
Rainwater and condensed water from the outdoor heat exchanger enter the heat exchange chamber. On the other hand, in the equipment room, an engine or the like is arranged, so that water does not enter. Therefore, the equipment room needs to prevent water from entering the equipment room from the heat exchange room.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a configuration of a central partition plate (upper and lower partition walls). The central partition plate of this configuration is configured such that a sealing pad for preventing rainwater ingress is provided at the through hole of the refrigerant pipe connecting the refrigerant device and the outdoor heat exchanger, and the ventilation port of the ventilation air is covered with a silencer box It is said that.
Japanese Patent No. 3248122

However, in the conventional configuration represented by Patent Document 1, a ventilation port for ventilation air in the equipment room and a through-hole in the refrigerant pipe connecting the refrigerant device and the outdoor heat exchanger are separately configured in the central partition plate. . Therefore, each drilling process is required for the central partition plate.
Therefore, the problem to be solved is that in an engine-driven heat pump, the ventilating air vent of the equipment room is also used as a through hole of a refrigerant pipe connecting the refrigerant equipment and the outdoor heat exchanger, It is to reduce the man-hour for drilling the dual-purpose drain pan.

  The problems to be solved by the present invention are as described above. Next, means for solving the problems will be described.

  That is, in claim 1, an equipment room in which refrigerant equipment such as an engine and a compressor is arranged, a heat exchange room in which an outdoor heat exchanger and a fan are arranged, the lower equipment room, and the upper heat exchange Upper and lower having a ventilation port for partitioning the chamber and guiding the ventilation air of the device room from the device chamber to the heat exchange chamber, and a through port through which a refrigerant connection pipe connecting the refrigerant device and the outdoor heat exchanger passes. In an engine-driven heat pump having a partition wall combined use drain pan, the ventilation port is also used as the through port, and the periphery of the ventilation port is bent at least once in the height direction and the upper and lower partition wall combined drain pans. It covers with the ventilation duct which has the discharge surface which intersects, and the said refrigerant | coolant connection piping penetrates the said ventilation duct.

  In claim 2, an equipment room in which refrigerant equipment such as an engine and a compressor is arranged, a heat exchange room in which an outdoor heat exchanger and a fan are arranged, the lower equipment room, and the upper heat exchange room, An upper and lower partition wall having a ventilation port for guiding ventilation air from the device room to the heat exchange chamber, and a through-hole through which a refrigerant connection pipe connecting the refrigerant device and the outdoor heat exchanger passes. In the engine-driven heat pump having a dual-purpose drain pan, the ventilation port is also used as the through-hole, and the periphery of the ventilation port is in the flow direction of the ventilation air between the ventilation port and the inlet surface and the other side It is covered with a ventilation duct having a discharge surface on the end side, and the refrigerant connection pipe penetrates the ventilation duct.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the engine-driven heat pump according to the first or second aspect, the exhaust surface and the through surface of the refrigerant connection pipe are formed on the same surface of the ventilation duct.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the engine-driven heat pump according to the third aspect, the discharge surface is formed on the upper side and the through surface is formed on the lower side.

  In claim 5, in the engine driven heat pump according to claim 4, a weir having a width substantially equal to the through-surface opening is provided between the ventilation port and the through-surface on the upper and lower partition wall combined drain pan, The refrigerant connection pipe is formed so as to straddle the weir.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the engine-driven heat pump according to the fifth aspect, a sealing member is provided on the penetration surface, and the refrigerant connection pipe is taken out through the sealing member.

  According to claim 7, in the engine-driven heat pump according to claim 3, at least the outer upper surface of the ventilation duct is configured so that the discharge surface side is inclined downward along the flow direction of the ventilation air, and the outer upper surface of the ventilation duct is A ridge is provided at the end of the discharge surface.

  As effects of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

  In Claim 1, since the ventilation port and the refrigerant pipe through-hole are shared, the man-hour for drilling the upper and lower partition wall drain pans can be reduced.

  Also in Claim 2, since the ventilation port and the refrigerant pipe through-hole are shared, the man-hour for drilling the upper and lower partition wall combined drain pan can be reduced.

  In Claim 3, since the opening of ventilation wind and refrigerant | coolant connection piping can be concentrated only on one surface of a ventilation duct, it becomes possible to combine not only a ventilation opening but the ventilation wind discharge port of a ventilation duct, and the extraction port of refrigerant | coolant connection piping. .

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the refrigerant connection pipe can be taken out along the drain pan serving as the upper and lower partition walls, it becomes easy to support the pipe with the drain pan serving as the upper and lower partition walls.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, even if there is water such as rainwater from the outlet of the refrigerant connection pipe, water can be prevented from entering the ventilation port.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to prevent flooding such as rainwater from the outlet of the refrigerant connection pipe as much as possible.

  In Claim 7, inundation, such as rain water, from the upper surface outside a ventilation duct can be prevented as much as possible.

Next, embodiments of the invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a refrigerant circuit configuration of an engine-driven heat pump according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view partially showing the overall configuration of the outdoor unit, and FIG. 3 is a ventilation duct. It is a perspective view which sees through one part which shows the whole structure of this. FIG. 4 is another perspective view showing a part of the overall structure of the ventilation duct.

First, the refrigerant circuit configuration of the engine-driven heat pump 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
The refrigerant circuit of the engine-driven heat pump 1 is connected to a compressor 20 that obtains power from an engine 22 as a drive source via a clutch 21 and is connected to the discharge side of the compressor 20 to switch the refrigerant flow during cooling and heating. A four-way valve 24, an outdoor heat exchanger 25 to which discharged refrigerant is supplied from the compressor 20 via the four-way valve 24 during cooling, an outdoor fan 26 that exchanges heat between the outdoor heat exchanger 25 and outdoor air, and compression during heating The indoor heat exchanger 29 to which the refrigerant discharged from the machine 20 is supplied via the four-way valve 24, the indoor fan 30 for exchanging heat between the indoor heat exchanger 29 and the indoor air, the outdoor heat exchanger 25 and the indoor heat exchanger 29 The outdoor heat exchanger expansion valve 27 is provided between them.

  The compressor 20 sucks and compresses the gas refrigerant from the suction side, and discharges the high-temperature and high-pressure gas refrigerant. A four-way valve 24 is connected to the compressor 20 via a discharge line 42 on the discharge side. The discharge line 42 is provided with an oil separator 23 for separating the refrigeration oil contained in the gas refrigerant and returning it to the suction side of the compressor 20. That is, the gas refrigerant discharged from the compressor 20 flows into the four-way valve 24 through the oil separator 23 and is guided in a predetermined direction by the four-way valve 24. On the other hand, since the gas refrigerant sucked into the compressor 20 is also guided by the four-way valve 24, the refrigerant suction side of the compressor 20 and the four-way valve 24 are connected by a suction line 41.

  The four-way valve 24 is connected to the outdoor heat exchanger 25 via an outdoor heat exchanger gas pipe 45 serving as a refrigerant connection pipe on one end side, and an outdoor heat exchanger liquid pipe 46 serving as a refrigerant connection pipe on the other end side. A receiver 31 is connected via On the other hand, the receiver 31 is connected to the indoor heat exchanger 29 via the indoor heat exchanger expansion valve 28 at one end side, and the four-way valve 24 is connected to the other end side.

  The waste heat recovery unit 35 is provided in the waste heat recovery line 44. The waste heat recovery line 44 branches from between the receiver 31 and the outdoor heat exchanger expansion valve 27 and is connected to the suction line 41. The waste heat recovery expansion valve 34 is provided on the inlet side of the waste heat recovery unit 35 in the waste heat recovery line 44. The amount of refrigerant passing through the waste heat recovery line 44 is controlled by the waste heat recovery expansion valve 34, and the waste heat of the engine 22 is recovered from the engine coolant by the waste heat recovery unit 35 and evaporated.

  The supercooling heat exchanger 33 is disposed inside the receiver 31 and is provided in the supercooling line 43. The supercooling line 43 branches from between the receiver 31 and the outdoor heat exchanger expansion valve 27 and is connected to the suction line 41. The supercooling heat exchanger expansion valve 32 is provided on the inlet side of the supercooling heat exchanger 33 in the supercooling line 43. The refrigerant passing through the supercooling line 43 is controlled in its passage amount by the supercooling heat exchanger expansion valve 32, and the liquid refrigerant in the receiver 31 is supercooled by the supercooling heat exchanger 33 and evaporated.

Moreover, the structure of the outdoor unit 2 of the engine drive type heat pump 1 is demonstrated using FIG.1 and FIG.2. In FIG. 2, the outdoor fan 26, the side plate 7, the top plate 8, and the piping are transparent to the illustration for easy understanding.
As shown in FIG. 1, the engine-driven heat pump 1 includes an outdoor unit 2 and an indoor unit 3.
As shown in FIG. 2, the outdoor unit 2 has an upper blow type configuration in which outside air is sucked in from the outdoor heat exchanger 25 on the side surface by an outdoor fan 26 and discharged to the upper surface (top plate 8 side). The top blow type outdoor unit 2 has a configuration used for a large-capacity engine-driven heat pump. In addition, one indoor unit 3 is connected to the outdoor unit 2 in this embodiment, but a plurality of indoor units can be connected.

The outdoor unit 2 includes an upper heat exchange chamber 4 and a lower equipment chamber 5. The upper / lower partition wall drain pan 6 has a function as a drain pan for performing drainage treatment of the heat exchange chamber 4 and is a wall that partitions the heat exchange chamber 4 and the equipment chamber 5. In the heat exchange chamber 4, an outdoor heat exchanger 25 and an outdoor fan 26 are arranged.
Here, as a matter to be noted, a ventilation duct 10 is provided in the heat exchange chamber 4. Moreover, the ventilation duct 10 is arrange | positioned so that the through-hole 14 formed in the upper and lower partition wall combined drain pan 6 may be covered. The ventilation duct 10 will be described in detail later. The through-hole 14 is a hole opened in the upper and lower partition wall drain pan 6 so that the outdoor heat exchanger gas pipe 45 and the outdoor heat exchanger liquid pipe 46 connect the heat exchange chamber 4 and the equipment chamber 5.
On the other hand, refrigerant equipment such as the engine 22 and the compressor 20 is arranged in the equipment room 5.

  Here, the configuration of the ventilation duct 10 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In FIG. 3, the ventilation duct 10 is shown in a transparent manner for easy understanding of the inside of the ventilation duct 10. In the following, the direction of the arrow in FIG. 3 is defined as the blowout side of the ventilation duct 10.

As shown in FIG. 3, the ventilation duct 10 includes an external duct 11, an internal duct 12, and a weir 13.
The external duct 11 is arranged on the upper and lower partition wall drain pan 6 so as to cover the internal duct 12, the weir 13, and the through-hole 14. Moreover, the external duct 11 is formed in the substantially rectangular parallelepiped which opens the bottom face and the surface 11c on the blowing side. This surface 11c is a ventilation air discharge surface of the ventilation duct 10 and is a discharge port. Further, the outer duct 11 is provided with a flange 11h at the upper end of the blow-off surface 11c. Here, the upper surface 11a of the external duct 11 is inclined so as to descend toward the blowing side (see FIG. 4). In the external duct 11, sound absorbing materials 19d, 19e, and 19f are attached to the inside of the surface 11d on the side facing the blowing side and the left and right side surfaces.

  The internal duct 12 is disposed in the external duct 11 so as to cover the weir 13 and the through hole 14. Moreover, the internal duct 12 is formed in the substantially rectangular parallelepiped which opens a bottom face and right and left side surfaces. Further, the internal duct 12 is provided with two refrigerant piping outlets 16 on the blow-out side surface 12c. Furthermore, a slit 15 is formed in the inner duct 12 on a surface 12d facing the blowing side. This surface 12 d is a ventilation air inflow surface of the ventilation duct 10, and the slit 15 is a ventilation air inlet of the ventilation duct 10. Here, the upper surface 12a of the internal duct 12 is inclined so as to descend toward the blowing side (see FIG. 4).

  The weir 13 is disposed in the internal duct 12 on the blowing side of the through-hole 14. Further, the weir 13 is provided between the through-hole 14 and the blowing-side surface 12 c of the internal duct 12 on the upper and lower partition wall drain pan 6. Further, the weir 13 is formed to have a width substantially the same as the width of the external duct 11, that is, the opening of the surface 12 c of the internal duct 12, and a height that is substantially half the height of the internal duct 12. Furthermore, a sound absorbing material 19c is attached to the weir 13 on the through hole 14 side.

  Here, the configuration of the ventilation duct 10 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. In FIG. 4, the ventilation duct 10 is illustrated in a transparent manner in order to easily explain the inside of the ventilation duct 10. Moreover, the white arrow in FIG. 4 has shown the channel | path 17 (flow direction of ventilation wind) in the ventilation duct 10. As shown in FIG. Furthermore, in order to explain the inside of the ventilation duct 10 in an easy-to-understand manner, the sound absorbing materials 19d, 19e, and 19f are not shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, the ventilation duct 10 forms passages 17 a, 17 b, and 17 c and a blowout port 18 by the external duct 11 and the internal duct 12. The passages 17a, 17b, and 17c are formed in the ventilation duct 10 such that the first passage 17a, the second passage 17b, and the bent portion 17c communicate with each other. The first passage 17a is formed by the outer side of the upper surface 12a of the internal duct 12, the inner side of the side surfaces 11e and 11f of the outer duct 11, and the inner side of the upper surface 11a. The second passage 17b is formed by the outside of the surface 12d facing the blowing side of the internal duct 12, the inside of each of the side surfaces 11e and 11f of the external duct 11, and the inside of the surface 11d facing the blowing side. ing. Here, the second passage 17b is bent once in the height direction by the bent portion 17c from the first passage 17a.
On the other hand, the blowout port 18 includes a blowout side surface 12 c of the internal duct 12 and a blowout side surface 11 c of the opened external duct 11.

  The outdoor heat exchanger gas pipe 45 and the outdoor heat exchanger liquid pipe 46 pass through the through-hole 14 of the upper and lower partition wall drain pan 6 in the vertical direction from the equipment room 5 (see FIG. 2), and in the internal duct 12, It is folded in the vertical direction, straddles the weir 13, passes through the refrigerant pipe outlet 16 of the internal duct 12, and is connected to the outdoor heat exchanger 25 (see FIG. 2) in the heat exchange chamber 4. The outdoor heat exchanger gas pipe 45 and the outdoor heat exchanger liquid pipe 46 are taken out through the sealing members 51 and 51 at the refrigerant pipe outlet 16. Further, the refrigerant pipe outlet 16 is substantially sealed by the sealing members 51.

Here, the ventilation structure of the ventilation air will be described. The engine 22 and the like disposed in the equipment room 5 are cooled by ventilation air. The ventilation air in the equipment room 5 is guided to the heat exchange chamber 4 via the ventilation duct 10 because the heat exchange chamber 4 has a negative pressure.
Here, the ventilation air passes through the through-hole 14 from the equipment room 5, passes through the slit 15 of the internal duct 12, passes through the passages 17 a, 17 b, and 17 c, and is guided from the blow-out port 18 to the heat exchange chamber 4 ( (See the white arrow in FIG. 4). That is, the through-hole 14 is used not only for passing through the outdoor heat exchanger gas pipe 45 and the outdoor heat exchanger liquid pipe 46 but also as a vent hole for ventilation air from the equipment room 5.

The waterproof action of the ventilation duct 10 will be described. There is a risk that water droplets such as rainwater in the heat exchange chamber 4 or condensed water in the outdoor heat exchanger 25 may enter the ventilation duct 10 from the outlet 18. On the other hand, since the engine 22 and the compressor 20 are arranged in the equipment room 5, moisture intrusion is not permitted (see FIG. 2).
Here, the water droplets that have entered from the outlet 18 are prevented from entering before the first passage 17a due to the inclination of the upper surface 12a. Moreover, the water droplets adhering to the upper surface 11a of the external duct 11 are prevented from entering the outlet 18 by the eaves 11h. Further, water droplets that have entered from the refrigerant pipe outlet 16 are prevented from entering the through hole 14 by the weir 13.

Furthermore, the soundproofing action of the ventilation duct 10 will be described. Since the engine 22 is disposed in the equipment room 5, engine noise is generated. This engine noise may leak from the through-hole 14 to the heat exchange chamber 4 and thus to the outside of the outdoor unit 2.
As described above, the ventilation duct 10 includes the sound absorbing material 19c on the through-hole 14 side of the weir 13, the sound absorbing materials 19e and 19f inside the left and right side surfaces 11e and 11f toward the blowing side of the external duct 11, and the external duct. 11 is affixed to a sound absorbing material 19d on the surface 11d on the side facing the blowing side. Here, the engine noise is absorbed by the sound absorbing materials 19c, 19d, 19e, and 19f. Therefore, engine noise leaking into the heat exchange chamber 4 is reduced.
The engine noise is also reduced by the attenuation of the noise wave at the bent portion 17c of the ventilation duct 10.

  In this way, since the refrigerant pipe through-hole 14 and the ventilation opening of the equipment room 5 are shared, the man-hours for drilling the upper and lower partition wall drain pan 6 can be reduced. At the same time, the ventilation duct 10 has a waterproof effect that prevents moisture from entering the heat exchange chamber 4, and has a noise reduction effect of engine noise in the equipment chamber 5.

The block diagram which shows the refrigerant circuit structure of the engine drive type heat pump which concerns on the Example of this invention. The perspective view which sees through one part which shows the whole structure of an outdoor unit similarly. The perspective view which sees through a part which shows the whole structure of a ventilation duct similarly. The other perspective view which sees through a part which shows the whole structure of a ventilation duct similarly.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Engine drive type heat pump 2 Outdoor unit 4 Heat exchange room 5 Equipment room 6 Drain pan combined with upper and lower partition walls 10 Ventilation duct 11 External duct 12 Internal duct 14 Through-hole 20 Compressor 22 Engine 25 Outdoor heat exchanger 45 Outdoor heat exchanger gas piping 46 Outdoor heat exchanger liquid piping

Claims (7)

An equipment room in which refrigerant equipment such as an engine and a compressor is arranged;
A heat exchange chamber in which an outdoor heat exchanger and a fan are arranged;
The lower equipment room and the upper heat exchange room are partitioned, and the ventilation port for guiding the ventilation air of the equipment room from the equipment room to the heat exchange room, and the refrigerant equipment and the outdoor heat exchanger are connected. An upper and lower partition wall combined drain pan having a through-hole through which the refrigerant connection pipe passes;
In an engine-driven heat pump having
Use the ventilation port as the through-hole,
Covering the peripheral edge of the ventilation port with a ventilation duct having a discharge surface intersecting with the bent part and the upper and lower partition wall combined drain pan at least once in the height direction,
The engine-driven heat pump, wherein the refrigerant connection pipe passes through the ventilation duct. An equipment room in which refrigerant equipment such as an engine and a compressor is arranged;
A heat exchange chamber in which an outdoor heat exchanger and a fan are arranged;
The lower equipment room and the upper heat exchange room are partitioned, and the ventilation port for guiding the ventilation air of the equipment room from the equipment room to the heat exchange room, and the refrigerant equipment and the outdoor heat exchanger are connected. An upper and lower partition wall combined drain pan having a through-hole through which the refrigerant connection pipe passes;
In an engine-driven heat pump having
Use the ventilation port as the through-hole,
Covering the periphery of the vent with a ventilation duct having an inflow surface on one end and an exhaust surface on the other end with the vent in the flow direction of the ventilation air,
The engine-driven heat pump, wherein the refrigerant connection pipe passes through the ventilation duct. The engine-driven heat pump according to claim 1 or 2,
An engine-driven heat pump characterized in that the exhaust surface and the through surface of the refrigerant connection pipe are formed on the same surface of the ventilation duct. The engine-driven heat pump according to claim 3,
An engine-driven heat pump characterized in that the discharge surface is formed on the upper side and the through surface is formed on the lower side. The engine-driven heat pump according to claim 4,
A weir having a width substantially equal to the through-surface opening is provided between the ventilation port and the through surface on the upper and lower partition wall drain pan, and the refrigerant connection pipe is formed to straddle the weir. Engine driven heat pump. The engine-driven heat pump according to claim 5,
An engine-driven heat pump, wherein a sealing member is provided on the through surface, and the refrigerant connection pipe is taken out through the sealing member. The engine-driven heat pump according to claim 3,
An engine-driven system characterized in that at least the outer upper surface of the ventilation duct is configured so that the discharge surface side is inclined downward along the flow direction of the ventilation air, and a flange is provided at the end of the discharge surface of the outer upper surface of the ventilation duct. heat pump.

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