JP4123264B2 - Heat pump type water heater - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a heat pump type hot water supply apparatus using a liquid gas heat exchanger.

  It has been provided that a liquid gas heat exchanger is used in the middle of the refrigeration cycle of a heat pump hot water supply apparatus. This liquid gas heat exchanger performs heat exchange between the high-pressure refrigerant that flows out of the water heat exchanger and flows into the decompression mechanism, and the low-pressure refrigerant that flows out of the air heat exchanger. By providing this liquid gas heat exchanger, the refrigerant from the water heat exchanger (gas cooler) is supercooled, and the refrigerant entering the compressor is heated to prevent wet compression of the compressor. I am doing so.

  FIG. 7 shows a simplified diagram of a heat pump type hot water supply apparatus using the liquid gas heat exchanger (see Patent Document 1). The heat pump type hot water supply apparatus includes a tank unit 2 having a hot water storage tank 1 and a heat pump unit 4 having a refrigeration cycle 3. The hot water storage tank 1 of the tank unit 2 is provided with a water supply port 5 on its bottom wall and a hot water outlet 6 on its upper wall. Tap water is supplied from the water supply port 5 to the hot water storage tank 1, and hot hot water is discharged from the hot water outlet 6. In addition, the hot water storage tank 1 has a water intake 7 at the bottom wall and a hot water inlet 8 at the top of the side wall (peripheral wall), and the water intake 7 and the hot water inlet 8 are connected by a circulation path 9. Has been. The circulation path 9 is provided with a water circulation pump 10 and a heat exchange path 11. That is, when the water circulation pump 10 is driven, unheated water in the hot water storage tank 1 flows out from the water intake 7 to the circulation path 9 and returns to the hot water storage tank 1 from the hot water inlet 8 through the heat exchange path 11. .

  Next, the refrigeration cycle 3 is configured by connecting a compressor 13, a water heat exchanger 14 that constitutes the heat exchange path 11, an electric expansion valve (decompression mechanism) 15, and an air heat exchanger 16 in this order. Has been. That is, the discharge port of the compressor 13 and the water heat exchanger 14 are connected by the refrigerant passage 17, the water heat exchanger 14 and the electric expansion valve 15 are connected by the refrigerant passages 18 and 36, and the electric expansion valve 15 And the air heat exchanger 16 are connected by a refrigerant passage 19, and the air heat exchanger 16 and the compressor 13 are connected by a refrigerant passage 37 and a refrigerant passage 21. And as a refrigerant | coolant, natural refrigerant | coolants, such as a carbon dioxide gas which uses a high voltage | pressure side by a supercritical pressure, are used, for example.

  The refrigeration cycle 3 includes a liquid gas heat exchanger 25 that cools the high-pressure refrigerant that has flowed out of the water heat exchanger 14. In this case, the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 includes a first passage 26 through which the high-pressure refrigerant flowing out from the water heat exchanger 14 passes, and a second passage 27 through which the low-pressure refrigerant flowing out from the air heat exchanger 16 passes. ing. Then, heat exchange is performed between the high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant passing through the first passage 26 and the low-temperature and low-pressure refrigerant passing through the second passage 27.

  Next, the operation of the heat pump type hot water supply apparatus (water heater operation) will be described. The compressor 13 is driven and the water circulation pump 10 is driven (actuated). Then, stored water (hot water) flows out from the water intake 7 provided at the bottom of the hot water storage tank 1, and this flows through the heat exchange path 11 of the circulation path 9. Further, the refrigerant discharged from the compressor 13 returns to the compressor 13 via the water heat exchanger 14, the decompression mechanism 15, and the air heat exchanger 16 in order. Therefore, the water flowing through the heat exchange path 11 of the circulation path 9 is heated (boiling) by the water heat exchanger 14 that is a gas cooler, and returned to the upper part of the hot water storage tank 1 from the hot water inlet 8. Then, by continuously performing such an operation, hot hot water is stored in the hot water storage tank 1.

  By the way, in the heat pump unit 4, if there is no liquid gas heat exchanger 25, a cycle such as A in FIG. 8A is configured when the temperature of water entering the heat exchange path 11 is low. When the temperature of water entering the path 11 is high, the cycle is as shown in B of FIG. That is, there is a large refrigerant amount difference in the radiator that is the water heat exchanger 14 between the cycle A in FIG. 8A and the cycle B in FIG. 8A, and the temperature of water entering the heat exchange path 11 is high. If it rises, the enthalpy difference in the heat dissipation process will become narrow, and the hot water heating capacity and COP will decrease. On the other hand, when the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 is provided, the refrigerant amount difference on the high pressure side due to the change in the incoming water temperature is absorbed, and the density of the outlet refrigerant of the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 even when the incoming water temperature is high. Is large and forms a normal cycle as shown in FIG. 8B.

  As described above, in the heat pump hot water supply apparatus, liquid gas heat exchange is performed to exchange heat between the high-pressure refrigerant that flows out of the water heat exchanger 14 and flows into the decompression mechanism 15 and the low-pressure refrigerant that flows out of the air heat exchanger 16. Since the unit 25 is provided, supercooling can be given to the refrigerant from the water heat exchanger (gas cooler) 14 and the refrigerant entering the compressor 13 can be heated. For this reason, wet compression of the compressor 13 can be prevented, and stable operation is possible.

Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-432416

  However, in the conventional example shown in Patent Document 1, since the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 is disposed in a narrow machine room in which the compressor 13 and the like are disposed, a sufficient effective length cannot be obtained. The wind for cooling the machine room hits the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 and there is a problem that the heat dissipation loss is large.

  The present invention has been provided in view of the above-mentioned problems, and is intended to reduce the heat dissipation loss by making it less susceptible to ventilation and less susceptible to the effects of temperature such as air heat exchangers and fan motors. A heat pump type hot water supply apparatus is provided.

Therefore, the heat pump hot water supply apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention includes the heat pump unit 4 in which the compressor 13, the water heat exchanger 14, the decompression mechanism 15, and the air heat exchanger 16 are sequentially connected, and the water heat A boiling operation for supplying unheated water to the heat exchange path 11 constituted by the exchanger 14 to heat the unheated water is enabled, and the water is discharged from the water heat exchanger 14 and flows into the pressure reducing mechanism 15. In the heat pump type hot water supply apparatus provided with the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 for performing heat exchange between the high pressure refrigerant and the low pressure refrigerant flowing out from the air heat exchanger 16, the fan 22 is provided in the fan chamber 25 of the heat pump unit 4. The support plate 51 is constructed so that the air passes through the air heat exchanger 16 on the back side by driving and blowing air to the front side, and is erected on the back side end of the bottom plate 40 of the fan chamber 43. A space 67 between the inner surface and the water heat exchanger 14, characterized in that arranged above liquid-gas heat exchanger 25 to a location where the wind is not hit by the vicinity of the fan 22 of the water heat exchanger 14 It is said.

The heat pump type hot water supply apparatus according to claim 2 is characterized in that the outer shell of the water heat exchanger 14 is composed of a heat insulating material 55 .

In the heat pump type hot water supply apparatus according to claim 3, a liquid gas heat exchanger 25 having a plane size substantially the same as that of the air heat exchanger 16 is disposed below the air heat exchanger 16. The length of the water heat exchanger 14 is substantially the same as the length of the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 .

According to the heat pump type hot water supply apparatus of the first to third aspects of the present invention, the liquid gas heat exchanger is disposed at a location where the wind from the fan of the fan chamber does not hit, so that the influence of the air blowing is affected. and less susceptible, Ru can be less susceptible to the influence of temperature, such as a fan motor. In addition, since the liquid gas heat exchanger is arranged along the bottom surface of the fan chamber, the liquid gas heat exchanger can be hardly affected by the air blown by the fan, and the liquid gas heat exchanger is disposed in the vicinity of the water heat exchanger. Since it is arranged, it can be hardly affected by the air blown by the fan. As a result, the heat loss of the liquid gas heat exchanger can be reduced.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention has the characteristics in the arrangement structure of the liquid gas heat exchanger 25, and the piping structure of a heat pump type hot-water supply apparatus is the same as that of the case of FIG.

  FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a heat pump unit 4 showing only main components, and a machine room in which a compressor 13 and the like are arranged on one side of a partition plate 41 erected on the upper surface of a metal bottom plate 40. 42, and the other side of the partition plate 41 is a fan chamber 43 in which the air heat exchanger 16, the fan 22, and the like are arranged. Further, a front plate 45 integrated with a top plate 44 is disposed on the front side of the fan 22, and a bell mouth 46 is fixed to the inner surface side of the substantially lattice-shaped front plate 45 with screws 47. . When the fan 22 is driven to rotate, air is blown out through the front opening 45 and the circular opening 48 of the bell mouth 46, and the air passes through the air heat exchanger 16 so that the air heat is The exchanger 16 is cooled.

  FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the air heat exchanger 16 as seen from the back side, and FIG. The air heat exchanger 16 is formed in a substantially L shape, and a support plate 51 for supporting and fixing the air heat exchanger 16 is also formed in a substantially L shape, and the air heat exchanger 16 is formed on the upper surface of the support plate 51. Is supported and fixed. The lower portion of the support plate 51 is located inside the flange 52 rising from the edge of the bottom plate 40, and the support plate 51 is disposed on the bottom plate 40 side. As shown in FIG. 3, the air heat exchanger 16 is positioned and fixed on the upper surface of the pedestal portion 54 formed on the upper surface of the upper piece 53 of the support plate 51.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a water heat exchanger 14 is disposed at a position (located below the air heat exchanger 16) on the upper surface of the bottom plate 40 and located in the fan chamber 43. The exchanger 14 has an outer shell made of a heat insulating material 55, and a water heat exchanger member 56 having a pipe-like and double structure is laminated inside the heat insulating material 55 in the vertical direction. The upper part of the water heat exchanger member 56 is piped so that the high-temperature refrigerant flows, and the lower part of the water heat exchanger member 56 is piped so that the low-temperature refrigerant flows.

  Next, the configuration and arrangement position of the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 includes a pipe-shaped first passage 26 through which the high-pressure refrigerant from the water heat exchanger 14 flows, and a pipe shape having a diameter larger than the diameter of the first passage 26. And the second passage 27. The first passage 26 and the second passage 27 are arranged in parallel along the longitudinal direction, and both the passages 26 and 27 are fixed by brazing. The folded portion 60 at the substantially central portion of the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 is substantially U-shaped and bent into a hairpin shape, and is bent so that both the passages 26 and 27 face each other in the vertical direction. Further, the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 is bent at approximately 90 ° at a bent portion 61 in the middle of the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 so as to be disposed around the water heat exchanger 14.

  One end portion of the first passage 26 of the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 is a liquid side inlet portion 62 into which liquid (high pressure refrigerant, the same applies hereinafter) flows, and the liquid flows out from the other end portion of the first passage 26. The liquid side outlet portion 63 is used. In addition, one end of the second passage 27 is a gas side inlet portion 64 through which gas (a low-pressure refrigerant, the same applies hereinafter) flows, and the other end of the second passage 27 is a gas side outlet portion through which gas flows out. 65. The direction in which the liquid in the first passage 26 of the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 flows is opposite to the direction in which the gas in the second passage 27 flows.

  FIG. 5 shows a simplified diagram of the heat pump unit 4, wherein the refrigerant passage 18 is connected to the liquid side inlet portion 62 of the first passage 26 of the liquid gas heat exchanger 25, and the refrigerant passage 36 is connected to the liquid side outlet portion 63. Is done. The refrigerant passage 37 is connected to the gas side inlet portion 64 of the second passage 27 of the liquid gas heat exchanger 25, and the refrigerant passage 21 is connected to the gas side outlet portion 65.

  The liquid gas heat exchanger 25 constituted by a pair of pipe-like first passage 26 and second passage 27 is formed in an approximately L shape as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 as an overall shape. The liquid gas heat exchanger 25 formed in a substantially L shape is arranged in the fan chamber 43 at a location where the wind of the fan 22 does not hit. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 is disposed below the air heat exchanger 16 along the bottom surface (bottom plate 40) of the fan chamber 43.

  That is, the air heat exchanger 16 is formed in a substantially L shape as shown in FIG. 2, and the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 is also formed in a substantially L shape so as to correspond to the shape of the substantially L shape. The size of the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 is approximately the same as that of the air heat exchanger 16. Thereby, the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 is arranged along the bottom surface of the fan chamber 43 that is located below the air heat exchanger 16. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, with the upper piece 53 of the support plate 51 as a boundary, the air heat exchanger 16 is arranged on the upper side, and the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 is arranged on the lower side of the upper piece 53. It has become. Moreover, the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 will be arrange | positioned in the space 67 formed between the inner surface of the support plate 51, and the water heat exchanger 14, and the space 67 is utilized effectively.

  In addition, the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 configured by bringing the pair of pipe-shaped first passage 26 and the second passage 27 into contact with each other in parallel in the longitudinal direction is bent in a hairpin shape at the folded portion 60 in the substantially central portion, Since it is bent into a substantially L shape over the back side and the side of the water heat exchanger 14 so as to correspond to the substantially L shape of the air heat exchanger 16, it is necessary to perform heat exchange between the gas and the liquid. Effective length can be obtained in a compact manner. Further, since the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 is arranged along the bottom surface of the fan chamber 43 which is not easily affected by the wind of the fan 22, the wind from the fan 22 does not hit the liquid gas heat exchanger 25, and therefore The heat loss of the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 caused by blowing can be reduced. Further, since the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 is disposed along the bottom surface of the fan chamber 43, the air heat exchanger 16 and the fan 22 disposed above the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 are driven. It is difficult to be affected by the temperature of the motor, and the heat radiation loss of the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 can be reduced.

6 shows a schematic configuration diagram of the heat pump unit 4 when two fans 22 are provided in the vertical direction, and the liquid gas heat exchanger 25 is arranged along the bottom surface of the fan chamber 43 shown in FIG. can do. In addition, although it is reference, you may make it arrange | position to the location (b in the figure) which is hard to receive the influence of the ventilation by the fan 22 between the upper and lower fans 22. FIG.

In the case of arranging the liquid-gas heat exchanger 25, by folding the liquid-gas heat exchanger 25 so while ensuring the length of the liquid-gas heat exchanger 25 in the previous embodiment, match the shape of the arrangement position I try to arrange it.

It is a principal part disassembled perspective view of the heat pump unit in embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the arrangement | positioning state of the air heat exchanger and liquid gas heat exchanger in embodiment of this invention. It is a principal part expanded sectional view of the air heat exchanger and liquid gas heat exchanger in embodiment of this invention. (A) (b) is the top view and front view of a liquid-gas heat exchanger in embodiment of this invention. It is a piping simplified figure of the heat pump unit in an embodiment of the invention. It is a schematic block diagram of the heat pump unit in case the fan in embodiment of this invention is arrange | positioned two steps up and down. It is a piping simplification figure of a heat pump type hot-water supply apparatus. The comparison between when the incoming water temperature is low and when it is high is shown, (a) is a graph when there is no liquid gas heat exchanger, and (b) is when there is a liquid gas heat exchanger. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

4 Heat Pump Unit 11 Heat Exchange Path 14 Water Heat Exchanger 15 Pressure Reduction Mechanism 16 Air Heat Exchanger 22 Fan 25 Liquid Gas Heat Exchanger 41 Partition Plate 42 Machine Room 43 Fan Chamber 45 Front Plate 46 Bellmouth

Claims (3)

A heat pump unit (4) in which a compressor (13), a water heat exchanger (14), a pressure reducing mechanism (15), and an air heat exchanger (16) are sequentially connected is provided, and the water heat exchanger (14) A heating operation in which unheated water is supplied to the configured heat exchange path (11) to heat the unheated water is enabled, and flows out from the water heat exchanger (14) into the pressure reducing mechanism (15). In the heat pump hot water supply apparatus provided with the liquid gas heat exchanger (25) for exchanging heat between the high-pressure refrigerant to be exchanged and the low-pressure refrigerant flowing out from the air heat exchanger (16), the fan chamber of the heat pump unit (4) In (25), the fan (22) is driven to blow air to the front side so that the air passes through the air heat exchanger (16) on the back side, and the bottom plate of the fan chamber (43) (40) Standing on the rear side end A plate inner surface (51) and the water heat exchanger (14) the space between the (67), the liquid at a location wind does not hit by the vicinity of the fan (22) of the water heat exchanger (14) A heat pump type hot water supply apparatus, wherein a gas heat exchanger (25) is arranged.
The heat pump hot water supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the outer shell of the water heat exchanger (14) is formed of a heat insulating material (55). Below the air heat exchanger (16), a liquid gas heat exchanger (25) having a plane size substantially the same as that of the air heat exchanger (16) is disposed. The heat pump type hot water supply apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the length of the vessel (14) is substantially the same as the length of the liquid gas heat exchanger (25).