JP5010188B2 - Gas jet cooling system and projection display device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gas jet cooling system and a projection display device, and more particularly to a gas jet cooling system having a pressure adjustment chamber and a projection display device.

  In home appliances and the like, silence is required, and various noise reduction technologies have been developed. This trend is not limited to home appliances, but has been extended to general electronic devices. Particularly in personal computer-related equipment, there is a high demand for noise reduction not only for magnetic disk devices, CPU coolers, and power supply coolers that are computer components, but also for projection display devices that are peripheral devices.

  The projection display device is a device having a particularly large heating element, and it is essential to perform cooling in order to ensure performance and reliability. The cooling method can be roughly classified into two types: air cooling and liquid cooling including water cooling. When an electronic device is air-cooled, the air-cooling method can be further classified into natural air cooling and forced air cooling. In forced air cooling, air is forcibly applied to an object to be cooled by various blowers, or warm air inside the device is exhausted. Sound is generated from the cooling fan, and noise generated from the cooling fan may become a problem when attempting to increase the cooling capacity of the electronic device. This tendency is conspicuous in an electronic device having a large heating element, and tends to become more prominent as the apparatus becomes smaller.

  In particular, the light source lamp needs to be maintained at a temperature of about 900 ° C., and cooling by liquid cooling is structurally difficult, so that it is generally cooled by air cooling. For high power lamps, cooling air with a very high flow rate is required to increase cooling efficiency. For this reason, a multi-blade fan typified by a sirocco fan is frequently used for cooling the light source lamp. In order to obtain a high flow rate, the flow is narrowed down by the air duct, and the high pressure loss is involved, so that the sound generated from the blower may become noise and become a problem. In addition, in the case of a small device, there is often a case where a sufficient space cannot be taken around the blower. Therefore, it is difficult to use the blower with high efficiency.

  For this reason, there is a need for a high static pressure, low noise cooling device that can accommodate high pressure losses. Among various types of blower compressors, positive displacement reciprocating compressors can obtain very high static pressures. Among them, diaphragm type air compressors are more than 100 times smaller than general sirocco fans. Since air pressure can be obtained, a method of using the light source lamp as a cooling means has been studied. However, high static pressure air of a positive displacement reciprocating compressor has pulsation, and it is necessary to suppress this pulsation in order to cool an object in a steady state.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a method for detecting pressure in a pressure chamber and introducing air into a pipe upstream of the pump as an approach for preventing damage to the pressure chamber related to a pump pulsation prevention structure.

Further, in Patent Document 2, an electric filter is applied to a measured value of a pressure gauge provided in a flow path after the discharge port of the pump, so that only the pressure fluctuation caused by the pump is detected. A method for suppressing fluctuations in discharge pressure by controlling rotation is disclosed. Patent Document 3 discloses a method of reducing pulsation by providing in series two buffer chambers, a first buffer chamber and a second buffer chamber, having a constant volume on the upstream side of a pipe of a micro gas turbine.
JP 11-270773 A JP-A-9-268982 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-340278

However, the conventional techniques described above have the following problems. That is,
The first problem is that the conventional pulsation preventing structure can suppress pressure fluctuation, but there is a problem that the flow of fluid stops when the pump is stopped by intermittent operation.

  The second problem is that, in a small diaphragm type air compressor, due to the characteristics of the material that can be used for the diaphragm membrane, it may be necessary to provide a short period of continuous use and an intermittent downtime. There is a problem that it is necessary to continue air supply to the cooling target even during the pause.

  The third problem is that in a small diaphragm type air compressor, the life of the diaphragm membrane can be extended by intermittent operation, but when used for cooling the light source lamp, it can be stopped for a short time. Even if it exists, the influence on the temperature fluctuation of a light source lamp is large, and there exists a problem of affecting light emission characteristics.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a gas injection cooling system using a blower compressor and a projection type capable of preventing pulsation and continuously injecting cooling gas to an object to be cooled even when stopped for a short time. It is to provide a display device.

The gas injection cooling system of the present invention is a gas injection cooling system that is accommodated in a housing and directly injects gas to a cooled part, and is a blower compressor, an injection unit that directly injects gas to a cooled part, and a capacity a pressure adjusting chamber having a variable internal space, blower compressor and the pressure adjusting chamber, and possess a gas pipe connecting the pressure adjusting chamber and the injection unit, the pressure adjusting chamber has a peripheral wall to form a cylinder, the cylinder A pressure regulation chamber having a piston that separates the inside into a spring housing portion and a gas chamber, a spring that is housed in the spring housing portion and presses the piston, and a connection portion between two gas pipes that open to the gas chamber the gas chamber is further characterized that it is connected to the input of the gas-operated lifting unit of the tilt foot enclosure.

The blower compressor may be a diaphragm type blower compressor .

The ejection unit may be provided on a reflector holding member of a lamp unit having a light source lamp, and the ejection direction of the ejection port of the ejection unit may face one or more predetermined locations of the light source lamp. It is preferable that there is a portion to be cooled at a point where the gas blows out from the injection port. This is because the portion can be efficiently cooled. For example, the upper part of the bulb of the light source lamp, the bulb tip, and the cathode part . Flow rate and the area of the jetting port is small it can be cooled from faster. Moreover, when the flow velocity of the gas which exits from one injection port is the same, it can cool more, so that there are many injection ports.

The pressure sensing means may be provided between the pressure adjusting chamber and the injection unit.

Mind body may be air.

  The projection display device of the present invention includes the above-described gas jet cooling system.

  Since a pressure adjustment chamber having a variable capacity internal space is provided between the blower compressor and the injection unit, the pulsation of the gas is averaged, and the gas remains in the cooled portion in the same state even if the blower compressor is operated intermittently. Can be injected in the same state. By using a reciprocating blower compressor that is compact and capable of obtaining high static pressure, a high-pressure fluid can be directly injected into the cooled part, and in the case of a diaphragm type air compressor, to prevent fatigue of the diaphragm membrane Even when stopping for a short time, it has become possible to continuously inject cooling air to the object to be cooled.

  In the present invention, since the pressure adjusting chamber having a variable capacity internal space is provided between the blower compressor and the injection section, the pulsation of the gas is averaged, and the gas is cooled even if the blower compressor is intermittently operated. In the same state, and the cooling state can be kept the same.

  By using a reciprocating blast compressor capable of obtaining a small and high static pressure, the gas jet cooling system can be miniaturized, for example, a projection display device using an air cooling cooling system for cooling a light source lamp can be miniaturized. There is.

  Furthermore, by providing a third piping connection part for supplying high-pressure gas in the air chamber of the pressure adjustment chamber, for example, the operation of the gas-operated movable structure such as the gas-operated lifting part of the tilt foot of the housing is cooled. There exists an effect that it can carry out using the gas pressure of the blast compressor for the purpose.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a lamp unit, an optical unit, and a high-pressure air jet cooling system of a projection display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the projection display device with a housing top cover removed, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the projection display device of FIG. 2 viewed from the back side, and FIG. 4 excludes the projection lens in FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the optical unit and the lamp unit, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the lamp unit and the optical unit from which the lamp unit is removed, viewed from the back side, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the lamp unit. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the lamp unit, FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the lamp unit, FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the reflector holding member of the lamp unit as seen from the lower surface side, and FIG. Cooling of the reflector holding member It is an enlarged perspective view of the use holes near.

  In this embodiment, a light source lamp of a projection display device that requires high cooling characteristics and compactness is described as an example of cooling. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be cooled by gas injection. Widely applicable to. Although the gas will be described as generally used air, helium or argon having a high thermal conductivity may be used. The blower compressor is described as a compact, high-pressure, low-noise diagram type air compressor, but is not limited to this, and a reciprocating piston compressor and the necessary pressure and discharge amount can be obtained. For example, a rotary compressor such as a rotary type can be used. In this embodiment, the gas jet cooling system is described as a high-pressure air jet cooling device.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the projection display device 1 according to the present invention includes a lamp unit 10, a high-pressure air jet cooling system 30 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and an optical unit 60.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the lamp unit 10 includes a light source lamp 11, a reflector 12 that reflects the light emitted from the light source lamp 11 and focuses it on a focal point, and a reflector 12 that holds the reflector 12 and is adjacent to the optical unit 60. A reflector holding member 14 for positioning, a reflector cover 13 for protecting the reflector 12 from the outside, and a lamp connector 52 for supplying power to the light source lamp 11 are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the high-pressure air jet cooling system 30 has a diaphragm-type air compressor 31 that can generate high-pressure air in a small size, and has a variable capacity internal space to prevent pulsation of the high-pressure air. Even when the compressor is stopped, the pressure adjusting chamber 33 that enables continuous injection of cooling air to the cooling target and the reflector holding member 14 of the lamp unit 10 are connected to the inside of the reflector holding member 14. The blower stud 41 which supplies high pressure air to the cooling hole 22 (FIG. 8) which is an injection port of the injection unit provided in the pipe, and a pipe connecting them. A reciprocating compressor is suitable as a blower compressor that can generate small and high-pressure air. There are two types of reciprocating compressors: a piston type and a diaphragm type. Here, a diaphragm type is used because of its small size. As will be described, the piston type can be used. There are two diaphragm types, one with two diaphragms, and two are smaller. However, in the case of a diaphragm type air compressor, it may be necessary to intermittently stop for a short time for recovery to prevent the accumulation of the fatigue phenomenon of the diaphragm film. When necessary, it is necessary to cope with this, and in the present embodiment, the pressure adjustment chamber 33 performs the correspondence as described in detail later.

  The optical unit 60 projects an illumination optical system that illuminates a DMD 67 that is an image forming element and a reflection type light modulation element, a DMD (digital microdevice) 67 that is an image forming element, and a light beam from the DMD 67 onto a screen 80. And a projection lens 61. The illumination optical system is arranged such that a color segment is positioned at a condensing point of the light beam from the light source lamp 11 reflected by the reflector 12, and a color wheel 63 that time-divides light from the lamp unit 10 into a plurality of colors. The rod integrator is a luminance unevenness reducing element that is arranged so that the incident end face is located at the position where the light beam transmitted through the color wheel 63 is received, and that emits the luminance distribution of the light beam from the lamp unit 10 and is emitted from the emission surface. 64 and an afocal optical system that guides the luminous flux emitted from the rod integrator 64 to the DMD 67. The afocal optical system includes lenses 65a, 65b, and 65c and plane mirrors 66a and 66b. Although the DMD is described here as an image display, the high-pressure air jet cooling system 30 of the present invention can be used in the same manner even for a liquid crystal display.

  Here, the lamp unit 10 having the light source lamp 11 to be cooled will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. The lamp unit 10 includes the light source lamp 11, the reflector 12, the reflector cover 13, and the reflector holding member 14 as described above. The reflector holding member 14 has a circular opening 17, and an explosion-proof glass 18 made of Pyrex crow is provided in the circular opening 17. Further, the reflector holding member 14 is provided with an air connection portion 21 that is connected to the blower stud 41 of the high-pressure air injection cooling system 30, and the air connection portion 21 communicates with a cooling hole 22 that is an injection port of the injection portion. Thus, a part of the high-pressure air jet cooling system 30 is configured. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, the optical unit 60 of the main body of the projection display apparatus includes a lamp unit positioning unit 15 that positions the lamp unit 10, a lamp unit fixing unit 62 that fixes the lamp unit 10, and an external and electrical unit. A power supply connector 53 (FIG. 2) to be connected is provided, and in addition to this, a mounting portion for a blowing stud 41 connected to the piping of the high-pressure air jet cooling system 30 is provided. As shown in FIG. 4, a silicon tube 32 is connected to the blower stud 41, and a diaphragm type air compressor 31 is connected via a pressure adjustment chamber 33. The blower stud 41 attached to the attachment part of the blower stud 41 and the air connection part 21 of the lamp unit 10 are connected by attaching the lamp unit 10 to the optical unit 60 of the projection display device main body, and the power connector 53 is also connected to the lamp unit. 10 to be connected.

  As shown in FIG. 10, cooling holes 22a, 22b, and 22c are provided in the air connection portion 21 provided in the reflector holding member 14 for cooling the light source lamp 11, toward the inner surface. As shown in FIG. 9, the cooling holes 22a, 22b, and 22c are opened toward the tip 50a, the cathode 50b, and the bulb upper portion 50c of the bulb 50 of the light source lamp 11. The cooling holes 22a, 22b, and 22c have a very small hole diameter of about 0.5 mm in diameter in order to convert the cooling air into a fast flow velocity using the high static pressure of the diaphragm type air compressor 31. The air is converted into a high-speed air flow.

  Next, the configuration and operation of the high-pressure air jet cooling system 30 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 11 is a schematic perspective view showing the high-pressure air jet cooling system and the lamp unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 12 is for explaining the operation of the pressure adjusting chamber of the high-pressure air jet cooling system. It is typical sectional drawing, (a) is during an air compressor stop, (b) shows during an air compressor operation | movement. 4 and 11, the pressure adjusting chamber 33 is shown as a partial cross-sectional view.

  The high-pressure air jet cooling system 30 has a diaphragm-type air compressor 31 capable of generating small-sized and high-pressure air as described above, and has a variable capacity internal space to prevent pulsation of high-pressure air, and a short-time diaphragm-type air. Even when the compressor 31 is stopped, the pressure adjusting chamber 33 that enables continuous cooling air injection to the cooling target and the reflector holding member 14 of the lamp unit 10 are connected to the reflector holding member 14. It has the ventilation stud 41 which supplies high pressure air to the cooling holes 22a, 22b, and 22c of the air connection part 21 provided in the inside, and the piping which connects them. Here, the description will be made assuming that the number of cooling holes 22 is three, but the number is not limited to three, and may be increased or decreased according to the object to be cooled, and the hole diameter and the direction of the hole may be set according to the object to be cooled. That's fine. Here, the cooling of the light source lamp of the lamp unit of the projection display device having the largest application will be described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a cooling hole can be provided so as to correspond to the cooling target portion. It can be widely applied to the cooling of the heat generating part of the apparatus.

  By operating the diaphragm type air compressor 31, the pressure in the silicon tube 32, which is a connected discharge side pipe, increases. The pressure P in the pipe is determined by the resistance in the silicon tube 32, the resistance in the air connection portion 21 provided in the reflector holding member 14, the opening area and number of the cooling holes 22, and the operating conditions of the motor pump 31. .

  The inner wall surface of the pressure adjusting chamber 33 is a cylinder 38, and a piston 39 that can freely slide on the inner surface of the cylinder 38 is incorporated. A spring 40 is provided on the side opposite to the compressed air side of the piston 39, and a pressing force is applied to the piston 39 by the spring 40. As shown in FIG. 12A, while the diaphragm type air compressor 31 is stopped, the piston 39 is pressed by the spring 40 and is positioned at the lower end of the cylinder 38. While the diaphragm type air compressor 31 is in operation, the inside of the pipe is maintained at a predetermined pressure P1, so that while air is being ejected from the cooling holes 22a, 22b, 22c provided in the reflector holding member 14, FIG. As shown in b), the piston 39 rises and the amount of air inside the cylinder 38 increases.

  At this time, a force of F = P1 × A is acting on the piston 39. The relationship between the spring 40 and the movement amount X of the piston 39 at this time is expressed as F = P1 × A = kX. Here, A is a piston bottom area, and k is a spring constant. When the diaphragm type air compressor 31 is stopped after operating the diaphragm type air compressor 31 for a certain period of time, the air inside the cylinder 38 is pushed out from the pressure adjusting chamber 33 by the pressing force of the spring 40 applied to the piston 39, and the cooling hole 22a. , 22b and 22c. At this time, the piston 39 finally returns to the position where the pump is stopped. The flow velocity and duration of the cooling air 23a, 23b, and 23c shown in FIG. 9 can be obtained from the inner diameter and effective length of the cylinder 38, the spring constant k of the spring 40, and the hole diameters of the cooling holes 22a, 22b, and 22c.

  The air that has cooled the light source lamp 11 is exhausted out of the reflector holding member 14 through an exhaust hole 19 (FIG. 9) provided in the reflector holding member 14.

  By operating the pressure adjustment chamber 33 in this manner, air can be blown even while the diaphragm type air compressor 31 is stopped. Therefore, the operation of the diaphragm type air compressor 31 can be stopped for a certain period of time. it can. Thereby, the intermittent operation of the diaphragm type air compressor 31 can be realized while suppressing the temperature rise of the light source lamp 11, and the service life of the diaphragm film can be extended. The intermittent operation of the diaphragm-type air compressor 31 can be controlled by a timer provided in the drive circuit, and a pressure sensor is provided on the air outlet side of the pressure adjustment chamber 33. When the pressure falls below a predetermined value, it is restarted. You may decide to start.

Next, a high-pressure air jet cooling system according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 13 is a schematic perspective view showing a high pressure air jet cooling system and a lamp unit according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The high-pressure air injection cooling system 130 of the second embodiment includes the high-pressure air injection cooling system 30 of the first embodiment, a power output unit 43, a control valve 44, and a pressure sensor 42, which are third pipe connections. Since the other configurations and operations are the same as those in the first embodiment, except that they are different from each other, the same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. Here, the air-operated movable structure that is operated using the high-pressure air of the high-pressure air jet cooling system 130 will be described as the pneumatic lift unit of the tilt foot 71 of the housing 70, but is not limited thereto. It can be widely applied to a pneumatically operated movable structure.

  In the pressure adjustment chamber 33 of the high-pressure air jet cooling system 130 of the second embodiment, in addition to the pressure adjustment chamber output unit 35 (FIG. 11) connected to the blower stud 41, the housing of the projection display device 1. 70 has a power output unit 43 that is a third pipe connection unit for use as power for pushing out a tilt foot 71 that adjusts the vertical tilt angle of the projection display device 1. The power output unit 43 and the tilt foot 71 are connected by the silicon tube 32 via a control valve 44 whose opening / closing is controlled by a solenoid. By operating the lock member 45, the tilt foot 71 is unlocked, and the control valve 44 is opened in conjunction with the tilt foot 71, and the tilt foot 71 is pushed out by the pressure of air in the pipe to lift the front of the apparatus. At this time, the pressure in the pipe can be varied by interlocking with the driving conditions of the diaphragm type air compressor 31, and the pushing force of the tilt foot 71 can be increased or decreased.

  Further, a pressure sensor 42 is provided in a pipe connected to the pressure adjustment chamber outlet 35 of the pressure adjustment chamber 33. The pressure sensor 42 can be used to adjust the increase / decrease of the pushing force of the tilt foot 71 and to control the intermittent operation of the diaphragm type air compressor 31, but is not necessarily provided.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a lamp unit, an optical unit, and a high-pressure air jet cooling system of a projection display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the projection display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention with the housing upper cover removed. It is the perspective view which looked at the projection type display apparatus of FIG. 2 from the back side. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an optical unit and a lamp unit excluding a projection lens in FIG. 2. It is the perspective view seen from the back surface side of the optical unit which removed the lamp unit and the lamp unit. It is a perspective view of a lamp unit. It is a disassembled perspective view of a lamp unit. It is typical sectional drawing of a lamp unit. It is the perspective view which looked at the reflector holding member of a lamp unit from the lower surface side. FIG. 10 is an enlarged perspective view of the vicinity of the cooling hole of the reflector holding member of FIG. 9. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a high-pressure air jet cooling system and a lamp unit according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is typical sectional drawing for demonstrating operation | movement of the pressure regulation chamber of a high pressure air injection cooling system, (a) shows that the air compressor is stopping, (b) shows that the air compressor is operating. It is a typical perspective view which shows the high pressure air jet cooling system and lamp unit of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Projection type display apparatus 10 Lamp unit 11 Light source lamp 12 Reflector 13 Reflector cover 14 Reflector holding member 15 Lamp unit positioning part 16 Lamp fixing part 17 Circular opening part 18 Explosion-proof glass 19 Exhaust hole 21 Air connection part 22a, 22b, 22c Cooling Hole 23a, 23b, 23c Cooling air 30, 130 High pressure air injection cooling system 31 Diaphragm type air compressor 32 Silicon tube 33 Pressure adjustment chamber 34 Pressure adjustment chamber inlet 35 Pressure adjustment chamber outlet 36 In-pipe flow (inflow)
37 Pipe flow (outflow)
38 Cylinder 39 Piston 40 Spring 41 Blasting stud 42 Pressure sensor 43 Power output part 44 Control valve 45 Lock member 50 Valve part 50a Tip part 50b Cathode part 50c Valve upper part 51 Pressing member 52 Lamp connector 53 Power supply connector 60 Optical unit 61 Projection lens 62 Lamp unit fixing part 63 Color wheel 64 Rod integrator 65a, 65b, 65c Lens 66a, 66b Plane mirror 67 DMD
69 Power supply unit 70 Case 71 Tilt foot 72 Engine base 80 Screen

Claims (7)

It is a gas injection cooling system that is accommodated in a housing and injects gas directly to a part to be cooled,
A blower compressor,
An injection unit for directly injecting gas to the cooled portion;
A pressure regulating chamber having a variable capacity internal space;
Possess the blowing compressor and the pressure adjusting chamber, and a gas pipe connecting the pressure regulating chamber and said injection portion,
The pressure adjusting chamber includes a peripheral wall that forms a cylinder, a piston that separates the inside of the cylinder into a spring housing portion and a gas chamber, a spring that is housed in the spring housing portion and presses the piston, and an opening in the gas chamber And connecting portions with the two gas pipes,
The pressure adjusting chamber of the gas chamber further the housing gas spray cooling system, characterized in that it is connected to the input of the gas-operated lifting unit of the tilt foot. Before Kioku air compressor is blown compressor diaphragm, gas jet cooling system according to claim 1. The said injection | pouring part is provided in the reflector holding member of the lamp unit which has a light source lamp, The injection direction of the injection outlet of the said injection | pouring part has faced the predetermined | prescribed location more than one location of the said light source lamp. Or the gas-jet cooling system of 2. The gas injection cooling system according to claim 3 , wherein the predetermined locations to which the gas blows out from the injection port are a bulb upper portion, a bulb tip portion, and a cathode portion of the light source lamp. The gas injection cooling system according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein a pressure detection unit is provided between the pressure adjustment chamber and the injection unit. The gas jet cooling system according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the gas is air. A projection display device comprising the gas jet cooling system according to any one of claims 1 to 6 .

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