JPH05118595A - Water heat source air-conditioner device and air-conditioning facility employing the same device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To average electric power consumption for air conditioning by a method wherein a circuit, conducting heat source water into either one of a water side heat exchanger or an air-conditioning coil, is permitted to be switched into another circuit, in which the water is conducted into both of them. CONSTITUTION:Ventilating air is introduced into either one of a fan coil unit (FC) or a heat pump unit (HP) through a filter 17 while the ventilating air is supplied from a sending pipe 4 so as to be switchable into one or both of the coil 10 for air-conditioning of heat source water FC from a heat accumulating water tank 2 and only the water side heat exchanger 11 of a heat pump unit HP or both of them switchably. The switching is effected through a three- way valve 18. In this case, a three-way valve 18 is attached to a heat source water inlet pipe (sending pipe) 4 to respective air-conditioning units 1 while the flow passage of three-way valve 18 air-conditioning coil 10 water side heat exchanger 11 as well as the flow passage of three-way valve 18 water side heat exchanger 18 are formed arbtrarily. According to this method, electric power consumption for air-conditioning can be averaged.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a water heat source air conditioner unit having excellent individual controllability, and an energy-saving air conditioning equipment using the unit to level power consumption.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In building air conditioning, a water heat source air conditioning method in which heat source water in a heat storage water tank is circulated to a fan coil unit or a water heat source heat pump unit arranged in an air conditioning target room in a building is widely used. As is well known, the former circulates cold / hot water in a heat storage water tank in an air conditioning coil (air-to-water heat exchanger), and the latter circulates heat source water in a water side heat exchanger of a heat pump unit. A cold or warm air is obtained by the air side heat exchanger using the heat source water as a heat source by operating a heat pump in which the water side heat exchanger is a condenser or an evaporator and the air side heat exchanger is an evaporator or a condenser. Is. The former has the advantage that the unit can be inexpensive, and when the latter heat pump unit is installed, it is possible to recover the waste heat in the building or to use heat comprehensively when cooling and heating operations coexist. It has the advantage that it can be done.

[0003]

In any case, in the water heat source method, it is necessary to store cold heat or warm heat in the heat storage water tank in the summer and winter. Heat source equipment is indispensable for this purpose, and in general, refrigerators, cooling towers and boilers are permanently installed. Therefore, the machine room and equipment for the heat source equipment will be large, and a relatively large heat storage water tank will be constructed. Therefore, the proportion of the air conditioning equipment in the building will be relatively large.

Further, recently, an air conditioning system having excellent individual controllability has been demanded along with the diversification of uses of buildings, and it is necessary to be able to control with good response according to load in each air conditioning zone independent from each other. However, there are cases where the fan coil unit method cannot be used immediately. In addition, the leveling of power consumption for air conditioning (especially peak cut and peak shift in summer) has become an important issue from the social aspect of stable energy supply, and more effective building air conditioning that can address this issue It has been demanded. The present invention is intended to solve such a problem.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, air is formed by a refrigerant pipe between a water side heat exchanger through which heat source water flows and an air side heat exchanger through which air flows to form a heat pump. An air-conditioning coil through which heat-source water flows is installed in the air conditioner, and a circuit for passing heat-source water to either one of the water-side heat exchanger and the air-conditioning coil and a circuit for passing both are switched. (EN) Provided is a water heat source air conditioner unit that can be formed.

The present invention also provides a heat storage water tank for storing heat source water, a heat source device for heating or cooling this heat source water, and a water heat source for individually air-conditioning each room using the heat source water circulated and supplied as a heat source. In an air conditioning equipment including an air conditioner unit group, the heat source device is a refrigerant pipe between a water side heat exchanger through which the heat source water flows and an air side heat exchanger through which outside air flows to form a heat pump. The water heat source air conditioner unit comprises a heat pump device formed to form a heat pump by connecting refrigerant pipes between a water side heat exchanger through which heat source water flows and an air side heat exchanger through which air flows. An air conditioning coil through which heat source water flows is installed in the formed air conditioner, and a circuit for passing heat source water through either or both of the water side heat exchanger and the air conditioning coil can be switched. That it consists of formed units To provide an air conditioning system for the butterflies.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows the overall construction of an air conditioning system in which a water heat source air conditioner unit 1 (hereinafter sometimes abbreviated as air conditioning unit 1) according to the present invention is arranged in a building. The air conditioning unit 1 is a combination of a fan coil unit (FC) and a heat pump unit (HP). The detailed structure will be described later.

In the illustrated example, the air conditioning unit 1 is arranged behind the ceiling on each floor of the building. Cold / hot water (heat source water) in the heat storage water tank 2 is supplied to each air conditioning unit 1 by the secondary pump 3 through the forward pipe 4, and returned to the heat storage water tank 2 through the return pipe 5.

Reference numeral 6 indicates a heat source device. This is a heat pump device in which a refrigerant pipe is formed between the water side heat exchanger 7 and the air side heat exchanger 8 to form a heat pump. The heat source water in the heat storage water tank 2 is passed through the water side heat exchanger 7 by the primary side pump 9, and is heated here when the water side heat exchanger 7 functions as a condenser, and also as an evaporator. When it is functioning, it is cooled and returned to the heat storage water tank 2. Outside air flows through the air side heat exchanger 8, and when the water side heat exchanger 7 is a condenser, it serves as an evaporator and removes heat from the outside air. When the water side heat exchanger 7 is an evaporator, it becomes a condenser and radiates heat to the outside air. That is, the heat pump device 6 as the heat source device is
It is a reversible heat pump capable of producing both hot water and cold water using outside air as a heat source, and the equipment of the present invention is not provided with a refrigerator, a cooling tower, a boiler, or the like. The heat source heat pump device 6 is operated by using nighttime electric power as described later.

FIG. 2 schematically shows an air conditioning unit 1 according to the present invention in which FC and HP are combined. F
In the portion C, a water-to-air heat exchanger (air-conditioning coil) 10 through which heat source water flows is arranged in the air passage inside the machine. In the HP part, between the water side heat exchanger 11 through which the heat source water flows and the air side heat exchanger 12 arranged in the ventilation passage in the machine, a compressor 13, a four-way valve 14, and an expansion valve 15 are provided. Refrigerant is piped to form a reversible heat pump. That is,
When the air-side heat exchanger 12 functions as an evaporator during cooling operation, by switching the four-way valve 14, the compressor 13 → four-way valve 14 → water-side heat exchanger 11 (condenser) → expansion valve 15 → Air-side heat exchanger 12 (evaporator) → four-way valve 14 → compressor 13 has a refrigerant circulation path, and when air-side heat exchanger 12 functions as a condenser during heating operation, four-way valve 14 By switching, compressor 13 → four-way valve 14 → air side heat exchanger 12 (evaporator) → expansion valve 15 → water side heat exchanger 11 (condenser) → four-way valve 14 → compressor 13
The refrigerant circulation path is formed.

Return air (return air from the room) is introduced to both FC and HP through the filter 17, and the heat source water from the heat storage water tank 2 is used as the FC air conditioning coil 10 and HP water side heat exchanger. Only one or both of 11 are switchably supplied from the forward pipe 4. This switching is performed by the three-way valve 18 in the illustrated example. That is, the heat source water inlet pipe (outgoing pipe) to each air conditioning unit 1 has a three-way valve 18
The one outlet pipe 19 of this three-way valve 18 is connected to the inlet of the air conditioning coil 10, the other outlet pipe 20 is connected to the inlet of the water side heat exchanger 11, and the outlet pipe 21 of the air conditioning coil 10 is connected. Connected to the inlet pipe of the water-side heat exchanger 11 and the outlet pipe of the water-side heat exchanger 11.
22 is connected to the return pipe 5. By switching the three-way valve 18 by this, the three-way valve 18 → the air-conditioning coil 10 → the flow passage of the water side heat exchanger 11 and the three-way valve 18 → the flow passage of the water side heat exchanger 11 can be arbitrarily set. Can be formed into

The following operation modes can be selected by a combination of the switching of the flow passage and the start / stop control of the compressor 13. Operation mode Waterway of three-way valve 18 Start / stop of compressor 13 FC only operation 4 → 19 OFF FC + HP operation 4 → 19 ON HP only operation 4 → 20 ON Hot water cooling operation 4 → 20 ON Blower operation 4 → 20 OFF Here, the cooling operation at the time of hot water is a case where it is necessary to perform the cooling operation at a certain air conditioning unit 1 in a state where hot water is stored in the heating season. In recent buildings, due to the heat generated by office automation equipment, it is often required to cool only a certain room during the heating season. Blower operation is a case where only the air is required to be blown without heating or cooling the air, which is advantageous when obtaining a fan effect or a ventilation effect.

FIG. 3 shows the positional relationship between the air conditioning coil 10 and the air side heat exchanger 12 in the air conditioning unit 1. An air-conditioning coil 10 and an air-side heat exchanger 12 having substantially the same ventilation cross-sectional areas as shown in the figure are arranged in an overlapping manner in an in-machine air passage formed by driving a fan 24 arranged in the air-conditioning unit 1. To do. In the example shown, the air-conditioning coil 10 is located upstream of the air passage and the air-side heat exchanger is located downstream.
12 are arranged so that the air that has passed through the entire cross-sectional area of the air conditioning coil 10 is guided as it is to the air-side heat exchanger 12 of equal cross-sectional area. As a result, the entire circulating air can be uniformly heated or cooled. The air-conditioning coil 10 and the air-side heat exchanger 12 are provided with a common drain pan 25 below them so that the drain processing can be unified even if the operation mode is different.

FIG. 4 shows an example of equipment arrangement in the air conditioning unit 1, in which two separable casings 26 and 27 are used to form an in-machine air passage. Only the filter 17 is arranged in one casing 27 on the upstream side,
In the main body casing 26 on the downstream side, the equipment necessary for forming FC and HP is housed. In some cases, as shown in FIG. 5, the casing 27 for the filter is connected to the other main casing 26 via the flexible duct 28. In the main body casing 26, the air-conditioning coil 10 and the air-side heat exchanger 12 are arranged in series in the air passage, and the water-side heat exchanger 11 is located at a position separated from the flow path of the circulating air inside the machine.
(Below the fan 24 in the example in the figure). Further, the compressor is arranged in a compressor chamber (for example, on the side of the fan 24) formed by using a partition wall in the casing 26. Juan 24 is a single F
It can be shared between C and HP.

6 to 8 show a more specific device arrangement structure of the air conditioning unit 1. The plane of the same unit is shown in FIG. 6, the XX section is shown in FIG. 7, and the side section is shown. 8 shows. As shown in FIG. 6, the compressor 13 is a fan.
It is housed in a compressor room 30 formed independently on the side of 24,
The water-side heat exchanger 11 is arranged below the fan 24. This water-side heat exchanger 11 is composed of a double tube coil, and heat source water is passed through the inner tube and a refrigerant is passed through the outer tube. Both the air conditioning coil 10 and the water side heat exchanger 11 are fin tube heat exchangers. 31 is a fan motor, 32 is an air intake port, and 33 is an air discharge port. 6 to 8, the members designated by the same reference numerals as those in FIGS. 2 to 5 correspond to those described above.
Reference numeral 34 is a drain pump, and the drain collected in the drain pan 25 is temporarily collected in a drain reservoir 35, and the drain pump 34 discharges the drain out of the machine. The drain pan 25 covers the entire bottom surface except the compressor chamber 30, and the drain that may be formed in the water side heat exchanger 11 is also collected in the drain reservoir 35. The filter 17 is a high performance filter. Although not shown, the compressor 13 (Fig. 6) has a mounting plate fixed to the bottom of the main body, and this mounting plate is placed on the base plate, and the base plate is installed on the heat insulating material. The mounting plate is integrated so that it can be replaced when necessary.

In the air-conditioning unit of the present invention and the air-conditioning equipment using the same having the above-mentioned configuration, the heat pump 6 for heat source (FIG. 1) is operated by using the inexpensive late-night power at night and the heat storage water tank 2 is operated. The air-conditioning units 1 which store heat and are dispersedly arranged on each floor individually perform necessary air-conditioning operations, and the heat accumulated at night is utilized to perform day-time air-conditioning. For example, as an example of the operation pattern in the summer, the cold water of 7 ° C. is stored in the heat storage water tank 2 by using the nighttime electric power. In the daytime, this cold water is first used in the FC of the air conditioning unit 1, and F
The cold water coming out of C at 12 ° C is used as HP cooling water this time, and returned to the heat storage water tank 2 at 17 ° C. As a result, the power consumption of the heat source can be halved at the peak of daytime power consumption, and power peak cut and peak shift can be realized.

In the winter, the heat source heat pump device 6 is operated to store hot water of 45 ° C. in the heat storage water tank 2. In the air conditioning unit 1, the FC initially uses the 45 ° C. hot water pumped from this heat storage water tank. Then, the HP uses the hot water coming out of the FC at 40 ° C as a heat source water for heating. At that time, HP has a large capacity because the heat source water temperature is high. This makes it possible to cope with a large preheating heating load that occurs during intermittent air conditioning operation. If there is a cooling request even in winter, FC is stopped and only HP is operated in the cooling mode to use the heat source water as cooling water. As a result, the heat source water is heated by exhaust heat, but this is returned to the heat storage water tank and is effectively used for heating.

[0019]

According to the present invention, an air conditioning system having the following effects can be constructed. (1) Since it is an all-electric air conditioning system, safe and clean air conditioning can be realized, and it is possible to protect the global environment. (2) Individual air-conditioning is performed only for the required time and only in the required place, and there is no waste of overheating and overcooling by adjusting the temperature of each unit. Excel. (3) Inexpensive nighttime electricity can be used, and since the difference in operating temperature between units is large, the water transfer power can be halved, thus reducing running costs. (4) Since the machine room area is reduced, the effective area of the building can be increased. (5) Effective use of nighttime heat storage enables peak cuts and peak shifts in daytime power consumption.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a device arrangement system diagram showing an example of an air conditioning facility according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system diagram showing a device layout of an air conditioning unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an arrangement state of an air conditioning coil and an air side heat exchanger in an air conditioning unit.

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a device arrangement in an air conditioning unit.

FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing another device arrangement in the air conditioning unit.

FIG. 6 is a plan sectional view showing an embodiment of an air conditioning unit.

7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a side sectional view of the air conditioning unit of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Air Conditioning Unit 2 Heat Storage Water Tank 3 Secondary Pump 6 Heat Source Heat Pump Device 7 Water Side Heat Exchanger of Heat Source Heat Pump Device 8 Air Side Heat Exchanger of Heat Source Heat Pump Device 9 Primary Pump 10 FC Air Conditioning Coil 11 HP water side heat exchanger 12 HP air side heat exchanger 13 HP compressor 17 Filter 18 Three-way valve 24 Fan 25 Drain pan

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A heat source water passes through an air conditioner formed by a refrigerant pipe between a water side heat exchanger through which heat source water flows and an air side heat exchanger through which air flows to form a heat pump. A water heat source in which a water-conditioning coil is installed, and a circuit for passing heat source water to only one of the water-side heat exchanger and the air-conditioning coil and a circuit for passing both of them can be switched. Air conditioner unit. 2. The water side heat exchanger of the heat pump and the air-conditioning coil have substantially the same ventilation cross-sectional area, and both are arranged in series in an air passage passing through the unit. Water heat source air conditioner unit. 3. A heat storage water tank for storing heat source water, a heat source device for heating or cooling this heat source water, and a water heat source air conditioner for individually air-conditioning each room using the heat source water circulated and supplied as a heat source. In an air-conditioning system including a unit group, the heat source device forms a heat pump by refrigerant piping between a water side heat exchanger through which the heat source water flows and an air side heat exchanger through which outside air flows. The water heat source air conditioner unit forms a heat pump by refrigerant piping between the water side heat exchanger through which the heat source water flows and the air side heat exchanger through which air flows. In the air conditioner
An air-conditioning coil through which heat-source water flows is installed, and the water-side heat exchanger and / or the air-conditioning coil are composed of a unit in which a circuit for passing heat-source water can be switched. Air conditioning equipment to be. 4. The water heat source air conditioner unit is individually operated in accordance with the load of the air-conditioned room that it serves, and each of them is operated in the air-conditioning coil independent operation mode, heat pump independent operation mode, and air-conditioning system. The air conditioning equipment according to claim 3, which is controlled to any one of the combined operation modes of the coil for heat and the heat pump. 5. The air conditioning equipment according to claim 3, wherein the heat source device is operated by using night power. 6. The heat source device and the heat pump of the air conditioner unit are both reversible heat pumps having switchable refrigerant circuits so that the water-side heat exchanger functions as either a condenser or an evaporator. The air conditioning equipment according to Item 3, 4 or 5. 7. The air conditioning equipment according to claim 3, 4, 5 or 6, wherein the water heat source air conditioner unit is arranged in the space above the ceiling.