KR100690154B1 - Air conditioner system of bath room - Google Patents

Abstract

An air conditioner system of a bathroom is provided to heat the bathroom and a sauna booth installed in the bathroom simultaneously and effectively, and to heat the bathroom and the sauna booth to reach respective set temperatures rapidly. The air conditioner system of a bathroom includes: a sauna booth(b) separately formed in the bathroom(A); an outdoor unit for compressing a refrigerant; a heating unit for generating hot water by heat-exchanging the compressed refrigerant and water; a hot water circulating passage for performing radiant heating while circulating the hot water along the inside wall of the sauna booth; an indoor unit for heat-exchanging the compressed refrigerant and air in the sauna booth; a passage variable unit for varying the passage of the refrigerant by being installed between the outdoor unit and indoor unit; and an air circulating passage for performing air-conditioning and dehumidification by circulating the heat-exchanged air.

Description

Bathroom Air Conditioning System {AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM OF BATH ROOM}

1 is a perspective view of a typical sauna booth,

2 is a block diagram showing a bathroom to which the bathroom air conditioning system according to the present invention is applied,

3 is a block diagram showing a bathroom air conditioning system according to the present invention,

4a and 4b is a block diagram showing the refrigerant flow of the bathroom air conditioning system according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols on main parts of the drawings>

52: compressor 54: outdoor heat exchanger

56 main solenoid expansion valve 62 heat pipe

64: pump 72: bathroom heating tube

74: sauna heating tube 76: water supply flow path switching valve

78: recovery flow path switching valve 82a, 82b, 82c: indoor heat exchanger

84a, 84b, 84c: auxiliary electromagnetic expansion valve 90: four-way valve

92: inlet pipe 94a, 94b, 94c: inlet opening and closing valve

96: Outflow pipe 98a, 98b, 98c: Outflow opening and closing valve

102: distribution duct 104: supply pipe

106: recovery pipe A: bathroom

a: shower cubicle b: sauna booth

P: exhaust fan

The present invention relates to a bathroom air conditioning system capable of selectively cooling and restoring a bathroom and a sauna booth, which is a separate space therein, by using hot water and warm air.

In modern times, air and water are polluted due to high industrial society and urbanization, and heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and nickel are accumulated in the body due to such polluted air and water. In order to discharge heavy metals with salt, cholesterol, and the like, or to prevent and treat various adult diseases of modern people, many saunas are provided with a sauna.

As such, roughly sauna baths have problems such as limited operating hours, long distances, and transmission of various diseases. Recently, many bathrooms have sauna booths that can be used easily and can be used cleanly in a normal home. It is installed.

The sauna booth illustrated in FIG. 1 may be installed in a bathroom of a general home, but the sauna booth 2 may have a door formed therein so that the user can be accommodated, and at the same time, a door that the user can enter and exit at one side thereof ( 4) is installed to open and close, and the radiant heat transfer is made to the internal space while the door 4 is closed to maintain the set temperature.

At this time, the sauna booth (2) the inner wall is made of ceramics and ocher, such as sugi wood and cedar, far-infrared radiation, one side of the stove consisting of a stove (6), carbon fiber and pulp and ceramics, etc. Ultra-thin heaters, near-infrared lamps 8 and the like are provided to heat the air via a local radiation method.

However, the bathroom equipped with the sauna booth 2 in the home only maintains the sauna booth 2 at a high temperature so that the temperature of the bathroom is relatively low, so that the user may feel cold. Even if only the sauna booth 2 is heated using electricity, Not only does it take too long for the sauna booth 2 to reach an appropriate temperature, but its efficiency is low, and it is difficult to heat the entire space evenly due to local heating by various heaters, etc. Difficult to formulate, there is a problem in that the utility of the product is poor simply by providing a high temperature heating function.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a bathroom air conditioning system that can effectively heat the bathroom and the sauna booth provided therein at the same time.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a bathroom air conditioning system that can evenly heat the bathroom and the sauna booth provided therein.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a bathroom air conditioning system capable of heating a bathroom and a sauna booth provided therein to reach a set temperature for a short time.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a bathroom air conditioning system that can realize a variety of cooling, heating, dehumidification, etc. in the sauna booth provided in the bathroom and the interior from the existing air conditioning system.

Bathroom air conditioning system according to the present invention for solving the above problems is a sauna booth (Sauna booth) which is a separate space provided in the bathroom, an outdoor unit for compressing the refrigerant, and the refrigerant is connected to the outdoor unit A heating unit that generates hot water by acting as a heat exchanger, a hot water circulation passage installed between the heating unit and the sauna booth to radiate heat while circulating the hot water along the inner wall of the sauna booth, and connected and compressed to the outdoor unit. An indoor unit for exchanging the refrigerant with air in the bathroom and sauna booths, a flow path installed between the outdoor unit and the indoor unit to vary the flow path of the refrigerant, and installed between the indoor unit and the sauna booth to provide hot water. Cooling and heating and dehumidification may be made while circulating the heat exchanged air into the sauna booth That is configured to include an air circulation flow path.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a block diagram showing a bathroom to which the bathroom air conditioning system according to the present invention is applied, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a bathroom air conditioning system according to the present invention, Figures 4a and 4b according to the present invention It is a block diagram showing the refrigerant flow of the bathroom air conditioning system.

In the bathroom air conditioning system according to the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the shower booth (a) and the sauna booth (b), which are separate spaces inside the bathroom (A), are installed. In order to quickly set the internal temperature of the sauna booth b higher, the sauna booth b is heated by warm air and hot water, while the bathroom A is heated by hot water.

In particular, the outdoor unit, the heating unit, the hot water circulation passage and the indoor unit, the flow path variable stage, the air circulation passage is installed to be connected to the bathroom (A) and the sauna booth (a), the outdoor unit compresses the refrigerant to a high temperature The heat unit heat-exchanges the high temperature refrigerant and water passing through the outdoor unit, while the indoor unit heat-exchanges the refrigerant and air passed through the outdoor unit, and the hot water circulating flow path from the heating unit to the bathroom ( While hot water is dividedly supplied to A) and the sauna booth (a), the hot air circulation path is supplied by dividing hot air or cold air from the indoor unit to the bathroom (A) and the sauna booth (a).

Of course, the outdoor unit is installed as a separate unit outside the bathroom (A), the heating unit and the hot water circulation passage and the indoor unit and the air circulation passage close to the bathroom (A) and sauna booth (a) Is installed.

In more detail, the outdoor unit is configured such that a compressor 52, an outdoor heat exchanger 54, and a main electromagnetic expansion valve 56 are installed in an outdoor case (not shown), and the outdoor heat exchanger 54 is configured to be outdoor. It is preferable to further include an outdoor blower including an outdoor fan for blowing air, and the main electromagnetic expansion valve 56 may be replaced by a capillary tube.

At this time, the refrigerant passing through the indoor unit is depressurized by the main electromagnetic expansion valve 56, and then the outdoor heat exchanger 54 acts as a kind of evaporator while the outdoor heat exchanger 54 performs heat exchange with outdoor air. The refrigerant evaporated through and completely vaporized is compressed in the compressor 52 into a high temperature and high pressure refrigerant and then introduced into the heating unit.

Next, the heating unit is composed of a heat pipe 62 for generating hot water and a pump 64 for pumping and circulating hot water, and further includes a water tank (not shown) capable of supplying and storing circulated water. It may also be configured to.

At this time, the heat pipe 62 is connected in series with the compressor 52 to generate hot water by the high temperature and high pressure refrigerant, the inner tube through which the high temperature and high pressure refrigerant passed through the compressor 52 and its Surrounding the periphery may be an appearance that the water circulates, in addition to the heat pipe 62 may be composed of a water-cooled condenser.

Of course, the heat pipe 62 and the pump 64 may be installed together with the outdoor unit to be included in the outdoor case to be separated from the bathroom A, but together with the indoor unit, the upper side of the bathroom A It can also be installed integrally.

Next, the hot water circulation passage is installed to be buried in the bottom and side walls as a kind of boiler tube, the bathroom heating tube 72 is buried in the bottom surface of the bathroom (A) and the hot water is circulated, and the sauna booth (b) A water supply flow path switching valve is installed at a branch which is buried in a bottom surface and a side wall to circulate hot water, and is branched into the bathroom heating pipe 72 and the sauna heating pipe 74. 76) and a recovery flow path switching valve (78).

Of course, the bathroom heating tube 72 and the sauna heating tube 74 is installed to be connected to the heat pipe 62 and the pump 64, the branch point and the water supply flow path switching valve 76 and the recovery flow path switching The valve 78 is installed.

In this case, in order to maintain the sauna booth (b) higher temperature than the bathroom (A), it is preferable that the sauna booth (b) is composed of a heat transfer panel made of a material having a high heat transfer coefficient. The inner wall is composed of ocher blocks to further enhance heat transfer and thermal insulation.

Furthermore, the bathroom A has the bathroom heating tube 72 embedded only on the bottom surface of the bathroom A so as to maintain about 40 ° C. suitable for bathing, while the sauna booth b may be steamed. The sauna heating tube 74 is buried in the bottom and sidewalls of the sauna booth b to maintain a temperature of about 50 to 60 ° C., but most people sit in the sauna booth b and steam the sauna. Heating tube 74 is buried only below the average sitting height of the person in the side wall of the sauna booth (b) to further enhance the heat transfer effect and heat insulation effect.

Therefore, the hot water is heated by the heat pipe 62 and then supplied to at least one of the bathroom heating tube 72 and the sauna heating tube 74 while the hot water is pumped as the pump 64 operates. Radiant heating by hot water is made, and the hot water heated in each space is repeated again while passing through the heat pipe 62.

Next, the indoor unit is installed at at least one indoor heat exchanger (82a, 82b, 82c) and rear ends of the indoor heat exchangers (82a, 82b, 82c) for generating warm air, respectively. And an auxiliary electromagnetic expansion valve (84a, 84b, 84c) for reducing the refrigerant passing through the 82c, wherein the indoor heat exchangers (82a, 82b, 82c) includes an indoor blower including an indoor fan for blowing outdoor air It is preferable to further provide a device, and the auxiliary electromagnetic expansion valves 84a, 84b and 84c may also be replaced by capillaries.

At this time, the indoor heat exchangers 82a, 82b, 82c are connected in series with the compressor 52 and the heat pipe 62, while the respective indoor heat exchangers 82a, 82b, 82c are connected in parallel. It is preferable to be installed to be connected.

Of course, the indoor heat exchanger (82a, 82b, 82c) is used to serve as a condenser for the purpose of heating the bathroom and sauna booth one, but the rest serves as a condenser or evaporator for heating and dehumidifying the separate room space It can be performed by dividing, but this is possible by the flow path variable stage.

Next, the flow path variable stage is provided between the compressor 52 and the heat pipe 62, each of the indoor heat exchangers 82a, 82b, and 82c, and the outdoor heat exchanger 54. Including the 90, the inlet pipe 92 and the inlet opening and closing valve (94a, 94b, installed) so that the refrigerant is introduced to the front end of each indoor heat exchanger (82a, 82b, 82c) based on the four-way valve 90, 94c), and an outlet pipe 96 installed at the front end of each indoor heat exchanger 82a, 82b, 82c based on the four-way valve 90 so that refrigerant flows out separately from the inlet pipe 92, and an outlet opening and closing installed therein. Valves 98a, 98b, and 98c.

In this case, the inlet pipe 92 is formed as a single pipe from the four-way valve 90, is installed to be branched into each indoor heat exchanger (82a, 82b, 82c), the outlet pipe 96 is also the four-way valve It is formed in one tube separately from the inlet tube 92 from the 90, it is installed to be combined with each branched portion of the inlet tube 92 to be branched to each indoor heat exchanger (82a, 82b, 82c).

Of course, each branched portion of the inlet tube 92 and each branched portion of the outlet tube 96 are connected in parallel with each other, and the inlet tube 92 and the outlet tube 96 are each indoor heat exchanger ( 82a, 82b, and 82c are combined before entering, wherein the inlet opening and closing valves 94a, 94b and 94c and the outlet opening and closing valves 98a, 98b and 98c are also branched to each branch of the inlet pipe 92 and the outlet. It is installed in parallel in each branched part of the tube 96.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4A, when the inlet open / close valves 94a, 94b and 94c are opened and the outlet open / close valves 98a, 98b and 98c are closed, the compressor 52 and the heat pipe 62 are closed. The high-temperature, high-pressure refrigerant passing through is introduced into the indoor heat exchangers 82a, 82b, and 82c, and the air inside the bathroom A and the sauna booth a in the indoor heat exchangers 82a, 82b, and 82c. After generating the warm air through the heat exchange action with the secondary electromagnetic expansion valve (84a, 84b, 84c) and the main electromagnetic expansion valve 56 while reducing the pressure, the outdoor heat exchanger 54 exchanges heat with the outdoor air The process of evaporation is repeated.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 4B, the inlet open / close valve 94a connected to one of the indoor heat exchangers 82a is opened, and the outlet open / close valve 98a is closed, and the rest of the indoor heat exchangers 82b and 82c. When the inlet open / close valves 94b and 94c are closed and the outlet open / close valves 98b and 98c are opened, the high temperature and high pressure refrigerant passing through the compressor 52 and the heat pipe 62 is one of the indoor heat exchangers. Flows into air (82a) and generates warm air through heat exchange with air in the bathroom (A) and the sauna booth (a) in one of the indoor heat exchangers (82a), and then the auxiliary electromagnetic expansion valve (84a, The pressure is reduced while passing through the 84b and 84c and the main electromagnetic expansion valve 56, and the process of evaporating through the heat exchange action with the outdoor air in the outdoor heat exchanger 54 is repeated.

At this time, the remaining (82b, 82c) of the indoor heat exchanger is in communication with the other indoor space to create a cold air through the heat exchange action with the indoor air is blown to make the cooling and dehumidification effect.

Next, the hot air circulation passage communicates with one of the indoor heat exchangers (82a) and is connected to the distribution duct 102 in which a separate indoor blower is built, and the distribution duct 102 is respectively connected to the bathroom (A) and Separately connected to the sauna booth (b) consists of a supply pipe 104 for supplying warm air and a recovery pipe 106 for recovering air therefrom.

In addition, the supply pipe 104 and the recovery pipe 106 is divided into the bathroom (A) and the sauna booth (b) to further include a plurality of hot air switching valve (not shown) to supply the warm air.

Accordingly, the warm air is heated by one of the indoor heat exchangers 82a, and then the warm air is supplied from the distribution duct 102 through the supply pipe 104 as the indoor blower is operated. Convection heating is performed by warm air while being supplied to at least one of the booths (b), and the warm air that heats each space is recovered to the distribution duct 106 through the recovery pipe 106, and then indoors. The reheating process is repeated while passing through one of the heat exchangers 82a.

Of course, the bathroom (A) is preferably provided with an exhaust fan (P) for exhausting moisture, odors, etc. due to the use of hot water in addition to heating by hot water, each component mentioned above is the bathroom (A). ) And a temperature sensor (not shown) provided in each of the sauna booth (b) is controlled by a separate control means.

Looking at the operation of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

First, when only the bathroom A is set to a relatively low target temperature, only radiant heating is performed by hot water. As the compressor 52 is operated, a refrigerant of high temperature and high pressure is circulated along the heater pipe 62. At the same time, as the pump 64 is operated, water is heated in the heater pipe 62 through heat exchange with the refrigerant, and the refrigerant is then supplied to the indoor heat exchangers 82a, 82b, and 82c and the auxiliary electromagnetic expansion valve. 84a, 84b, 84c, and after passing through the main solenoid expansion valve 56, it is circulated to the compressor 52 via the outdoor heat exchanger 54 again.

At this time, hot water of high temperature generated around the heater pipe 62 is circulated only to the bathroom heating tube 72 by the water supply flow path switching valve 76 and the recovery flow path switching valve 78, and the bathroom A ) Is heated to the hot water, and then circulated back to the heater pipe 62.

On the other hand, when only the bathroom A is set to a relatively high target temperature or tries to reach the target temperature quickly at first, radiant heating by hot water and convection heating by hot air are performed, but radiant heating by hot water is performed. It is omitted because it is made the same as mentioned in.

More specifically, the convection heating by the warm air generates hot water through heat exchange with the circulated water while the high temperature and high pressure refrigerant compressed by the compressor 52 passes through the heater pipe 62, and then the indoors. One of the heat exchangers 82a, 82b and 82c generates warm air through heat exchange with the air in the bathroom A and the sauna booth a, and the other of the indoor heat exchangers 82b and 82c Cooling and dehumidification is achieved by heating the other indoor spaces with warm air or by controlling the inlet opening and closing valves 94a, 94b and 94c and the outlet opening and closing valves 98a, 98b and 98c to vary the refrigerant flow path. You can also lose.

At this time, the high temperature warm air generated in the vicinity of one of the indoor heat exchangers (82a) is introduced into the bathroom (A) by the supply pipe 104 from the distribution duct 102 as the indoor blower is operated. In addition, the air circulated through the bathroom A is recovered to the distribution duct 102 through the recovery pipe 106.

On the other hand, if only the sauna booth (b) is set to the target temperature is set, a high temperature target temperature is set to enable the steaming while sweating to achieve this, in addition to radiant heating by hot water, convective heating by hot air at the same time To be done.

At this time, the compressor 52 is operated and simultaneously compressed by the compressor 52 due to the adjustment of the four-way valve 90, the inlet opening and closing valves 94a, 94b, and 94c and the outlet opening and closing valves 98a, 98b and 98c. The high temperature and high pressure refrigerant is supplied to the heater pipe 62, the indoor heat exchangers 82a, 82b and 82c, the auxiliary expansion valves 84a, 84b and 84c, the main expansion valve 56 and the outdoor heat exchanger 54. Will circulate accordingly.

Of course, as the pump 64 is operated, water is heated through a heat exchange action with a high temperature and high pressure refrigerant of the heater pipe 62, and then hot water is supplied to the water supply flow path switching valve 76 and the drain flow path switching valve 78. ) Is introduced into the sauna heating tube 74 only, the sauna booth b is heated with hot water, and then circulated back to the heater pipe 62.

At the same time, as the indoor blower is also operated, air is heated through a heat exchange action with a high temperature refrigerant of the indoor heat exchangers 82a, 82b, and 82c, and then warm air is supplied from the distribution duct 102 to the supply pipe ( The air is blown only by the 104 and the recovery pipe 106 to the sauna booth b, and the sauna booth b is heated to warm air, and then circulated back to the distribution duct 102.

As described above, when the sauna booth b is heated by hot water and warm air, and the internal temperature of the sauna booth b reaches a target set temperature, the sauna booth b is radiantly heated only by hot water, thereby maintaining a warming effect. Is operated to maintain.

In addition, the bathroom (A) and the sauna booth (b) may be radiant heating only by hot water or convection heating by only warm air to add a dehumidification effect, and to implement cooling to change the refrigerant flow. Can be.

In the above, the present invention has been described in detail by way of examples based on the embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited by the above embodiments and drawings, and the scope of the present invention will be limited only by the contents described in the claims below.

The bathroom air conditioning system according to the present invention configured as described above can implement the bathroom and sauna booth at once because the bathroom and the sauna booth provided therein are implemented to simultaneously perform radiant heating by convection heating and hot water by hot air. In addition, there is an advantage to ensure continuous effective heating.

In addition, the air conditioning system according to the present invention is provided with a supply pipe and a recovery pipe for supplying hot air to the bathroom and a sauna booth provided therein, respectively, on the upper side, and a sauna heating tube for circulating hot water is disposed on the bottom and side walls. Therefore, it is possible to evenly heat the bathroom and sauna booth as a whole, which has the advantage of maintaining a comfortable bathroom temperature.

In addition, since the air conditioning system according to the present invention heats the interior air quickly through the convection heating of the bathroom and the sauna booth provided therein, each space can be heated to reach the set temperature in a short time. There is an advantage to increase the user's satisfaction.

In addition, the air conditioning system according to the present invention is provided such that a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, at least one indoor heat exchanger, an electronic expansion valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, and the like is connected to a bathroom and a sauna booth provided therein. The refrigerant circulation direction of the refrigeration cycle and the direction of the blowing air can be changed by the refrigerant variable stage and the air circulation flow path, and accordingly, the cooling, heating, and dehumidification can be implemented in various ways. have.

Claims (11)

Sauna booth, a separate space in the bathroom, An outdoor unit compressing the refrigerant, A heating unit connected to the outdoor unit to generate hot water by heat-exchanging the compressed refrigerant with water; A hot water circulation passage installed between the heating unit and the sauna booth for radiant heating while circulating hot water along the inner wall of the sauna booth; An indoor unit connected to the outdoor unit to heat exchange the compressed refrigerant with air in a sauna booth; A flow path variable stage provided between the outdoor unit and the indoor unit to vary the flow path of the refrigerant; And an air circulation passage installed between the indoor unit and the sauna booth to circulate the heat-exchanged air into the sauna booth to perform cooling, heating, and dehumidification. The method of claim 1, The sauna booth is a bathroom air conditioning system, characterized in that the inner wall is composed of a heat transfer panel made of a material having a high heat transfer coefficient. The method of claim 2, The sauna booth is a bathroom air conditioning system, characterized in that the inner wall is composed of ocher blocks. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, And the hot water circulation passage and the air circulation passage are connected to the bathroom so as to heat the bathroom with hot water and warm air. The method of claim 4, wherein The heating unit is a bathroom air conditioning system comprising a heat pipe and a pump for pumping hot water is installed so as to surround the appearance that the water circulated through the inner pipe through which the compressed refrigerant passes. The method of claim 5, The hot water circulation passage is embedded in the bottom surface of the bathroom so as to be connected to the heating unit, the bathroom heating tube to circulate the hot water, and the sauna is buried in the bottom and side walls of the sauna booth so as to be connected to the heating unit. And a flow channel switching valve installed at a point branched from the heating unit to the bathroom heating tube and the sauna heating tube to change the flow path of the water. The method of claim 6, The sauna heating tube is embedded in the bathroom air conditioning system, characterized in that only embedded below the average sitting height of the person in the side wall of the sauna booth. The method of claim 7, wherein The indoor unit includes at least one indoor heat exchanger connected to the heat pipe, the refrigerant exchanging heat with air, an indoor blower for blowing air to the indoor heat exchanger, and an electronic expansion in which the refrigerant passing through the indoor heat exchanger is decompressed. Bathroom air conditioning system characterized in that it further comprises a valve. The method of claim 8, The flow path variable stage includes a four-way valve installed between the compressor and each indoor heat exchanger and an outdoor heat exchanger, an inlet pipe connected to each other so as to flow into the front end of each indoor heat exchanger from the four-way valve, and an inlet opening and closing that is opened and closed to each inlet pipe. Bathroom air conditioning system comprising a valve, an outlet pipe connected to each of the outlet from the front end of each indoor heat exchanger to the four-way valve, and an outlet opening and closing valve is installed to open and close each outlet pipe The method of claim 9, The inlet opening and closing valve and the outlet opening and closing valve is a bathroom air conditioning system, characterized in that installed in the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe connected in parallel to each other at the tip of the indoor heat exchanger. The method of claim 8, The air circulation passage is a distribution duct installed to communicate with the indoor heat exchanger and an indoor blower, a supply pipe connected to the bathroom and sauna booths from the distribution duct, respectively, to supply hot air, and the bathroom and sauna booths from the distribution duct, respectively. The air conditioning system of the bathroom, characterized in that it further comprises a recovery pipe for connecting the air and the flow path switching valve is installed in the supply pipe and the recovery pipe to adjust the flow direction of air, respectively.

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