KR101518553B1 - Full Automatic Air Cooler - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fully automatic system air conditioner, which comprises a housing space (11) in which a water pump (P) and a blowing fan (F) are installed, and an outdoor side and an indoor air A pair of air inflow portions 12 are formed and a discharge port 13 through which the air inside the accommodation space 11 is discharged to the outside is provided and a moisture absorption pad 14 (10); First and second opening / closing doors 20A and 20B installed on the outside of the pair of air inflow portions 12 to be opened and closed; An indoor temperature / humidity sensor (30) installed on the discharge port (13) for sensing the temperature and humidity of the indoor air; An outdoor temperature sensor 40 sensing the temperature of the outdoor air flowing into the interior of the refrigerator unit 10 and installed in proximity to the air inlet 12; The temperature information is obtained from the indoor temperature sensor 30 and the outdoor temperature sensor 40 to control the operation of the water supply pump P and the blowing fan F of the refrigerator unit 10, 20A, and 20B according to the present invention. The present invention eliminates the need to provide a separate clean room in which a cooler is installed when installed in a factory or the like, The indoor air cooling mode and the indoor air humidification mode are automatically switched and controlled to keep indoor air more comfortably.

Description

Full Automatic Air Cooler

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fully automatic system cooler, and more particularly, to a cooler that generates cold air by passing air through a hygroscopic pad to cool the air,

Description of the Related Art [0002] Generally, a vaporizing type air conditioner (hereinafter referred to as a "cooler") is widely known as an indoor air conditioner which can relatively save energy compared with an indoor air conditioner such as an air conditioner.

As a conventional technology of a refrigerator, there are known a refrigerator of Patent No. 501916 (a refrigerator) and a No. 534059 (a refrigerator). Such a refrigerator has a hygroscopic pad which is mostly wetted with water, And a device for supplying cold air to the room by vaporizing and cooling the outside air during the process.

However, in the conventional air conditioner, since the outside air is introduced into the air conditioner and then the moisture absorbing pad is wetted with water, when the air conditioner is installed in the room, the room air is repeatedly introduced into and discharged from the air conditioner. Further, since the cooled air flows back into the cooler, there is a problem that efficiency of vaporized cooling is considerably deteriorated even if air passes through the moisture absorption pad.

In order to solve such a problem, a conventional air conditioner is installed outdoors, and a duct is provided at a discharge port of the air conditioner to supply cold air to the room. In this case, since cooling is performed using outdoor air, However, in this case, there is a problem that a clean room is separately installed in order to prevent the refrigerator from being exposed to the outdoor climatic environment, and a cooler is installed in the clean room.

In addition, the refrigerator repeatedly operates and stops by time (timing) control without separately sensing the humidity and temperature of the room, and therefore, there is a problem that the user must continuously operate the refrigerator.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the conventional art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an air conditioner and a room air conditioner which are capable of selectively introducing outdoor air and indoor air without providing a separate clean room, And an object of the present invention is to provide a fully automatic system cooler capable of automatically controlling the humidification mode.

The above and other objects of the present invention are also achieved by providing a refrigerator, comprising a housing space in which a cooling fan, a water supply pump, and a blowing fan are installed, a pair of air inflow parts through which outdoor air and indoor air are introduced, A cooling air blower unit having a discharge port through which the air inside the accommodation space is discharged to the outside, and a hygroscopic pad provided to each of the pair of air inflow parts; A first and second opening and closing door provided on the outside of the pair of air inflow portions, respectively, to be opened and closed; An indoor temperature / humidity sensor installed on the discharge port for sensing the temperature and humidity of the indoor air; An outdoor temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of outdoor air flowing into the interior of the refrigerator unit and installed in proximity to the air inlet; And a controller for controlling the operation of the water supply pump and the blower fan of the air conditioner unit by automatically acquiring temperature information from the room temperature sensor and the outdoor temperature sensor and automatically controlling opening and closing operations of the first and second doors .

At this time, it is preferable that any one of the first and second opening / closing doors is further provided with a connecting duct which is installed and fixed to the wall.

Also, the first and second opening / closing doors may have a square structure frame; And an opening / closing plate having a plurality of upper and lower portions horizontally crossing the structural frame, wherein each of the opening / closing plates has an engaging projection and an engaging groove formed at both ends thereof, And the coupling groove is inserted into the coupling protrusion of another opening / closing plate provided adjacent to the lower portion to block the air flow path.

The cooling air unit includes four air inlet portions formed on the side surfaces thereof, respectively. The air inlet portion is provided with a hygroscopic pad. The cover portion covers the periphery of the air cooler unit and forms an inner space separated from the hygroscopic pad. And the first and second opening and closing doors are preferably disposed to face each other in the cover housing.

According to the present invention, even if the air conditioner is installed indoors or outdoors, it can be operated independently without installing a clean room separately, and can detect the temperature of room, humidity and outdoor air, The opening and closing directions of the first and second opening and closing doors and the wind speed of the blowing fan are automatically controlled to maintain the temperature and humidity preset by the user in the room air, The indoor air is maintained in a more pleasant state.

1 is a perspective view showing an example of a conventional air conditioner,
2 is a perspective view showing an example of a fully automatic system refrigerator according to the present invention,
3 is a view showing an example of a fully automatic system refrigerator according to the present invention,
Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of Figure 2,
5 is a sectional view showing an example of the first and second opening and closing doors according to the present invention,
FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of a fully automatic system refrigerator according to the present invention installed outside the room and operating in an indoor cooling mode,
FIG. 7 is a use state diagram showing an example in which the fully automatic system refrigerator according to FIG. 6 is operated in the indoor humidification mode,
FIG. 8 is a state diagram showing an example in which a fully automatic system air conditioner according to the present invention is installed in a room and is operated in an indoor cooling mode,
FIG. 9 is a use state diagram showing an example in which the fully automatic system cooler according to FIG. 8 operates in the indoor humidification mode,
FIG. 10 is a view showing an example in which a cover housing according to the present invention is installed.

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

The present invention relates to a fully automatic system refrigerator for automatically controlling the indoor cooling and the humidifying by automatically detecting indoor air temperature and indoor humidity, and comprises a refrigerator unit (10), a first Two doors 20A and 20B, an indoor temperature / humidity sensor 30, an outdoor temperature sensor 40, and a controller.

The refrigerator unit (10) is provided with a receiving space (11) therein, and the outside air is introduced into the inside of the room, and then the room is vaporized and cooled to discharge cold air to the outside. A pair of air inflow portions 12 communicating with the inside accommodation space 11 are formed and an air outlets 13 through which the air in the accommodation space 11 is discharged to the outside are formed on the upper surface, Each of the air inflow portions 12 is provided with a moisture absorption pad 14 and a water space in the lower space of the accommodation space 11 is provided with a water supply pump P, A blowing fan F is installed.

When the blowing fan F is operated under the control of the controller 50 to be described later, the blower unit F of the air conditioner unit 10 having the above- And then the cool air is discharged to the outside through the discharge port 13 in the upper part.

The first and second opening / closing doors 20A and 20B, which are installed in the air inlet 12 of the refrigerator unit 30 and are opened and closed under the control of the controller 50, Shaped structure frame 21 and an open / close plate 22 having a plurality of vertically arranged structure frames 21 transversely crossing the structure frame 21.

More preferably, the engaging protrusions 22A and the engaging recesses 22B are formed at both ends of the opening and closing plate 22, Closing plate 22 is inserted into the engaging groove 22B of the opening and closing plate 22 and the engaging groove 22B is inserted into the engaging projection 22A of the other opening and closing plate 22 provided adjacent to the lower portion, Air is not introduced into the air conditioner unit 10 in the closed state, and airtightness is maintained.

The room temperature and humidity sensor 30 installed on the discharge port 13 of the refrigerator unit 10 senses the temperature and the humidity of the cold air discharged to the room through the discharge port 13, The outdoor temperature sensor 40 installed near the air inlet 12 in the direction in which the outdoor air flows in the outdoor unit 12 detects the outdoor temperature flowing into the air conditioner unit 10, The temperature information sensed through the temperature sensor 40 is provided to the controller 50 provided in the refrigerator unit 10.

The controller 50 controls the operation of the blowing fan F and the water feed pump P of the refrigerator unit 10 and the operation of the first and second opening / closing doors 20A and 20B in accordance with the room temperature and humidity information preset by the user Humidity sensor 30 and the outdoor temperature sensor 40. When the temperature information is obtained from the indoor temperature / humidity sensor 30 and the outdoor temperature sensor 40, the outdoor air is vaporized and cooled according to the indoor temperature and the outdoor temperature difference, Whether or not the indoor air is to be discharged or re-supplied to the room by vaporizing and cooling the indoor air.

Also, the amount of indoor air and outdoor air may be appropriately distributed according to changes in room temperature and humidity. At this time, by adjusting the amount of opening of the first and second opening / closing doors 20A and 20B, Lt; / RTI >

In this case, only the indoor opening / closing door is opened, and then the blowing fan F is operated so that the room air passes through the moisture absorption pad 14 The air is re-introduced into the room, and as a result, the air is re-introduced into the room and the room air is entirely humidified.

Meanwhile, in the present invention, airtightness needs to be maintained between the opening and closing doors installed in close contact with the communication holes 2 formed in the wall body 1 of the first and second opening and closing doors 20A and 20B. A connecting duct 60 may be further provided to connect between the opening and closing doors of the first and second opening and closing doors 20A and 20B and the communication hole 2 of the wall body 1. [

3, the connecting duct 60 according to the present invention includes a corrugated pipe 61 made of a flexible material having a predetermined length and capable of being stretched and shrunk, a flange 61 formed at one end of the corrugated pipe 61, (62).

The cooling fan unit 10 is installed at the place where the refrigerator unit 10 is to be installed and one end of the corrugated pipe 61 is fixed to one side of the first and second opening and closing doors 20A and 20B of the refrigerator unit 10 And the other end is fixed to cover the communication hole 2 of the wall 1 using the flange 62. [

As a result, even if the distance between the cool air blower and the communication hole 2 is not set or the straight line is not formed, the bellows pipe 61 is suitably expanded and contracted to be installed so as to be adapted to the flow path.

The present invention can be variously implemented according to a method of installing the refrigerator unit 10 indoors or outdoors, and thus, the following description will be given in more detail with reference to an installation example of a fully automatic system refrigerator according to the present invention.

≪ Example 1 >

In the first embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6, the cooling fan unit 10 is installed outdoors, and the flange portion 62 of the connecting duct 60 is fixed to the side surface of the wall body 1, Indoor air is introduced into the cool air blower unit 10 through the second opening and closing door 20B through the communication hole 2 of the wall body 1 by means of the second opening and closing door 20B.

The discharge port 13 is installed so as to discharge the air to the room through the wall 1 and the room temperature and humidity sensor 30 is installed along the discharge port 13 and the first opening and closing door 20A, the outdoor temperature sensor 40 is installed close to the outdoor unit.

At this time, it is preferable that the communication hole 2 of the wall body 1 is provided with a screen 2A such as a metal mesh, a filter or the like so as to prevent foreign substances or the like from flowing into the room.

In the fully automatic system refrigerator according to the first embodiment, when the outdoor air is controlled to be vaporized and cooled and discharged into the room, the second opening / closing door 20B is controlled to be closed by the control of the controller 50, The opening and closing door 20A is controlled to be opened, and then the water supply pump P is operated so that the moisture absorption pad 14 is sufficiently wetted with water.

Then, the blowing fan F is controlled so that outdoor air is introduced into the cool air blower unit 10 through the first opening / closing door 20A, so that air passing through the moisture absorbing pad 14 is vaporized and cooled, And is discharged to the room along the discharge port 14 by the direction in which the blowing fan F is guided.

7, the controller 50 controls the first opening / closing door 20A to be closed, and instead, the second opening / closing door 20B is controlled to be opened In this case, the room air is introduced into the cool air blower unit 10 through the connecting duct 60 through the communication hole 2 and is vaporized and cooled through the moisture absorption pad 14, 13). ≪ / RTI >

When the room air is circulated and circulated, room air at room temperature, at which the air conditioner is not operated, is operated through the air conditioner unit (10) in a manner that the room air temperature is high, It is possible to cool down to a target temperature more rapidly as the air is circulated and cooled. Thus, once the room temperature is cooled down to the proper temperature, the efficiency of vaporization cooling using the room air at a low temperature thereafter may be rapidly deteriorated. Air-cooled by vaporization, and then discharged to the room.

When the outdoor air is cooled by the cool air blower unit 10 and discharged to the room, relatively positive pressure (indoor air saturation) is generated in the room, and the room air relatively escapes through the window, As a result, there is also an effect that natural ventilation is performed.

≪ Example 2 >

8, which is the same as that of the first embodiment described above, and the control by the controller 50 is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment described above, The method is also controlled by the same method.

That is, as shown in FIG. 8, when the first opening and closing door 20A is opened and the second opening and closing door 20B is closed so as to be closed by the communication duct 2 and the connecting duct 60, 9, the first opening / closing door 20A is controlled to be closed by the control of the controller 50, and the second door is opened and closed When the second opening and closing door is controlled to be opened, the room air is introduced into the air conditioner unit 10, vaporized or humidified, and then discharged to the room through the air outlet 13.

≪ Example 3 >

The first and second embodiments have a structure in which two air inflow portions 12 are formed in the air cooling unit 10 and the first and second opening and closing doors 20A and 20B are directly installed in the respective air inflow portions 12 10, the air inlet unit 12 is formed on each of four sides of the air conditioner unit 10 according to the third embodiment, and the air inlet unit 12 is provided with a moisture absorption pad 14 .

A cover housing 15 having a rectangular housing shape or a cylindrical shape covering the periphery of the refrigerator unit 10 is provided and an inner space separated from the hygroscopic pad 14 is formed through the cover housing 15 .

In addition, the first and second opening and closing doors 20A and 20B are installed on the cover housing 15 so as to face each other. One of the doors is installed to receive outdoor air and the other is to receive indoor air. In addition, the connecting duct 60 is installed in any one of the opening / closing doors installed close to the wall, as in the first and second embodiments.

At this time, it is preferable that the first and second door 20A, 20B and the hygroscopic pad 14 are installed at different heights. This is because the first and second opening and closing doors 20A, 20B and the hygroscopic pad 14 have the same height Air is excessively introduced only to the moisture absorption pad 14 adjacent to the first and second opening and closing doors 20A and 20B and the amount of air passing through the moisture absorption pad 14 in the other direction is reduced The moisture absorption pad 14 can not be used evenly.

Therefore, it is preferable that the first and second opening and closing doors 20A and 20B and the hygroscopic pad 14 are installed at different heights so that the air can be cooled by using the hygroscopic pad 14 evenly.

In the third embodiment of the present invention, since the air inlet 12 is formed on the side surface of the cooling fan unit 10 and the moisture absorption pad 14 is installed on each air inlet 12, The air can be introduced into the cool air blower unit 10 while passing through the moisture absorbing pad 14 of the air conditioner 14. As a result, a larger amount of air can be quickly cooled using more moisture absorbing pads 14,

That is, according to the present invention, when two hygroscopic pads 14 are provided as in the first and second embodiments, the first and second opening / closing doors 20A and 20B are directly installed in close contact with the hygroscopic pad 14 When the four moisture absorption pads 14 are provided as in the third embodiment, the cover housing 15 is further installed to surround the outer periphery of the air cooling fan unit 10 at a predetermined interval, By opening and closing the first and second opening and closing doors 20A and 20B by installing the first and second opening and closing doors 20A and 20B in the first and second opening and closing doors 20A and 20B, , And then discharged through the discharge port (13).

In the present invention as described above, there is no need to provide a clean room for partitioning a space in which a refrigerator unit is installed separately at a place where the refrigerator unit is installed, and the indoor air cooling mode and the indoor humidification mode are automatically switched and controlled by the controller, And is kept more pleasant.

1: wall 2: communication hole
2A: Screen 10: Chiller unit
11: accommodation space 12: air inlet
13: Discharge port 14: Moisture absorption pad
15: cover housing 20A: first opening / closing door
20B: second opening and closing door 21: structural frame
22: open / close plate 22A: engaging projection
22B: Coupling groove 30: Indoor temperature and humidity sensor
40: outdoor temperature sensor 50: controller
60: connecting duct 61: corrugated pipe
62: flange portion F: blowing fan
P: Pump

Claims (4)

A receiving space 11 in which a water pump P and a blowing fan F are installed is provided and a pair of air inflow parts 12 in which outdoor air and room air are introduced into the inside are formed, A refrigerator unit 10 including a discharge port 13 through which air in the storage space 11 is discharged to the outside and a hygroscopic pad 14 provided to each of the pair of air inflow parts 12, ;
First and second opening / closing doors 20A and 20B installed on the outside of the pair of air inflow portions 12 to be opened and closed;
An indoor temperature / humidity sensor (30) installed on the discharge port (13) for sensing the temperature and humidity of the indoor air;
An outdoor temperature sensor 40 sensing the temperature of the outdoor air flowing into the interior of the refrigerator unit 10 and installed in proximity to the air inlet 12;
Controls the operations of the water supply pump (P) and the blowing fan (F) of the air conditioner unit (10) by obtaining temperature information from the indoor temperature / humidity sensor (30) and the outdoor temperature sensor (40) And a controller (50) for automatically controlling opening and closing operations of the first and second opening and closing doors (20A, 20B)
The air blower unit 10 includes four air inflow portions 12 formed on the side surfaces thereof and a moisture absorption pad 14 is installed on the air inflow portion 12 so as to surround the circumference of the air blower unit 10. [ The first and second opening and closing doors 20A and 20B are installed on the cover housing 15 so as to be opposed to each other. The cover housing 15 covers the cover 15 and forms an internal space to be separated from the hygroscopic pad 14. Wherein the cooling air is cooled by the cooling fan.
The method according to claim 1,
The refrigerator according to any one of the preceding claims, further comprising a connection duct (60) which is installed and fixed to a wall of the selected one of the first and second opening and closing doors (20A, 20B).
The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The first and second opening / closing doors 20A and 20B have a square structure frame 21; And an opening / closing plate (22) having a plurality of vertically arranged structure frames (21) crossing in the lateral direction,
The coupling protrusion 22A and the coupling groove 22B are formed at both ends of the opening and closing plate 22 so that the coupling protrusion 22A is inserted into the coupling groove 22B , And the engaging groove (22B) is inserted into the engaging projection (22A) of another opening / closing plate (22) provided adjacent to the lower portion so as to block the air flow path.
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