KR20090028859A - Dehumidifying apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A dehumidifier is provided to reduce the size of dehumidifier while improving dehumidifying performance by dividing the intake air to pass through a plurality of dehumidifying rotors. A dehumidifier comprises a dehumidification channel(30) formed in a casing(1) so that the air for dehumidifying flows, first and second dehumidifying rotors(11a,11b) provided on the dehumidification channel, a dehumidifying ventilation fan(13) blowing the air to the dehumidification channel, a heater installed in a recycle channel, a recycle ventilation fan(16) mounted on the recycle channel, and a heat exchanger(20) heat-exchanging the air before passing through the dehumidifying rotor and the air of the recycle channel. The dehumidifying rotor is made of desiccant material in order to absorb moisture at the room temperature an emit moisture at the high temperature.

Description

Dehumidifying apparatus

This embodiment relates to a dehumidifier.

In general, a desiccant dehumidifier is a dehumidifier that uses the property of a moisture absorbent that absorbs moisture in air at room temperature and evaporates moisture when heat is applied.

Specifically, the moisture absorbent is manufactured in the form of a roller, and moisture is absorbed in one portion of the roller placed at a predetermined position during the operation of rotating the roller, and moisture is absorbed in another portion of the roller placed at another position. By evaporating, it is a home appliance to remove the internal moisture of the system.

The dehumidifying amount of the dehumidifying apparatus as described above may be controlled by the size of the roller. When the roller is enlarged, the dehumidifying amount may be increased, but the size of the dehumidifying apparatus may increase.

The present embodiment has been proposed to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to propose a dehumidification apparatus in which the size of the dehumidification is increased while the dehumidification amount is increased.

Dehumidifying apparatus according to the present embodiment for achieving the object as described above, the first dehumidifying rotor through which some of the air for suction dehumidification passes; A second dehumidification rotor through which another portion of the inhaled air for dehumidification passes; A dehumidification passage through which air for dehumidification flows; A dehumidification blower fan forcing air to flow into the dehumidification passage; A regeneration flow path through which air for regeneration of each dehumidification rotor flows; A regeneration blower fan forcing the air to flow in the regeneration flow path; A heater provided on the regeneration flow path; And a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the air before passing through the dehumidifying rotor and the air on the regeneration flow path.

According to the proposed embodiment, a plurality of dehumidification rotors are provided, and since the sucked air is divided and passes through the respective dehumidification rotors, the amount of dehumidification is increased and the dehumidification performance is improved.

In addition, despite the increase in the number of the dehumidification rotor, there is an advantage that the size of the dehumidification apparatus can be miniaturized.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2 are perspective views showing the appearance of the dehumidifying apparatus according to the first embodiment, Figure 3 is a front view of the dehumidification rotor applied to the first embodiment.

1 and 2, the dehumidifying apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment includes a casing 10 forming an outer shape and an inside of the casing 10 to dehumidify the air to be dehumidified. A recirculation flow path 40 through which the air is circulated while the flow path 30, the inside of the casing 10 is closed, and the dehumidification flow path 30 are provided on the dehumidification flow path 30 to contain moisture at room temperature and moisture in a high temperature atmosphere. A dehumidifying rotor 11 made of desiccant material, a dehumidifying blower fan 13 to blow air for dehumidification into the dehumidifying flow path 30, and a heater provided on the regeneration flow path 40. 4 and 17), and a regeneration blow fan 16 for forcibly flowing air in the regeneration flow path 40.

In addition, the dehumidifier 1 is a heat exchanger 20 to allow the air on the regeneration flow path 40 and the air for dehumidification, and the condensed water generated in the heat exchanger 20 is collected, Included is a condensate receiver 21 that is selectively coupled to the vessel 20.

In detail, the casing 10 is formed with an intake port 101 through which air for dehumidification is sucked, and a discharge port 102 through which air dehumidified from the casing 10 is discharged.

At this time, the suction port 101 is substantially formed in the heat exchanger 20, the air for dehumidification is sucked into the casing 10 while passing through the heat exchanger 20 in the horizontal direction.

The dehumidification rotor 11 includes a pair, and includes a first dehumidification rotor 11a and a second dehumidification rotor 11b spaced apart from the first dehumidification rotor 11a. In addition, some of the air sucked through the inlet 101 passes through the first dehumidifying rotor 11a, and the other part passes through the second dehumidifying rotor 11b. That is, in this embodiment, the air sucked into the dehumidifier 1 passes through any one dehumidification rotor.

Therefore, in view of the flow of air, the plurality of dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b may be described as being arranged in parallel.

In addition, referring to FIG. 3, the dehumidification rotor 11 includes a moisture absorption region 111 in which moisture is absorbed while air passes, and moisture accumulated in the dehumidification rotor 11 refers to the heater (see 17 in FIG. 4). ) May be divided into a drying area 112 that is evaporated by heat.

Of course, each of the regions 111 and 112 described above is not fixed to a specific position of the dehumidifying rotor 11, and as the dehumidifying rotor 11 is rotated, at a relative position where the dehumidifying rotor 11 is placed. The specific part of the dehumidification rotor 11 is divided by function.

The inside of the casing 10 includes a first flow path guide 12a for allowing a part of the air sucked through the suction port 101 to move toward the first dehumidifying rotor 11a, and the suction port 101. A second flow path guide 12b is provided which allows the other part of the air sucked through to move to the second dehumidifying rotor 11b side.

The operation of the dehumidifier 1 according to the above configuration will be briefly described.

When the dehumidifier 1 operates, the dehumidifying blower fan 13 and the regenerative blower fan 14 rotate. Then, the air for dehumidification is sucked into the dehumidifying device 1, and in the process of passing through the heat exchanger 20, heat is exchanged with the air on the regeneration flow path 40 to increase the temperature.

In addition, some of the air passing through the heat exchanger 20 is guided by the first flow path guide 12a to pass through the first dehumidifying rotor 11a, and then passes through the heat exchanger 20. The air is guided by the second flow path guide 12b to pass through the second dehumidifying rotor 11b. The air passing through the dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b passes through the moisture absorption regions 111 of the dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b to remove moisture.

The air passing through the dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b is moved toward the dehumidifying blower fan 13 in a state where they are combined with each other. In addition, the air moved toward the dehumidifying blower fan 13 is discharged by the discharge guide 14, and discharged to the outside of the dehumidifier 1 through the discharge hole 102.

Meanwhile, the air on the regeneration flow path 40 passing through the heat exchanger 20 is condensed by the air on the dehumidification flow path 30 by the rotation of the regeneration blower fan 16. The condensed air is then moved to the regeneration blower fan 16. The air passing through the regenerative blower fan 16 changes to a high temperature while passing through the heater (see 17 in FIG. 4).

In addition, some of the air changed to a high temperature passes through the drying region 112 of the first dehumidifying rotor 11a, and another portion passes through the drying region 112 of the second dehumidifying rotor 11b. In this way, the moisture accumulated in each of the dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b is evaporated while hot air passes through the drying regions 112 of the respective dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b. The air passing through the drying regions 112 of the dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b is moved to the heat exchanger 20 again.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II ′ of FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II ′ of FIG. 2.

4 and 5, a pair of dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b are provided inside the casing 10. In addition, a driving unit 22 for simultaneously rotating the pair of dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b is provided between the pair of dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b. The pair of dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b have the same center of rotation.

In addition, a heater 17 for drying the moisture contained in the dehumidification rotors 11a and 11b between the pair of dehumidification rotors 11a and 11b and a heater chamber 18 in which the heaters 17 are accommodated. Is provided.

In detail, the dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b may be divided into a moisture absorption region 111 and a drying region 112 as described above, and the drying region 112 is defined by the heater chamber 18. That is, when a part of the dehumidification rotors 11a and 11b is positioned at the heater chamber 18 side while the dehumidification rotors 11a and 11b are rotated, the moisture accumulated in the dehumidification rotors 11a and 11b. Is evaporated by the heat of the heater 17.

At this time, the air on the regeneration flow path 40 flows into the heater chamber 18 and then is divided into the dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b after being changed to high temperature by the heater 17.

In addition, the heater 17 is formed in a plate shape as shown in FIG. 4 and bent a plurality of times. And, the heater 17 forms the shape of an inverted "U", as shown in FIG. Of course, the heater may be formed in a "U" shape.

That is, the heater 17 includes a first heater 171 disposed adjacent to the first dehumidifying rotor 11a and a second heater 172 disposed adjacent to the second dehumidifying rotor 11b. .

In addition, between the first heater 171 and the second heater 172 is provided a reflective member 24 made of stainless steel to reflect the heat of the heater 17 is transmitted to the dehumidification rotor (11a, 11b). .

Therefore, not only the heat dissipated by the heaters 171 and 172 but also the heat reflected by the reflective member 24 allows the moisture contained in the respective dehumidification rotors 11a and 11b to evaporate more quickly and effectively. do.

In addition, a flow guide 18 is connected to the heater chamber 18 so that the air blown from the regenerative blower 16 is moved to the heater chamber 18. The flow guide 18 is also located between the pair of dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b.

And, the movement guide 19 for guiding the air passing through the drying region 112 of the dehumidification rotor (11a, 11b) to the heat exchanger 20 side outside the pair of dehumidification rotor (11a, 11b). Is formed. Here, the outside of the dehumidification rotor (11a, 11b) means the opposite side of the portion adjacent to the heater (17).

Hereinafter, the operation of the dehumidifier is described in detail.

6 is a structural diagram schematically showing a dehumidifying device according to a first embodiment.

With reference to FIG. 6, first, operation | movement of the said dehumidification apparatus 1 centering on the air flow on the dehumidification flow path 30 is demonstrated. 6, the dehumidifying flow path 30 is represented by a solid line, and the regeneration flow path 40 is represented by a dotted line.

When the dehumidification blower fan 13 is operated, air for dehumidification is sucked into the dehumidifier 1. The air sucked into the dehumidifier 1 exchanges heat with the air on the regeneration flow path 40 while passing through the heat exchanger 20. In detail, the heat exchanger 20 has a suction port 101 through which air for dehumidification is sucked in a horizontal direction, and a passage 202 through which air on the regeneration flow path 40 flows is formed in a vertical direction. Then, the air for dehumidification and the air on the regeneration flow path 40 do not mix with each other.

Then, the air for dehumidification is the temperature rises while passing through the heat exchanger (20).

Then, the air passing through the heat exchanger 20 is branched to remove moisture while passing through the dehumidification regions 111 of the respective dehumidification rotors 11a and 11b. That is, the dehumidification passage 30 includes branch passages 31 and 32 through which air passing through the heat exchanger 20 is branched and flows.

At this time, the air passing through the heat exchanger 20 passes through the dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b in a direction closer to each other.

The air passing through each of the dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b is combined between the dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b and then moved to the dehumidifying blower fan 13. That is, the dehumidification flow path 30 includes a lamination flow path 33 into which air passing through the dehumidification rotors 11a and 11b is combined. Then, the air moved to the dehumidifying blower fan 13 flows along the discharge guide 14 and is discharged to the outside of the dehumidifier 1 through the discharge port 102.

Next, the operation of the dehumidifier 1 will be described based on the flow of air on the regeneration flow path 40.

Air on the regeneration channel 40 is condensed while passing through the heat exchanger 20. At this time, the air introduced into the heat exchanger 20 is primarily flowed from the upper side to the lower side and then the direction is bent to flow from the lower side to the upper side. The flow of air on the regeneration flow path 40 in the heat exchanger 20 is indicated by a dashed dashed line. In this case, since the heat exchange area of the air on the regeneration flow path 40 and the air for dehumidification is increased, the heat exchange performance can be improved.

In addition, the condensate generated in the condensation process is stored in the condensate receiver 21. In addition, the air passing through the heat exchanger 20 is moved to the regeneration blower fan 16. Then, the air passing through the regenerative blower fan 16 is moved to the heater 17 side and heated by the heater 17.

In addition, the heated part of the air passes through the drying region 112 of the first dehumidifying rotor 11a to allow the moisture of the first dehumidifying rotor 11a to evaporate, and the heated other air is used to form the first dehumidifying rotor ( The moisture of the second dehumidification rotor 11b is allowed to evaporate while passing through the drying region 112 of 11b). At this time, the air passing through the dehumidification rotors 11a and 11b is in a state of high temperature and high humidity.

The air passing through the dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b is then moved to the heat exchanger 20 again.

According to the present embodiment as described above, since the air for dehumidification is divided into a plurality of dehumidification rotors 11a and 11b, the contact area between the air and the dehumidification rotors 11a and 11b is increased, thereby increasing the amount of dehumidification. .

In addition, since the air for dehumidification is divided into a plurality of dehumidification rotors 11a and 11b, the dehumidification apparatus 1 has a merit that the dehumidification apparatus 1 can be miniaturized even if the dehumidification amount is increased.

7 is a structural diagram schematically showing a dehumidifying device according to a second embodiment.

This embodiment is the same as in the first embodiment in other parts, except that there is a difference in the dehumidification flow path. Therefore, hereinafter, the characteristic parts of the present embodiment will be described, and the same parts as the first embodiment will use the contents of the first embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 7, the dehumidification flow path 50 according to the present embodiment includes a suction flow path 51 for allowing air for dehumidification to be moved between the pair of dehumidification rotors 11a and 11b, and the dehumidification rotors 11a. , 11b) includes a pair of branch flow paths 52 and 53 for moving the air passed to the dehumidifying blower fan 13 side.

In detail, when the dehumidification blower fan 13 is operated, air for dehumidification is sucked into the dehumidifier 1. The air sucked into the dehumidifier 1 exchanges heat with the air on the regeneration flow path 40 while passing through the heat exchanger 20. Then, the air for dehumidification is the temperature rises while passing through the heat exchanger (20).

Then, the air passing through the heat exchanger 20 is moved between the respective dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b along the suction flow path 51. Part of the air moved between each of the dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b passes through the moisture absorption region 111 of the first dehumidifying rotor 11a to remove moisture, and the other part of the second dehumidifying rotor ( Moisture is removed while passing through the moisture absorption region 111 of 11b).

The air passing through the dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b moves along the branch flow paths 52 and 53 and is discharged to the outside of the dehumidifying apparatus 1 through the dehumidifying blower fan 13. .

8 is a structural diagram schematically showing a dehumidifying device according to a third embodiment.

This embodiment is the same as the first embodiment in other parts, except that there is a difference in the positions of the regeneration flow path and the heater. Therefore, hereinafter, the characteristic parts of the present embodiment will be described, and the same parts as the first embodiment will use the contents of the first embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 8, the dehumidifying flow path 60 according to the present embodiment may move to the respective dehumidification rotors 11a and 11b in the divided state of the air passing through the heat exchanger 20. And a lamination flow path 64 for moving to the heat exchanger 20 in a state where air passing through the dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b is combined.

In addition, heaters 25 and 26 for heating air are provided outside the dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b, respectively.

In detail, the air passing through the heat exchanger 20 is moved to the regeneration blower fan 16. Then, the air passing through the regeneration blower fan 16 is moved toward the heaters 25 and 26 along the branch flow paths 62 and 63.

The air moving along the one branch flow path 62 is heated while passing through the first heater 25 and then passes through the first dehumidifying rotor 11a. Then, the air moving along the branch flow path 63 is heated while passing through the second heater 26 and then passes through the second dehumidifying rotor 11b. That is, the air blown by the regenerative blower fan 16 passes through the dehumidification rotors 11a and 11b in a direction closer to each other.

The air passing through the dehumidifying rotors 11a and 11b is moved to the heat exchanger 20 in a state where the air passes through the lamination passage 64.

1 and 2 are perspective views showing the appearance of the dehumidifying apparatus according to the first embodiment.

3 is a front view of a dehumidifying rotor applied to the first embodiment.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II ′ of FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II ′ of FIG. 2.

6 is a structural diagram schematically showing a dehumidifying device according to a first embodiment.

7 is a structural diagram schematically showing a dehumidifying device according to a second embodiment.

8 is a structural diagram schematically showing a dehumidifying device according to a third embodiment.

Claims (11)

A first dehumidification rotor through which some of the inhaled air for dehumidification passes; A second dehumidification rotor through which another portion of the inhaled air for dehumidification passes; A dehumidification passage through which air for dehumidification flows; A dehumidification blower fan forcing air to flow into the dehumidification passage; A regeneration flow path through which air for regeneration of each dehumidification rotor flows; A regeneration blower fan forcing the air to flow in the regeneration flow path; A heater provided on the regeneration flow path; And And a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the air before passing through the dehumidification rotor and the air on the regeneration flow path. The method of claim 1, And the first dehumidifying rotor and the second dehumidifying rotor are arranged to have the same center of rotation. The method of claim 2, And the heater is provided between the first dehumidifying rotor and the second dehumidifying rotor to simultaneously regenerate the respective dehumidifying rotors. The method of claim 3, wherein The heater includes a first heater adjacent to the first dehumidification rotor and a second heater adjacent to the second dehumidification rotor, A dehumidifying apparatus is provided between the first heater and the second heater to reflect the heat of each of the heaters. The method of claim 2, And a plurality of heaters are provided to regenerate each of the dehumidifying rotors. The method of claim 2, And a heater chamber in which the heater is accommodated, and a flow guide for moving air to the heater chamber between the dehumidifying rotors. The method of claim 2, And a pair of moving guides for guiding the air passing through the dehumidifying rotors to the heat exchanger. The method of claim 1, And a driving unit for rotating the dehumidifying rotors at the same time. The method of claim 1, The air on the regeneration flow path introduced into the heat exchanger is moved from one direction to the other direction, the direction is switched to move again in the other direction from the other direction. The method of claim 1, The air on the dehumidification passage is moved to the dehumidification rotor side in a branched state, and the dehumidifier is combined after passing through each dehumidification rotor. The method of claim 1, And the air on the dehumidification passage passes through the respective dehumidification rotors after moving to the dehumidification rotor side along a single flow passage.

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