KR20170026696A

KR20170026696A - A heat pump dryer using waste heat of a microwave dryer and a drying method using the same

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Publication number: KR20170026696A
Application number: KR1020150120247A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 차동안; 권오경; 배경진
Original assignee: 한국생산기술연구원
Priority date: 2015-08-26
Filing date: 2015-08-26
Publication date: 2017-03-09
Also published as: KR101726322B1

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention provides a dryer capable of saving energy and accurately controlling the drying temperature by using a heat pump capable of using waste heat of a microwave dryer as a heat source, a device forming a variable air flow path or the like and a drying method using the same. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a heat pump dryer using waste heat of a microwave dryer comprises a microwave generation device, a first dry chamber, a second dry chamber, a mixing device, a hot air generation part and a microwave generation device cooling water pipe. The microwave generation device generates a microwave. The first drying chamber dries the to-be-dried subject though heating by microwaves transferred from the microwave generation device. The second drying chamber secondarily dries the to-be-dried subject transferred after being dried in the first drying chamber. The mixing device allows air discharged from the first drying chamber and the second drying chamber to be introduced thereinto to mix waste heat of the first drying chamber with waste heat of the second drying chamber. The hot air generation part allows air discharged from the mixing device, performs a function to generate hot air to be supplied to the second drying chamber, and includes a heat pump part and a hot air duct capable of forming a plurality of variable flow paths. The microwave generation device cooling water pipe is included in the microwave generation device.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a heat pump dryer using a microwave dryer array (exhaust heat) and a drying method using the heat pump dryer,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a heat pump dryer using a microwave dryer (exhaust heat) and a drying method using the heat pump, and more particularly to a heat pump using a microwave dryer arrangement (exhaust heat) as a heat source, And a drying method using the dryer. [0002] The present invention relates to a dryer and a drying method using the dryer.

Generally, a dryer is classified into a hot air drying or a radiant drying, and it is divided into a dryer using oil and a dryer using electricity according to an energy source. In addition, there are far infrared ray dryers, vacuum dryers and dehumidifying dryers. Such a conventional drying method is widely used, but consumes a relatively large amount of energy due to a long drying time, and the dried object is not dried uniformly. Therefore, in recent years, a dryer using a microwave having a relatively low consumption of energy, uniform drying, and sterilizing function has been preferred.

The drying characteristics of the microwave are not a transfer heat method in which dry heat is gradually transferred from the outside to the inside of the object to be dried, the inside and the outside are simultaneously heated and dried, and various types of objects such as objects having complex shapes can be dried So that the quality of the dried product is excellent. Further, microwaves penetrate into the inside of the material and are converted into heat, resulting in less heat loss and excellent thermal efficiency. However, when a large amount of dried material is dried, a method of primarily using microwaves to dry the material, and secondly, drying with hot air generated by an electric heater or the like is used.

Korean Patent No. 10-0344569 entitled " Dryer for Producing Products Using Microwaves ", hereinafter referred to as Prior Art 1), comprises a main body in which a heating chamber having respective outlets and first and second drying chambers are respectively disposed, A waveguide for guiding the microwave generated from the microwave generation unit to the inside of the heating chamber and an agricultural product heated and dried by the microwave guided by the wave guide to the first and second drying chambers A stacking means for stacking the agricultural products transferred to the inside of the first and second drying chambers by a circulation conveying means in a vertical state at a predetermined interval, a heating air supply means for supplying hot air to the stacked agricultural products, And a drying unit.

The above-mentioned prior art 1 has a first problem that the drying of the laundry is primarily performed by using a microwave, and the drying of the laundry is performed by hot air generated by using the heater, resulting in extremely high power consumption due to the use of the heater.

Further, the above-mentioned prior art 1 has the second problem that the heat source of the cooling water that has cooled the microwave generating device can not be reused and the entire amount is discarded.

In addition, in the above-mentioned prior art 1, even if the drying load is generated depending on the physical properties of the object to be dried, even if the irradiation amount of the microwave or the temperature of the heater is adjusted, The third problem is that it is difficult.

The above-mentioned prior art 1 has a fourth problem that it is difficult to precisely control the temperature of the hot air for drying the object to be dried because the microwave generator and the heater are simply combined with the dryer configuration.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are not intended to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. There will be.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a microwave oven comprising a microwave generator for generating microwaves, a first drying chamber for drying the object to be dried by the microwave transmitted from the microwave generator, A second drying chamber in which a drying object dried in the chamber is transported and dried secondarily, air discharged from the first drying chamber and the second drying chamber is introduced, and the arrangement of the first drying chamber and the second drying chamber And a hot air duct which is capable of generating hot air to be supplied to the second drying chamber and generating a heat pump unit and a plurality of variable flow paths, And a microwave generator cooling water pipe provided in the microwave generator. The microwave generation device cooling water pipe connected to said hot air generation block, provides the microwave generator heat pump dryer arrangement of the cooling water using a microwave dryer array (排熱), characterized in that used as the heat source of the hot-air generation block.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the heat pump unit includes a condenser chamber having a condenser therein, an evaporator chamber having an evaporator therein, a compressor, and an expansion valve, and the hot air duct unit is connected to the evaporator A second duct forming an air flow path from the evaporator chamber to the condenser chamber, a third duct forming an air flow path from the condenser chamber to the second drying chamber, a second duct forming an air flow path from the condenser chamber to the second drying chamber, A fourth duct that forms an air flow path from the first drying chamber to the second drying chamber, and a bypass duct that connects the second duct and the fourth duct.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the microwave generator cooling water pipe may include a cooling water arrangement heat exchanger that is installed inside the evaporator chamber to supply a cooling water arrangement to the inside of the evaporator chamber.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the hot air duct unit may include a first opening / closing device installed in the first duct and passing or blocking air introduced into the first duct inlet, A second opening / closing device for passing or blocking the air discharged to the third duct inlet, a third opening / closing device installed in the fourth duct adjacent to the fourth duct inlet for passing or blocking air introduced into the fourth duct inlet, A fourth opening / closing device installed in the fourth duct adjacent to the fourth duct outlet for passing or blocking air discharged to the fourth duct outlet, and a second opening / closing device installed inside the bypass duct, And a bypass opening / closing device for passing or blocking air passing through the bypass opening / closing device.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus may further include a spray device for receiving cooling water flowing through the microwave generator cooling water pipe, spraying the cooling water to clean the surface of the evaporator, or increasing the temperature of the evaporator .

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first drying chamber includes a plurality of microwave irradiators for receiving microwaves from the microwave generator and discharging the microwaves into the first drying chamber, a first drying object inlet through which the drying object is charged, A first drying chamber outlet through which air is sucked, a first drying chamber outlet through which the air is discharged to the mixing device, and a second drying chamber outlet through which the air is discharged to the mixing device.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first drying chamber may include a first drying chamber which transports the drying object placed in the first drying object inlet in the direction of the first drying object discharge port, and at the same time, And may further include a drying chamber agitator.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the second drying chamber may include a second drying object inlet through which the drying object discharged in the first drying chamber is discharged, a second drying object outlet through which the dried object is discharged, A second drying chamber inlet through which air flows from the hot air production portion, and a second drying chamber outlet through which the air is discharged to the mixing device.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the second drying chamber is provided with a second drying chamber for conveying the drying object placed in the second drying object inlet in the direction of the second drying object outlet, and for simultaneously drying and drying the drying object, And may further include a drying chamber agitator.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a first conveying device for conveying the drying object discharged from the first drying chamber to the second drying chamber and a second conveying device for conveying the drying object discharged from the second drying chamber to a predetermined place 2 conveying device.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the mixing apparatus may include a first mixing inlet through which air discharged from the first drying chamber flows, a second mixing inlet through which air discharged from the second drying chamber flows, And a mixing outlet for discharging air to the outside.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for opening and closing a first opening / closing device, a second opening / closing device, (Ii) operating the heat pump unit; (iii) sequentially passing through the first duct, the evaporator chamber, and the second duct, the air introduced into the first duct inlet, and And iv) the air passing through the second duct in the step (iii) is heated while passing through the condenser chamber, and is discharged through the third duct to the third duct outlet. And a basic drying operation method of the hot air production unit.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for opening and closing a first opening and closing apparatus, a second opening and closing apparatus, and a bypass opening and closing apparatus, (Ii) operating the heat pump unit; (iii) sequentially passing through the fourth duct, the bypass duct, and the second duct, the air introduced into the fourth duct inlet, and (Iv) the air passing through the second duct in the step (iii) is heated while passing through the condenser chamber, and is discharged through the third duct to the third duct outlet. Drying operation of the hot air production unit.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for opening and closing a first opening / closing device, a second opening / closing device, (Iii) heating the air introduced into the first duct inlet through the first duct and passing through the evaporator chamber; and (iv) Wherein the air passing through the evaporator chamber in the step (iii) sequentially passes through the second duct, the condenser chamber, and the third duct to be discharged to the third duct outlet. And a high temperature drying operation method of the hot air production part.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the air passing through the evaporator chamber in the step (iii) may be heated by receiving the cooling water arrangement from the cooling water arrangement heat exchanger.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for opening and closing a first opening and closing apparatus, a second opening and closing apparatus, and a bypass opening and closing apparatus, (Ii) stopping the heat pump unit, and (iii) discharging the air introduced into the fourth duct inlet through the fourth duct to the fourth duct outlet. The present invention also provides a low temperature drying operation method of the hot air production unit.

The present invention has the first effect that energy can be saved by using a microwave to primarily dry the object to be dried, to secondarily dry the object to be dried with hot air generated by the heat pump, and not to use a heater.

Further, the present invention has the second effect that the heat efficiency of the entire dryer can be increased by cooling the microwave generator and reusing the arrangement (exhaust heat) of the heated cooling water as a heat source of the heat pump.

The present invention also provides a method of controlling the temperature of air introduced into each drying chamber through adjustment of an air flow path when a drying load is generated according to the physical properties of the drying subject by using a plurality of apparatuses for opening and closing an air flow path such as a damper Thereby achieving the third effect that an immediate response to the above drying load is possible.

Further, the present invention has the fourth effect that the temperature of the air can be controlled by adjusting the opening and closing degree of each device for opening and closing the air flow path, thereby precisely controlling the drying temperature.

It should be understood that the effects of the present invention are not limited to the above effects and include all effects that can be deduced from the detailed description of the present invention or the configuration of the invention described in the claims.

1 is a schematic view of a heat pump dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an enlarged view of a hot air producing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a schematic diagram of the inside of an evaporator chamber according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a schematic view illustrating air flow during a basic drying operation of the hot air producing unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a schematic view illustrating air flow during a warm-up operation of a hot air production unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a schematic view of air flow during a high temperature drying operation of the hot air production unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a schematic view of air flow during a low-temperature drying operation of the hot air production unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" (connected, connected, coupled) with another part, it is not only the case where it is "directly connected" "Is included. Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements, not excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like refer to the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a heat pump dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a hot air generating unit 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 310). &Lt; / RTI >

(The connection relationship of the microwave generator cooling water pipe 110 is omitted in FIGS. 1 and 3, the connection relationship is the same as that of the cooling water, and the cooling water introduced into the microwave generator cooling water inlet 121 is supplied to the microwave generator 100 is cooled and discharged to the microwave generator cooling water outlet 122. The cooling water flows into the cooling water array heat exchange floating inlet 123 and passes through the cooling water arrangement heat exchanger 111 in the evaporator chamber 310, Is discharged from the array heat exchanger outlet 124 and then flows into the microwave generator cooling water inlet 121. The second drying chamber 600 in FIG. The shape of the plane is shown differently from the other components whose shape is shown.)

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a heat pump dryer using a microwave dryer arrangement (exhaust heat) includes a microwave generator 100 for generating microwaves, a heating furnace for microwaves transmitted from the microwave generator 100, A first drying chamber 500 for drying the dried material, a second drying chamber 600 for drying the dried material in the first drying chamber 500 to be dried secondarily, a first drying chamber 500 for drying the second dried chamber 500, A mixing device 700 in which the air exhausted from the chamber 600 flows and the arrangement of the first drying chamber 500 and the arrangement of the second drying chamber 600 are mixed; A hot air generating unit 200 having a heat pump unit 300 and a hot air duct unit 400 capable of generating a plurality of variable flow paths, the hot air duct unit 400 having a function of generating hot air to be introduced into the second drying chamber 600, ) And the microwave generator (100) provided in the microwave generator And the microwave generator cooling water pipe 110 is connected to the hot air production unit 200 so that the arrangement of the cooling water of the microwave generator 100 can be used as a heat source of the hot air production unit 200 .

The hot air generating unit 200, the heat pump unit 300, and the hot air duct unit 400 are separated by a dot-dash line.

The microwave generating apparatus 100 may include a magnetron for generating a microwave having a predetermined frequency. The magnetron is a bipolar tube composed of a cylindrical anode and a concentric cathode, and generates a microwave having a high frequency vibration. It is widely used in various industrial fields as well as a home microwave oven.

In the embodiment of the present invention, it is described that the magnetron generates microwaves, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The heat pump unit 300 includes a condenser chamber 320 having a condenser 321 therein, an evaporator chamber 310 having an evaporator 311 therein, a compressor 330 and an expansion valve 340 You can,

The hot air duct unit 400 includes a first duct 410 that forms an air flow path from the mixing device 700 to the evaporator chamber 310 and a second duct 410 that forms an air flow path from the evaporator chamber 311 to the condenser chamber 320 A third duct 430 that forms an air flow path from the condenser chamber 320 to the second drying chamber 600 and an air flow path from the mixing device 700 to the second drying chamber 600 And a bypass duct 450 connecting the fourth duct 440 and the fourth duct 440 to each other.

The refrigerant is introduced into the compressor 330 in a state where the refrigerant is evaporated by the heat absorbing action of the evaporator 311 and converted into a low-temperature and low-pressure refrigerant gas, The compressor (330) compresses and vaporizes the refrigerant gas in a high temperature and high pressure state and then sends it to the condenser (321) to generate heat through a series of processes of repeating a cycle of emitting a high temperature heat outward to a low temperature Since the heat pump having such a structure is widely used in general, a detailed description of the structure will be omitted.

The heat pump unit 300 has a structure in which a condenser 321 and an evaporator 311 of a heat pump are installed in each of the condenser chamber 320 and the evaporator chamber 310 and the condenser chamber 320 and the evaporator chamber 310 ) Can pass through the air.

When the heat pump unit 300 is in operation, the air passing through the inside of the evaporator chamber 310 can be dehumidified by condensing moisture on the surface of the evaporator 311 while being cooled, and passes through the inside of the condenser chamber 320 Air can be heated and hot air can be generated.

The hot air duct part 400 is composed of a plurality of ducts and some ducts are connected to the evaporator chamber 310 or the condenser chamber 320 to variably generate a plurality of air flow paths.

The first duct 410, the evaporator chamber 310, the second duct 420, the condenser chamber 320 and the third duct 430 may be sequentially connected in series. The fourth duct 440 can be connected. The second duct 420 and the fourth duct 440 may be connected to each other by a bypass duct 450. The air flow path formed by these devices will be described in detail in the method of operating the hot air production part 200 at the rear end.

The hot air duct unit 400 includes a first opening and closing device 461 installed inside the first duct 410 for passing or blocking air flowing into the first duct inlet 411, A second opening and closing device 462 for passing or blocking the air discharged to the third duct outlet 431 and a fourth duct inlet 441 provided in the fourth duct 440 so as to be adjacent to the fourth duct inlet 441, A third opening and closing device 463 for passing or blocking the air flowing into the fourth duct inlet 441 and a fourth duct outlet 442 provided in the fourth duct 440 so as to be adjacent to the fourth duct outlet 442 And a bypass opening / closing device 465 installed in the bypass duct 450 for passing or blocking the air passing through the bypass duct 450. The bypass opening / ).

It is possible to control the variable air flow path generated by the hot air duct unit 400, the evaporator chamber 310, and the condenser chamber 320 by opening or shielding the respective switching devices. By controlling the variable air flow path, the hot air production unit 200 can perform drying at various temperatures such as basic temperature, maximum temperature, high temperature and low temperature. The details of this will be described in detail in the method of operating the hot air production part 200 in the latter stage.

Each of the opening and closing devices may be a butterfly damper for passing or blocking the air flow inside the duct by rotation. The butterfly damper is capable of not only passing or blocking the air flow by rotation of a certain angle, but also controlling the air flow rate.

In the embodiment of the present invention, each opening / closing device is described as a butterfly damper, but it is not limited thereto. A single damper, a louver damper, etc. can also be used by changing the installation position and the number of the damper.

3, the microwave generator cooling water pipe 110 is provided inside the evaporator chamber 310 to form a cooling water arrangement heat exchanger 111 for supplying the cooling water arrangement into the evaporator chamber 310 .

The apparatus further includes a spraying device 112 for receiving the cooling water flowing through the microwave generator cooling water pipe 110 and spraying the cooling water to clean the surface of the evaporator 311 or increase the temperature of the evaporator 311 can do.

The cooling water arrangement heat exchanger 111 is used to produce hot air in a state where the operation of the heat pump unit 300 is interrupted. The hot air at this time uses the cooling water arrangement so that the cooling water flowing into the cooling water inlet 121 of the microwave generator cools the microwave generator 100 and is heated and discharged to the microwave generator cooling water outlet 122, Exchanged flotation inlet 123 to supply the cooling water arrangement heat (exhaust heat) to the air passing through the evaporator chamber 310 to generate hot air.

The dust and the like contained in the air passing through the evaporator chamber 310 may be attached to the surface of the evaporator 311 and the cooling water arrangement heat exchanger 111. The dust and the like may be adhered to the surface of the evaporator 311, The performance of the unit 111 can be lowered and the temperature of hot air generated by the hot air production unit 200 can be reduced.

In order to prevent the performance deterioration, the spraying apparatus 112 connected to the microwave generator cooling water pipe 110 selectively receives cooling water and sprayed on the surface of the evaporator 311 and the cooling water array heat exchanger 111 Cleaning of dusts and the like of the object to be dried can be performed.

When the drying is performed by the cooling water arrangement of the cooling water arrangement heat exchanger 111 after the operation of the heat pump unit 300 is stopped, the cooling water arrangement heat exchanger 111 is cooled by the evaporator 311 which is still cold, The temperature of the evaporator 311 is increased by spraying the high temperature cooling water flowing into the spraying apparatus 112 onto the surface of the evaporator 311 to reduce the temperature as described above .

The cooling water arrangement heat exchanger 111 is provided with the cooling water arrangement heat exchanger valve 113 and the spray device 112 is provided with the spray device valve 114 so that the cooling water arrangement heat exchanger 111 and the spray device 112 are selectively The cooling water can be introduced into the cooling water passage.

The cooling water arrangement heat exchanger valve 113 and the sprayer valve 114 can be constituted by electromagnetic valves. Even if the respective valves are locked, the microwave generator cooling water pipe 110 has a bypass pipe portion to continuously circulate the cooling water can do.

The first drying chamber 500 includes a plurality of microwave irradiators 550 receiving microwaves from the microwave generator 100 and discharging the microwaves into the first drying chamber 500, 530), a first drying object discharge port 540 through which the dried object is discharged, a first drying chamber inlet port 510 through which external air flows, and a first drying chamber discharge port 520).

The first drying chamber 500 is provided with a first drying chamber 500 for conveying the object to be dried placed in the first object to be dried 530 toward the first object 540 and for heating and drying the object to be dried, And may further include an agitator 560.

A plurality of microwave irradiators 550 are provided on the upper side of the first drying chamber 500 so that the microwave generated in the microwave generator 100 can be uniformly irradiated into the first drying chamber 500.

The first drying chamber agitator 560 has the shape of a screw and conveys the dried article put into the first dried article inlet 530 to the first dried article outlet 540 while rotating the dried article. Then, while the object to be dried is stirred by the rotation, the object is uniformly exposed to microwaves, whereby the object to be dried can be uniformly heated and dried.

The second drying chamber 600 includes a second drying object inlet port 630 into which the drying object discharged in the first drying chamber 500 is discharged and a second drying object discharge port 640 through which the dried drying object is discharged, A second drying chamber inlet 610 through which air flows from the hot air production unit 200 and a second drying chamber outlet 620 through which the air is discharged to the mixing apparatus 700.

The second drying chamber 600 is provided with a second drying chamber 600 for transporting the object to be dried placed in the second object to be dried 630 toward the second object 640 and for heating and drying the object to be dried, And may further include an agitator 650.

The shape and function of the second drying chamber agitator 650 is the same as that of the first drying chamber agitator 560.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the objects to be dried in the respective drying chambers are conveyed and stirred by an agitator installed in each of the drying chambers, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The heat pump dryer using the microwave dryer arrangement (exhaust heat) is provided with a first conveyance device 810 for conveying the dried material discharged from the first drying chamber 500 to the second drying chamber 600, And a second conveying device 820 for conveying the dried material discharged from the first conveying device 600 to a predetermined place.

The first conveyance device 810 and the second conveyance device may be constituted by a conveyor belt, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and various conveyance means can be used.

The mixing apparatus 700 includes a first mixing inlet 710 through which air discharged from the first drying chamber 500 flows, a second mixing inlet 720 through which air discharged from the second drying chamber 600 flows, And a mixed discharge port 730 for discharging air to the heat pump.

The arrangement of the first drying chamber 500 and the second drying chamber 600 can be supplied to the hot air production unit 200 by the mixing device 700 so that the performance of the entire dryer system can be improved.

The heat pump dryer using the microwave dryer arrangement (exhaust heat) regulates the frequency and the amount of generated microwaves of the microwave generator 100, controls the operation of the stirrer and each air handling device, (300) and a control unit for controlling the respective opening and closing devices. The drying of various modes can be performed by such a control unit.

The controller may be an embedded system equipped with a processor core such as a microcontroller or a DSP. Alternatively, the control unit may use a ROM of a specific hardware device or firmware that is software embedded in a flash memory. However, the configuration of the control unit is not limited thereto.

Hereinafter, a method of operating the hot air production unit 200 in the case of performing drying using a heat pump dryer using a microwave dryer arrangement (exhaust heat) will be described.

4 is a schematic view of the air flow during the basic drying operation of the hot air production unit 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

(See Fig. 3 for the detailed structure inside the evaporator chamber 310.)

Referring to Fig. 4, in the case of basic drying using a heat pump dryer using a microwave dryer arrangement (exhaust heat), a basic drying operation method of the hot air production unit 200 will be described.

First, the first opening / closing device 461 and the second opening / closing device 462 can be opened, and the third opening / closing device 463, the fourth opening / closing device 463, and the bypass opening / closing device 465 can be shielded.

Second, the heat pump unit 300 can be operated.

Here, the temperature inside the evaporator chamber 310 decreases as the temperature of the evaporator 311 decreases, and the temperature inside the condenser chamber 320 rises as the temperature of the condenser 321 rises.

Third, the air introduced into the first duct inlet 411 can pass through the first duct 410, the evaporator chamber 310, and the second duct 420 sequentially.

The air in the third stage is cooled by the evaporator 311 while passing through the evaporator chamber 310 and the moisture contained in the air condenses on the surface of the evaporator 311 and can be dehumidified. A drain pipe is installed in the evaporator chamber 310, so that condensed moisture can be drained.

Fourth, air passing through the second duct 420 of the third stage is heated while passing through the condenser chamber 320, and may be discharged to the third duct outlet 431 through the third duct 430.

The cooled air in the third stage may be heated by the condenser 321 while passing through the condenser chamber 320 in the fourth stage to become hot air. At this time, the temperature difference between the cooled air passing through the evaporator chamber 310 and the heated air passing through the condenser chamber 320 may be 20 ° C.

5 is a schematic view of the air flow during the warm-up operation of the hot air production unit 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the best on-drying operation method of the hot air production unit 200 will be described in the case of the best warm drying using a heat pump dryer using a microwave dryer arrangement (exhaust heat).

(See Fig. 3 for the detailed structure inside the evaporator chamber 310.)

First, the first opening and closing device 461, the second opening and closing device 462 and the bypass opening and closing device 465 can be opened and the third opening and closing device 463 and the fourth opening and closing device 463 can be shielded.

Second, the heat pump unit 300 can be operated.

Third, the air introduced into the fourth duct inlet 441 can pass through the fourth duct 440, the bypass duct 450, and the second duct 420 sequentially.

The air in the third stage is not cooled because it does not pass through the evaporator chamber 310.

The air passing through the second duct 420 of the third stage may be heated by the condenser 321 while passing through the condenser chamber 320 of the fourth stage to become hot air. Since the air is heated in the condenser chamber 320 and supplied to the second drying chamber 600 without being cooled in the evaporator chamber 310, the air can be the hot air of the highest temperature discharged from the hot air generating unit 200 have.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of air flow during a high-temperature drying operation of the hot air production unit 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 6, a high temperature drying operation method of the hot air production unit 200 in the case of high temperature drying using a heat pump dryer using a microwave dryer arrangement (exhaust heat) will be described.

(See Fig. 3 for the detailed structure inside the evaporator chamber 310. In Fig. 6, the cooling water arrangement heat exchanger 111, which is shown as a dashed line and provides a cooling water arrangement (exhaust heat) It is shown by a solid line.)

Second, the heat pump unit 300 can be stopped.

Third, the air introduced into the first duct inlet 411 passes through the first duct 410 and can be heated while passing through the evaporator chamber 310.

The air in the third stage can be heated by the arrangement of the cooling water supplied from the cooling water arrangement heat exchanger 111 while passing through the evaporator chamber 310.

Here, if the third stage is performed through the first stage and the second stage within a short time after the warm-up operation of the hot air production unit 200 according to FIG. 5, the evaporator 311 may still be in a cold state, The efficiency of the arrangement of the cooling water to be supplied from the cooling water arrangement heat exchanger 111 can be increased by spraying the cooling water heated by the evaporator 311 in the apparatus 112. [ In addition, the efficiency of the entire system can be increased by cleaning the evaporator 311 or the cooling water array heat exchanger 111 contaminated with dust or the like.

Fourth, the air that has passed through the evaporator chamber 310 of the third stage can be sequentially passed through the second duct 420, the condenser chamber 320, and the third duct 430 and discharged to the third duct outlet 431 have.

If the fourth step is performed through the first step to the third step within a short period of time after the warm-up operation of the hot air production unit 200 according to FIG. 5, the air heated in the third step is heated while passing through the condenser chamber 320 The heat energy can be replenished by using the arrangement of the condenser 321 that has been used.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the air flow during the low-temperature drying operation of the hot air production unit 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

(See Fig. 3 for the detailed structure inside the evaporator chamber 310.)

Referring to Fig. 7, a low-temperature drying operation method of the hot air production unit 200 will be described in the case of low-temperature drying using a heat pump dryer using a microwave dryer arrangement (exhaust heat).

First, the third opening / closing device 463 and the fourth opening / closing device 463 can be opened and the first opening / closing device 461, the second opening / closing device 462, and the bypass opening / closing device 465 can be closed.

Second, the heat pump unit 300 can be stopped.

Third, air introduced into the fourth duct inlet 441 may be discharged to the fourth duct outlet 442 through the fourth duct 440.

At this time, during the low-temperature drying operation of the hot air production unit 200, air does not pass through the evaporator chamber 310 and the condenser chamber 320 but flows into the fourth duct inlet port 441 and then through the fourth duct 440 And can be discharged to the fourth duct outlet 442 directly. Such a low-temperature drying operation method can be used when ventilating the heat inside the secondary drying chamber or drying the drying object requiring a little moisture.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention.

100: Microwave generator
110: Microwave generator cooling water piping
111: cooling water arrangement heat exchanger
112: atomizer
113: Cooling water arrangement heat exchange valve
114: Spraying device valve
121: Microwave generator cooling water inlet
122: Microwave generator cooling water outlet
123: Cooling water arrangement heat exchange floating inlet
124: Cooling water arrangement heat exchanger outlet
200: hot wind production part
300: Heat pump unit
310: Evaporator chamber
311: Evaporator
320: condenser chamber
321: Condenser
331: Compressor
341: Expansion valve
400: hot air duct part
410: first duct
411: first duct inlet
420: second duct
430: Third duct
431: Third duct outlet
440: fourth duct
441: fourth duct inlet
442: Fourth duct outlet
450: Bypass duct
461: First opening and closing device
462: second opening and closing device
463: the third switching device
464: Fourth opening and closing device
465: Bypass switchgear
500: first drying chamber
510: first drying chamber inlet
520: First drying chamber outlet
530: First Depositing Entrance Port
540: First drying-material outlet
550: microwave irradiator
560: First drying chamber stirrer
600: Second drying chamber
610: 2nd drying chamber inlet
620: Second drying chamber outlet
630: Second drying material inlet port
640: Second drying-material discharge port
650: Second drying chamber stirrer
700: mixing device
710: First mixing inlet
720: second mixing inlet
730: Mixed outlet
810: First conveying device
820: Second conveying device

Claims

In a heat pump dryer using a microwave dryer arrangement (exhaust heat)
A microwave generator for generating a microwave;
A first drying chamber for drying the object to be dried by the microwave from the microwave generator;
A second drying chamber in which the dried material dried in the first drying chamber is transported and dried secondarily;
A mixing device in which the air discharged from the first drying chamber and the second drying chamber is introduced so that the arrangement of the first drying chamber and the arrangement of the second drying chamber are mixed;
A hot air generating unit having a heat pump unit and a hot air duct unit capable of generating hot air supplied to the second drying chamber and generating a plurality of variable flow paths; And
A microwave generator cooling water pipe provided in the microwave generator;
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Wherein the microwave generator cooling water pipe is connected to the hot air production unit, and the arrangement of the microwave generator cooling water is used as a heat source of the hot air production unit.

The method according to claim 1,
The heat pump unit includes:
A condenser chamber having a condenser therein, an evaporator chamber having an evaporator therein, a compressor, and an expansion valve,
The hot-
A first duct forming an air flow path from the mixing device to the evaporator chamber;
A second duct forming an air flow path from the evaporator chamber to the condenser chamber;
A third duct forming an air flow path from the condenser chamber to the second drying chamber;
A fourth duct forming an air flow path from the mixing device to the second drying chamber; And
A bypass duct connecting the second duct and the fourth duct;
And a heat exchanger for cooling the heat pump.

The method of claim 2,
In the microwave generator cooling water pipe,
And a cooling water arrangement heat exchanger for supplying a cooling water arrangement to the inside of the evaporator chamber, the cooling water arrangement heat exchanger being installed inside the evaporator chamber.

The method of claim 3,
The hot-
A first opening / closing device installed in the first duct for passing or blocking air flowing into the first duct inlet;
A second opening / closing device installed inside the third duct for passing or blocking air discharged to the third duct outlet;
A third opening / closing device installed in the fourth duct adjacent to the fourth duct inlet for passing or blocking air introduced into the fourth duct inlet;
A fourth opening / closing device installed in the fourth duct adjacent to the fourth duct outlet for passing or blocking air discharged to the fourth duct outlet; And
A bypass opening / closing device installed inside the bypass duct for passing or blocking air passing through the bypass duct;
Further comprising: a microwave dryer (exhaust heat).

The method of claim 4,
Further comprising a spray device for receiving the cooling water flowing through the microwave generator cooling water pipe and spraying the cooling water to clean the surface of the evaporator or increase the temperature of the evaporator, ). &Lt; / RTI >

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first drying chamber comprises:
A plurality of microwave irradiators for receiving microwaves from the microwave generator and discharging the microwaves into the first drying chamber;
A first dehydrating material inlet through which the dehydrating material is introduced;
A first drying object discharge port through which the dried material is discharged;
A first drying chamber inlet through which outside air flows; And
A first drying chamber outlet for discharging air to the mixing device;
And a heat exchanger for cooling the heat pump.

The method of claim 6,
The first drying chamber may further include a first drying chamber agitator for transporting the drying object placed in the first drying object inlet in the direction of the first drying object discharge port and for simultaneously drying and drying the drying object Features a heat pump dryer using microwave dryer arrangement (exhaust heat).

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the second drying chamber comprises:
A second drying material inlet through which the drying material discharged in the first drying chamber is discharged;
A second drying body discharge port through which the dried laundry is discharged;
A second drying chamber inlet through which air flows from the hot air production portion; And
A second drying chamber outlet for discharging air to the mixing device;
And a heat exchanger for cooling the heat pump.

The method of claim 8,
The second drying chamber further includes a second drying chamber agitator for conveying the drying object placed in the second drying object inlet in the direction of the second drying object outlet and simultaneously heating and drying the drying object to be heated and dried Features a heat pump dryer using microwave dryer arrangement (exhaust heat).

The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a first conveying device for conveying the material to be dried discharged from the first drying chamber to the second drying chamber and a second conveying device for conveying the material to be dried discharged from the second drying chamber to a predetermined place Features a heat pump dryer using microwave dryer arrangement (exhaust heat).

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the mixing device comprises:
A first mixing inlet through which air discharged from the first drying chamber flows;
A second mixing inlet through which air discharged from the second drying chamber flows; And
A mixing outlet for discharging air to the heat pump;
And a heat exchanger for cooling the heat pump.

In the basic drying method using the heat pump dryer using the microwave dryer arrangement (exhaust heat) of claim 4, in the basic drying operation method of the hot air production section,
(I) opening the first opening and closing device and the second opening and closing device, and shielding the third opening and closing device, the fourth opening and closing device, and the bypass opening and closing device;
(Ii) operating the heat pump unit;
(Iii) sequentially passing the air introduced into the first duct inlet through the first duct, the evaporator chamber, and the second duct; And
(Iv) the air passing through the second duct in the step (iii) is heated while passing through the condenser chamber, and is discharged through the third duct to the third duct outlet;
Wherein the hot-air producing unit includes a plurality of hot-air generating units.

In the case of the best warm drying using the heat pump dryer using the microwave dryer arrangement (exhaust heat) of claim 4, in the method of the best warm drying operation of the hot air production section,
(I) opening the first opening and closing device, the second opening and closing device, and the bypass opening and closing device, and shielding the third opening and closing device and the fourth opening and closing device;
(Ii) operating the heat pump unit;
(Iii) sequentially passing the air introduced into the fourth duct inlet through the fourth duct, the bypass duct, and the second duct; And
(Iv) the air passing through the second duct in the step (iii) is heated while passing through the condenser chamber, and is discharged through the third duct to the third duct outlet;
Wherein the hot-air generating unit includes a plurality of hot-air generating units.

In the high temperature drying method using the heat pump dryer using the microwave dryer arrangement (exhaust heat) of claim 4, in the high temperature drying operation method of the hot air production section,
(I) opening the first opening and closing device and the second opening and closing device, and shielding the third opening and closing device, the fourth opening and closing device, and the bypass opening and closing device;
(Ii) stopping the heat pump unit;
(Iii) heating the air introduced into the first duct inlet through the first duct and passing through the evaporator chamber; And
(Iv) sequentially passing through the second duct, the condenser chamber, and the third duct through the evaporator chamber in the step (iii) and discharging the air to the third duct outlet;
Wherein the high-temperature drying operation of the hot-air producing unit is performed.

15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein the air passing through the evaporator chamber in the step (iii) is heated by receiving the cooling water arrangement from the cooling water array heat exchanger.

In the low temperature drying method using the heat pump dryer using the microwave dryer arrangement (exhaust heat) of claim 4, in the low temperature drying operation method of the hot air production section,
(I) opening the third opening and closing device and the fourth opening and closing device, and shielding the first opening and closing device, the second opening and closing device, and the bypass opening and closing device;
(Ii) stopping the heat pump unit; And
(Iii) discharging the air introduced into the fourth duct inlet through the fourth duct to the fourth duct outlet;
Wherein the low-temperature drying operation of the hot-air producing unit is performed.