KR20180127595A - Air conditioner for complex environmental control - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an air conditioner for complex environmental control, which is economical and is able to maximize utilization of an indoor space. The air conditioner for the complex environmental control includes: an air conditioner indoor unit including a main body, a suction grille, a discharge grill, an air supply pipe, and a control unit to provide a cooling function and a dehumidifying function; an air purifier installed inside the main body and electrically connected to the control unit so as to be controlled; a first air supply pipe for connecting a suction side of the air purifier to the air supply pipe on a side of the suction grill; a clean air discharge pipe for connecting a discharge side of the air purifier to a side of the discharge grill; a first electric damper installed in the air supply pipe and controlled by the control unit; a second electric damper installed in the first air supply pipe and controlled by the control unit; a humidifier provided inside the main body, provided with a humidification water tank detachably installed on a front surface or a side surface of the main body, and electrically connected to the control unit; a second air supply pipe for connecting the air supply pipe to a side of a humidifying nozzle such that humidifying air injected from the humidifying nozzle of the humidifier is discharged to the discharge grill; and a third electric damper installed in the second air supply pipe and controlled by the control unit.

Description

{Air conditioner for complex environmental control}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a complex environment control which can be installed in various residential spaces such as an apartment, a one-room, an office, and the like. More specifically, the present invention relates to a seasonal temperature control function using an air conditioner and a heating device, The air purifying function is to purify the air such as carbon dioxide emitted from people as well as the dust generated from the dust and the inside of the yellow dust and the humidification function to keep the humidity of the room in the optimum state for everyday life, The present invention is to provide an air conditioner for a complex environment control system which can automatically control the ventilation function performed by the air conditioner in a narrow room while separately installing the appliances in a narrow room, thereby solving the problem of hindering space utilization.

A general air conditioner is composed of an indoor unit and an outdoor unit. An evaporator including a blowing fan is installed in the indoor unit. In the outdoor unit, a condenser for compressing the refrigerant discharged from the evaporator and a blower for condensing the refrigerant compressed in the compressor And an expansion valve for lowering the pressure of the refrigerant condensed in the condenser.

In recent years, many products having an air cleaning function have been provided. As a representative example, a packaged air conditioner having an air cleaning function of Korean Patent Registration No. B1- 10-715335 (May 28, 2007) has been proposed. The air inlet is formed by a cooling air blowing fan provided in a blowing housing formed inside the main body, and a hinge is provided at an upper portion of the blowing housing. A package type air conditioner having an air cleaning function and including a damper rotatably installed on a shaft to selectively open and close a flow path of intake air, characterized in that a clean air discharge port is formed in a front surface of the main body of the blow housing, The discharge port is selectively moved up and down along the door guide in accordance with the air purification mode operation and the cooling mode operation And a filter is installed on the entire surface of the blowing fan so as to be moved upward and downward along a filter guide whose one side is selectively opened according to an air purification mode operation and a cooling mode operation, The damper closes the cold air discharge port side in the air purifying mode operation, and the filter is moved to the front of the blowing fan And the opening / closing door moves along the door guide to open the purified air discharge port, so that the air sucked by the blowing fan is purified by the filter and then flows along the independent flow path formed by the damper And is discharged to the purified air discharge port.

Another example is a package air conditioner having a sole air cleaning function of Korean Registered Patent No. B1-0 077 07733 (October 10, 2007). A suction port formed at a lower portion of the main body to suck air; A discharge port formed in the upper portion of the main body to discharge the cooled air; An evaporator installed inside the discharge port to cool the air sucked from the suction port; An air cleaning discharge port formed between the suction port and the discharge port for discharging the air sucked from the suction port; An air cleaning filter installed inside the space between the suction port and the air cleaning discharge port so as to filter the air sucked from the suction port; A blowing fan installed inside the space between the suction port and the air cleaning discharge port and operated to flow air; And an air cleaning door unit provided between the discharge port and the air cleaning discharge port to set the discharging path of the air sucked from the suction port to be one of the discharge port and the air cleaning discharge port.

In the above-mentioned prior arts, the air cleaning function and the air cleaning function can be provided. However, since a humidifier capable of adjusting the humidity and a ventilating device using the outside air are not provided in combination, And the ventilation device must be installed as an external exposure type. As a result, there has been a problem that the indoor appearance is deteriorated. Further, there has been a complication such as the necessity of individually controlling the ventilation device and the air conditioner. There is a demand for an air conditioner capable of controlling a complex environment in which a humidifying and ventilating function is also complex and automatic control is possible.

KR 10715335 B1 2007.05.28. KR 100764733 B1 2007.10.08.

Accordingly, the present inventor has researched the present invention by considering air conditioning, air cleaner, humidifier, etc. separately installed in various residential spaces such as apartments, one-room, office, etc., and thus remarkably reducing space utilization.

That is, in the present invention, the air conditioner for cooling the room, the air purifier for purifying the contaminated room air, and the humidifier for providing the appropriate humidity to the room are installed in the interior of the stand type body in combination, The ventilation device is connected to the ventilation device so that fresh outside air can be introduced into the room and the contaminated room air can be discharged to the atmosphere, thereby eliminating the need to purchase the ventilation device separately for each use, The present invention provides an air conditioner for a hybrid environment control system that provides a function of selectively controlling the heating unit and the control unit to automatically control the functions, by checking the season, time, presence or absence of a person, etc. using various sensors. The present invention has been completed based on the technical problem of the present invention.

As a means for solving the problem, the present invention provides a box-shaped main body having a stand configuration; A suction grill and an exhaust grill formed on a lower front side and an upper front side of the main body; An evaporator of the air conditioner installed in the main body so as to be positioned on the rear surface of the discharge grill and a blowing fan installed to the rear of the evaporator; An air supply pipe for guiding air supplied from the suction grille to the blower fan, and a control unit installed on the main unit so that the operation panel is exposed on the front surface of the main unit, wherein the air conditioner indoor unit is provided with a cooling function and a dehumidification function. An air purifier installed in the main body and controlled by being electrically connected to the control unit; A first air supply pipe connecting the suction side of the air cleaner and the air supply pipe on the suction grill side; A clean air discharge pipe connecting the discharge side of the air cleaner and the discharge grill side; A first electric damper installed in the air supply pipe and controlled by a control unit; A second electric damper installed in the first air supply pipe and controlled by the control unit; A humidifier provided in the main body and having a humidifying water reservoir detachably installed on a front surface or a side surface of the main body and electrically connected to the controller; A second air supply pipe connecting the air supply pipe and the humidifying nozzle side so as to discharge the humidifying air ejected from the humidifying nozzle of the humidifier located on the discharge grill side to the discharge grill; And a third electric damper installed in the second air supply pipe and controlled by the control unit.

And a ventilating device installed on a wall separating the indoor and the outdoor, the indoor side being connected to the discharge grill side and the third air supply pipe.

Third, the oxygen generator is connected to the discharge side of the air cleaner by a fourth air supply pipe; And the fourth air supply pipe is provided with a fourth electric damper so as to be controlled by the control unit.

Fourth, a humidity sensor is installed in the control unit so that the humidifier can be driven when the humidity of the room is lower than a specific humidity.

Fifth, the control unit may further include a contamination detection sensor so that the air cleaner can be driven in a state where indoor air is contaminated.

Sixth, the length of day and night according to the season is controlled by software so as to compensate for the malfunction of the illuminance sensor when the human body sensor for detecting movement of a person, the illuminance sensor for sensing night and day, A clock is installed and used as a control base value of the control unit.

Seventh, the control unit may further include a heating control unit for heating the room.

Eighth air conditioner, air purifier, humidifier, ventilator, oxygen generator and heating controller are automatically controlled by the controller based on the detection values provided by the air pollution sensor, humidity sensor, human body sensor, illuminance sensor and watch do.

The use of the air conditioner for multiple environment control provided by the present invention has the following effects.

- There is no economic burden to buy a separate humidifier and air cleaner.

- Humidifier and air purifier do not need to be provided on the floor, thus maximizing indoor space utilization.

- The controller controls the humidifier, air purifier and heating system in automatic mode according to the humidity and contaminated air condition, so the heating, cooling, humidification, air cleaning as well as oxygen supply is automatically controlled. .

- It has the same appearance as the existing air conditioner, so it has excellent appearance.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is an external perspective view showing a preferred embodiment of the air conditioner for a complex environment control provided by the present invention; Fig.
Fig. 2 is a front view of Fig. 1
Fig. 3 is a side view of Fig.
FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram showing the air control state of the air conditioner for multiple environment control provided by the present invention

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the air conditioner for multiple environment control provided in the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a front view of the air conditioner of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a side view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a front view of the present invention FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing an air control state of the air conditioner for a hybrid environment control according to the present invention.

The air conditioner 1 for hybrid environment control provided in the present invention can provide the functionality of the air cleaner 16 and the humidifier 17 in a basic configuration of a stand air conditioner generally used in the home or the like, And the ventilation device 18 for introducing the air into the room can be performed in parallel, and the control of the heating device is performed manually or automatically.

The indoor unit 2 is provided with an evaporator 4 including a blowing fan 5 and the outdoor unit 3 is discharged from the evaporator 4. The indoor unit 2 includes an indoor unit 2 and an outdoor unit 3, A condenser 7 including a compressor 6 for compressing the refrigerant and a blowing fan 8 for condensing the refrigerant compressed by the compressor 6 and an expansion valve 7 for lowering the pressure of the refrigerant condensed in the condenser 7 9).

In the present invention, the air conditioner 1 for a hybrid environment control is provided with a box-type main body 10 as a stand type, a suction grill 11 is formed on the lower side of the main body 10, .

The suction grill 11 includes a filter member 13 capable of collecting dust contained in the air introduced from the outside, An evaporator 4 of a fixedly installed air conditioner is located. At this time, a blowing fan 5 is installed behind the evaporator 4 of the air conditioner so as to be supported by the main body 10 and blows toward the evaporator 4 to cool the exhaust grill 12 by the heat exchanged by the evaporator 4 So that it can be supplied to the room.

On the other hand, the air introduced through the suction grille 11 induces air to the blowing fan 5 inside the main body 10, and the control panel 15 So that the air conditioner can be controlled.

The above-described configuration is the same as the configuration of a general air conditioner.

The air purifier 16, the humidifier 17 and the oxygen generator 28 are further installed inside the main body 10 and the heating control unit 29 for heating the room The air conditioner 16, the air conditioner 16, and the air conditioner 17 are installed in various residential spaces such as an apartment, a room, and an office by connecting the ventilator 18 together, So that it is possible to eliminate the inconvenience of separately providing the oxygen generator 28. In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described components being controlled collectively by the control unit 15, and the control unit 15 may collectively check season, time, presence or absence of a person using various sensors, And to provide technical features for automatic control.

The air purifier 16 installed inside the main body 10 so as to be electrically connected to the control unit 15 is configured such that the suction side is connected to the air supply pipe 19 on the suction grill 11 side and the first air supply pipe 20, And the exhaust side is connected to the air supply pipe 19 on the side of the air blowing fan 5 and the clean air discharge pipe 16a and is connected to the control unit 15 in the main body 10, The humidifying nozzle 17a is provided with a humidifying nozzle 17a directed toward the discharge grill 12 and a second air supply pipe 21 connected to the air supply pipe 19 is connected to the humidifying nozzle 17a. The oxygen generator 28 is connected to the discharge side of the air cleaner 16 by a fourth air supply pipe 30. At this time, the oxygen generator 28 is formed as a drawer, and solid oxygen is introduced into the oxygen generator 28 so that oxygen can be supplied.

At this time, a first electric damper 22 is installed in the air supply pipe 19 to control the air supplied to the evaporator 4, and a second electric damper 23 is installed in the first air supply pipe 20 The air supply to the air cleaner 16 is controlled and the third air damper 24 is installed in the second air supply pipe 21 to control the supply of air to the humidifier 17. [ The fourth air supply pipe 30 is provided with a fourth electric damper 31 to control the oxygen supply provided by the oxygen generator 28.

The first to fourth electric dampers 22, 23, 24, and 31 are controlled by the controller 15.

When the air conditioner is operated as described above, the second and third electric dampers 23 and 24 installed in the first air supply pipe 20 and the second air supply pipe 21 are closed, The first electric damper 22 installed in the evaporator 4 is opened to supply air to the evaporator 4 and the cool air having been heat-exchanged in the evaporator 4 is discharged to the discharge grill 12.

When the air cleaner 16 is operated, the first and third electric dampers 22 and 24 provided in the air supply pipe 19 and the second air supply pipe 21 are closed, 2 electric damper 23 is opened to supply purified air filtered by the air purifier 16 to the evaporator 4 and discharged to the discharge grill 12. [

When the humidifier 17 is operated, the first and second electric dampers 22 and 23 provided in the air supply pipe 19 and the first air supply pipe 20 are closed, 3 electric damper 24 is opened and humidified air supplied from the humidifier 17 is supplied to the evaporator 4 and discharged to the discharge grill 12.

The air cleaner 16 and the humidifier 17 are of a general construction, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted in the present invention.

In the case of the humidifier 17, various configurations such as a high-frequency system and a heating system can be applied. In the present invention, it is preferable to select and apply a heating system without fear of propagation of germs.

The humidifier 17 is provided with a water reservoir 17b which can be detached from the front surface of the main body 10 so that the user can remove the water reservoir 17b to replenish water necessary for humidification from time to time.

In the present invention, the control unit 15 is provided with a contamination detection sensor 25 for checking the degree of contamination of the indoor air, a humidity sensor 26 for detecting the indoor humidity, a human body sensor 32 for detecting the movement of a person, A light sensor 33 for detecting night and day, and a clock 34 controlled by software so as to compensate for a malfunction of the illuminance sensor 33 when the night illumination lamp is turned on, It is used as the control base value of the control unit 15. [ And a heating control unit 29 for heating the room.

At this time, the contamination detection sensor 25 has functions such as carbon dioxide concentration measurement in the room, smoke detection, various gas concentration detection, etc., and can detect the detection signal to the control unit 15 and drive the air purifier 16 to clean the room air The humidity sensor 26 senses the humidity when the humidity is lower than 40% and informs the controller 15 that the humidity sensor 26 drives the humidifier 17 to increase the humidity to 40% to 60% to provide a pleasant living environment .

The operation of the air cleaner 16 is mainly performed by the control unit 15 during the daytime by the illuminance sensor 33 and the clock 34. More preferably, So that the operation can be performed in a daytime when it is not detected.

When the detection signal from the human body detection sensor 32 is present, even if the identification value of the ambient light sensor 33 is the daytime, the human body detection sensor 32 may detect the infrared The operation of the air cleaner 16 is stopped and the operation of the air cleaner 16 can be performed when there is no detection signal of the human body detection sensor 32. [

As described above, when the illuminance sensor 33 and the human body sensor 32 are applied together, the air purifier 16 is stopped when a person is active in the room, It is possible to maximize the operating efficiency of the air purifier 16 by driving the purifier 16.

The operation of the oxygen generator 28 in the present invention is performed by the controller 15 when there is a human detection by the human body sensor 32 and night is recognized by the illuminance sensor 33 and the watch 34 The fourth electric damper 31 is opened to allow the oxygen supply to be performed, thereby enhancing the indoor saturated oxygen concentration at nighttime sleeping so as to provide a good night's sleep.

In the present invention, the ventilator 18 installed on the wall of the building is coupled to the discharge grill 12 by using the third air supply pipe 27 so as to be exposed to the outside of the main body 10.

The ventilator 18 has a function to use commercially available products and to penetrate the wall to supply clear air to the room and to discharge the contaminated air to the outside. Thereby providing a function that can ventilate.

The ventilator 18 can be selected from a variety of products, and it is preferable to use a ventilator having a filtering function and a function of heat exchange function for heating the air entering the room to the outside in a heating state.

The air conditioner 1 for a hybrid environment control according to the present invention configured as described above can be selected as a manual mode or an automatic mode through the control unit 15. [

When the manual mode is selected, it is troublesome for the user to directly operate the air conditioner, the heating device, the air purifier 16, the humidifier 17, the ventilator 18, the oxygen generator 28, and the like. On the other hand, when the automatic mode is selected, the degree of contamination of the air, the humidity state, the temperature of the human body, and the like are measured through the air pollution sensor 25, the humidity sensor 26, the human body sensor 32, the illuminance sensor 33, At least one of the air conditioner, the heating device, the air purifier 16, the humidifier 17, the ventilator 18, and the oxygen generator 28 is selectively So that the indoor environment can be maintained in an optimal state suitable for human activities.

An air conditioner, an air purifier 16, a humidifier (not shown), and an air conditioner (not shown) are connected to the control unit 15, 17) can be solved. In particular, it is possible to provide an effect of enhancing the space utilization in a one-room or an office with a small indoor space, and it is possible to purify the polluted air, Can be maintained at 40 to 60%, thereby providing a pleasant indoor environment.

Hereinafter, a preferred operation example of the air conditioner 1 for a complex environment control provided by the present invention will be described.

First, the indoor air condition is sensed by the contamination detection sensor 25 installed in the control unit 15, and the ventilator 18 is operated according to the sensed value to ventilate the room air, Thereby discharging the contaminated air. At this time, since the ventilator 18 has a heat exchange function, heat exchange between the discharged polluted air and the fresh air is performed to maintain the indoor cooling or heating state. On the other hand, when the ventilation device 18 is operated, the ventilation function of the ventilation device 18 may be stopped when a detection signal of the pollution detection sensor 25 is generated due to high concentration of yellow dust, fine dust, etc. on the outside.

The control unit 15 drives the air conditioner when the room temperature is high (in the summer), and when the room temperature is low (the winter season), the air conditioner 29 ) To drive the heating system so that the room temperature is 20 to 25 degrees suitable for daily use.

When the indoor temperature reaches a temperature suitable for daily use, the indoor humidity is sensed and controlled by the humidity sensor 26. If the indoor humidity exceeds 60% (rainy season or summer), the air conditioner is driven in a dehumidifying state, If the temperature is below 40% (winter time), operate the humidifier (17) so that the room humidity is 40 to 60%.

Next, the fourth electric damper 31 provided in the fourth air supply pipe 30 connected to the oxygen generator 28 is driven to increase the concentration of saturated oxygen in the room.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiment, but should be determined by the equivalents as well as the claims that follow.

1: air conditioner for control of complex environment 2: indoor unit
3: outdoor unit 4: evaporator
5,8: blower fan 6: compressor
7: condenser 9: expansion valve
10: main body 11: suction grill
12: exhaust grill 13: filter element
14: Operation panel 15:
16: air purifier 16a: clean air discharge pipe
17: Humidifier 17a: Humidification nozzle
17b: Humidification water bottle 18: Ventilation device
19: air supply pipe 20: first air supply pipe
21: second air supply pipe 22: first electric damper
23: second electric damper 24: third electric damper
25: Pollution detection sensor 26: Humidity sensor
27: third air supply pipe 28: oxygen generator
29: heating regulator 30: fourth air supply pipe
31: Fourth electric damper 32: Human body detection sensor
33: illuminance sensor 34: clock

Claims (8)

A box-like main body 10 of a stand configuration; A suction grill (11) and an exhaust grill (12) formed on the lower front side and the upper side of the main body (10); An evaporator 4 of the air conditioner and a blowing fan 5 installed on the rear of the evaporator 4 installed on the main body 10 so as to be positioned on the back surface of the discharge grill 12; An air supply pipe 19 for guiding air supplied from the suction grill 11 to the air blowing fan 5 and a control unit 15 installed on the main body 10 to expose the operation panel 14 on the front surface of the main body 10 (2) for providing a cooling function and a dehumidifying function in a configuration including an indoor unit (2);
An air cleaner 16 installed inside the main body 10 and controlled by being electrically connected to the control unit 15;
A first air supply pipe (20) connecting the suction side of the air cleaner (16) and the air supply pipe (19) on the suction grill (11) side;
A clean air discharge pipe 16a connecting the discharge side of the air cleaner 16 and the discharge grill 12 side;
A first electric damper (22) installed in an air supply pipe (19) and controlled by a control unit (15);
A second electric damper (23) installed in the first air supply pipe (20) and controlled by the control unit (15);
A humidifier 17 provided inside the main body 10 and provided with a humidifying water container 17b detachably installed on the front or side of the main body 10 and electrically connected to the control unit 15;
The second grill 12 connecting the air supply pipe 19 and the humidifying nozzle 17a so as to discharge the humidification jetted from the humidifying nozzle 17a of the humidifier 17 located on the discharge grill 12 toward the discharge grill 12, An air supply pipe 21;
And a third electric damper (24) installed in the second air supply pipe (21) and controlled by the control unit (15).
The method of claim 1,
And a ventilator (18) installed on a wall separating the indoor and the outdoor, the indoor side of which is connected to the discharge grill (12) side and the third air supply pipe (27).
The method of claim 1,
The oxygen generator (28) is connected to the discharge side of the air cleaner (16) by a fourth air supply pipe (30);
Wherein the fourth air supply pipe (30) is provided with a fourth electric damper (31) so as to be controlled by the controller (15).
The method of claim 1,
Wherein the controller (15) is provided with a humidity sensor (26) so that the humidifier (17) can be driven when the humidity of the room is below a specific humidity.
The method of claim 1,
Wherein the control unit (15) is further provided with a contamination detection sensor (25) so that the air cleaner (16) can be driven in a state where indoor air is contaminated.
The method of claim 1,
The control unit 15 is provided with a human body sensor 32 for sensing the movement of a person, an illuminance sensor 33 for sensing night and day, and a light sensor 33 for compensating for the malfunction of the illuminance sensor 33 when the night illumination lamp is lit. And a clock (34) controlled by software is provided for use as the control base value of the control unit (15).
The method of claim 1,
Wherein the control unit (15) further comprises a heating control unit (29) for heating the room.
The method of claim 1,
The air conditioner, the air purifier 16, the humidifier 17, the ventilator 18, the oxygen generator 28 and the heating controller 29 are connected to the air pollution sensor 25, the humidity sensor 26, 32), the illuminance sensor (33), and the clock (34), the control unit (15) automatically controls the air conditioner.

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