WO2014174867A1 - 加湿装置及び加湿装置を備えた空気調和機 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a humidifier and an air conditioner equipped with a humidifier.
- the indoor temperature is set as the management standard value for the air environment in accordance with the so-called Building Sanitation Management Law (the Law Concerning the Hygienic Environment in Buildings). Is to be maintained at 17 [° C.] to 28 [° C.] and the relative humidity should be maintained at 40 [%] to 70 [%].
- the room temperature is managed relatively easily with the spread of air conditioners. However, it is difficult to say that the relative humidity is sufficiently controlled, and in particular, the lack of humidification in winter is a problem.
- conventional indoor humidification methods include a vaporization method, a steam method, and a water spray method.
- the vaporization type is a method of performing humidification in the room by allowing the moisture contained in the filter to exchange heat with the air flow by ventilating the filter having water absorption performance to evaporate the moisture from the filter.
- the steam method is a method of humidifying a room by evaporating moisture by energizing a heating means for heating water in the water storage tank.
- the water spraying method is a method in which moisture is refined by pressurizing moisture, and the refined moisture performs heat exchange with the airflow to humidify the room.
- a humidifying device constituted by inserting a plurality of rectangular strips of humidifying elements made of hydrophilic polyethylene into sintered compacts in a row at 1 cm intervals in a small box with a water tank.
- Patent Document 1 a humidifying device constituted by inserting a plurality of rectangular strips of humidifying elements made of hydrophilic polyethylene into sintered compacts in a row at 1 cm intervals in a small box with a water tank.
- a plurality of humidification elements formed of a water-absorbing material are installed in an air passage, and one end of the humidification element is immersed in a water supply tank to absorb water.
- a vaporization type humidifier configured to vaporize water absorbed by a humidifier element
- a humidifier having a raised portion formed on at least one surface of the humidifier element is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 2).
- a humidification unit in which a water retaining material partially formed with a convex portion is laminated on a porous composite sheet made of fibers such as polyethylene terephthalate. (For example, see Patent Document 4).
- JP-A-62-172120 page 3, Fig. 1-a) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-251032 (2nd page, FIG. 1) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-324930 (pages 4 to 6, FIGS. 2, 5, and 11) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-167469 (2nd to 3rd pages, FIGS. 1 to 4)
- the humidity of the air flow after passing through the humidifying element is improved by passing air between the humidifying elements.
- the air humidified by the moisture moving from the humidifying element is air passing through a position close to the surface layer portion of the humidifying element, for example, a range of several millimeters in the orthogonal direction from the surface layer portion of the humidifying element.
- the water does not move in the air that passes through the space that is away from the surface of the humidifying element. For this reason, the subject that the increase rate of the humidity after a humidification element passage was low occurred.
- a bulging portion is formed on at least one surface of the humidifying element, and air flowing between the bulging portion and the bulging portion provided adjacent thereto is in the air. It is thought that the humidification performance is improved because of the disturbance. However, since the air flowing between the humidifying element and the humidifying element provided adjacent thereto is hardly disturbed, there is a problem that it is difficult to obtain high humidifying performance.
- the humidifier described in Patent Document 3 is installed such that a wet plate (humidifier) faces the air flow.
- a wet plate humidityifier
- the air flow is configured to face all of the plurality of wet plates, there is a problem that the pressure loss increases and the load on the blower increases.
- a convex portion is formed on at least a part of a water retention material (humidification material), and a plurality of the water retention materials are stacked to constitute a humidification unit.
- the air flowing between the water retention materials is configured to flow in the direction parallel to the water retention material on the side surfaces of the water retention material, and the wind is not disturbed in the vicinity of the water retention material, so it is difficult to obtain high humidification performance. There was a problem that there was.
- the present invention has been made against the background of the above problems, and is intended to improve humidification performance while suppressing complication of processing of a humidifying material (humidifying element) and suppressing increase in pressure loss. It is possible to provide a humidifier capable of performing the above and an air conditioner including the humidifier.
- the humidifying device has a gap between one or more flat plate-shaped humidifiers formed of a water-absorbing member, water supply means for supplying water to the humidifier, and the humidifier.
- a wind direction deflecting unit for deflecting the air flow is provided.
- An air conditioner according to the present invention includes the humidifier.
- the present invention air flowing between the humidifying material and the wind direction deflecting plate is disturbed by the wind direction deflecting portion provided on the wind direction deflecting plate, so that the gas-liquid contact between the humidifying material and the air is promoted, and the humidifying is performed. Performance can be improved. Moreover, since the wind direction deflecting plate can be provided between the humidifying materials to improve the humidifying performance, the number of the humidifying materials can be reduced. For this reason, since the supply_amount
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a humidifying device 1 according to Embodiment 1.
- FIG. It is the schematic block diagram which looked at the humidification apparatus 1 which concerns on Embodiment 1 from right above orthogonal to a ventilation direction.
- 2 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of a humidifying material 4 according to Embodiment 1.
- FIG. It is a schematic block diagram of the air conditioner 20 provided with the humidification apparatus 1 which concerns on Embodiment 1.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a humidifying material 4 and a wind direction deflecting plate 5 according to a first example of Embodiment 1.
- FIG. FIG. 6 is a schematic sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 5.
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a humidifying material 4 and a wind direction deflecting plate 5 according to a second example of Embodiment 1.
- FIG. It is a schematic sectional drawing in the BB line of FIG. It is a graph which shows the measurement result of the humidification performance which concerns on the humidification apparatus 1 which concerns on the 2nd example of Embodiment 1, and a comparative example.
- FIG. 1 It is a graph which shows the measurement result of the angle (theta) 1 which the leeward side surface 6a and the flat plate surface 5a of the wind direction deflection
- FIG. It is the schematic block diagram which looked at the humidification apparatus 1 which concerns on Embodiment 2 from right above orthogonal to a ventilation direction. It is the schematic block diagram which looked at the humidification apparatus 1 which concerns on Embodiment 3 from right above orthogonal to a ventilation direction.
- FIG. 16 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. It is a schematic block diagram of the humidification apparatus 1 which concerns on Embodiment 5.
- FIG. It is the schematic block diagram which looked at the humidification apparatus 1 which concerns on Embodiment 5 from right above orthogonal to a ventilation direction.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a humidifying device 1 according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the humidifying device 1 according to Embodiment 1 as viewed from directly above perpendicular to the ventilation direction.
- the humidifier 1 includes a water reservoir 2 that stores humidified water 30 that humidifies the humidified space, a nozzle 3 that supplies the humidified water 30 from the water reservoir 2 to the humidifier 4, and a standing installation.
- a water reservoir 2 that stores humidified water 30 that humidifies the humidified space
- a nozzle 3 that supplies the humidified water 30 from the water reservoir 2 to the humidifier 4
- a standing installation One or more (three in FIG.
- the water reservoir 2, the nozzle 3, the humidifying material 4, the wind direction deflecting plate 5, and the drain pan 7 are fixed by an arbitrary support made of an arbitrary member such as synthetic resin or metal. Is done.
- the structure of this support body is not specifically limited, What is necessary is just to select suitably according to the use of the humidification apparatus 1.
- FIG. 1 The structure of this support body is not specifically limited, What is necessary is just to select suitably according to the use of the humidification apparatus 1.
- the humidifying water 30 may be pure water, tap water, soft water or hard water when the humidification space is intended to be humidified. However, in order to reduce the blockage of the gap 9 (described later in FIG. 3) of the humidifying material 4 caused by the scale typified by calcium carbonate, it is preferable that there are few mineral components containing calcium ions or magnesium ions. This is because when the humidified water 30 containing a large amount of minerals is used, the ionic component in the solution reacts with carbon dioxide to generate a solid, which may block the gap 9 of the humidifying material 4. Moreover, you may use the humidification water 30 which removed the ion component using the ion exchange membrane for cations and anions.
- the water storage unit 2 stores the humidified water 30 and supplies the humidified water 30 to the humidifying material 4 through the nozzle 3.
- the water storage unit 2 is provided with a drive unit such as a pump (not shown). When this drive unit operates, the humidified water 30 in the water storage unit 2 is supplied dropwise from the nozzle 3 to the upper portion of the humidifying material 4. .
- the drive part should just be what can convey the humidification water 30, for example, is a non-displacement pump or a positive displacement pump, and is not specifically limited.
- the nozzle 3 is installed immediately above the humidifying material 4, and supplies the humidifying water 30 conveyed from the water storage unit 2 by dropping it onto the upper portion of the humidifying material 4.
- the water storage part 2 and the nozzle 3 comprise the water supply means.
- the nozzle 3 has a hollow shape, and its outer diameter and inner diameter may be selected according to the size of the humidifying material 4.
- the tip shape of the nozzle 3 may be any shape such as a triangular pyramid shape, a circular tube shape, or a square tube shape, but here, as a preferable shape, the tip is a triangular pyramid shape, and the hole diameter of the outlet is 0.5 mm. .
- the tip of the nozzle 3 When the tip of the nozzle 3 has an acute angle, the water droplets are better cut off.
- the tip of the nozzle 3 is preferably an acute angle, but if it is too sharp, it is difficult to handle and the strength is fragile, so the acute angle is preferably in the range of 10 ° to 45 °. If the hole diameter at the outlet of the nozzle 3 is too large, the humidified water 30 is excessively supplied and wasteful water increases. On the other hand, if it is too small, particles or scales mixed in the humidified water 30 tend to clog the nozzle 3. For this reason, the hole diameter of the nozzle 3 is preferably in the range of 0.1 mm to 0.6 mm.
- the material of the nozzle 3 may be a metal such as stainless steel, tungsten, titanium, silver or copper, or a resin such as PTFE, polyethylene or polypropylene, but is not limited thereto.
- the number of the nozzles 3 can be selected in consideration of the length of the humidifying material 4 in the ventilation direction, that is, the length from the windward end to the leeward end of the humidifying material 4.
- the length of the humidifying material 4 in the ventilation direction is increased, if the number of the nozzles 3 is one, the moisture content may be uneven in the ventilation direction of the humidifying material 4. It is good to provide along the direction.
- the number of the nozzles 3 may be one if the length of the humidifying material 4 in the ventilation direction is 60 mm or less.
- the quantity of the humidification water 30 supplied to the humidification material 4 from the nozzle 3 it is necessary to increase more than the quantity of water actually used for humidification, but even if it increases too much, the waste water discharged
- the humidifying performance of the humidifying material 4 is 2000 mL / h / m 2
- the size of the humidifying material 4 is 200 ⁇ 50 mm, and both the front and back sides can be humidified
- the amount of humidification per humidifying material 4 Is 40 mL / h, so it is desirable to supply the humidified water 30 in the range of 60 to 200 mL / h, which is 1.5 to 5 times that.
- a water absorbing body made of an arbitrary water absorbing material may be provided between the nozzle 3 and the humidifying material 4 so as to be in contact with the humidifying material 4.
- a water absorbing body made of an arbitrary water absorbing material may be provided between the nozzle 3 and the humidifying material 4 so as to be in contact with the humidifying material 4.
- the nozzles 3 are provided for each of the plurality of humidifying materials 4, the number of nozzles 3 increases, and there is a possibility that appropriate dropping cannot be performed. For this reason, even if the water absorbing body is provided so as to straddle the plurality of humidifying materials 4 and the humidifying water 30 is supplied from the nozzle 3 to the water absorbing body, even if there are a plurality of the humidifying materials 4.
- the humidified water 30 can be supplied to the humidifying material 4 more reliably.
- the humidifying material 4 is composed of a water absorbing member and has, for example, a three-dimensional network structure.
- the three-dimensional network structure is a structure similar to a resin foam having high water absorption such as sponge.
- FIG. 3 is a partial enlarged cross-sectional view of the humidifying material 4 according to the first embodiment.
- the humidifying material 4 includes a trunk portion 10 and a plurality of gap portions 9 formed in the trunk portion 10.
- the material of the humidifying material 4 according to the present embodiment is, for example, a porous metal, ceramic, resin, or fiber, and these are configured as a foam or a mesh.
- the humidifying material 4 is a metal
- the metal species include metals such as titanium, copper or nickel, noble metals such as gold, silver or platinum, or nickel alloys or cobalt alloys. And the like. These can be used alone or in combination of two or more.
- titanium suppresses the generation of discharge products such as ozone due to its catalytic effect, has good resistance to electric corrosion and electric wear, and further maintains the shape of the humidifying material 4 for a long period of time. It is the most preferable metal species because it can be humidified stably.
- the material is not particularly limited, but specific examples include alumina, zirconia, mullite, cordierite, silicon carbide and the like.
- the humidifying material 4 is a resin
- the material is not particularly limited, and specific examples include polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene / vinyl acetate copolymer, and the like.
- the humidifying material 4 is a fiber
- the material is not particularly limited, and specific examples include acetate, polyester, nylon, and the like.
- what formed the porous body by using resin as a material and coated with metal powder may be used.
- the surface layer of the humidifying material 4 may be subjected to a hydrophilization treatment from the viewpoint of increasing the amount of humidified water 30 retained and preventing deterioration of water absorption performance.
- a hydrophilization treatment from the viewpoint of increasing the amount of humidified water 30 retained and preventing deterioration of water absorption performance.
- the hydrophilic treatment method for example, the hydrophilic treatment by coating with a hydrophilic resin or the hydrophilic treatment by corona discharge may be performed.
- the shape of the humidifying material 4 is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, a flat plate shape, a quadrangular prism shape, or a cylindrical shape, and may be appropriately adjusted according to the size of the humidifying device 1 to be manufactured.
- the length of the humidifying material 4 in the ventilation direction is preferably 100 mm or less.
- the humidified water 30 in the humidified material 4 diffuses into the gas phase and is humidified. Since the water concentration in the water increases and the water saturation increases, when the humidifying material 4 is lengthened in the ventilation direction, the humidifying performance per unit area is lowered. For this reason, as for the length of the ventilation direction of the humidification material 4, 100 mm or less is desirable.
- the thickness of the humidification material 4 suitably according to the magnitude
- the sheet-like humidifying material 4 After producing the sheet-like humidifying material 4 of 0.5 mm or more and 2 mm or less, it can be cut into a desired shape and processed into a desired shape.
- the processing method is not particularly limited, and various methods such as wire cutting, laser cutting, press punching, shaving, manual cutting, or bending can be employed.
- the wind direction deflecting plate 5 has one or a plurality of wind direction deflecting units 6 and is installed next to the humidifying material 4 with a certain gap.
- the wind direction deflecting plate 5 is disposed between the humidifying materials 4 via a certain gap, and the humidifying material 4 and the wind direction deflecting plate 5 are Line up alternately.
- the wind direction deflecting plate 5 is disposed with a certain gap between the humidifying material 4.
- the wind direction deflecting plate 5 changes the flow of the air 31 so that the air is blown in the normal direction with respect to the plane of the one or more humidifying materials 4.
- the wind direction deflecting plate 5 is installed in a direction in which the flat plate surface 5 a coincides with the air flow direction of the air 31.
- the wind direction deflecting unit 6 is provided on a flat plate surface 5a which is a surface facing the humidifying material 4 of the wind direction deflecting plate 5, and is used to deflect air in a normal direction with respect to the plane of the humidifying material 4 from the flat plate surface 5a. It is a protruding member.
- the wind direction deflecting unit 6 is configured in a plate shape extending along the height direction of the wind direction deflecting plate 5.
- a plurality of wind direction deflecting portions 6 are arranged at equal intervals along the ventilation direction for each of the flat plate surfaces 5 a on both sides of the wind direction deflecting plate 5.
- the angle of the air which collides with the surface of the humidifying material 4 may collide with the plane of the humidifying material 4 at a certain angle, not only in the normal direction.
- the tip of the wind direction deflecting unit 6 in the protruding direction from the wind direction deflecting plate 5 is not in contact with the humidifying material 4, and between the tip of the wind direction deflecting unit 6 and the humidifying material 4. There is a wind passage in the area.
- the wind direction deflecting unit 6 can be formed by performing wire cutting, laser cutting or pressing on a thin metal plate. It is not limited to these. Further, the wind direction deflecting unit 6 made of a separate member may be fixed to the flat surface 5 a of the wind direction deflecting plate 5.
- deviation plate 5 should just be a thing which can maintain the shape of the wind direction deflection
- a metal, a ceramic, resin, a fiber, or a foam and a mesh body may be sufficient as it. .
- FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of the air conditioner 20 including the humidifier according to the first embodiment.
- the air conditioner 20 includes an air conditioner casing 21 having an air passage inside, a filter 22 provided at an air inlet to the air conditioner casing 21, and a blower disposed inside the air conditioner casing 21. 23 and the heat exchanger 24, and the humidifier 1 that is also disposed inside the air conditioner housing 21.
- the blower 23, the heat exchanger 24, and the humidifying device 1 are arranged in order from the upstream side in the direction of ventilation of the wind generated by the operation of the blower 23, but these arrangements are limited to those illustrated.
- the humidifier 1 may be arranged on either the windward side or the leeward side of the heat exchanger 24.
- blower 23 as a blower unit having a fan and a motor for rotating the fan is operated, air outside the air conditioner housing 21 is sucked into the blower 23 through the filter 22 and is sent out from the blower 23.
- the air sent from the blower 23 is heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger 24 and is humidified by the humidifier 1.
- the humidified water 30 stored in the water storage unit 2 is conveyed to the nozzle 3, and the nozzle 3 to which the humidified water 30 is conveyed drops the humidified water 30 from above the humidified material 4 toward the upper portion of the humidified material 4. .
- the humidification water 30 is supplied to the humidification material 4.
- the air 31 sent from the ventilation means flows in the vicinity of the humidifying material 4 as shown in FIG. 2, and by the gas-liquid contact between the humidified water 30 held in a part of the air 31 and the humidifying material 4,
- the humidified water 30 evaporates.
- the air 31 containing the evaporated water is supplied to the humidification space, and the humidification space is humidified.
- the other part of the air 31 sent from the blowing means collides with the wind direction deflecting plate 5 having the wind direction deflecting unit 6 provided between the one or a plurality of humidifying materials 4, and is on the plane of the humidifying material 4.
- the air 31 is deflected in the normal direction, thereby causing a disturbance in the flow of the air 31.
- the gas-liquid contact between the disturbed air 31 and the humidifying material 4 is promoted, thereby increasing the evaporability and increasing the humidification degree of the humidifying target space.
- the excess humidified water 30 that has not been used for humidifying is dropped from the humidifying material 4 and received by the drain pan 7 provided at the lower portion of the humidifying material 4, and is not shown in the figure. It is discharged from the hole to the outside.
- the humidified air is supplied to the humidification space by the operation of the humidification operation of the humidifier 1 as described above.
- the humidifier 1 when the humidifier 1 is installed on the windward side of the heat exchanger 24, the air 31 outside the air conditioner housing 21 is air-conditioned via the filter 22 when the blower 23 operates. The air is sucked into the machine casing 21 and humidified by the humidifier 1. The air 31 humidified by the humidifier 1 is heated or cooled by heat exchange in the heat exchanger 24 and supplied to the air-conditioning target space.
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the humidifying material 4 and the wind direction deflecting plate 5 according to the first example of the first embodiment.
- 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 5 and 6, a plurality of rectangular openings 8 that are long in the vertical direction are formed at intervals along the ventilation direction.
- a plate-like wind direction deflecting portion 6 protrudes from one side on the windward side of the opening 8. As shown in FIG.
- the angle ⁇ ⁇ b> 1 formed by the leeward side surface 6 a of the wind direction deflecting unit 6 and the flat plate surface 5 a of the wind direction deflecting plate 5 is 30 °.
- the protruding length ⁇ of the wind direction deflecting unit 6 from the flat surface 5a of the wind direction deflecting plate 5 is, for example, 1.9 mm.
- the wind direction deflecting units 6 are provided alternately (in a zigzag manner) in the ventilation direction with respect to the flat plate surfaces 5 a on both sides of the wind direction deflecting plate 5.
- deviation plate 5 is comprised with the stainless steel plate.
- the wind direction deflecting plate 5 shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 As a manufacturing method of the wind direction deflecting plate 5 shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, for example, a stainless plate is pressed so as to form the remaining three sides excluding one long side of the four sides of the rectangular opening 8. A kerf is formed, and a tongue piece (a part of the stainless steel plate) formed inside the kerf is bent by an angle ⁇ 1 to form a wind direction deflecting unit 6.
- deviation part 6 and the opening part 8 can be formed from one stainless steel board.
- FIG. 7 is a graph showing the measurement results of the humidifying device 1 according to the first example of Embodiment 1 and the humidifying performance according to the comparative example.
- the horizontal axis represents the wind speed of the air flowing between the humidifying materials 4
- the vertical axis represents the humidification performance of the humidified material 4 per unit area and unit time.
- the humidification amount is a value calculated from the amount of change in absolute humidity, the amount of processing air, and the density of air
- the humidification performance on the vertical axis is a value obtained by dividing the area of the humidifying material 4 from the humidification amount.
- Reference numeral 101 shown in FIG. 7 indicates that the humidifying material 4 and the wind direction deflecting plate 5 according to the first example of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. It is a measurement result of the humidification performance at the time of ventilating.
- Reference numeral 102 shown in FIG. 7 represents Comparative Example 1, and instead of the wind direction deflecting plate 5 having the wind direction deflecting unit 6, a flat metal plate made of stainless steel is provided similarly to the wind direction deflecting plate 5. It is a measurement result of the humidification performance at the time of ventilating the air 31 with respect to the modification which has arrange
- Comparative Example 1 in which the humidifying material 4 and the flat metal plate are arranged at intervals of 2 mm, the humidifying performance was improved in proportion to the wind speed between the humidifying materials.
- Comparative Example 2 indicated by reference numeral 103 also shows the same tendency as Comparative Example 1.
- the present embodiment having the wind direction deflecting plate 5 instead of the flat metal plate also has the same tendency in that the humidifying performance is improved in proportion to the wind speed between the humidifying materials. However, it was shown that the humidification performance is higher than that of the comparative example.
- the air direction deflecting plate 5 causes the air 31 to collide with the plane of the humidifying material 4 to be turbulent in the vicinity of the plane portion of the humidifying material 4, thereby changing the inclination of the humidifying performance. it is conceivable that.
- the amount and area of the humidifying material 4 used are the same, but the humidifying performance is greatly improved.
- the air 31 between the humidifying material 4 and the wind direction deflecting plate 5 is disturbed by the wind direction deflecting plate 5 having the wind direction deflecting unit 6, and the humidifying material is generated by vortex, convection, and collision with the humidifying material 4.
- the vapor-liquid contact between the humidifying material 4 and the air 31 is promoted and the humidifying performance is improved by reducing the thickness of the water vapor saturated layer on the surface portion 4.
- FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the humidifying material 4 and the wind direction deflecting plate 5 according to the second example of the first embodiment.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.
- the configurations of the humidifying material 4 and the wind direction deflecting plate 5 themselves shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 are the same as those shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, but the direction in which the air 31 flows is different. That is, as shown in FIG. 9, the leeward surface 6a of the wind direction deflecting section 6 is opposite to the leeward surface 6a shown in FIG.
- the flat plate surface 5a of the wind direction deflecting plate 5 is 30 °, which is the same as the angle ⁇ 1 shown in FIG. 6, and the surface 6a on the leeward side.
- FIG. 10 is a graph showing measurement results of the humidifying performance according to the humidifying apparatus 1 according to the second example of the first embodiment and the comparative example.
- the horizontal and vertical axes in FIG. 10 are the same as those in FIG. Reference numeral 104 shown in FIG. 10 indicates that the humidifying material 4 and the wind direction deflecting plate 5 according to the second example of the present embodiment shown in FIGS.
- It is a measurement result of humidification performance in the case of. 10 replaces the wind direction deflecting plate 5 having the wind direction deflecting unit 6 with a flat metal plate made of stainless steel similar to the wind direction deflecting plate 5, and the humidifying material 4 and the metal plate are separated by 2 mm.
- the humidifying performance is improved in proportion to the wind speed between the humidifying materials. As can be seen, the humidification performance was the same regardless of the flow direction of the air 31.
- the humidification performance is proportional to the wind speed between the humidifying materials.
- the tendency to increase was the same as the comparative example.
- the inclination of the humidifying performance with respect to the wind speed between the humidifying materials is almost the same as that of the comparative example, and this point is different from the first example of the present embodiment.
- the angle ⁇ 1 formed by the flat plate surface 5a of the wind direction deflecting plate 5 and the windward side surface 6b of the wind direction deflecting unit 6 is 30 on one side of the opening 8 having a plurality of openings 8 and far from the windward side.
- the wind direction deflecting plate 5 provided with the wind direction deflecting unit 6 is provided (the projection length ⁇ of the wind direction deflecting unit 6 from the flat plate surface 5a is 1.9 mm)
- the humidification performance is improved, but the wind speed between the humidifying materials is increased.
- the slope of the humidification performance with respect to is almost unchanged. This is considered to be due to the effect of the wind direction deflecting plate 5 that the collision with the humidifying material 4 is promoted to improve the humidifying performance.
- the inclination of the humidifying performance with respect to the wind speed between the humidifying materials does not change, the effect of the turbulence of the air 31 is exerted. It is thought that it has not come out or is slight.
- FIG. 11 is a graph showing an angle ⁇ 1 formed by the leeward side surface 6a of the wind direction deflecting unit 6 and the flat plate surface 5a of the humidifying device 1 according to Embodiment 1 and the measurement result of the humidification performance.
- the horizontal axis indicates the angle ⁇ ⁇ b> 1
- the vertical axis indicates the humidification amount of the humidified material 4 per unit area and unit time.
- ⁇ 90 °
- the value of ⁇ (90 ° ⁇ 1) is small, that is, the closer the angle ⁇ 1 is to 90 °, the higher the humidification performance. large.
- the humidification performance is improved by increasing the angle ⁇ 1, that is, increasing the angle at which the tip of the wind direction deflecting unit 6 moves away from the flat surface 5a toward the windward side. Show a tendency to However, in the range where the angle ⁇ 1 is larger than 90 °, the humidification performance tends to decrease as the angle ⁇ 1 is increased.
- the wind direction deflecting section 6 of the wind direction deflecting plate 5 is provided at equal intervals on the flat plate surface 5a of the wind direction deflecting plate 5 through which the air 31 passes, and protrudes in the direction intersecting with the air flow direction of the air 31. It is preferable to be provided so as to collide with 31. Desirably, an angle ⁇ 1 formed by the flat plate surface 5a of the wind direction deflecting plate 5 and the leeward side surface 6a of the wind direction deflecting unit 6 (the wind direction deflecting unit 6 moves away from the flat plate surface 5a of the wind direction deflecting plate 5 in the upwind direction. It is desirable to form the wind direction deflecting section 6 so that the angle) is 90 ° or less.
- the wind direction deflecting plate 5 shown in FIGS. 5 and 8 includes a series of wind direction deflecting units 6 extending in the vertical direction at intermediate portions sandwiched between the upper and lower ends of the wind direction deflecting plate 5.
- the specific shape of the deflecting unit 6 is not limited to this, and may be configured as follows.
- 12A and 12B are diagrams for explaining the wind direction deflecting plate 5 according to a modification of the first embodiment.
- FIG. 12A is a perspective view of the humidifying material 4 and the wind direction deflecting plate 5, and FIG. 4 and the wind direction deflecting plate 5 as viewed from the direction of ventilation.
- a plurality of wind direction deflecting sections 6 are provided at intervals in the vertical direction with respect to each opening section 8.
- deviation part 6 protrudes from the flat surface 5a of the both sides of the wind direction deflection
- the shape of the wind direction deflecting unit 6 may be a flat plate, a cylinder, a cone, a prism, a pyramid, etc., and the shape of the wind direction deflecting unit 6 may be determined in consideration of workability. Further, the wind direction deflecting section 6 may be arranged in a staggered manner or in parallel with respect to both of the flat surface 5a that is a passage surface of the air 31 in the wind direction deflecting plate 5.
- FIG. 13 is a schematic configuration diagram of the humidifier 1 according to Embodiment 2 as viewed from directly above perpendicular to the ventilation direction.
- a plurality of wind direction deflecting sections 6 are arranged at equal intervals along the ventilation direction on the flat surface 5a of the wind direction deflecting plate 5 through which the air 31 passes. It was.
- deviation parts 6 in a ventilation direction is made wider on the windward side with respect to the leeward side.
- the humidifying operation is performed by supplying the humidifying water 30 to the humidifying material 4, the air 31 on the leeward side of the humidifying material 4 is humidified, so that the air 31 on the leeward side has a higher relative humidity than the upwind side. Since the humidifying capacity is proportional to the vapor pressure, the humidifying performance decreases when the humidity in the air is high. Therefore, the humidified water 30 that evaporates from the humidifying material 4 decreases as it goes down the humidifying material 4. For this reason, a plurality of wind direction deflecting plates 5 are provided in the wind direction deflecting plate 5 such that the wind direction is wider in the wind direction than the lee side so that humidification is promoted on the lee side of the humidifying material 4. The wind direction deflecting unit 6 is provided.
- the low-humidity air 31 flows into the windward side of the humidifying material 4, humidification on the windward side is promoted.
- the scale component contained in the tap water may be deposited on the windward side of the humidifying material 4 to block the pores of the humidifying material 4, thereby reducing the humidifying performance.
- the amount of evaporation of the humidifying material 4 can be made closer to the windward side and the leeward side, and the precipitation of the scale is also made closer to the uniform. Therefore, the life of the humidifying material 4 can be extended.
- FIG. 14 is a schematic configuration diagram of the humidifier 1 according to Embodiment 3 as viewed from directly above perpendicular to the ventilation direction.
- a plurality of wind direction deflecting sections 6 are arranged at equal intervals along the ventilation direction on the flat surface 5a of the wind direction deflecting plate 5 through which the air 31 passes. It was.
- deviation parts 6 in a ventilation direction is made narrower on the windward side with respect to the leeward side.
- the humidifying capacity is proportional to the vapor pressure, so that the humidifying performance is improved if the humidity in the air is low.
- a plurality of wind direction deflecting plates 5 are provided in the wind direction deflecting plate 5 such that the wind direction is narrower than the leeward side in the ventilation direction so that humidification is promoted on the windward side of the humidifying material 4.
- the wind direction deflecting unit 6 is provided.
- FIG. 15 is a schematic block diagram which looked at the humidification apparatus 1 which concerns on Embodiment 4 from right above orthogonal to a ventilation direction.
- 16 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.
- the wind direction deflecting unit 6 is provided on the flat plate surface 5 a of the wind direction deflecting plate 5 through which the air 31 passes, and the tip of the wind direction deflecting unit 6 and the humidification are provided.
- the fourth embodiment is different in that a part of the wind direction deflecting section 6 disposed on the leeward side contacts the humidifying material 4 as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16. Although a part of the wind direction deflecting part 6 contacts the humidifying material 4 facing the wind direction deflecting part 6, the wind direction deflecting part 6 does not completely block the air path, and an opening 6 c is formed in a part of the wind direction deflecting part 6 as shown in FIG. And a wind path is secured between the wind direction deflecting plate 5 and the humidifying material 4.
- the shape of the opening 6 c provided in the wind direction deflecting unit 6 is not limited to that shown in FIG. 16, and any shape that becomes the air path of the air 31 can be adopted.
- the air is humidified from the air 31 on the windward side of the humidifying material 4, so that the temperature of the air 31 on the leeward side is lowered by the heat of vaporization of water. For this reason, low temperature air is exposed to the humidifier 4 on the leeward side.
- the vapor pressure decreases as the temperature decreases. Therefore, the evaporating property is lowered on the leeward side of the humidifying material 4 and the improvement of the humidifying performance is hindered. Therefore, in the fourth embodiment, a part of the wind direction deflecting unit 6 is configured to come into contact with the humidifying material 4 installed with a space therebetween.
- the humidifying performance can be improved. Moreover, since the performance improvement of the humidification material 4 single-piece
- the effect of the fourth embodiment can be further obtained. It is done.
- the leeward side of the humidifying material 4 is preferable for the location where the wind direction deflecting portion 6 contacts the humidifying material 4.
- the temperature of the air 31 is lowered by the heat of vaporization of water, so that the leeward side portion of the humidifying material 4 receives heat from the wind direction deflecting unit 6 by contacting with the wind direction deflecting unit 6 on the leeward side of the humidifying material 4. It can supply and the temperature fall of the leeward side of the humidification material 4 can be suppressed.
- FIG. 17 is a schematic configuration diagram of the humidifier 1 according to the fifth embodiment.
- FIG. 18 is a schematic configuration diagram of the humidifying device 1 according to Embodiment 5 as viewed from directly above perpendicular to the ventilation direction.
- the nozzle 3 is arranged at one central position in the ventilation direction of the humidifying material 4, and the humidifying water 30 is supplied to the humidifying material 4 from the nozzle 3 at this one location. I was supplying.
- a plurality of nozzles 3 are provided on the upper side of the humidifying material 4 along the ventilation direction.
- each nozzle 3 is disposed on the upper portion of the humidifying material 4 facing the wind direction deflecting unit 6.
- the humidifying performance is greatly increased as compared with the comparative example in which the metal plate is provided.
- the evaporability of the humidifying water 30 is increased by the turbulent air 31.
- impurities in the tap water are likely to accumulate in the humidifying material 4 in the vicinity of the wind direction deflecting unit 6.
- calcium ions do not evaporate, they are concentrated in the humidifying material 4, and carbon dioxide and calcium ions in the gas phase react to produce solid calcium carbonate.
- this calcium carbonate covers the surface of the humidifying material 4, deteriorates the water absorption performance of the humidifying material 4, and ultimately reduces the humidifying performance.
- deviation part 6 advances by arrange
- the nozzle 3 is disposed in the wind direction deflecting unit in the humidifying material 4.
- the upper portion of the portion facing 6 is not strictly limited.
- the humidifying material 4 in the vicinity of the wind direction deflecting unit 6 is likely to evaporate the humidifying water 30 by the turbulent air 31, but the nozzle 3 is provided at the site of the humidifying material 4 where the evaporation easily proceeds as in the fifth embodiment.
- the nozzle 3 is provided at the site of the humidifying material 4 where the evaporation easily proceeds as in the fifth embodiment.
- unit can be aimed at, the required number of the humidification materials 4 can be reduced. For this reason, the supply amount of the humidified water 30 can also be reduced, and it can be operated at a low running cost.
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(加湿装置の構成)
図1は、実施の形態1に係る加湿装置1の概略構成図である。図2は、実施の形態1に係る加湿装置1を、通風方向に対して直交する直上から見た概略構成図である。
図1で示されるように、加湿装置1は、加湿空間を加湿する加湿水30を貯留する貯水部2と、この貯水部2から加湿水30を加湿材4に供給するノズル3と、立設された一以上(図1では三つ)の加湿材4と、風向偏向部6を有し加湿材4の側面部と対向して配置された風向偏向板5と、加湿材4から滴下する余剰水を受けるドレンパン7とを備える。複数の加湿材4及び風向偏向板5は、互いに隙間を空けて交互に配置されており、図示しない送風手段から送られる空気31がこの隙間を通過する構成である。なお、本明細書における風向偏向とは、空気の流れ方向を変化させることを示す。
ノズル3は、加湿材4の直上に設置されており、貯水部2から搬送された加湿水30を加湿材4の上部に滴下して供給するものである。本実施の形態では、貯水部2及びノズル3が給水手段を構成している。ノズル3は、中空形状であり、その外径及び内径は加湿材4の大きさに応じて選択すればよい。また、ノズル3の先端形状は、三角錐形状、円管形状又は四角管形状等のいずれの形状でもよいが、ここでは好ましい形状として先端が三角錐形状とし、出口の孔径を0.5mmとした。ノズル3の先端を鋭角とした方が、水滴の切れがよい。ノズル3の先端は、より鋭角の方が好ましいが、あまり鋭角にすると取り扱いが難しくなり強度面でも脆くなることから、鋭角の角度としては10°~45°の範囲が好ましい。また、ノズル3の出口の孔径があまり大きすぎると加湿水30が過剰に供給されて無駄な水が増加する一方で、小さすぎると加湿水30に混入した粒子やスケールがノズル3に詰まりやすい。このため、ノズル3の孔径としては、0.1mm~0.6mmの範囲が好ましい。
加湿材4は、吸水性部材で構成され、例えば三次元網目構造を有する。三次元網目構造とは、スポンジ等の吸水性が高い樹脂発泡体と同様の構造である。
ここで、加湿材4の一例を具体的に説明する。図3は、実施の形態1に係る加湿材4の部分拡大断面図である。図3で示されるように、加湿材4は、胴部10、及び胴部10の中に形成された複数の隙間部9によって構成されている。本実施の形態に係る加湿材4の材質は、例えば、多孔質の金属、セラミック、樹脂、又は繊維であり、これらが発泡体、又は網目体に構成される。
加湿材4が樹脂の場合、その材質は特に限定されるものではないが、具体例としては、ポリエチレン、ポリプロピレン、エチレン・酢酸ビニル共重合体等が挙げられる。
加湿材4が繊維の場合、その材質は特に限定されるものではないが、具体例としては、アセテート、ポリエステル、ナイロン等が挙げられる。また、樹脂を材質として多孔質体を形成したものに、金属の粉末をコーティングしたものを用いてもよい。
風向偏向板5は、一又は複数の風向偏向部6を有し、加湿材4の隣に一定の隙間を設けて設置される。本実施の形態のように複数の加湿材4を設けた場合には、加湿材4どうしの間に一定の隙間を介して風向偏向板5が配置され、加湿材4と風向偏向板5とが交互に並ぶ。また、加湿材4が一つである場合には、その加湿材4との間に一定の隙間を設けて風向偏向板5が配置される。この風向偏向板5は、一又は複数の加湿材4の平面に対して法線方向へ送風されるように空気31の流れを変えるものである。風向偏向板5は、その平板面5aが、空気31の通風方向と一致する向きで設置される。
図4は、実施の形態1に係る加湿装置を備えた空気調和機20の概略構成図である。空気調和機20は、内部に通風路を有する空調機筐体21と、空調機筐体21への空気の流入口に設けられたフィルター22と、空調機筐体21の内部に配置された送風機23及び熱交換器24と、同じく空調機筐体21の内部に配置された加湿装置1とを備える。図4の例では、送風機23の動作によって生じる風の通風方向の上流側から順に、送風機23、熱交換器24、及び加湿装置1が配置されているが、これらの配置は図示のものに限定されない。加湿装置1は、熱交換器24の風上側と風下側のいずれに配置されていてもよい。ファン及びこのファンを回転させるモータを有する送風手段としての送風機23が動作すると、空調機筐体21の外部の空気がフィルター22を通って送風機23に吸引され、送風機23から送出される。送風機23から送出された空気は、熱交換器24にて熱交換され、加湿装置1にて加湿される。
次に、図1及び図2を参照しながら、本実施の形態に係る加湿装置1の動作について説明する。
次に、図4を参照して、本実施の形態に係る加湿装置1を備えた空気調和機20の動作を説明する。
図4に示すように、送風機23が動作すると、空調機筐体21の外部の空気31がフィルター22を介して空調機筐体21内に吸い込まれ、熱交換器24において熱交換して加熱又は冷却され、加湿装置1内に流入する。加湿装置1内に流入した熱交換後の空気31は、加湿装置1の動作において前述したように加湿材4が含有する加湿水30によって加湿され、空調対象空間に供給される。
本実施の形態の加湿装置1及び加湿装置1を備えた空気調和機20の作用について、風向偏向板5に設けられた風向偏向部6に係る作用を中心に説明する。
まず、図5、図6に示す風向偏向部6を有する風向偏向板5を備えた実施の形態に係る加湿装置1と、風向偏向板5に代えて風向偏向部6を有さない金属板を備えた比較例に係る加湿装置との作用の違いを説明する。
図5は、実施の形態1の第一の例に係る加湿材4及び風向偏向板5の斜視図である。図6は、図5のA-A線における概略断面図である。図5、図6に示す風向偏向板5には、上下方向に長い矩形の開口部8が、通風方向に沿って間隔をあけて複数形成されている。この開口部8の風上側の一辺から、板状の風向偏向部6が突出している。図6に示すように、風向偏向部6の風下側の面6aと、風向偏向板5の平板面5aとの成す角度θ1は、30°である。風向偏向板5の平板面5aからの風向偏向部6の突出長さαは、例えば1.9mmである。また、図6に示すように、風向偏向部6は、風向偏向板5の両側の平板面5aに対して通風方向に交互に(千鳥状に)設けられている。また、風向偏向板5は、ステンレス板で構成されている。
図7に示す符号102は、比較例1を示すものであり、風向偏向部6を有する風向偏向板5に代えて、風向偏向板5と同じくステンレスで構成された平板状の金属板を設け、加湿材4と金属板とを2mm間隔で配置した変形例に対し、空気31を通風した場合の加湿性能の測定結果である。
図7に示す符号103は、比較例2を示すものであり、風向偏向部6を有する風向偏向板5に代えて、加湿材4を設け、隣り合う加湿材4と加湿材4とを2mm間隔で配置した変形例に対し、空気31を通風した場合の加湿性能の測定結果である。
また、符号101にて示すように、平板状の金属板の代わりに風向偏向板5を備えた本実施の形態も、加湿材間風速に比例して加湿性能が向上するという点では同様な傾向であるが、比較例よりも加湿性能が高いことが示された。また、加湿材間風速に対する加湿性能の傾きを比較すると、符号101に示す風向偏向板5を使用した本実施の形態の方が、比較例1、2よりも傾きが大きい。これは、本実施の形態1では、風向偏向板5により空気31が加湿材4の平面に衝突して加湿材4の平面部近傍で乱流化されたことで、加湿性能の傾きが変化したと考えられる。
図10に示す符号104は、図8及び図9に示した本実施の形態の第二の例に係る加湿材4及び風向偏向板5を、2mm間隔で配置したものに対し、空気31を通風した場合の加湿性能の測定結果である。
図10に示す符号102は、風向偏向部6を有する風向偏向板5に代えて、風向偏向板5と同じくステンレスで構成された平板状の金属板を設け、加湿材4と金属板とを2mm間隔で配置した変形例に対し、図8及び図9と同じ向きで空気31を通風した場合の加湿性能の測定結果である。
図11は、実施の形態1に係る加湿装置1の風向偏向部6の風下側の面6aと平板面5aとが成す角度θ1と、加湿性能の計測結果を示すグラフである。図11では、横軸に角度θ1を示し、縦軸に、加湿材4の単位面積及び単位時間当たりの加湿量を加湿性能として示している。図11に示すように、角度θ1が90°のときに、最大の加湿性能を示しており、±(90°-θ1)の値が小さい、つまり角度θ1が90°に近いほど、加湿性能が大きい。
図12は、実施の形態1の変形例に係る風向偏向板5を説明する図であり、図12(a)は加湿材4及び風向偏向板5の斜視図、図12(b)は加湿材4及び風向偏向板5を通風方向から見た図である。図12に示す例では、各開口部8に対し、上下方向に間隔をあけて複数の風向偏向部6が設けられている。そして、図12(b)に示すように、風向偏向板5の両側の平板面5aから、上下方向において左右交互に千鳥状に、風向偏向部6が突出している。このような構成であっても、空気31に乱流を形成することができ、空気31と加湿材4との気液接触を促進して加湿性能を向上させることができる。
以上の構成のように、本実施の形態に係る加湿装置1、及び加湿装置1を備えた空気調和機20によれば、加湿材4の隣、又は複数枚の加湿材4どうしの間に一定の隙間を介して風向偏向部6を有する風向偏向板5を設けた。このため、加湿材4の枚数、面積を増加させることなく、また加湿材4の形状に複雑な加工を施すことなく、加湿材4からの加湿量を大幅に増加させることができる。さらに、加湿材4単体の性能向上を図ることができるため、加湿材4の必要枚数を減らすことができる。このため、加湿水30の供給量も低減でき、低ランニングコストで動作させることができる。また、加湿材4は平板構造であり、その対面に風向偏向板5を設ける構造であることから、例えば、加湿材4自体を変形させて空気を乱流化する構造と比較すると低い圧力損失とすることができる。
本実施の形態に係る加湿装置1について、実施の形態1と相違する点を中心に説明する。なお、本実施の形態で示す加湿装置1は、実施の形態1と同様に空気調和機20に適用することができる。
図13は、実施の形態2に係る加湿装置1を、通風方向に対して直交する直上から見た概略構成図である。前述の実施の形態1では、例えば図2に示したように、空気31が通過する風向偏向板5の平板面5aに、複数の風向偏向部6が通風方向に沿って等間隔で配置されていた。一方、本実施の形態2では、図13に示すように、通風方向における風向偏向部6どうしの間隔を、風下側に対して風上側の方を広くしている。
本実施の形態2のように、風上側ほど風向偏向部6どうしの間隔が広くなるように構成することで、風下側で空気31の乱流化が促進され、乱流化した空気31が風上側の加湿材4の平面と接触すると高い蒸発性で空気31が加湿される。このため、風上側に比べて水の飽和率が高い風下側の空気31に対して、高効率で加湿でき、高い加湿量を実現することができる。また、加湿材4単体の性能向上を図ることができるため、加湿材4の必要枚数を減らすことができる。このため、加湿水30の供給量も低減でき、低ランニングコストで動作させることができる。
本実施の形態に係る加湿装置1について、実施の形態1と相違する点を中心に説明する。なお、本実施の形態で示す加湿装置1は、実施の形態1と同様に空気調和機20に適用することができる。
図14は、実施の形態3に係る加湿装置1を、通風方向に対して直交する直上から見た概略構成図である。前述の実施の形態1では、例えば図2に示したように、空気31が通過する風向偏向板5の平板面5aに、複数の風向偏向部6が通風方向に沿って等間隔で配置されていた。一方、本実施の形態3では、図14に示すように、通風方向における風向偏向部6どうしの間隔を、風下側に対して風上側の方を狭くしている。
本実施の形態3のように、風上側ほど風向偏向部6どうしの間隔が狭くなるように構成することで、風上側で空気31の乱流化がより促進され、乱流化した空気31が風上側の加湿材4の平面と接触して高い蒸発性で空気31が加湿される。なお、風下側には水の飽和率が高い空気が通気されるが、風向偏向部6により加湿効果は付加される。また、加湿材4単体の性能向上を図ることができるため、加湿材4の必要枚数を減らすことができる。このため、加湿水30の供給量も低減でき、低ランニングコストで動作させることができる。
本実施の形態に係る加湿装置1について、実施の形態1と相違する点を中心に説明する。なお、本実施の形態で示す加湿装置1は、実施の形態1と同様に空気調和機20に適用することができる。
図15は、実施の形態4に係る加湿装置1を、通風方向に対して直交する直上から見た概略構成図である。図16は、図15のC-C線における概略断面図である。前述の実施の形態1では、図1、図2等に示したように、空気31が通過する風向偏向板5の平板面5aに風向偏向部6を設け、風向偏向部6の先端部と加湿材4との間に一定の隙間を設けていた。一方、本実施の形態4では、図15及び図16に示すように、風下側に配置された風向偏向部6の一部が、加湿材4と接触する点が異なる。風向偏向部6の一部が対向する加湿材4に接触するものの、風向偏向部6が風路を完全に塞ぐわけではなく、図16に示すように、風向偏向部6の一部に開口6cを設け、風向偏向板5と加湿材4との間に風路が確保されている。なお、風向偏向部6に設ける開口6cの形状は、図16に示すものに限定されず、空気31の風路となる任意の形状を採用することができる。
本実施の形態4のように、風向偏向板5の風向偏向部6の一部が、空間を隔てて設置される加湿材4と接触する構成とすることにより、加湿材4の冷熱を風向偏向板5に移動させることができる。すなわち、風向偏向部6の一部を加湿材4に接触させることにより、加湿材4に熱を供給することができる。一方、風向偏向板5には、気化熱により温度低下する前の空気31が連続的に供給されることから、加湿材4の冷熱を吸収することができるため、加湿材4の温度低下が抑制されて、加湿性能を向上させることができる。また、加湿材4単体の性能向上を図ることができるため、加湿材4の必要枚数を減らすことができる。このため、加湿水30の供給量も低減でき、低ランニングコストで動作させることができる。
本実施の形態に係る加湿装置1について、実施の形態1と相違する点を中心に説明する。なお、本実施の形態で示す加湿装置1は、実施の形態1と同様に空気調和機20に適用することができる。
図17は、実施の形態5に係る加湿装置1の概略構成図である。図18は、実施の形態5に係る加湿装置1を、通風方向に対して直交する直上から見た概略構成図である。
前述の実施の形態1では、図1に示したように、ノズル3は加湿材4の通風方向における中央一箇所に配置されており、この一箇所のノズル3から加湿水30を加湿材4に供給していた。一方、本実施の形態5では、図17及び図18に示すように、加湿材4の上側に、通風方向に沿って複数のノズル3が設けられている。さらに本実施の形態5では、加湿材4のうち風向偏向部6と対向する部位の上部に、各ノズル3を配置している。
風向偏向部6の近傍の加湿材4は、乱流化した空気31により加湿水30の蒸発が進み易いが、本実施の形態5のように、蒸発が進み易い加湿材4の部位にノズル3から重点的に加湿水30を供給することにより、水道水中に含まれる不純物の加湿材4への蓄積を抑制し、加湿材4の長寿命化を図ることができる。また、加湿材4単体の性能向上を図ることができるため、加湿材4の必要枚数を減らすことができる。このため、加湿水30の供給量も低減でき、低ランニングコストで動作させることができる。
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- 吸水性部材で形成され、立設された一以上の平板状の加湿材と、
前記加湿材に水を供給する給水手段と、
前記加湿材との間に隙間をあけて配置された一以上の風向偏向板とを備え、
前記風向偏向板の前記加湿材と対向する面には、前記加湿材に向かって突出し、前記加湿材と前記風向偏向板との間の空気の流れを偏向させる風向偏向部が設けられている
ことを特徴とする加湿装置。 - 前記風向偏向部は、前記加湿材と前記風向偏向板との間の空気を前記加湿材の平面に対して法線方向へ流すことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の加湿装置。
- 前記風向偏向部の風下側の面と、当該風向偏向部が取り付けられた前記風向偏向板の面との成す角度が、90°以下である
ことを特徴とする請求項1又は請求項2に記載の加湿装置。 - 前記風向偏向板は、前記風向偏向部に加えて開口部を有する
ことを特徴とする請求項1~請求項3のいずれか一項に記載の加湿装置。 - 前記風向偏向部は、前記開口部の風上側の辺から突出している
ことを特徴とする請求項4記載の加湿装置。 - 前記風向偏向板には、複数の前記風向偏向部が通風方向に沿って設けられており、
複数の前記風向偏向部どうしの間隔は、風下側に対して風上側の方が広い
ことを特徴とする請求項1~請求項5のいずれか一項に記載の加湿装置。 - 前記風向偏向板には、複数の前記風向偏向部が通風方向に沿って設けられており、
複数の前記風向偏向部どうしの間隔は、風下側に対して風上側の方が狭い
ことを特徴とする請求項1~請求項5のいずれか一項に記載の加湿装置。 - 前記風向偏向部の一部は、前記加湿材の風下側の部位に接触している
ことを特徴とする請求項1~請求項7のいずれか一項に記載の加湿装置。 - 前記給水手段は、前記加湿材における前記風向偏向部と対向する部位に水を供給する
ことを特徴とする請求項1~請求項8のいずれか一項に記載の加湿装置。 - 請求項1~請求項9のいずれか一項に記載の加湿装置を備えた空気調和機。
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