WO2019128517A1

WO2019128517A1 - Air-conditioner system

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Publication number: WO2019128517A1
Application number: PCT/CN2018/115748
Authority: WO
Inventors: 王飞; 付裕; 罗荣邦; 许文明
Original assignee: 青岛海尔空调器有限总公司
Priority date: 2017-12-29
Filing date: 2018-11-15
Publication date: 2019-07-04
Also published as: CN108375255A; EP3734199B1; JP2021508025A; EP3734199A1; JP6982692B2; CN108375255B; EP3734199A4

Abstract

Disclosed is an air-conditioner system, comprising a compressor (1), an indoor heat-exchanger (2), a first throttling device (3) and an outdoor heat-exchanger (4) connected in series to a main circuit, with a heat exchange device (5) being further provided in the main circuit. A pipe between the first throttling device (3) and the indoor heat-exchanger (2) serves as a first pipe M, a pipe between the first throttling device (3) and the outdoor heat-exchanger (4) serves as a second pipe N, one side of the heat exchange device (5) is connected to the first pipe M, and the other side of the heat exchange device (5) is connected to the second pipe N. The first pipe M passes through one side of the heat exchange device (5), and the second pipe N passes through the other side of the heat exchange device (5). A refrigerant passing through the first pipe M and a refrigerant passing through the second pipe N can exchange heat in the heat exchange device (5). A first gas-liquid separator (6) is further provided in the main circuit, wherein the first gas-liquid separator (6) is located in a section of the second pipe N between the heat exchange device (5) and the outdoor heat-exchanger (4), and a bypass pipe L is provided between the first gas-liquid separator (6) and the compressor (1).

Description

Air conditioner system

Technical field

The invention belongs to the technical field of air conditioners, and in particular relates to an air conditioner system.

Background technique

The existing air conditioner system usually forms a refrigeration/heating cycle by a condenser, a throttle device, an evaporator, and a compressor, and the high temperature and high pressure gaseous refrigerant discharged from the compressor is condensed into a low temperature and high pressure liquid in the condenser, and is throttled. The device is throttled into a low temperature and low pressure liquid, and then enters the evaporator to absorb heat and evaporate to complete a refrigeration/heating cycle.

During the heating operation of the air conditioner, the high-temperature and high-pressure gaseous refrigerant forms a low-temperature and high-pressure liquid refrigerant after heat exchange through the condenser, and then throttling and depressurization through the throttling device to form a low-temperature low-pressure gas-liquid two-phase zone refrigerant to enter the evaporation. Heat exchange. The larger the evaporation area, the higher the relative evaporation capacity. Among them, the low temperature and high pressure liquid refrigerant will increase the degree of subcooling if it continues to exotherm, thereby increasing the cooling capacity of the system cycle. When the refrigerant is in heat exchange, more than 95% of the heat exchange is derived from the latent heat of vaporization in the two-phase region, while the isobaric specific heat capacity of the unidirectional zone (pure liquid, pure gas) is relatively small, and the heat exchange capacity accounts for the total system. The proportion of the loop is small. In addition, the pressure drop of the gaseous refrigerant in the pipeline is large, which is the main source of the system refrigerant circulation pressure loss, which will increase the circulating work volume, that is, increase the energy consumption of the system cycle.

In addition, referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is a cycle schematic diagram of a conventional air conditioner during heating operation. As shown in Figure 3, the actual operating temperature of the air conditioner heating operation is generally: A point high temperature gaseous 70 ° C refrigerant, enter the indoor heat exchanger and 20 ° C indoor environment for heat exchange, the temperature is reduced to 30 ° C, flow through After the line tube enters the throttling device, the temperature between point B and the throttling device (about 30 °C) is much higher than the outdoor ambient temperature of 7 °C, and the waste heat is wasted. If the residual heat is absorbed and utilized, the system refrigerant can also be added. The degree of subcooling of the cycle.

Based on this, the present invention has been specifically proposed.

Summary of the invention

In order to solve the above problems in the prior art, that is, in order to improve the heating cycle effect of the air conditioner, the air conditioner system provided by the present invention includes a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, a first throttle device, and an outdoor unit connected in series in the main circuit. a heat exchanger, wherein the main circuit is further provided with a heat exchanger and a first gas-liquid separator; a side of the heat exchanger between the first throttling device and the indoor heat exchanger a pipeline is connected, the other side of the heat exchanger is connected to a second pipeline between the first throttle device and the outdoor heat exchanger; and the refrigerant and the passage through the first pipeline The refrigerant of the second pipeline is capable of performing heat exchange in the heat exchanger; the first gas-liquid separator is located in a second pipeline section between the heat exchanger and the outdoor heat exchanger And a bypass line is disposed between the first gas-liquid separator and the compressor.

In a preferred embodiment of the above air conditioner system, a second throttle device is disposed in the bypass line, and when the air conditioner system is heated, the second throttle device is used to control the gaseous refrigerant. flow.

In a preferred embodiment of the above air conditioner system, the first conduit passes through one side of the heat exchanger and/or the second conduit passes through the other side of the heat exchanger.

In a preferred embodiment of the air conditioner system, a third throttle device is further disposed in the main circuit, and the third throttle device is located between the heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger. In the pipeline section.

In a preferred embodiment of the above air conditioner system, when the air conditioner system is operating in heating, the third throttle device is in a fully open state, and the first throttle device is used for refrigerant throttling.

In a preferred embodiment of the above air conditioner system, when the air conditioner system is in a cooling operation, the first throttle device is in a fully open state, and the third throttle device is used to throttle the refrigerant.

In a preferred embodiment of the above air conditioner system, the compressor is provided with a second gas-liquid separator, and the refrigerant is returned to the compressor after passing through the second gas-liquid separator.

In a preferred embodiment of the above air conditioner system, the bypass line is connected upstream of the second gas-liquid separator.

In a preferred embodiment of the above air conditioner system, the air conditioner system further includes a mode switching device for switching the air conditioner system between a cooling mode and a heating mode.

In a preferred embodiment of the above air conditioner system, the mode switching device is a four-way valve.

In the technical solution of the present invention, a heat exchanger is added to the air conditioner system, and two sides of the heat exchanger are respectively connected to the first pipeline and the second pipeline, so that the refrigerant in the first pipeline is And the refrigerant in the second pipeline can exchange heat at the heat exchanger, which not only effectively increases the degree of subcooling of the refrigerant in the first pipeline, but also promotes evaporation of the refrigerant in the second pipeline, thereby Increased system heat. Moreover, a bypass line is disposed between the first gas-liquid separator of the present invention and the compressor, and the gaseous refrigerant passing through the first gas-liquid separator can enter the suction port of the compressor through the bypass line, thereby The pressure loss of the part of the gaseous refrigerant in the heating cycle is reduced, which is equivalent to increasing the pressure of the compressor suction port, thereby reducing the power consumption of the compressor and increasing the refrigerant of the air conditioner system during the heating cycle. The amount of circulation plays the role of increasing heat. In addition, the air conditioner of the present invention also uses the third throttle device to replace the first throttle device when the air conditioner is switched to the cooling mode by setting the third throttle device (at this time, the first throttle device is at The fully open state is to throttle the refrigerant, thereby avoiding the phenomenon that the cooling capacity is reduced when the refrigeration cycle occurs.

DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic structural view of a first embodiment of an air conditioner system of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a schematic structural view of a second embodiment of the air conditioner system of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the cycle of a conventional air conditioner during heating operation.

Detailed ways

The embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which are obvious, but not all Example. Those skilled in the art should understand that these embodiments are only used to explain the technical principles of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Referring first to Fig. 1, Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a first embodiment of an air conditioner system of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the air conditioner system of the present invention includes a compressor 1 connected in series in the main circuit, an indoor heat exchanger 2, a first throttle device 3, and an outdoor heat exchanger 4, and heat is also disposed in the main circuit. Switch 5. For convenience of explanation, the pipeline between the first throttle device 3 and the indoor heat exchanger 2 is used as the first pipeline M, and the pipeline between the first throttle device 3 and the outdoor heat exchanger 4 is used as the second conduit. The pipe N, one side of the heat exchanger 5 is connected to the first pipe M, and the other side of the heat exchanger 5 is connected to the second pipe N, as shown in FIG. 1 : the first pipe M Passing through one side of the heat exchanger 5, the second line N passes through the other side of the heat exchanger N. Further, the refrigerant passing through the first line M and the refrigerant passing through the second line N can exchange heat in the heat exchanger 5. In addition, a first gas-liquid separator 6 is further disposed in the main circuit, and the first gas-liquid separator 6 is located in the second pipeline N section between the heat exchanger 5 and the outdoor heat exchanger 4, and the first gas A bypass line L is provided between the liquid separator 6 and the compressor 1.

During the heating cycle of the air conditioner, the high-temperature and high-pressure gaseous refrigerant discharged from the compressor 1 flows to the indoor heat exchanger 2, and performs heat exchange in the indoor heat exchanger 2 to become a low-temperature high-pressure liquid refrigerant, and the refrigerant passes along the first pipeline. M reaches point C, at which time the temperature of the refrigerant is around 20 ° C (the heat here is not fully utilized for waste heat). Then, the refrigerant enters the second line N after being throttled by the first throttle device 3, and the temperature of the refrigerant at the point D (after the throttled refrigerant) is about 5 °C. Since the refrigerant in the first line M and the refrigerant in the second line N have a temperature difference, and both pass through the heat exchanger 5, the refrigerant in the first line M and the second line N are The heat exchange of the refrigerant at the heat exchanger 5 not only effectively increases the degree of subcooling of the refrigerant in the first line M (ie, the portion of the refrigerant from the point C to the first throttle device 3 continues to radiate and cool down), Moreover, the evaporation of the refrigerant in the second pipe N can be promoted (that is, the low-temperature refrigerant at the point D can evaporate and absorb the heat of the residual heat at the point C, which is equivalent to increasing the evaporation area and effectively improving the heat exchange capacity). Thereby increasing the heat production.

Next, the refrigerant that has undergone heat exchange through the heat exchanger 5 enters the first gas-liquid separator 6, and the gaseous refrigerant separated by the first gas-liquid separator 6 is directly returned to the compressor 1 along the bypass line L. Thereby reducing the pressure loss of the part of the gaseous refrigerant in the heating cycle, and also increasing the pressure of the suction port of the compressor 1, thereby reducing the power consumption of the compressor 1, and increasing the heating cycle of the air conditioner system. The amount of refrigerant circulation at the time is used to enhance the heat production. The liquid refrigerant passing through the first gas-liquid separator 6 is returned to the compressor 1 through the outdoor heat exchanger 4. Through the above design, not only the waste heat can be reused in the heating operation of the air conditioner, but also the system power consumption can be reduced, and the refrigerant circulation amount of the air conditioner system during the heating cycle can be increased, thereby increasing the heating capacity of the entire system.

As an example, a second throttle device 7 is provided on the bypass line L. When the air conditioner is heating, the second throttle device 7 is used to control the flow rate of the gaseous refrigerant, that is, according to actual operating conditions. The opening of the second throttle device 7 is adjusted to flexibly control the amount of passage of the gaseous refrigerant. When the air conditioner is refrigerating, the second throttle device 7 can be closed so that the bypass line L does not participate in the refrigeration cycle.

It should be noted that the heat exchanger 5 in the above may be a water tank containing water or any other suitable form as long as heat can be exchanged between the upstream and downstream refrigerants of the first throttle device 3. In addition, the above design can effectively increase the heating capacity for the heating cycle and reduce the cooling capacity for the refrigeration cycle.

As an example, the air conditioner system of the present invention further includes a mode switching device (such as the four-way valve Q in FIG. 1) for switching the air conditioner system between the cooling mode and the heating mode.

As an example, referring to Fig. 2, Fig. 2 is a structural schematic diagram of a second embodiment of the air conditioner system of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, a third throttle device 8 is disposed in the main circuit of the air conditioner system of the present invention, and the third throttle device 8 is located between the heat exchanger 5 and the indoor heat exchanger 2. In the M section. When the air conditioner is operating in heating, the third throttle device 8 is in a fully open state, and the first throttle device 3 is used for refrigerant throttling. At this time, the principle of the air conditioner system in the first embodiment is the same. When the air conditioner system is switched to the cooling operation by the four-way valve Q, the first throttle device 3 is in the fully open state, and the third throttle device 8 is used for the refrigerant throttling while the second throttle device 7 is closed. At this time, the refrigerant on both sides of the heat exchanger 5 has almost no temperature difference, that is, the heat exchanger 5 does not function during the refrigeration cycle, and the entire refrigeration cycle is a conventional refrigeration cycle. This avoids reducing the amount of cooling during cooling operation.

Preferably, referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the compressor 1 is provided with a second gas-liquid separator 11, and the gaseous refrigerant entering the compressor 1 first passes through the second gas-liquid separator 11, and is then sucked by the compressor 1, thereby Open the next loop. The bypass line L is connected to the upstream of the second gas-liquid separator 11.

In summary, a heat exchanger is added to the air conditioner system of the present invention, and two sides of the heat exchanger are respectively connected to the first pipeline and the second pipeline, so that the refrigerant in the first pipeline is obtained. And the refrigerant in the second pipeline can exchange heat at the heat exchanger, which not only effectively increases the degree of subcooling of the refrigerant in the first pipeline, but also promotes evaporation of the refrigerant in the second pipeline, thereby Increased system heat. Moreover, a bypass line is disposed between the first gas-liquid separator of the present invention and the compressor, and the gaseous refrigerant passing through the first gas-liquid separator can enter the suction port of the compressor through the bypass line, thereby The pressure loss of the part of the gaseous refrigerant in the heating cycle is reduced, which is equivalent to increasing the pressure of the compressor suction port, thereby reducing the power consumption of the compressor and increasing the refrigerant circulation of the air conditioner system during the heating cycle. Amount, to enhance the purpose of heating. In addition, the air conditioner of the present invention also uses the third throttle device to replace the first throttle device when the air conditioner is switched to the cooling mode by setting the third throttle device (at this time, the first throttle device is at The fully open state is to throttle the refrigerant, thereby avoiding the phenomenon that the cooling capacity is reduced when the refrigeration cycle occurs.

Heretofore, the technical solutions of the present invention have been described in conjunction with the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but it is obvious to those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is obviously not limited to the specific embodiments. Those skilled in the art can make equivalent changes or substitutions to the related technical features without departing from the principles of the present invention, and the technical solutions after the modifications or replacements fall within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

An air conditioner system comprising a compressor connected in series in a main circuit, an indoor heat exchanger, a first throttling device and an outdoor heat exchanger,

Wherein, the main circuit is further provided with a heat exchanger and a first gas-liquid separator;

One side of the heat exchanger is connected to a first line between the first throttling device and the indoor heat exchanger, and the other side of the heat exchanger is connected to the first throttling device and a second conduit between the outdoor heat exchangers is connected to enable heat exchange between the refrigerant passing through the first conduit and the refrigerant passing through the second conduit in the heat exchanger;

The first gas-liquid separator is disposed in a second pipeline section between the heat exchanger and the outdoor heat exchanger, and is disposed between the first gas-liquid separator and the compressor There is a bypass line.
The air conditioner system according to claim 1, wherein a second throttle device is disposed in the bypass line, and the second throttle device is configured to be used when the air conditioner system is heated to operate Control the flow of gaseous refrigerant.
The air conditioner system according to claim 1, wherein the first conduit passes through one side of the heat exchanger and/or the second conduit passes through the other side of the heat exchanger .
The air conditioner system according to claim 3, wherein said main circuit is further provided with a third throttle device, said third throttle device being located between said heat exchanger and said indoor heat exchanger In the first pipe section.
The air conditioner system according to claim 4, wherein said third throttle device is in a fully open state when said air conditioner system is heated, said first throttle device being used for refrigerant throttling.
The air conditioner system according to claim 4, wherein said first throttle device is in a fully open state when said air conditioner system is in a cooling operation, and said third throttle device is used for refrigerant throttling.
The air conditioner system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the compressor is provided with a second gas-liquid separator, and the refrigerant is returned to the compressor after passing through the second gas-liquid separator .
The air conditioner system of claim 7, wherein the bypass line is connected upstream of the second gas-liquid separator.
The air conditioner system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the air conditioner system further includes a mode switching device for switching the air conditioner between a cooling mode and a heating mode System.
The air conditioner system according to claim 9, wherein said mode switching means is a four-way valve.