JP2007322114A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air conditioner capable of diffusing conditioned air toward the optimum direction with a satisfactory balance to prevent a ceiling face from being stained and to reduce uncomfortable feeling onto a human body. <P>SOLUTION: This air conditioner is provided with wind-direction control plates attached to each diffusing port, comprising a long plate material curved over along a width direction as the whole, having one end edge part along a longitudinal direction of the long plate material formed into linear shape, and having the other end edge part along the longitudinal direction formed with central curvature degree higher than those in both sides, and the each wind-direction control plate is arranged in a position where all the wind directions of the conditioned air diffused from the one end edge part along the longitudinal direction get equal and where a wind velocity distribution gets substantially uniform, in an air flow passage in the corresponding diffusing port. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an air conditioner, and is suitably applied to, for example, a ceiling-buried type air conditioner.

  Conventionally, ceiling-embedded air conditioners have blades (wind direction control plates) at each outlet of conditioned air in order to make the temperature distribution in the room as uniform as possible and to control the direction of the wind so that a comfortable airflow is achieved. is set up. The shape and arrangement of the blades are set in advance so as to blow out air in the horizontal direction in order to prevent cold air accumulation as close to the floor as possible during cooling operation.

  However, since the dust inside the room may get caught in the airflow and collide with the ceiling surface, dirt may be attached. To prevent this, the angle of inclination of the blade is adjusted so that the conditioned air blows slightly downward (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

FIG. 8 shows the structure of the blade 1. In this blade 1, the inclination angles (exit angles) of the left and right end portions 1A, 1B are formed to be lower than the inclination angle (exit angle) of the central portion 1C, and the air flow velocity at both ends 1A, 1B is slow. In order to prevent the influence of the Coanda effect that occurs, spraying on the ceiling surface is prevented in advance.
Japanese Patent No. 3438323

  However, when the blade 1 as described in Patent Document 1 is actually attached to the air outlet 2 of the conditioned air as shown in FIG. 9, the air is blown out at both ends 1A and 1B of the blade 1 at the air outlet 2. The airflow is blown downward more than necessary. In FIG. 9, the blade 1 shown in FIG. 8 is shown by taking a cross section indicated by an arrow XY.

  That is, since the air flow blown horizontally from the heat exchanger is bent 90 degrees downward, the flow around the blade 1 has a distribution in which the wind speed is large outside the air flow path, and both end portions 1A of the blade 1 This is because, in 1B, the wind direction is excessively downward because it is downward at a position where the flow velocity is large.

  For this reason, cold air easily hits people and uncomfortable feelings increase, and when the blade angle is lowered during heating operation, a short circuit is generated in which the flow at both ends 1A and 1B of the blade 1 is directly sucked into the suction port. There was a risk of becoming easier.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and intends to propose an air conditioner that can blow off conditioned air in an optimal manner in a well-balanced manner to prevent dirt on the ceiling surface and reduce discomfort to the human body. To do.

  In order to solve such a problem, in the present invention, a plurality of air outlets for blowing conditioned air toward the room are formed around the air inlets around the air inlets, and the inside of the main body through the air inlets. In the air conditioner adapted to guide the generated conditioned air to the outlet through the air flow path bent at right angles, it is attached to each outlet and is made of a long plate that is curved across the entire width direction, One end edge along the longitudinal direction of the long plate material has a linear shape, while the other end edge along the longitudinal direction includes a wind direction control plate formed with a lower curvature at the center than both sides, and each wind direction The control plate is arranged in a position where the air directions of the conditioned air blown from one end edge along the longitudinal direction are all equal and the wind speed distribution is almost uniform in the air flow path of the corresponding outlet.

  As a result, in this air conditioner, the airflow at both ends of the airflow direction control plate can be prevented from being soiled on the ceiling surface without being affected by the Coanda effect, and the airflow at the center side of the airflow direction control plate can be directed downward. Discomfort to the human body can be reduced without passing too much.

  Further, in the present invention, each wind direction control plate is positioned on both sides of the other end edge along the longitudinal direction on the side where the flow velocity is fast in the air flow path, and the center is slow in the air flow path. It was made to position in the side, and it was made to mount in the air flow path of a corresponding blowing outlet. As a result, the pressure loss on the both sides can be reduced and the airflow can be blown out in a well-balanced manner so that the air volume is almost uniform.

  Further, in the present invention, each wind direction control plate is molded with continuous smoothness along the longitudinal direction at the center and both sides at the other end edge along the longitudinal direction. As a result, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of vertical vortices and the like caused by discontinuous portions such as steps in the longitudinal direction, thus suppressing the generation of noise.

  As described above, according to the present invention, in the air conditioner, it is a long plate material that is curved over the entire width direction, and one end edge portion along the longitudinal direction of the long plate material has a linear shape, A wind direction control plate whose other edge along the longitudinal direction has a central curvature lower than both sides is attached to each outlet, and each wind direction control plate is installed in the air flow path of the corresponding outlet. By arranging the air-conditioning air blown from one edge along the longitudinal direction at a position where the air directions are all equal and the wind speed distribution is almost uniform, the air-conditioning air is blown out in the optimal direction in a well-balanced manner. Prevention and reduction of discomfort to the human body can be realized.

  Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in this specification and drawing, about the component which has the substantially same function structure, duplication description is abbreviate | omitted by attaching | subjecting the same code | symbol.

(1) Overall Configuration of Air Conditioner According to this Embodiment FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration diagram of a ceiling-embedded air conditioner 10. The air conditioner 10 includes a box-shaped main body 11 embedded in the ceiling and a plate-shaped decorative panel 12 exposed from the ceiling to the indoor space.

  Although not shown, the main body 11 includes a turbo fan that blows out air according to the driving of the motor and a heat exchanger that adjusts the temperature of the air derived from the turbo fan. This heat exchanger is connected to an outdoor unit via a refrigerant pipe, and functions as an evaporator during cooling operation, and functions as a condenser during heating operation.

  The decorative panel portion 12 is generally formed of a substantially square plate material, and a substantially square air suction port 13 is formed in the central portion, and a substantially rectangular shape is formed on each side edge so as to surround the air suction port 13. Air outlets 14A to 14D are respectively formed. An air filter 15 for removing dust contained in the sucked air is attached to the air inlet 13 of the decorative panel unit 12 so as to cover the entire surface.

  At each of the air outlets 14A to 14D of the decorative panel unit 12, horizontal vanes for air direction control (hereinafter referred to as blades) 16A to 16D each having a predetermined shape as shown in FIG. It is movably attached so that the direction can be changed up and down.

  The blade 16A (16B to 16D) is made of a long plate-shaped resin material, and is slightly curved in the width direction as a whole, and one of the curved end edges (hereinafter referred to as a common end edge). ) 16T has a linear shape, while the other edge portion has both longitudinal end portions (hereinafter referred to as both-side fin portions) 16L and 16R at the longitudinal center portion (hereinafter referred to as the center fin). A smooth slope is formed so that the degree of curvature is slightly higher than 16M.

(2) Structure of the air outlet 14A (14B to 14D) according to this embodiment Next, the structure of the air outlet 14A (14B to 14D) of the decorative panel unit 12 according to this embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the conditioned air blown out from the turbo fan of the main body part 11 through the heat exchanger is included in the air outlet channel 20 that forms the air outlets 14 </ b> A (14 </ b> B to 14 </ b> D) of the decorative panel part 12. The speed is different between the flow path inner wall (hereinafter referred to as the inner wall) 20A side adjacent to the air suction port 13 and the flow path inner wall (hereinafter referred to as the outer wall) 20B side facing the air flow inlet 13.

  That is, the blow-out flow path 20 inside the main body 11 is conditioned air from the turbofan at a boundary wall (not shown) between the air inlet 13 formed in the decorative panel 12 and the air outlet 14A (14B to 14D). It is formed so as to bend the flow of about 90 degrees. For this reason, the conditioned air from the turbofan flows slower toward the inner wall 20A side closer to the boundary wall, and flows faster toward the outer wall 20B side far from the boundary wall.

  The result of actually measuring the wind speed distribution of the conditioned air in each outlet channel 20 is shown in FIGS. 4 (A) and 4 (B). In FIG. 4 (A), there are six locations (hereinafter referred to as “measurement”) from the inner wall side 20A of the four air outlets 14A (14B to 14D) at intervals of 10 [m] and perpendicular to the blowing direction and toward the outer wall side 20B. It was measured at P1 to P6. In the graph of FIG. 4B, the measurement points P1 to P6 are shown in the X-axis direction, and the wind speed is shown in the Y-axis direction. According to this graph, it can be seen that the conditioned air that flows through the blowout flow path 20 and flows to the air outlets 14A (14B to 14D) flows slower as the inner wall side 20A and faster as the outer wall side 20B until the measurement points P1 to P5. .

The blade 16A (16B) is attached to the air outlet 14A (14B-14D) of the decorative panel portion 12.
B to 16D) are attached in a predetermined arrangement state. At this time, the blade 16A (16B to 16D) is oriented such that the entire width direction of the blade 16A is along the flow path direction, and the common edge portion 16T is the blowout flow path of the air outlet 14A (14B to 14D). 20 near the center of the inner wall (in the middle of the inner wall 20A and the outer wall 20B), and the fins 16L, 16R and the center fin 16M on both sides are close to the inner wall 20A side of the air outlet 14A (14B-14D). It is positioned. 3 shows the blade 16A (16B to 16D) shown in FIG. 2 by taking a cross section indicated by an arrow XY.

  As a result, in the blade 16A (16B to 16D), the common end edge portion 16T is located on the downstream side in the flow path of the air outlet 14A (14B to 14D), while the side fin portions 16L and 16R and the central fin portion 16M. Will be located upstream.

(3) Operation of the present embodiment In this air conditioner 10, the conditioned air actually generated in the main body 11 is blown out from the air outlets 14 </ b> A to 14 </ b> D of the decorative panel unit 12. Then, the velocity near the outer wall 20B is faster than that near the inner wall 20A. However, the plate surface extending from the fins 16L and 16R on both sides to the common edge 16T of the blade 16A (16B to 16D) is in the direction of air flow than the plate surface extending from the central fin 16M to the common edge 16T. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the pressure loss (that is, to prevent the air volume from decreasing).

  As a result, in the blades 16A to 16D, the air that flows into the fin portions 16L and 16R on both sides blows out from the common edge portion 16T, and the air that flows into the central fin portion 16M blows out from the common edge portion 16T. The wind direction is equal and the wind speed distribution is almost uniform. The wind speed distribution is shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a graph showing the relationship between the length direction position, the height direction position, and the speed of the air outlets 14A to 14D in a cross-section that is a fixed distance away from the outer edge of the decorative panel portion 12 in the outer direction with respect to the fan center. It can be seen that the conditioned air has a substantially uniform flow over the length direction.

  Incidentally, FIG. 6 shows the wind speed distribution when the conditioned air is blown out with the blade 1 (FIG. 8) of the conventional configuration in the arrangement state shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, the flow at the left and right ends in the length direction of the air outlet 2 is too downward.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, in the blades 16A to 16D, the side fin portions 16L and 16R and the central fin portion 16M are formed so as to have continuous smoothness along the longitudinal direction. It is possible to prevent the occurrence of vertical vortices caused by discontinuous portions, etc., and thus the generation of noise can be suppressed.

  According to the above configuration, in the air conditioner 10, the blades 16 </ b> A to 16 </ b> D having different degrees of curvature in the width direction between the center and both ends are provided in the predetermined arrangement state at the air outlets 14 </ b> A to 14 </ b> D of the decorative panel unit 12. Attach both ends of the blades 16A to 16D by attaching the conditioned air generated from the main body 11 so that the wind speed distribution is almost uniform in the longitudinal direction of the blades 16A to 16D and all the wind directions are blown in the same direction. The airflow on the side can be prevented from being contaminated on the ceiling surface without being affected by the Coanda effect, and the airflow on both sides of the blades 16A to 16D can be prevented from being too downward to reduce discomfort to the human body. it can.

(4) Other Embodiments In the above-described embodiment, the case where the blades 16A to 16D having the shapes as shown in FIG. 2 are applied as the wind direction control plate has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In short, it is a long plate material that is curved over the entire width direction, and one end edge along the longitudinal direction of the long plate material has a linear shape, while the other end edge along the longitudinal direction is the center. As long as the degree of curvature is lower than that of both sides, various other shapes may be used.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, the case where the braid | blades 16A-16D are each attached in the arrangement | positioning state as shown in FIG. 3 in the blowing flow path 20 of the air blower outlets 14A-14D of the decorative panel part 12 is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In short, the air direction of the conditioned air that blows off the blades 16A to 16D from one end edge along the longitudinal direction in the air flow path 20 of the corresponding air outlet 16A to 16D. May be mounted in various other arrangement states as long as they can be arranged at positions where all of them are equal and the wind speed distribution is almost uniform.

  Further, when the operation of the air conditioner 10 is stopped, the blades 16A to 16D are rotated along the longitudinal direction of the blades 16A to 16D as shown in FIG. If the height of the other end edge portion and the height of the decorative panel surface adjacent to the other edge portion are made uniform, the design from the appearance can be further improved.

  The present invention can be applied to an air conditioner such as a ceiling embedded type or a ceiling suspended type.

It is a basic diagram which shows the external appearance structure of the air conditioning apparatus by this Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the braid | blade by this Embodiment. It is an approximate line sectional view showing the structure of the air blower outlet by this embodiment. It is a rough-line perspective view and graph with which it uses for description of the wind speed distribution in the air blower outlet in this Embodiment. It is a rough-line perspective view with which it uses for description of the wind speed distribution in the air blower outlet in this Embodiment. It is a rough-line perspective view with which it uses for description of the wind speed distribution in the conventional air blower outlet. It is an approximate line sectional view showing the storage state of each blade. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the conventional blade. It is an approximate line sectional view showing the structure of the conventional air blower outlet.

Explanation of symbols

1, 16A-16D ... blade,
2, 16A-16D ... Air outlet
10 …… Air conditioner,
11 …… Main body,
12 ... Makeup panel,
13 ... Air inlet,
15 …… Air filter,
20 …… Blowout flow path,
20A ...... Inner wall,
20B ...... Outer wall.

Claims (3)

A plurality of air outlets for blowing conditioned air toward the room are formed around the air inlet, and the air conditioned air generated inside the main body through the air inlet is perpendicular to each other. In the air conditioner adapted to lead to the outlet through an air flow path that is bent into
It is a long plate material that is attached to each outlet and is generally curved in the width direction, and one end edge along the longitudinal direction of the long plate material has a linear shape, while the other end along the longitudinal direction. It has a wind direction control plate that has a curved edge at the center lower than both sides,
Each said wind direction control board is arrange | positioned in the said air flow path of the said said blowing outlet in the position where all the wind directions of the conditioned air which blows off from the one end edge part along the said longitudinal direction are equal, and a wind speed distribution is substantially uniform. An air conditioner characterized by that. Each wind direction control plate is positioned on both sides of the other edge along the longitudinal direction on the side where the flow velocity is fast in the air flow path, and the center is positioned on the side where the flow velocity is slow in the air flow path The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the air conditioner is mounted in the air flow path of the corresponding outlet. The said wind direction control board was made to shape | mold with the continuous smoothness along the said longitudinal direction in the center and both sides about the other-end edge part along the said longitudinal direction. The air conditioning apparatus according to 1.

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