The present disclosure relates to the field of air conditioner technologies, and in particular, to an air conditioner and a duct configuration of the air conditioner.
Currently, a turbine used in an indoor air conditioner commonly includes three types, a centrifugal type, a cross-flow type, and an axial flow type. Air supply modes of the three turbines are different, the indoor air conditioner normally uses one of the turbines. Cross-flow turbine is characterized by their smooth flow, low pressure, and low noise, so that a part of split-floor-type indoor air conditioners use the cross-flow turbine, but also, as the cross-flow turbine is also characterized by low air pressure, short distance of air supply, and lower efficiency compared with the axial flow turbine and the centrifugal turbine, further, the split-floor-type indoor air conditioner using the cross-flow turbine normally has a rectangular air outlet formed on a front surface of the split-floor-type indoor air conditioner, people's demand for comfortableness of the air conditioner can not be satisfied due to a poor air convection limited by wind speed, the poor air convection affects a distribution uniformity of an indoor temperature.
The present disclosure aims to provide an air conditioner and a duct configuration of the air conditioner, aims to solve the problem existing in present technology which is bad blowing effect of the split-floor-type air conditioner using the cross-flow turbine, and the distribution uniformity of the indoor temperature is affected.
In order to solve the problem above, the technical proposal of the present disclosure is that: a cross-flow centrifugal duct configuration is provided, which includes a cross-flow duct, the cross-flow duct includes a first motor, a cross-flow turbine driven by the first motor, a cross-flow volute located outside of the cross-flow turbine; the duct configuration further includes a centrifugal duct located at at least one end of the cross-flow duct, the centrifugal duct includes a turbine coaxially connected with the cross-flow turbine and a centrifugal volute located outside of the turbine.
Preferably, the turbine is a cross-flow turbine or a centrifugal turbine, the turbine is integrated with the cross-flow turbine through splitting plates.
Preferably, one end of the cross-flow turbine away from the turbine has a sleeve, the sleeve is fixed with an output shaft of the first motor, a middle of a surface of the splitting plate facing the turbine has an axis.
Preferably, the first motor has two opposite output shafts, a number of the cross flow turbine is two, the cross flow turbines are fixed on the two output shafts respectively, a number of the centrifugal duct is two, turbines of the two centrifugal ducts are coaxially connected with the two cross flow turbines respectively.
The present disclosure further provides an air conditioner, which includes a body, an evaporator located in the body, further includes a duct configuration located in the body, the duct configuration includes a cross-flow duct and a centrifugal duct located at at least one end of the cross-flow duct, the cross-flow duct includes a first motor, a cross-flow turbine driven by the first motor, a cross-flow volute located outside of the cross-flow turbine, the centrifugal duct includes a turbine coaxially connected with the cross-flow turbine and a centrifugal volute located outside of the turbine; the body has a first air inlet frame component used to supply wind to the cross-flow duct and a first air outlet used to outlet wind passing through the cross-flow turbine; the body further has a second air inlet frame component used supply wind to the centrifugal duct and a second air outlet used to outlet wind passing through the turbine.
Preferably, the air conditioner is a split-floor-type air conditioner.
Preferably, the turbine has an air inlet, the air inlet is connected with the second air inlet frame component through a bend pipe.
Preferably, a number of the second air inlet frame component is one, the second air inlet frame component is located at a lateral housing or a back housing of the body.
Preferably, the second air inlet frame component is multiple, and located at the lateral housing or the back housing of the body respectively.
Preferably, the first air outlet is located at a middle part of a front housing of the body, the second air outlet is located at a bottom or a top of the front housing of the body.
Preferably, the air conditioner is a split wall-mounted air conditioner.
Preferably, the turbine has air inlet, the air inlet is connected with the second air inlet frame component.
Preferably, a number of the second air inlet frame is two, the second air inlet frames are located at a left lateral surface and a right lateral surface of the body respectively.
Preferably, a number of the second air outlet is two, and the second air outlets are located at a left side and a right side of the front housing of the body.
Preferably, the electric control box is located at a back of the motor.
Preferably, the body further includes a power component located inside the body, the power component is used to drive the centrifugal volute to rotate around the turbine.
Preferably, the power component includes a second motor, a driving gear fixed with an output shaft of the second motor, and a driven gear located at an outside surface of the centrifugal volute and engaged with the driving gear.
The air conditioner provided by the present disclosure combines the cross-flow duct with the centrifugal duct to form the cross-flow centrifugal duct, one conditioner having two air flow modes is achieved, not only has advantages of the cross-flow duct itself, but also has characteristics of the centrifugal duct, the advantages of the cross-flow duct itself include high speed, low pressure, smooth flow, and low noise, the characteristics of the centrifugal duct include large air flow, high pressure, far distance of air supply, and good disturbance effect, meanwhile, rotatable centrifugal volute further realizes blowing wind from multi-angles, so that indoor temperature can distribute more uniformly, and the comfortableness of the conditioner can be greatly improved.
In order to make the aim, the technical solution and the advantages of the present disclosure much clear, the present disclosure is further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It is evident that the embodiments are only some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, and the present disclosure is not limited to such embodiments.
The main idea of the present disclosure is combining a cross-flow duct with a centrifugal duct to form a cross-flow centrifugal duct, such that one conditioner can have two kinds of air flow modes, and not only has advantages of the cross-flow duct itself, but also has characteristics of the centrifugal duct, the advantages of the cross-flow duct itself include high speed, low pressure, smooth flow, low noise, the characteristics of the centrifugal duct include large air flow, high pressure, far distance of air supply, good disturbance effect, meanwhile, rotatable centrifugal volute further realizes blowing wind from multi-angles, such that indoor temperature can distribute more uniformly, and the comfortableness of the conditioner can be greatly improved.
The air conditioner can be a split-floor-type air conditioner and a split wall-mounted type air conditioner. The split-floor-type air conditioning and the split wall-mounted type air conditioner are further described in detail.
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The cross-flow turbine 120 and the turbine 310 can be driven to rotate simultaneously by the first motor 110, meanwhile two different kinds of gas flow modes are existed in the body with the action of the cross-flow volute 130 and the centrifugal volute 320. Air flow coming from the first air inlet frame component 400 flows in along a direction perpendicular to an axis of the cross-flow turbine 120, that is, the air flow coming from the first air inlet frame component 400 flows in along a radial direction of impeller of the cross-flow turbine 120, passes through an inside of the impeller, and is discharged through another end along the radial direction, the air flow can flow crossly or flow transversely, and be discharged through the first air outlet 500 finally, a route of the air flow is a straight line. The cross-flow turbine 120 has the features of high speed, low pressure, smooth flow, and low noise, the conditioner realizes refrigeration effect and heating effect mainly through the cross-flow turbine 120. However, air flow coming from the second air inlet frame component 600 passes through turbine located inside the centrifugal duct 300, and finally is discharged from the centrifugal volute 320 and the second air outlet 700. The portion of the air flow has the features of high speed, high pressure, and has disturbance effect on an air outlet of the cross-flow turbine 120 to form air convection, such that indoor temperature can distribute more uniformly, and comfortableness of the conditioner usage can be improved based on the realizing of cooling and heating by the cross-flow turbine 120. Meanwhile, the centrifugal duct 300 is compact, low cost, under a circumstances that a cross section of the centrifugal duct 300 and a cross section of a traditional conditioner are the same, it can be realize by slightly increasing a length.
In an exemplary embodiment, the turbine 310 can be a cross-flow turbine, the turbine 310 can be integrated with the cross-flow turbine 120 through splitting plates 800. At this time, the turbine 310 can be regarded as a part of the cross-flow turbine 120. The cross-flow turbine 120 includes a plurality of cross-flow blade groups 121 connected with each other in an end-to-end mode, adjacent cross-flow blade groups 121 can be connected with each other through the splitting plates 800. One end of the cross-flow blade group 121 is connected with the first motor 110, opposite end of the cross-flow blade group 121 is defined as the turbine 310, the centrifugal volute 320 can be located at an outside of the turbine 310, such forming the centrifugal duct 300. Of course, the turbine 310 can also be a centrifugal turbine, the centrifugal turbine can be fixed on one end of the cross-flow turbine 120 through the splitting plates 800. No matter the turbine 310 is centrifugal turbine or cross-flow turbine 120, the centrifugal volute 320 is arranged at the outside of the turbine 310 to change flow direction of the air flow, the disturbances effect of the air outlet of the cross-flow turbine 120 can be realized, so that air forms convection, the comfortableness of blowing wind can be improved. When the centrifugal turbine is rotating to produce centrifugal force with the active of the impeller, a middle portion forms a negative pressure zone, therefore air flow can be inhaled into the turbine along the axis, then spread around along the axis, finally directionally discharged by the centrifugal volute 320. During the process, the centrifugal turbine has features of large air flow, high pressure, so disturbance effect is better, that is, the combination of the centrifugal turbine and the centrifugal volute 320 is conducive to improving the comfortableness of the conditioner.
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One end of the turbine 310 can be connected with the cross-flow turbine 120 by the splitting plate 800, the other end opposite to the splitting plate 800 has an air inlet 3111, the air inlet 311 can be connected with the second air inlet frame component 600 through a bend pipe (not shown). Therefore, air flow from the second air inlet frame component 600 can flow into the turbine 310 by passing through the bend pipe, the air inlet 311 in sequence, and be exhausted by the centrifugal volute 320. As the bend pipe is located between the air inlet 311 and the second air inlet frame component 600, such a number of the second air inlet frame component 600 can be one or multiple, and a location of the second air inlet frame component 600 can be set flexibly. When the number of the second air inlet frame component 600 is one, the second air inlet frame component 600 can be located at a lateral housing (not shown) of the body or a back housing 900. When the second air inlet frame component 600 is multiple, the second air inlet frame components 600 are located on two lateral housings of the body respectively, or several are located on the lateral housing of the body, and several are located on the back housing of the body. The choosing of the number of the second air inlet frame components 600 can be determined by the performance of the conditioner, different numbers of the second air inlet frame components 600 are chosen or different locations are set, it can be simply achieved by adding the number of the bend pipe or increasing the length of the bend pipe as required.
Preferably, in an exemplary embodiment, the body also has a power component (not shown) located inside the body, the power component can be used to drive the centrifugal volute 320 to rotate around the turbine. The power component includes a second motor, a driving gear fixed with an output shaft of the second motor, and a driven gear engaged with the driving gear and located at an outside surface of the centrifugal volute 320. After the second motor starts, the output shaft of the second motor drives the driving gear to rotate, the driven gear rotates by engaging with the driving gear, the centrifugal volute 320 rotates with it. The centrifugal volute 320 has a volute tongue 321, that is the air outlet, when the centrifugal volute 320 rotates to different angles under the driving of the driving gear, the volute tongue 321 regarded as the air outlet is located at a different position, such the air flow pushed from the turbine 310 along the axis direction can have different air-out directions, therefore, sweeping wind within a scope of a certain angle can be achieved.
Wind from the volute tongue 321 of the centrifugal volute 320 can be exhausted to the outside of the body through the second air outlet 700. In an exemplary embodiment, the first air outlet 500 is located at a middle part of a front housing 910 of the body, as the cross-flow turbine 120 is long cage shaped, and vertically located at a middle part of the body, the first air outlet 500 corresponds to the cross-flow turbine 120, the second air outlet 700 is located at a bottom of the front housing 910 of the body.
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In conclusion, the split-floor-type air conditioner of the present disclosure combines the cross-flow duct with the centrifugal duct to form the cross-flow centrifugal duct, one conditioner having two different kinds of air flow modes is realized, not only has advantages of the cross-flow duct itself, but also has characteristics of the centrifugal duct, the advantages of the cross-flow duct itself include high speed, low pressure, smooth flow, low noise, the characteristics of the centrifugal duct include large air flow, high pressure, far distance of air supply, good disturbance effect, meanwhile, rotatable centrifugal volute further realizes blowing wind from multi-angles, such that indoor temperature can distribute more uniformly, and the comfortableness of the conditioner can be greatly improved.
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In an exemplary embodiment, two turbines 410 can both be cross-flow turbines, two turbines 410 can be integrated with corresponding cross-flow turbines 120 through splitting plates 700. At this time, the turbine 410 can be regarded as a part of the cross-flow turbine 120. Each cross-flow turbine 120 includes a plurality of cross-flow blade groups 121 connected with each other in an end-to-end mode, adjacent cross-flow blade groups 121 can be connected with each other through the splitting plates 700. One end of the cross-flow blade groups 121 is connected with the first motor 110, opposite end of the cross-flow blade groups 121 is defined as the turbine, a centrifugal volute 420 is located at an outside of one turbine, such forming the centrifugal duct 400. Of course, the turbines can also be centrifugal turbines, the centrifugal turbines can be fixed on one end of the cross-flow turbine 120 through the splitting plates 700. No matter the turbines are centrifugal turbines or cross-flow turbines 120, the centrifugal volutes 420 are arranged at the outside of the turbines to change flow direction of the air flow, the disturbances effect can be applied to the air outlet of the cross-flow turbine 120, so that air forms convection, the comfortableness of blowing wind can be improved. When the centrifugal turbines are rotating to produce centrifugal force with the active of the impeller, middle portions form a negative pressure zone, therefore air flow can be inhaled into the turbines along the axis, then spread around along the axis, finally directionally discharged by the centrifugal volute 420. During the process, the centrifugal turbines have features of large air flow, high pressure, so disturbance effect is better, that is, the combination of the centrifugal turbines and the centrifugal volutes 420 is conducive to improving the comfortableness of the conditioner.
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One end of the turbine 410 can be connected with corresponding cross-flow turbine 120 by the splitting plates 700, the other end opposite to the splitting plates 700 has an air inlet 411, the air inlet 411 can be connected with the second air inlet frame component. Therefore, air flow from the second air inlet frame component can flow into the turbines 410 by the air inlets 411, and be exhausted by the centrifugal volute 420. In an exemplary embodiment, a number of the second air inlet frame component can be two, the second air inlet frame components are located at a left lateral surface and a right lateral surface of the body respectively, connected with two air inlets 411 respectively.
Preferably, in an exemplary embodiment, the body also has power components (not shown) located inside the body, the power components can be used to drive the centrifugal volutes 420 to rotate around the turbine, respectively. Each power component includes a second motor, a driving gear fixed with an output shaft of the second motor, and a driven gear engaged with the driving gear and located at an outside surface of the centrifugal volute 420. After the second motors start, the output shafts of the second motors drive the driving gears to rotate, the driven gears rotate by engaging with the driving gears, the centrifugal volutes 420 rotate with them. The centrifugal volutes 420 have volute tongues 421, that are the air outlets, when the centrifugal volutes 420 rotate to different angles under the driving of the driving gears, the volute tongues 421 regarded as the air outlets are located at a different position, sweeping wind within a scope of a certain angle can be achieved.
Wind from the volute tongues 421 of the centrifugal volutes 420 can be exhausted to the outside of the body through the second air outlets 600. In an exemplary embodiment, the first air outlet 500 is located at a bottom of the body, as the cross-flow turbines 120 are long cage shaped, the first air outlet 500 corresponds to the two cross-flow turbine 120, a number of the second air outlet 600 is two, the second air outlets 600 correspond to the two centrifugal duct 400, and located at a left side and a right side of the front housing 800 of the body. And, in an exemplary embodiment, a number of an air deflector can be one, the air deflector passes through three air outlets of the front housing 800.
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In conclusion, the present disclosure provides the split wall-mounted type air conditioner, its duct configuration adds centrifugal duct based on the traditional cross-flow duct, and one conditioner having two air flow modes is achieved, not only retains advantages of the cross-flow duct itself, but also has characteristics of the centrifugal duct, the advantages of the cross-flow duct itself include high speed, low pressure, smooth flow, and low noise, the characteristics of the centrifugal duct include large air flow, high pressure, far distance of air supply, and good disturbance effect, meanwhile, rotatable centrifugal volute further realizes blowing wind from multi-angles, such that indoor temperature can distribute more uniformly, and the comfortableness of the conditioner can be greatly improved.
Above is only the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, and the present disclosure is not limited to such embodiments. The present disclosure is intended to cover all modifications, equivalent replacements and improvements falling within the spirit and scope of the disclosure defined in the appended claims.
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