Patent Grant
10711803
This is a national phase application in the United States of International Patent Application No. PCT/JP2016/084305 with an international filing date of Nov. 18, 2016, which claims priority of Japanese Patent Application No. 2015-255616 filed on Dec. 28, 2015 the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to a packaged compressor.
Packaged compressors are known in which components such as a compressor main body, a cooling fan, and a heat exchanger are housed in one package, so that the degree of freedom and convenience of installation are improved (for example, see JP 2010-127234 A). Inside the packaged compressor, for example, noise caused by the fan is generated. The package is also effective for preventing such internal noise from leaking outside, and a low-noise packaged compressor is desired.
However, when a fan is installed at a position directly viewable from the exhaust port of the exhaust duct as the packaged compressor described in JP 2010-127234 A, noise easily leaks outside the package. In addition, in the packaged compressor described in JP 2010-127234 A, no particular contrivance is made for the space saving of the arrangement of the fan and the heat exchanger, and there is room for down-sizing.
An object of the present invention is noise reduction and down-sizing of a packaged compressor.
The present invention provides a packaged compressor including inside a package: a compressor main body compressing air; a cooling fan; a fan cover attached to the cooling fan and opened to a suction side and to an upward direction being a delivery side of the cooling fan; an exhaust duct provided above a delivery side opening of the fan cover and extending in a vertical direction; and an air-cooled heat exchanger arranged to be inclined with respect to a vertical direction inside the exhaust duct and configured to exchange heat between air compressed by the compressor main body and air delivered by the cooling fan.
According to this configuration, the fan cover limits the exposure area of the cooling fan to regulate the direction of noise conduction. Since the air-cooled heat exchanger is arranged between the delivery side opening and the exhaust port in the regulated direction, the noise does not directly leak out of the package, and the noise emitted to the outside of the package can be reduced. Specifically, the delivery direction of air by the cooling fan is regulated in the upward direction, and the air-cooled heat exchanger is provided at the downstream of the delivery, which is arranged to be inclined with respect to the vertical direction (delivery direction). Therefore, the air delivered upward by the cooling fan is deflected so that its flowing direction is inclined when passing through the air-cooled heat exchanger, thereby no noise directly leaks from the exhaust port. In other words, the cooling fan is configured so that the cooling fan cannot be viewed when the inside of the package is viewed from the exhaust port. In addition, the inclined arrangement of the air-cooled heat exchanger with respect to the vertical direction inside the exhaust duct also contributes to reducing the flow passage area inside the exhaust duct and down-sizing of the whole.
It is preferable that a suction side opening of the fan cover opens to a horizontal direction, and the package includes an intake port for introducing cooling air in a height position where the cooling fan cannot be directly viewed through the suction side opening.
Noise does not directly leak out of the package from the intake port so that the noise emitted to the outside of the package can be reduced. Here, the horizontal direction also includes a direction inclined to such a degree that the cooling fan can fulfill its function in addition to the strict horizontal direction.
It is preferable that a sound insulating plate installed in a vertical direction on an upper side of the air-cooled heat exchanger inside the exhaust duct is further included.
The sound insulation plate can prevent the noise from the cooling fan from directly leaking out of the package, so that the noise emitted to the outside of the package can be reduced. In addition, since the sound insulation plate is vertically installed substantially along the flow of air inside the exhaust duct, the flow of air inside the exhaust duct is not significantly disturbed.
It is preferable that the sound insulating plate is installed so as to cross a ventilation direction of the air-cooled heat exchanger.
Since the sound insulation plate is installed so as to cross the ventilation direction of the air-cooled heat exchanger for blocking the noise from the cooling fan from leaking out of the package, the noise from the cooling fan can be prevented from directly leaking out of the package, and the noise emitted to the outside of the package can be reduced. The ventilation direction here indicates the direction in which the air delivered by the cooling fan passes through the air-cooled heat exchanger.
It is preferable that a sound absorbing material is stuck to the sound insulating plate.
Sticking the sound absorbing material to the sound insulating plate allows the sound insulating plate to attenuate the noise energy and the noise emitted to the outside of the package to be further reduced.
It is preferable that a sound absorbing material is stuck to an inner surface of the exhaust duct on a downstream side of the air-cooled heat exchanger.
Sticking the sound absorbing material to the inner surface of the exhaust duct allows the inner surface of the exhaust duct to attenuate the noise energy and the noise emitted to the outside of the package to be further reduced.
According to the present invention, in the packaged compressor, since the fan cover regulates the direction of noise conduction of the cooling fan, and the air-cooled heat exchanger is arranged between the delivery side opening and the exhaust port, noise caused by the cooling fan does not directly leak out of the package. Therefore, the noise emitted to the outside of the package can be reduced. In addition, the inclined arrangement of the air-cooled heat exchanger with respect to the vertical direction inside the exhaust duct can reduce the flow passage area inside the exhaust duct and can downsize the whole.
In the following, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to
The package 6 is formed of a metal plate such as a steel plate and includes an intake port 6a and an exhaust port 6b. A filter (not shown) is attached to the intake port 6a, and air is introduced into the package 6 with foreign matters such as dust removed. The inside of the package 6 is divided into a compression chamber 6c and an air cooling chamber 6d. The compression chamber 6c and the air cooling chamber 6d are partitioned with the exhaust duct 12 and the fan cover 10 of the turbo fan 4 so that air does not directly come in and out.
First, the configuration in the compression chamber 6c will be described.
In the present embodiment, the compressor main body 8 is of a two-stage screw. The compressor main body 8 is arranged on a base 16 in the compression chamber 6c inside the package 6. The compressor main body 8 includes a first-stage compressor main body 8a, a second-stage compressor main body 8b, a gear box 8c, and a compressor motor 8d. The gear box 8c is fixed to the base 16, and the compressor motor 8d is fixed to the base 16 via a support member 8e. The first-stage compressor main body 8a and the second-stage compressor main body 8b are mechanically connected to the compressor motor 8d via the gear box 8c, and each of them includes a pair of male and female screw rotors (not shown) inside. The first-stage compressor main body 8a and the second-stage compressor main body 8b compress air with the screw rotors being rotationally driven by the compressor motor 8d. Due to the compression heat generated during compression, the temperature of the compressed air is high. The discharge port of the first-stage compressor main body 8a and the intake port of the second-stage compressor main body 8b are fluidly connected to each other with piping (not shown). The discharge port of the second-stage compressor main body 8b is fluidly connected to an inlet port 14a of the air-cooled heat exchanger 14 through a pipe 9.
Furthermore, the flow of air in the compression chamber 6c will be described (see broken line arrows in the drawing).
Air (cooling air) is introduced from the outside of the package 6 into the package 6 by the compressor main body 8 through the intake port 6a. The introduced air is sucked into the first-stage compressor main body 8a to be compressed, and then is sent to the second-stage compressor main body 8b, and further compressed. The high-pressure and high-temperature air after being compressed by the compressor main body 8 is supplied to the inlet port 14a of the air-cooled heat exchanger 14 through the pipe 9. The high-pressure and high-temperature air introduced from the inlet port 14a of the air-cooled heat exchanger 14 is cooled in the air-cooled heat exchanger 14, and then is discharged from the outlet port 14b to the outside of the package 6.
Next, the configuration in the air cooling chamber 6d described.
The turbo fan 4 is arranged in the lower part of the air cooling chamber 6d inside the package 6 so that a rotation axis L extends in the horizontal direction with the fan cover 10 attached. Here, the horizontal direction also includes a direction inclined to such a degree that the turbo fan 4 can fulfill its function in addition to the strict horizontal direction. The turbo fan 4 includes a fan motor 4a, and the fan motor 4a is placed on the base 16. The turbo fan 4 is driven by the fan motor 4a and causes the air in the air cooling chamber 6d to flow from the intake port 6a to the exhaust port 6b. In the present embodiment, the turbo fan 4, which is one of the centrifugal fans, is used as the cooling fan, but a sirocco fan may be substituted. In addition, although the configuration in the air cooling chamber 6d is described here, the fan motor 4a is arranged inside the compression chamber 6c.
Referring also to
The exhaust duct 12 guides the air delivered by the turbo fan 4 to the exhaust port 6b. Therefore, the lower end of the exhaust duct 12 is connected to the fan cover 10 of the turbo fan 4, and the upper end thereof is connected to the upper surface and the exhaust port 6b of the package 6. A sound absorbing material 12a is stuck to the inner surface of the exhaust duct 12. The sound absorbing material 12a is a spongy soft member, and absorbs noise energy to attenuate the noise energy. In particular, it is preferable that the sound absorbing material 12a is stuck to the downstream side of the air-cooled heat exchanger 14 in the exhaust duct 12. In addition, the air-cooled heat exchanger 14 is arranged inside the exhaust duct 12.
The air-cooled heat exchanger 14 is arranged in the exhaust duct 12 to be inclined with respect to the vertical direction, and is bolted to the exhaust duct 12 via a stopper 18. In the air-cooled heat exchanger 14, heat is exchanged between the air compressed by the compressor main body 8 and the air delivered by the turbo fan 4. The air compressed by the compressor main body 8 is cooled by heat exchange, and the air delivered by the turbo fan 4 is heated.
In the air-cooled heat exchanger 14, the air compressed by the compressor main body 8 is introduced from the inlet port 14a into the air-cooled heat exchanger 14 as described above, and is led out from the outlet port 14b through tubes (not shown). The air delivered by the turbo fan 4 passes between the above tubes of the air-cooled heat exchanger 14 from the bottom to the top, and the flow direction is changed, by a fin 14c indicated by broken lines, from the substantially upward direction (arrow B) to the ventilation direction indicated by the arrow A in the drawing. That is, the ventilation direction A indicates the direction in which the air delivered by the turbo fan 4 passes through the air-cooled heat exchanger 14.
In the exhaust duct 12, a sound insulating plate 20, which is a metal plate, is installed vertically (substantially vertically) on the upper side (downstream side in the ventilation direction A) of the air-cooled heat exchanger 14. In addition, the sound insulating plate 20 is installed so as to cross the ventilation direction A of the air-cooled heat exchanger 14. The sound insulating plate 20 has an upper end fixed to the upper surface of the package 6 and a lower end fixed to a support table 22 fixed to the inner surface of the exhaust duct 12. Sound absorbing materials 20a similar to the sound absorbing material stuck to the inner surface of the exhaust duct 12 are stuck to both surfaces of the sound insulating plate 20. That is, the sound insulating plate 20 is sandwiched between two sound absorbing materials 20a.
Furthermore, the flow of air in the air cooling chamber 6d will be described (see the broken line arrow in the drawing).
Air is introduced from the outside of the package 6 into the package 6 by the turbo fan 4 through the intake port 6a. The introduced air is sucked into the turbo fan 4 in the direction of the rotation axis L (horizontal direction), and is delivered upward into the exhaust duct 12 together with the noise. The air delivered into the exhaust duct 12 passes through the air-cooled heat exchanger 14 and is deflected to the ventilation direction A during passing through. The air deflected to the ventilation direction A is exhausted from the exhaust port 6b to the outside of the package 6 after its noise energy is absorbed on the sound insulating plate 20 and the inner surface of the exhaust duct 12 to which the sound absorbing material is stuck.
According to the present embodiment, the fan cover 10 limits the exposure area of the turbo fan 4 to regulate the direction of noise conduction. Since the air-cooled heat exchanger 14 is arranged between the delivery side opening 10a and the exhaust port 6b in the regulated direction, the noise does not directly leak out of the package 6, and the noise emitted to the outside of the package 6 can be reduced. Specifically, the direction of air delivery by the turbo fan 4 is regulated in the upward direction, and the delivery destination is provided with an air-cooled heat exchanger 14 that is arranged to be inclined with respect to the vertical direction (crossing the delivery direction). Therefore, the air delivered upward by the turbo fan 4 is deflected to the ventilation direction A when passing through the air-cooled heat exchanger 14, so that no noise directly leaks from the exhaust port 6b. In other words, when the inside of the package 6 is viewed from the exhaust port 6b, the turbo fan 4 is configured to be hidden behind the fin 14c of the air-cooled heat exchanger 14, that is, not to be seen. In addition, the inclined arrangement of the air-cooled heat exchanger 14 with respect to the vertical direction inside the exhaust duct 12 also contributes to reducing the flow passage area inside the exhaust duct 12 and down-sizing of the whole.
It should be noted that the generated drain may contain NOx and SOx based on the installation environment and the component of the sucked air of the packaged compressor 2. When the air-cooled heat exchanger 14 is horizontally arranged, drain is likely to stagnate in the compressed air side flow passage and corrosion due to NOx and SOx components contained in the generated drain is likely to occur, but the inclined arrangement improves this. The inclined arrangement easily concentrates the drain generated during the cooling process of the compressed air downward, and not only can contribute to facilitating the draining work, but also can prevent the corrosion of the air-cooled heat exchanger 14 caused by the stagnation of the drain. It is preferable to provide a drain tank in the lower part of the air-cooled heat exchanger 14 arranged in an inclined manner. Providing a drain hole at the lowest position of the drain tank allows draining to be more reliably performed. Making the thickness of the drain tank larger than other parts of the air-cooled heat exchanger 14 can prevent a hole due to corrosion from occurring, but if the drain tank is made of a material having good corrosion resistance against drainage, the thickness of the drain tank can be made small.
In addition, the sound insulating plate 20 can prevent the noise from the turbo fan 4 from directly leaking out of the package 6, so that the noise emitted to outside of the package 6 can be reduced. Furthermore, since the sound insulating plate 20 is vertically installed substantially along the flow of air inside the exhaust duct 12, the flow of air inside the exhaust duct 12 is not significantly disturbed.
In addition, the sound insulating plate 20 is installed so as to cross the ventilation direction A of the air-cooled heat exchanger 14 so that the noise from the turbo fan 4 is prevented from leaking out of the package 6. Therefore, the noise from the turbo fan 4 can be prevented from directly leaking out of the package 6, so that the noise emitted to the outside of the package 6 can be reduced.
In addition, sticking the sound absorbing material 20a to the sound insulating plate 20 allows the sound insulating plate 20 to attenuate the noise energy and the noise emitted to the outside of the package 6 to be further reduced.
In addition, sticking the sound absorbing material 12a to the inner surface of the exhaust duct 12 allows the inner surface of the exhaust duct 12 to attenuate the noise energy and the noise emitted to the outside of the package 6 to be further reduced.
In the following, a modification of the present embodiment will be described with reference to
In the present modification, an axial flow fan 5 is used as another example of the cooling fan. Since the other configuration is the same as that of the packaged compressor 2 shown in
The axial flow fan 5 is arranged in the lower part of the air cooling chamber 6d inside the package 6 so that the rotation axis L extends in the vertical direction (substantially vertical) with the fan cover 10 attached. The axial flow fan 5 includes a fan motor 5a and a plurality of blades 5b driven by the fan motor 5a. The fan motor 5a is fixed to the fan cover 10 via a fixing member 5c.
The fan cover 10 is attached to the axial flow fan 5 as described above, and includes a suction side opening 10c opening in the horizontal direction and a delivery side opening 10a opening upward. The other directions are closed by the bottom plate 10d, the side plate 10e, and the rear plate 10f. In the present modification, the suction side opening 10c opens to one direction in the horizontal direction, but the opening direction of the suction side opening 10c is not particularly limited.
The flow of air in the air cooling chamber 6d is the same as that of the packaged compressor 2 shown in
Thus, the type of the cooling fan of the present invention is not limited, and an axial flow fan can be used in addition to the centrifugal fan. It should be noted that the number of cooling fans is not particularly limited, and a plurality of cooling fans may be arranged in parallel.
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