阅读说明：本技术 空调内机 (Air conditioner indoor unit ) 是由 张冀喆 李书奇 谢川川 张辉 于 2018-06-29 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提出了一种空调内机,包括：壳体,壳体的两端分别设有上进风口可开闭的上风道以及下进风口可开闭的下风道；上对旋风机,设于上风道内；下对旋风机,设于下风道内；换热器,设于壳体内,且换热器设于上对旋风机与下对旋风机之间,以使上对旋风机和下对旋风机中的一个产生的气流通过换热器流向上对旋风机和下对旋风机中的另一个,其中,在工作状态下,上进风口和下进风口中的至少一个开启。通过本发明的技术方案,能够在保证房间温度调节时间和空调能效的前提下,提高舒适性,降低高度方向上的温度差,并且能够在大风量工作时,降低噪声。(The invention provides an air conditioner indoor unit, which comprises: the air conditioner comprises a shell, an air conditioner body and a control device, wherein an upper air duct with an upper air inlet capable of being opened and closed and a lower air duct with a lower air inlet capable of being opened and closed are respectively arranged at two ends of the shell; the upper counter-rotating fan is arranged in the upper air duct; the lower counter-rotating fan is arranged in the lower air duct; and the heat exchanger is arranged in the shell and between the upper counter-rotating fan and the lower counter-rotating fan, so that the airflow generated by one of the upper counter-rotating fan and the lower counter-rotating fan flows to the other of the upper counter-rotating fan and the lower counter-rotating fan through the heat exchanger, wherein at least one of the upper air inlet and the lower air inlet is opened in a working state. By the technical scheme, the comfort is improved, the temperature difference in the height direction is reduced on the premise of ensuring the room temperature adjusting time and the air conditioning energy efficiency, and the noise is reduced when the air conditioner works with high wind volume.)

1. An air conditioner indoor unit, characterized by comprising:

the air conditioner comprises a shell, an air conditioner body and a control device, wherein an upper air duct with an upper air inlet capable of being opened and closed and a lower air duct with a lower air inlet capable of being opened and closed are respectively arranged at two ends of the shell;

the upper counter-rotating fan is arranged in the upper air duct;

the lower counter-rotating fan is arranged in the lower air duct;

the heat exchanger is arranged in the shell, the heat exchanger is arranged between the upper counter-rotating fan and the lower counter-rotating fan, so that air flow generated by one of the upper counter-rotating fan and the lower counter-rotating fan flows to the other one of the upper counter-rotating fan and the lower counter-rotating fan through the heat exchanger, and at least one of the upper air inlet and the lower air inlet is opened in a working state.

2. The indoor unit of claim 1, wherein the casing is square, the heat exchanger is a plate heat exchanger, and the plate heat exchanger is obliquely arranged in the middle of the casing, so that when the upper air inlet or the lower air inlet is closed, air flow generated by one of the upper counter-rotating fan and the lower counter-rotating fan flows to the other of the upper counter-rotating fan and the lower counter-rotating fan through the heat exchanger.

3. The indoor unit of claim 2, wherein the upper duct further comprises:

the upper air outlet is formed in one side of the shell, and the axes of the upper air outlet, the upper air inlet and the upper counter-rotating fan are collinear;

the lower air duct further comprises:

the lower air outlet, with go up the air outlet and locate the homonymy of casing, just down the air outlet the air intake down and the axis collineation of lower counter-rotating fan.

4. An indoor unit for an air conditioner according to claim 3, further comprising:

the upper sliding chute is arranged on the inner wall of the shell;

the upper baffle is arranged in the upper chute so as to realize the opening and closing of the upper air inlet or the upper air outlet when the upper baffle slides in the upper chute;

the lower sliding chute is arranged on the inner wall of the shell;

and the lower baffle is arranged in the lower sliding groove so as to realize the opening and closing of the lower air inlet or the lower air outlet when the lower baffle slides in the lower sliding groove.

5. An air conditioner indoor unit according to claim 4,

the upper sliding groove and the lower sliding groove are integrally formed and are arranged on the same side in the shell.

6. An air conditioner indoor unit according to claim 5,

go up the counter-rotating fan specifically include:

a first axial fan and a second axial fan which are arranged adjacently along the axial direction,

wherein the rotational direction of the first axial flow fan is opposite to the rotational direction of the second axial flow fan;

the counter-rotating fan specifically includes:

a third axial flow fan and a fourth axial flow fan which are arranged adjacently along the axial direction,

wherein the rotation direction of the third axial flow fan is opposite to that of the fourth axial flow fan.

7. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 6, further comprising:

a microcontroller electrically connected to the upper counter-rotating fan and the lower counter-rotating fan to adjust the rotation speed and rotation direction of one or more of the first axial fan, the second axial fan, the third axial fan and the fourth axial fan when receiving a control instruction,

the microcontroller is electrically connected with the upper baffle and the lower baffle to adjust the position of the upper baffle in the upper chute and the position of the lower baffle in the lower chute when the control instruction is received.

8. An air conditioner indoor unit according to claim 7,

when the control instruction is a refrigeration instruction, the microcontroller adjusts the rotation directions of the first axial flow fan and the second axial flow fan so that the airflow flows in from the upper air inlet, adjusts the rotation directions of the third axial flow fan and the fourth axial flow fan, and moves the lower baffle plate until the lower air inlet is closed so that the airflow flows in from the lower air outlet; or

When the control instruction is a heating instruction, the microcontroller adjusts the rotation directions of the first axial flow fan and the second axial flow fan, and simultaneously moves the upper baffle plate to close the upper air inlet so as to enable the air flow to flow in from the upper air outlet, and the microcontroller adjusts the rotation directions of the third axial flow fan and the fourth axial flow fan so as to enable the air flow to flow in from the lower air inlet.

9. An air conditioner indoor unit according to claim 8,

when the control instruction is a ventilation instruction, the microcontroller controls the upper baffle and the lower baffle to move to the positions where the upper air inlet and the lower air inlet are opened respectively, and the microcontroller adjusts the rotation directions of the first axial flow fan, the second axial flow fan, the third axial flow fan and the fourth axial flow fan so that air flows into the upper air inlet and the lower air inlet and flows out of the upper air outlet and the lower air outlet.

10. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to any one of claims 3 to 9, further comprising:

and the filter screen is arranged on the upper air outlet, the upper air inlet, the lower air outlet and the lower air inlet.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of air conditioners, in particular to an air conditioner indoor unit.

Background

Along with the improvement of the requirement of human beings on the living environment, the application of the air conditioner is more and more common, and along with the improvement of the requirement of people on the living quality, the performance requirement of the air conditioner is higher and higher. The working principle of the air conditioner is that indoor air is sucked into an indoor unit for heat exchange, and the air is sent back to the indoor unit after being cooled or heated.

The existing air conditioner at least has the following disadvantages: 1. the air conditioner after heat exchange has cold or hot outlet air and very poor comfort experience when being blown to people; if the temperature difference between the outlet air and the indoor air is reduced, which is usually realized by reducing the air volume, the energy efficiency of the air conditioner and the time for adjusting the room temperature are greatly deteriorated; 2. cold air and hot air flow out from the upper outlet, the temperature difference of the room along the height direction is large, and people feel poor; when cold air and hot air are respectively discharged from the upper port and the lower port, due to the problem of system resistance, the air quantity is generally small, and when the air quantity is adjusted to be large, noise is greatly increased as a result of changing the rotating speed of a fan and the like.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art or the related art.

In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner internal unit, which can improve comfort, reduce temperature difference in a height direction, and reduce noise when operating with a large amount of wind, on the premise of ensuring room temperature adjustment time and air conditioning energy efficiency.

In order to achieve the above object, a technical solution of the present invention provides an air conditioner indoor unit, including: the air conditioner comprises a shell, an air conditioner body and a control device, wherein an upper air duct with an upper air inlet capable of being opened and closed and a lower air duct with a lower air inlet capable of being opened and closed are respectively arranged at two ends of the shell; the upper counter-rotating fan is arranged in the upper air duct; the lower counter-rotating fan is arranged in the lower air duct; and the heat exchanger is arranged in the shell and between the upper counter-rotating fan and the lower counter-rotating fan, so that the airflow generated by one of the upper counter-rotating fan and the lower counter-rotating fan flows to the other of the upper counter-rotating fan and the lower counter-rotating fan through the heat exchanger, wherein at least one of the upper air inlet and the lower air inlet is opened in a working state.

In the technical scheme, the rotary fan has the characteristics that the air volume is large at a low rotating speed, the air outlet field can be adjusted, but the air pressure is relatively low; in order to overcome the resistance of an air conditioner internal unit and enable the air in the shell to flow with enough power, an upper counter-rotating fan and a lower counter-rotating fan are arranged at two ends of the shell, so that large air volume is realized at low rotating speed, the pressure rise of the counter-rotating fans is low, and the noise is low. In addition, when the upper air inlet and the lower air inlet are both opened, the upper counter-rotating fan and the lower counter-rotating fan can respectively accelerate the flow of air in the corresponding upper air duct and the lower air duct, so that the ventilation efficiency of an internal unit of the air conditioner is improved; when one of the upper air inlet and the lower air inlet is opened, the corresponding counter-rotating fan can fully mix heat exchange air formed after indoor air is subjected to heat exchange through the heat exchanger with outdoor air flowing in through the air inlet and discharge the air through the air outlet, so that air discharged by an air conditioner inner unit cannot be supercooled or overheated, moderate-temperature air is formed, and the air is blown into a room without large temperature difference, and the comfort is good.

When the lower air inlet is closed and the upper air inlet is opened, indoor air flows in from the lower air outlet in the lower air duct, and is mixed with outdoor air flowing in from the upper air inlet and exhausted after heat exchange of the lower counter-rotating fan and the heat exchanger in sequence; similarly, when the lower air inlet is opened and the upper air inlet is closed, indoor air flows in from the upper air outlet in the upper air duct, and is mixed with outdoor air flowing in from the lower air inlet and discharged after heat exchange of the upper counter-rotating fan and the heat exchanger in sequence.

In addition, the mode of mixing the outdoor air and the heat exchange air is adopted, compared with the mode of reducing the air volume, the energy efficiency of the air conditioner and the air temperature regulation speed of a room are ensured not to be influenced, and the noise generated by the reduction of the rotating speed of the fan can be reduced.

In the above technical solution, optionally, the casing is square, the heat exchanger is a plate heat exchanger, and the plate heat exchanger is obliquely disposed in the middle of the casing, so that when the upper air inlet or the lower air inlet is closed, an air flow generated by one of the upper counter-rotating fan and the lower counter-rotating fan flows to the other of the upper counter-rotating fan and the lower counter-rotating fan through the heat exchanger.

In the technical scheme, the heat exchanger is obliquely arranged in the shell, so that air flow in the shell can completely flow through the heat exchanger, the heat exchange area of the air flow and the heat exchanger can be increased, the heat exchanger and the air flow can fully exchange heat, and the heat exchange efficiency is improved.

Specifically, because the whole most of the circumstances of air conditioner internal unit leans on the wall setting, consequently prescribes a limit to the casing for square can increase and the wall between area of contact for air conditioner internal unit's fixed more stable, simultaneously, prescribes a limit to the type of heat exchanger and locate the casing middle part for plate heat exchanger slope simultaneously, can make partial air by all inflow heat exchangers to the cyclone, again after abundant heat transfer with the air current mix discharge that the air intake flows in.

In the above technical solution, optionally, the upper duct further includes: the upper air outlet is arranged on one side of the shell, and the axes of the upper air outlet, the upper air inlet and the upper counter-rotating fan are collinear; the wind channel still includes down: the lower air outlet and the upper air outlet are arranged on the same side of the shell, and the lower air outlet, the lower air inlet and the lower counter-rotating fan are collinear in axis.

In the technical scheme, the axes of the corresponding counter-rotating fans, the air inlets and the air outlets are collinear, so that the air in the corresponding air channels flows more stably, and the air exhausted by an air conditioner internal unit is more stable; and the air flow in the air duct can be completely acted on the corresponding counter-rotating fan, so that the energy efficiency of the counter-rotating fan is improved.

Specifically, an upper air duct is formed between the upper air inlet and the upper air outlet, a lower air duct is formed between the lower air inlet and the lower air outlet, meanwhile, air flowing into the shell through the air inlet flows into the air duct after heat exchange through the heat exchanger, and is mixed at the counter-rotating fan and then discharged to the indoor through the air outlet.

It can be understood that the positions of the air inlet and the air outlet can be flexibly adjusted according to the setting position of the actual air conditioner internal unit, and the effect can be realized only by forming the air duct.

In the above technical solution, optionally, the method further includes: the upper sliding chute is arranged on the inner wall of the shell; the upper baffle is arranged in the upper sliding chute so as to realize the opening and closing of the upper air inlet or the upper air outlet when the upper baffle slides in the upper sliding chute; the lower sliding chute is arranged on the inner wall of the shell; the lower baffle is arranged in the lower sliding groove so as to realize the opening and closing of the lower air inlet or the lower air outlet when the lower baffle slides in the lower sliding groove.

In this technical scheme, the spout can inject the movement track of baffle respectively, but the air intake or the air outlet is opened or is closed in the motion process of baffle to the flow direction of air current is controlled according to air conditioner internal unit's operational mode.

In the above technical solution, optionally, the upper chute and the lower chute are integrally formed and are disposed on the same side in the housing.

In this technical scheme, go up the spout and the same one side of gliding trench in the casing, and integrated into one piece, the processing and the manufacturing of the spout of being convenient for, and can make overhead gage and lower baffle be located the same one side of casing to reduce the space that the baffle occupy the inside wind channel of casing.

In the above technical solution, optionally, the upward-convection cyclone specifically includes: the first axial flow fan and the second axial flow fan are arranged adjacently along the axial direction, wherein the rotating direction of the first axial flow fan is opposite to that of the second axial flow fan; the counter-rotating fan specifically includes: and the third axial flow fan and the fourth axial flow fan are arranged adjacently along the axial direction, wherein the rotating direction of the third axial flow fan is opposite to that of the fourth axial flow fan.

In this technical scheme, every is to the rotary fan and comprises two axial fan, because the characteristics to the rotary fan are that the amount of wind is big under the low-speed, and the air-out field is adjustable, but the wind pressure is lower relatively, only relies on the resistance of hardly overcoming whole interior machine system to the rotary fan, even reach through changing the design and improving the rotational speed, the noise can become very big. Therefore, the contra-rotating fan can realize the change of the air outlet field by adjusting the rotating speeds of the two axial flow fans. And the rotation directions of the two axial flow fans are opposite, so that air on the air inlet side of the counter-rotating fan can be sucked to the air outlet, air on the air outlet side of the counter-rotating fan can flow at an accelerated speed, and the air can be rapidly diffused to avoid directly blowing a human body or be intensively and straightly blown out to improve the air supply distance.

In the above technical solution, optionally, the method further includes: and the microcontroller is electrically connected with the upper counter-rotating fan and the lower counter-rotating fan so as to adjust the rotating speed and the rotating direction of one or more of the first axial flow fan, the second axial flow fan, the third axial flow fan and the fourth axial flow fan when receiving a control instruction, and is electrically connected with the upper baffle and the lower baffle so as to adjust the position of the upper baffle in the upper chute and the position of the lower baffle in the lower chute when receiving the control instruction.

In this technical scheme, microcontroller can control the rotational speed and the direction of rotation of one or more in first axial fan, second axial fan, third axial fan and the fourth axial fan to according to the concrete flow direction of air conditioner internal unit's operation mode control air current, and then make cold wind blow off from the upper air outlet, hot-blast blow off from lower air outlet or outdoor air from upper and lower air intake inflow, upper and lower air intake outflow form natural wind, cold air sinks naturally, hot-air rises naturally, and the air temperature difference in the vertical direction can reduce by a wide margin like this.

In the above technical solution, optionally, when the control instruction is a refrigeration instruction, the microcontroller adjusts the rotation directions of the first axial flow fan and the second axial flow fan to enable the air flow to flow from the upper air inlet, and adjusts the rotation directions of the third axial flow fan and the fourth axial flow fan, and simultaneously moves the lower baffle plate until the lower air inlet is closed to enable the air flow to flow from the lower air outlet; or when the control instruction is a heating instruction, the microcontroller adjusts the rotation directions of the first axial flow fan and the second axial flow fan, simultaneously moves the upper baffle plate to close the upper air inlet so as to enable the air flow to flow from the upper air outlet, and adjusts the rotation directions of the third axial flow fan and the fourth axial flow fan so as to enable the air flow to flow from the lower air inlet.

In this technical scheme, microcontroller can control the rotational speed and the direction of rotation of one or more in first axial fan, second axial fan, third axial fan and the fourth axial fan to according to the concrete flow direction of air conditioner internal unit's operation mode control air current, and then make cold wind blow off from the upper air outlet, hot-blast air blows off from the lower air outlet, and the cold air sinks naturally, and the hot-air rises naturally, and the air temperature difference in the vertical direction can reduce by a wide margin like this.

In the above technical solution, optionally, when the control instruction is a ventilation instruction, the microcontroller controls the upper baffle and the lower baffle to move to positions where the upper air inlet and the lower air inlet are opened, and adjusts the rotation directions of the first axial flow fan, the second axial flow fan, the third axial flow fan and the fourth axial flow fan so that the air flow flows in from the upper air inlet and the lower air inlet and flows out from the upper air outlet and the lower air outlet.

In this technical scheme, microcontroller can control the rotational speed and the direction of rotation of one or more in first axial fan, second axial fan, third axial fan and the fourth axial fan to according to the concrete flow direction of the operation mode control air current of air conditioner internal unit, and then make outdoor air from upper and lower air intake inflow, upper and lower air intake flow. The air current need not flow through the heat exchanger under the ventilation operating mode, and system resistance is little, can produce bigger amount of wind to the cyclone. The upper air outlet and the lower air outlet work simultaneously, and air flow which advances is generated on the whole plane, so that the air conditioner indoor unit can generate natural wind.

In the above technical solution, optionally, the method further includes: and the filter screens are arranged on the upper air outlet, the upper air inlet, the lower air outlet and the lower air inlet.

In the technical scheme, the filter screens arranged at the upper air outlet, the upper air inlet, the lower air outlet and the lower air inlet can filter air entering from the air inlet and exhausted from the air outlet, and particularly, harmful substances in the air can be adsorbed according to different adsorption objects of the filter screens, so that the air exhausted by an indoor unit of the air conditioner is prevented from containing the harmful substances to cause harm to a human body; and substances such as dust, flock and the like in the air can be adsorbed, so that the blockage of the counter-rotating fan and the heat exchanger due to accumulation of the substances is avoided.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

Fig. 1 shows a schematic perspective view of an air conditioner indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 shows an internal structural view of an air conditioner internal unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural view showing a cooling operation of an air conditioner indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view illustrating heating of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 shows a schematic structural view when an air conditioner indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention is ventilated;

wherein, the correspondence between the reference numbers and the part names in fig. 1 to 5 is:

10 shell, 102 upper air inlet, 104 lower air inlet, 106 upper air outlet, 108 lower air outlet, 110 upper baffle, 112 lower baffle, 20 upper counter-rotating fan, 202 first axial fan, 204 second axial fan, 30 lower counter-rotating fan, 302 third axial fan, 304 fourth axial fan and 40 heat exchanger.

Detailed Description

So that the manner in which the above recited objects, features and advantages of the present invention can be understood in detail, a more particular description of the invention, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to the embodiments thereof which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those specifically described herein, and therefore the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

Some embodiments according to the invention are described below with reference to fig. 1 to 5.