EP2342511B1 - Réfrigérateur domestique, ainsi que système modulaire de réfrigérateur domestique - Google Patents

Réfrigérateur domestique, ainsi que système modulaire de réfrigérateur domestique Download PDF

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EP2342511B1
EP2342511B1 EP09736211A EP09736211A EP2342511B1 EP 2342511 B1 EP2342511 B1 EP 2342511B1 EP 09736211 A EP09736211 A EP 09736211A EP 09736211 A EP09736211 A EP 09736211A EP 2342511 B1 EP2342511 B1 EP 2342511B1
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Xiaotian Zhou
Berthold Pflomm
Niels Liengaard
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D16/00—Devices using a combination of a cooling mode associated with refrigerating machinery with a cooling mode not associated with refrigerating machinery
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D1/00—Devices using naturally cold air or cold water
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2317/00—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2317/06—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation
    • F25D2317/066—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation characterised by the air supply
    • F25D2317/0664—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation characterised by the air supply from the side

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  • the invention relates to a household refrigerator with an outside air cooling system according to the preamble of claim 1 and a household refrigerator module assembly according to claim 13.
  • a generic household refrigerator which has at least one cold room.
  • the cooling space is thermally coupled with an outside air circuit for cooling the cooling room air.
  • an outside air circuit for cooling the cooling room air.
  • a heat exchanger here is a refrigerator boundary wall of the household refrigerator or an intermediate tube bottom used in the refrigerator. In this way, a heat transfer surface is provided, for example, by means of the cooling space delimiting wall, at which the cooling chamber air can move in natural convection and thereby gradually cool down.
  • DE 10 2006 024 801 A1 discloses a further similar embodiment of a refrigerator cooled with fresh air, in which the accommodation of the condenser of the regular cooling system is arranged by a corresponding wall bushing outside of a building. In addition to the above disadvantages, this results in additional costs for the installation of the cooling system, which is thus out of the question, for example, for rented rooms.
  • From the US Pat. No. 4,619,114 is a building with a memory space to be cooled known. Refrigerated goods can be stored in the storage space for restaurants or goods to be cooled for, for example, vegetable shops. For this purpose, a conventional air / air heat exchanger is used. In the heat exchanger, an outside air circuit is thermally coupled to a refrigerator air circuit. This allows the outside air to be transferred to the cold room air. From the US 5 239 834 A is also a building with a storage space to be cooled, in which a conventional air / air heat exchanger is used. From the DE 25 37 014 A1 is an agriculturally usable storage space known in which the low temperatures of the water of streams or rivers are available.
  • the object of the invention is to provide an domestic refrigeration appliance with an outside air cooling system with improved operation.
  • cooling chamber air is passed through the heat exchanger.
  • the heat exchanger In this way, a more intense compared to the prior art heat exchange between the outside air circuit and the refrigerator air circulation is possible.
  • only one cooling space boundary wall is cooled by means of an outside air flow, but the cooling room air is not guided through a heat exchanger.
  • An air duct of the cooling room air and the outside air through the heat exchanger can be done by way of example according to the DC or countercurrent principle.
  • the heat exchanger is an air / air heat exchanger having an outdoor air chamber associated with the outside air circuit and a cold room air chamber associated with the room air circuit.
  • the fresh air and cold room air circuits can be separated from each other in terms of flow, which excludes the possibility that outside air can enter the cold room.
  • the fresh air and the cold room air circuit are on the one hand to thermally couple with each other for a favorable cold transfer.
  • the two circuits are to be separated as far as possible from each other in terms of flow, in order to largely avoid direct admission of the cooling space to outside air.
  • the heat exchanger can each provide separate inlets and outlets for the cooling room air.
  • the heat exchanger can additionally provide inlets and outlets for the outside air circulation.
  • the circuits may be provided with delivery fans, which increase the flow rates in the outside air circuit and the refrigerator air circuit.
  • the cooling space is not directly exposed to cool outside air, which may have high humidity. Rather, the outdoor air is transferred via the heat exchanger to the cold room air circulation, with the help of the cooling chamber is cooled. Condensation in the cold room due to direct exposure to outside air can therefore be reduced.
  • the fresh air and / or the cold room air circuit is provided with an additional cold storage.
  • the cold storage is provided within the switched between fresh air and cold room air circulation heat exchanger. With the help of cold storage, for example, higher daytime temperatures can be bridged.
  • the outside air circuit can be deactivated while the cold room air circulation is activated while flowing around the still cold cold storage.
  • the cold storage is preferably arranged directly in the flow path of the outside air and / or the cold room air.
  • the heat exchanger may have a common flow chamber, which is fluidically connected both with the outside air circuit and with the refrigerator air circuit.
  • additional cold storage are provided in the heat exchanger, they are surrounded by both the outside air and the cold room air directly.
  • the two outside air and cooling space air circuits can be activated at least partially offset in time from one another.
  • the outside air circuit is activated, the cold room air circuit is deactivated so that initially only the cold storage in the heat exchanger is cooled by means of outside air.
  • the cooling-chamber air circulation be activated and the cold is transferred from the cold storage in the refrigerator.
  • a storage medium for the cold storage a material is preferably used whose phase change temperature is in the range of the operating temperature of the refrigerator or in the range of outside air temperatures. For example, water can be used as the storage medium.
  • the outside air cooling system can only be used in cool outdoor temperatures, ie in winter, while it remains out of operation at higher outside temperatures.
  • an additional closing element can close the cold room air inlets and outlets.
  • the refrigeration device is operated exclusively by means of the refrigerant circuit known per se.
  • a particularly preferred embodiment of the present invention is obtained if the heat exchanger module of the fresh air cooling system is arranged detachably connected to a belonging to the first cooling system wall of the refrigerator, wherein at thederaumluftübertritt provided by this wall of the refrigerator and the heat exchanger housing into each other airtight intervening nozzle and counter-nozzle can be.
  • the outside air cooling system can be separated from the per se conventional refrigerator, so that instead of the heat exchanger housing of the outside air cooling system on the belonging to the first cooling system wall of the refrigerator according to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, a cover can be arranged, the one to the at least one channel opening having corresponding closure means.
  • the above-mentioned refrigerant circuit may be provided in addition to the outside air cooling system.
  • the outside air cooling system can be connected to the outside air through at least one house wall duct, whereby the outside air can be conveyed into and out of the refrigeration appliance by means of the conveyor blower.
  • the temperature in the cold storage is preferably detectable by means of at least one cold storage temperature sensor.
  • the cold storage is arranged according to a further preferred embodiment for the accumulation of iced water condensate on its outer surfaces.
  • the inside air can be conveyed into and / or out of the inside air chamber of the heat exchanger and at the same time into and / or out of the cooling space of the refrigeration appliance by means of at least one second conveyor blower.
  • the refrigeration appliance can furthermore be developed advantageously in that in each case a controllable throttle valve is provided in at least one of the channel openings and / or house wall penetrations, with which the associated flow passage can be varied and / or closed.
  • the throttle or flap may be used to close the channel openings when the outdoor air cooling system is not in use during warm periods of the year and / or to control the outside airflow through a variable throttle opening.
  • a separate control device of the fresh air cooling system which detects the temperature of the outside air using an outside temperature sensor and the temperature of the cold storage using a cold storage temperature sensor and evaluates.
  • the cooling chamber air temperature can be regulated by means of a further control device.
  • a cold room sensor is arranged in the cold room. If the detected refrigerator compartment temperature exceeds a setpoint, the compressor of the refrigerant circuit is put into operation until the detected refrigerator compartment temperature falls below the setpoint. By connecting the fresh air cooling system, additional cold can be introduced into the cold room, whereby the service life of the compressor can be increased while saving energy.
  • the outside air cooling system can be activated by means of a control device which detects the outside air temperature. If, for example, the temperature in the winter drops to -5 ° C at night, the outside air circulation is activated, which causes the cold outside air to flow through Heat exchanger flows. As a result, the heat exchanger temperature drops below 0 ° C and is activated by means of the control device of the refrigerator air circuit. In this way, the cold room air is cooled. Likewise, the storage medium, such as water, is cooled until it gradually freezes. When the outside temperature rises to 5 ° C during the daytime, for example, the controller deactivates the outside air circuit. In contrast, the refrigerator air circuit remains activated until the frozen storage medium has melted.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a basic arrangement of a refrigeration device 1 according to a first embodiment shown.
  • the refrigeration device 1 has a cooling space 102 for refrigerated goods and a control device 107, 205. Furthermore, it is equipped with a first and a second cooling system 10 and 20, wherein the first cooling system 10 is a closed coolant circuit 108 and the second cooling system 20 is an outside air cooling system 20 operating by a temperature-controlled supply of cool outside air, which is penetrated by at least one house wall duct 215 and / or or 216 is connected to the outside air 219.
  • the outside air 219 can be conveyed into and out of the refrigerator 1 by means of a delivery blower 211.
  • the refrigerant circuit has a compressor 109, an evaporator 105, a condenser 106 and an expansion valve 104, and a control device 107, which regulates the compressor 106 in response to the refrigerator space temperature Tn detected by a refrigerator temperature sensor 101 to a predetermined setpoint temperature Ts.
  • a control device 107 which regulates the compressor 106 in response to the refrigerator space temperature Tn detected by a refrigerator temperature sensor 101 to a predetermined setpoint temperature Ts.
  • a desired temperature sensor not shown, a user can select the setpoint temperature Ts in a temperature range in the order of about 5 ° C.
  • the outside air cooling system 20 has a cold storage 208 in which a cooling medium of a predetermined mass and volume is cooled by the cooler outside air to a temperature which is lower than the temperature in the cooling space.
  • a cooling medium of a predetermined mass and volume is cooled by the cooler outside air to a temperature which is lower than the temperature in the cooling space.
  • the cold storage 208 preferably has a cavity which is filled with a cooling medium.
  • the cooling medium is for example water. This allows cooling to 0 ° C and further cooling of the frozen ice to an underlying temperature.
  • the coolant may be formed from a gel customary in refrigeration or by a solid metal element.
  • the outside air cooling system 20 is associated with an outside air circuit I, in which by means of the conveyor blower 211 cool outside air B flows into the outside air chamber 207 of the heat exchanger housing 210 and is discharged via the pipe 212 again.
  • a cooling space air circuit II is provided, which conducts cooling air C into a cooling space air chamber 206 of the heat exchanger housing 210 by means of a delivery blower 218 and returns the cooling room air into the cooling space via an outlet 201.
  • the partition 209 of the heat exchanger separates according to the Fig. 1 the cold room air chamber 206 and the outer air chamber 207 hermetically from each other, so that the outside air can not enter directly into the cooling chamber 102.
  • the outside air chamber 207 is connected in the outside air circuit I and can be flowed through by the cool outside air. For this purpose, detects an additional, provided for the outdoor air cooling system 20 control means 205 using an outside temperature sensor 214, the outside air temperature Ta. When the outside air temperature Ta has dropped below a predetermined limit temperature Tg, for example, 6 ° C, the controller 205 turns on the conveyor fan 211 and opens a in a the controllable throttle valve 217 arranged in the pipe feed lines 212, so that the cool outside air B and the exhausted air A are fed into and out of the outside air chamber 207. For this purpose, the outside air cooling system 20 with the pipes 212 through house wall duct 215, 216 is performed. At least in the suction house wall duct, an unillustrated filter may be installed to prevent clogging of the outside air chamber 207 by dust and insects.
  • the cooling chamber air chamber 206 of the heat exchanger 210 is also flowed through by its own cooling air circuit, that is, the cooling space air circuit II, with the cool interior air.
  • the control device 205 of the outside air cooling system 20 detects the cold storage temperature Tk with the aid of a cold storage temperature sensor 204.
  • the cold storage temperature sensor 204 is arranged here merely by way of example directly on the illustrated cold storage 208 and can be arranged in the cooling space air chamber 206 in further embodiments on the partition wall 209.
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic representation of a basic arrangement of a refrigerator 1 according to a second embodiment.
  • this has a heat exchanger 210, in which the outer air chamber 207 and the inner air chamber 206 together form a common flow chamber, whereby the heat exchanger is structurally simple to produce.
  • the cold storage 208 is in this case composed of a plurality of individual cold storage cells 208n, which are flowed around by both the outside air and the inside air.
  • the controller 205 also controls this refrigerator 1 as below FIG. 1 described. In addition, everything else applies to the design below FIG. 1 Said for the present embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic representation of a basic arrangement of a refrigeration device 1 according to the second embodiment FIG. 2 in an exploded view.
  • the outside air cooling system 20 is attachable to a conventional cooling system 10 as a separate module. In this way, it can be retrofitted into existing refrigerators and offered as a selectable option for new appliances.
  • the heat exchanger 210 is preferably as shown in FIG Fig. 3 shown, above the conventional refrigerator 103 growable.
  • the heat exchanger housing 210 has at its lower side via two nozzles 220 and 221, which form the channel openings 201 and 202.
  • These two stubs 220 and 221 can be attached airtight on the inside corresponding to the upper side of the refrigerator 103 arranged counter-nozzles 225 and 226, so that at the same time an alignment and an air seal takes place.
  • the airtightness can be realized for example by means of seals.
  • a cover 222 serves to close the then open openings of the counterparts 225 and 226.
  • the cover 222 has on its underside two blind openings 223 and 224 which correspond to the counter stubs 225 and 226.
  • the cover 222 also has a smooth upper side, allowing it to be used as a practical overlay.

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  1. Appareil frigorifique à usage domestique comprenant au moins une enceinte frigorifique (102) qui est couplée thermiquement à de l'air extérieur frais pour le refroidissement de l'air de l'enceinte frigorifique par l'intermédiaire d'un circuit d'air extérieur (I), caractérisé en ce que le circuit d'air extérieur (I) est en liaison avec un circuit d'air de l'enceinte frigorifique (II) par interconnexion d'un échangeur de chaleur (210) au moyen duquel le froid de l'air extérieur est transférable sur l'air de l'enceinte frigorifique, en ce que l'air de l'enceinte frigorifique circulant dans le circuit d'air de l'enceinte frigorifique (II) est guidé à travers l'échangeur de chaleur (210) et en ce que pour surmonter des températures journalières plus élevées à l'intérieur de l'échangeur de chaleur (210), au moins un accumulateur de froid (208) est ménagé, au moyen duquel le circuit d'air extérieur (I) peut être désactivé, alors que le circuit d'air de l'enceinte frigorifique (II) reste activé en s'écoulant autour de l'accumulateur de froid (208) encore froid.
  2. Appareil frigorifique à usage domestique selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'échangeur de chaleur (210) peut être relié à l'enceinte frigorifique (102) par une entrée et une sortie d'air de l'enceinte frigorifique (201, 202), et en ce qu'il peut être relié aux environs par une entrée et une sortie d'air extérieur (212).
  3. Appareil frigorifique à usage domestique selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce qu'un ventilateur d'air (211, 218) est affecté au circuit d'air extérieur (I) et/ou au circuit d'air de l'enceinte frigorifique (II).
  4. Appareil frigorifique à usage domestique selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'échangeur de chaleur (210) présente une chambre d'air extérieur (207) affectée au circuit d'air extérieur (I) et une chambre d'air de l'enceinte frigorifique (206) affectée au circuit d'air de l'enceinte frigorifique (II).
  5. Appareil frigorifique à usage domestique selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le circuit d'air extérieur (I) et le circuit d'air de l'enceinte frigorifique (II) sont séparés l'un de l'autre du point de vue écoulement.
  6. Appareil frigorifique à usage domestique selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que l'échangeur de chaleur (210) présente une chambre d'écoulement commune qui est reliée aussi bien au circuit d'air extérieur (I) qu'au circuit d'air de l'enceinte frigorifique (II) du point de vue écoulement.
  7. Appareil frigorifique à usage domestique selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 6, caractérisé en ce que l'accumulateur de froid (208) présente un matériau dont la température de changement de phase est située dans la gamme des températures de fonctionnement d'appareils frigorifiques resp. dans la gamme des températures d'air extérieur.
  8. Appareil frigorifique à usage domestique selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'échangeur de chaleur (210) est relié à l'appareil frigorifique en pouvant en être découplé en tant que module séparé.
  9. Appareil frigorifique à usage domestique selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce qu'un élément de fermeture (222) est affecté à l'appareil frigorifique, au moyen duquel élément de fermeture des entrées et des sorties d'air de l'enceinte frigorifique (225, 226) de l'enceinte frigorifique (210) peuvent être fermées lorsque le module échangeur de chaleur est découplé.
  10. Appareil frigorifique à usage domestique selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'une unité de commande (205) est ménagée, laquelle, en cas d'une température de l'air extérieur (Ta) inférieure à une température limite prédéterminée (Tg), active le circuit d'air extérieur et/ou le circuit d'air de refroidissement, notamment met en marche le ventilateur (211, 218).
  11. Appareil frigorifique à usage domestique selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de commande (205) active le circuit d'air extérieur (I) lorsque la température de l'air extérieur (Ta) est inférieure à une température de transition de phase de l'accumulateur de froid (208) et/ou active le circuit d'air de l'enceinte frigorifique (II) lorsque la température de l'accumulateur de froid est inférieure à la température de l'enceinte frigorifique (Tn).
  12. Appareil frigorifique à usage domestique selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'un évaporateur (105) d'un circuit de réfrigérant (108) est affecté à l'enceinte frigorifique (102), au moyen duquel évaporateur l'enceinte frigorifique (102) peut être refroidie à une température désirée prédéterminée (Ts) de l'enceinte frigorifique.
  13. Agencement modulaire d'appareil frigorifique à usage domestique comprenant un appareil frigorifique à usage domestique selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'échangeur de chaleur (210) peut être couplé à l'appareil frigorifique à usage domestique en tant que module séparé amovible.
  14. Agencement modulaire d'appareil frigorifique à usage domestique selon la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce qu'un élément de fermeture (222) est ménagé, au moyen duquel des entrées et des sorties d'air (201, 202) peuvent être fermées entre l'enceinte frigorifique (102) et l'échangeur de chaleur (210) lorsque le module échangeur de chaleur est découplé.
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