EP3764020B1 - Indoor unit and air conditioner - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an indoor unit and an air-conditioning apparatus, and more particularly to an airflow deflector.
- Some indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes an air inlet in an upper portion of an indoor unit body and an air outlet in a lower portion of the indoor unit body. Inside the indoor unit body, a fan and a heat exchanger are disposed in an air passage from the air inlet to the air outlet. An air outlet path leading to the air outlet is formed downstream of the fan. An up-down airflow deflector for changing an up-down airflow direction is disposed close to the air outlet. Electric components are disposed either at the left or right portion inside the indoor unit body.
- an air outlet width is reduced. This leads to poor distribution of airflow in the left-right direction. Additionally, as the air outlet is close either to the left or to the right, an appearance of the indoor unit is asymmetrical in the left-right direction. To remedy these problems, a pseudo air path part is provided at an end portion of the air outlet so that a lateral width of the up-down airflow deflector is greater than an air path width of the air outlet.
- the up-down airflow deflector is disposed on an upper air path where air outlet speed is high.
- Another proposed solution to preventing dew condensation during a cooling operation is to use an indoor unit that includes an air outlet direction guide on a guiding surface of an up-down airflow deflector so that blown air is guided further outward to prevent indoor air from being drawn in (for example, see Patent Literature 1).
- JP H11 237107 A describes an air conditioner with an inlet is provided at an upper portion of a body, an outlet is provided at a lower portion of the body, a stepped recess formed contiguously to one side of the outlet, and a horizontal louver pivotally supported by a shaft between a side wall of the stepped recess and a side wall at the other side of the outlet. Further, a heat exchanger and a blower are provided in an air path connecting the inlet and the outlet. An air interception board is formed in a longitudinal direction so as to intercept air blow toward one side of the upper surface of the horizontal louver when the louver is rotated and positioned in a horizontal direction in front of the stepped recess.
- Patent Literature 1 Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 6-288605
- the effect of providing the air outlet direction guide is obtained only at a location where an air outlet speed is at a certain rate.
- the air outlet speed may be low depending on factors such as height positions of the pseudo air path part and the up-down airflow deflector, so that a problem lies in that providing the air outlet direction guide is less effective in preventing indoor air from being drawn in.
- the present invention aims to provide an indoor unit and an air-conditioning apparatus capable of preventing dew condensation on the up-down airflow deflector.
- an indoor unit includes the features of claim 1.
- the indoor unit includes a shielding plate on an up-down airflow deflector. This allows to block the flow of high temperature indoor air containing moisture and to thus prevent its entry into the air outlet. This, in turn, allows to avoid collision with air blown from inside the housing of the indoor unit, helping prevent the backflow of air around the pseudo air path part and prevent dew condensation.
- Fig. 1 shows an exterior of an indoor unit 100 of an air-conditioning apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- Fig. 2 shows an internal structure of the indoor unit 100 of the air-conditioning apparatus in Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- the indoor unit 100 of the air-conditioning apparatus in Embodiment 1 is shown to be a wall-mounted indoor unit installed on a wall, although the indoor unit 100 may be of any other type.
- the indoor unit 100 of the air-conditioning apparatus (hereinafter referred to as the "indoor unit 100") includes an indoor unit body 1 and a front panel 2.
- the indoor unit body 1 and the front panel 2 form a housing of the indoor unit 100.
- the indoor unit body 1 includes an air inlet 1a, an air outlet 1b, a front air path surface 1c, and a rear air path surface 1d.
- the air inlet 1a is an opening port through which air around the indoor unit 100 flows into the indoor unit 100.
- the air outlet 1b is an opening port located in a lower portion of the indoor unit body 1 and through which air having flowed into the indoor unit 100 is blown to the outside of the indoor unit 100.
- the front air path surface 1c and the rear air path surface 1d are walls defining an air path from the air inlet 1a to the air outlet 1b inside the housing of the indoor unit 100.
- the front panel 2 is a design part.
- the indoor unit 100 further includes an indoor heat exchanger 3 and a cross-flow fan 4 in the indoor unit 100.
- Driving the cross-flow fan 4 causes air around the indoor unit 100 to flow into the indoor unit 100 through the air inlet 1a, pass through the indoor heat exchanger 3 and the cross-flow fan 4, and pass through the air path to flow out from the air outlet 1b.
- the indoor heat exchanger 3 exchanges heat between air passing through the indoor heat exchanger 3 and refrigerant flowing in a heat transfer tube included in the indoor heat exchanger 3 to heat or cool the air for air-conditioning.
- the indoor heat exchanger 3 covers the cross-flow fan 4 in a portion of the air path through which the air is suctioned and that is located upstream of the cross-flow fan 4 (that is a portion of the air path through which the air passes before the air reaches the cross-flow fan 4).
- the air having exchanged heat in the indoor heat exchanger 3 is blown to the outside of the indoor unit 100 so that an air-conditioned space where the indoor unit 100 is installed is air-conditioned.
- the indoor unit 100 also includes, at the air outlet 1b, left-right airflow deflectors 11 and up-down airflow deflectors 5.
- the left-right airflow deflectors 11 adjust a left-right direction, which is a width direction of the indoor unit 100, of the air blown from the indoor unit 100.
- the up-down airflow deflectors 5 adjust a vertical direction (up-down direction), which is a height direction of the indoor unit 100, of the air blown from the indoor unit 100.
- the indoor unit 100 of Embodiment 1 includes two up-down airflow deflectors 5 (a first up-down airflow deflector 5a and a second up-down airflow deflector 5b) arranged in the up-down direction.
- Each up-down airflow deflector 5 is configured to freely swing in the up-down direction around a pivot.
- a driving motor (not shown) is attached to each of the left and right of the unit, and one of the driving motors is connected to the pivot of the first up-down airflow deflector 5a and the other one of the driving motors is connected to the pivot of the second up-down airflow deflector 5b.
- Operating of each driving motor causes the corresponding one of the up-down airflow deflectors 5 to freely swing in the up-down direction. This allows the up-down airflow deflectors 5 to each freely adjust, independently from each other, the up-down direction of the air blown from the indoor unit 100.
- the indoor unit 100 further includes an electric component box (not shown) in the indoor unit 100.
- the electric component box contains electric components such as a control board to control the cross-flow fan 4 and the aforementioned driving motors to drive the up-down airflow deflectors 5.
- the electric component box When viewed from the front, the electric component box is located in an internal space at the right portion inside the indoor unit 100 of Fig. 1 .
- Fig. 3 shows the air outlet 1b of the indoor unit 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention and a structure around the air outlet 1b that is beside a location inside which the electric component box is located.
- Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the part A in Fig. 1 .
- the space accommodating the electric component box is partitioned from the air path through which air passes, and thus no air flows in the space. This decreases the width of the air path relative to the entire width of the indoor unit 100.
- the internal space accommodating the electric component box is located either at the left or right portion inside the indoor unit 100 (at the right portion inside the indoor unit 100 as viewed in Fig. 1 ), and this results in uneven airflow. This leads to poor distribution of airflow to the left-right direction. In particular, air hardly flows to the right of the indoor unit 100 of Fig. 1 . Further, the appearance of the air outlet 1b is rendered asymmetrical in the left-right direction.
- an end portion of the air outlet 1b that is beside the location inside which the electric component box is located is formed as a pseudo air path part 6, as shown in Fig. 3 .
- the pseudo air path part 6 is adjacent to the air path and includes a pseudo air path formed to widen the air outlet 1b.
- the pseudo air path is a dummy part to make the appearance of the air outlet 1b symmetrical in the left-right direction.
- the air outlet 1b and the up-down airflow deflectors 5 extend over the air path and the pseudo air path part 6.
- the width of the air outlet 1b and the widths of the up-down airflow deflectors 5 are larger than the width of the air path, through which air passes, by the width of the pseudo air path part 6.
- Fig. 4 illustrates a shielding plate 7 provided on the second up-down airflow deflector 5b of the indoor unit 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- Fig. 4 shows a diagram viewed in the direction of an arrow B in Fig. 3 .
- the indoor unit 100 of Embodiment 1 includes the shielding plate 7 on the guiding surface of the second up-down airflow deflector 5b disposed at the air outlet 1b.
- the shielding plate 7 is located at the end portion of the second up-down airflow deflector 5b beside which the electric component box is located.
- the shielding plate 7 is provided close to a boundary between the air path through which air passes and the pseudo air path of the pseudo air path part 6.
- the shielding plate 7 of the indoor unit 100 of Embodiment 1 is formed integrally with the second up-down airflow deflector 5b.
- Fig. 5 illustrates airflow around the portion of the air outlet 1b of the indoor unit 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention that is beside the location inside which the electric component box is located.
- Fig. 5 shows a diagram viewed in the direction of an arrow C in Fig. 4 .
- the shielding plate 7 is disposed on the guiding surface of the second up-down airflow deflector 5b in such a manner that a plate end 10 that is the windward end in the airflow from the air path is positioned windward of a pivot center 9 of the second up-down airflow deflector 5b.
- the shielding plate 7 is disposed in such a manner that its plate face is parallel to an air outlet direction 1e of air-conditioned air blown from the air path in the indoor unit 100. Positioning the shielding plate 7 on the second up-down airflow deflector 5b in the manner described above helps effectively prevent collision between the air-conditioned air sent from the air path and the indoor air 8.
- the shielding plate 7 is disposed within a range corresponding to the pseudo air path part 6 so that the shielding plate 7 does not stand in the air path of air blown from the air outlet 1b. Disposing the shielding plate 7 within the range corresponding to the pseudo air path part 6 helps reduce airflow resistance and prevent dew condensation caused by backflow of the indoor air 8 during a cooling operation, without increasing in outlet pressure loss.
- the shielding plate 7 has a triangular cross-section. This ensures that even when the first up-down airflow deflector 5a swings, the first up-down airflow deflector 5a does not contact the shielding plate 7, preventing interference between the first up-down airflow deflector 5a and the shielding plate 7.
- the shape of the shielding plate 7 is not limited to a triangle and may be of any other shape that allows to avoid contact between the first up-down airflow deflector 5a and the shielding plate 7.
- the shielding plate 7 is described to be provided only on the second up-down airflow deflector 5b, but the location to which the shielding plate 7 is provided is not limited.
- the first up-down airflow deflector 5a may also include the shielding plate 7.
- the shielding plate 7 is disposed on the guiding surface of the second up-down airflow deflector 5b and disposed at the end portion of the second up-down airflow deflector 5b that is close to the pseudo air path part 6, where airflow speed is low. This allows to block the backflow of the indoor air 8 and prevent dew condensation on the second up-down airflow deflector 5b. Further, in the indoor unit 100, the up-down airflow deflectors 5 can be located also at portions where air outlet speed is low. Enlarging the air outlet 1b allows to increase recovery of static pressure and to leads to improve fan performance.
- Fig. 6 shows an exemplary configuration of an air-conditioning apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- the air-conditioning apparatus shown in Fig. 6 is an example of a refrigeration cycle apparatus.
- components already described with reference to Fig. 1 and other drawings are defined to operate in a similar manner to the above.
- the air-conditioning apparatus of Fig. 6 includes an outdoor unit 200, the indoor unit 100 described in Embodiment 1, a gas refrigerant pipe 300, and a liquid refrigerant pipe 400.
- the outdoor unit 200 and the indoor unit 100 are connected by the gas refrigerant pipe 300 and the liquid refrigerant pipe 400 to form a refrigerant circuit circulating refrigerant.
- the outdoor unit 200 includes a compressor 210, a four-way valve 220, an outdoor heat exchanger 230, and an expansion valve 240.
- the compressor 210 compresses refrigerant suctioned into the compressor 210 and discharges it.
- the compressor 210 may be one that is capable of changing its capacity (refrigerant discharge amount per unit time) by having its operating frequency changed optionally by, for example, an inverter circuit, although the compressor 210 is not limited to a particular type of compressor.
- the four-way valve 220 is, for example, a valve configured to switch flow directions of refrigerant depending on which of a cooling operation and a heating operation is performed.
- the outdoor heat exchanger 230 of the present embodiment exchanges heat between refrigerant and air (outdoor air).
- the outdoor heat exchanger 230 is used as an evaporator during a heating operation to evaporate and gasify the refrigerant.
- the outdoor heat exchanger 230 is used as a condenser to condense and liquefy the refrigerant.
- the expansion valve 240 which is a device such as an expansion device (flow rate control unit), reduces pressure of the refrigerant to expand the refrigerant.
- the expansion valve 240 is, for example, an electronic expansion valve, its opening degree is regulated under the control of a controller (not shown) or similar devices.
- the indoor heat exchanger 3 described in Embodiment 1 exchanges heat between, for example, air to be air-conditioned and the refrigerant.
- the indoor heat exchanger 3 is used as a condenser to condense and liquefy the refrigerant.
- the indoor heat exchanger 3 is used as an evaporator to evaporate and gasify the refrigerant.
- the cross-flow fan 4 allows air to pass through the indoor unit 100 for conditioning of the air and sends it to the air-conditioned space, as described above.
- the air-conditioning apparatus configured as described above is capable of performing a heating operation and a cooling operation by switching flow directions of the refrigerant by the four-way valve 220 in the outdoor unit 200.
- the air-conditioning apparatus of Embodiment 2 includes the shielding plate 7. This allows to avoid contact between cold air blown from the indoor unit 100 and warm indoor air during a cooling operation, helping prevent dew condensation.
- the configuration described above is also applicable to other refrigeration cycle apparatuses, such as an indoor unit of refrigerating apparatuses and freezing apparatuses.
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Description
- The present invention relates to an indoor unit and an air-conditioning apparatus, and more particularly to an airflow deflector.
- Some indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes an air inlet in an upper portion of an indoor unit body and an air outlet in a lower portion of the indoor unit body. Inside the indoor unit body, a fan and a heat exchanger are disposed in an air passage from the air inlet to the air outlet. An air outlet path leading to the air outlet is formed downstream of the fan. An up-down airflow deflector for changing an up-down airflow direction is disposed close to the air outlet. Electric components are disposed either at the left or right portion inside the indoor unit body.
- As the electric components are disposed either at the left or right portion inside the indoor unit body, an air outlet width is reduced. This leads to poor distribution of airflow in the left-right direction. Additionally, as the air outlet is close either to the left or to the right, an appearance of the indoor unit is asymmetrical in the left-right direction. To remedy these problems, a pseudo air path part is provided at an end portion of the air outlet so that a lateral width of the up-down airflow deflector is greater than an air path width of the air outlet.
- However, air is not blown from the pseudo air path part. For this reason, airflow speed is reduced at the pseudo air path part. This generates dew condensation on a guiding surface of the up-down airflow deflector caused by backflow of high temperature indoor air containing moisture and contact with the up-down airflow deflector cooled by blown air during a cooling operation. Thus, to prevent indoor air backflow and prevent dew condensation, the up-down airflow deflector is disposed on an upper air path where air outlet speed is high.
- Another proposed solution to preventing dew condensation during a cooling operation is to use an indoor unit that includes an air outlet direction guide on a guiding surface of an up-down airflow deflector so that blown air is guided further outward to prevent indoor air from being drawn in (for example, see Patent Literature 1).
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JP H11 237107 A - Patent Literature 1:
Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 6-288605 - However, the effect of providing the air outlet direction guide is obtained only at a location where an air outlet speed is at a certain rate. The air outlet speed may be low depending on factors such as height positions of the pseudo air path part and the up-down airflow deflector, so that a problem lies in that providing the air outlet direction guide is less effective in preventing indoor air from being drawn in.
- To solve the above problem, the present invention aims to provide an indoor unit and an air-conditioning apparatus capable of preventing dew condensation on the up-down airflow deflector.
- This problem is solved by an indoor unit according to
claim 1 and an air-conditioning apparatus according toclaim 4. Further improvements of the indoor unit according to the invention are provided in the dependent claims. - With the above aim in view, an indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the features of
claim 1. - The indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a shielding plate on an up-down airflow deflector. This allows to block the flow of high temperature indoor air containing moisture and to thus prevent its entry into the air outlet. This, in turn, allows to avoid collision with air blown from inside the housing of the indoor unit, helping prevent the backflow of air around the pseudo air path part and prevent dew condensation.
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Fig. 1] Fig. 1 shows an exterior of anindoor unit 100 of an air-conditioning apparatus according toEmbodiment 1 of the present invention. - [
Fig. 2] Fig. 2 shows an internal structure of theindoor unit 100 of the air-conditioning apparatus inEmbodiment 1 of the present invention. - [
Fig. 3] Fig. 3 shows anair outlet 1b of theindoor unit 100 according toEmbodiment 1 of the present invention and a structure around a portion of theair outlet 1b that is beside a location inside which an electric component box is located. - [
Fig. 4] Fig. 4 illustrates ashielding plate 7 provided on a second up-down airflow deflector 5b of theindoor unit 100 according toEmbodiment 1 of the present invention. - [
Fig. 5] Fig. 5 illustrates airflow around the portion of theair outlet 1b of theindoor unit 100 according toEmbodiment 1 of the present invention that is beside the location inside which the electric component box is located. - [
Fig. 6] Fig. 6 shows an exemplary configuration of an air-conditioning apparatus according toEmbodiment 2 of the present invention. - An indoor unit and other devices according to embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, reference signs refer to identical or corresponding elements. This applied to all embodiments described below. Forms of components described in the entire specification are merely examples and not construed to be limited to the forms described in the specification. In particular, combinations of the elements are not limited to those given in each embodiment, and the elements described in one embodiment may be applicable to another embodiment. In the following description, an "upper side" refers to an upper portion in the drawings, and a "lower side" refers to a lower portion in the drawings. Terms indicating directions (for example, "right", "left", "front", and "rear") that may be used when necessary to help understanding are for explanatory purposes only and not intended to limit the present invention according to the present application. From the perspective of a viewer looking at a front side of the indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus, an up-down direction is defined as a vertical direction (height direction), and a left-right direction is defined as a horizontal direction (width direction). When pressure or temperature is described to be high or low, it is not defined by an absolute value but relatively determined on a basis of factors such as a state and operation of a device. Relative sizes of components in the drawings may differ from actual ones.
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Fig. 1 shows an exterior of anindoor unit 100 of an air-conditioning apparatus according toEmbodiment 1 of the present invention.Fig. 2 shows an internal structure of theindoor unit 100 of the air-conditioning apparatus inEmbodiment 1 of the present invention. Theindoor unit 100 of the air-conditioning apparatus inEmbodiment 1 is shown to be a wall-mounted indoor unit installed on a wall, although theindoor unit 100 may be of any other type. - As shown in
Figs. 1 and2 , theindoor unit 100 of the air-conditioning apparatus (hereinafter referred to as the "indoor unit 100") includes anindoor unit body 1 and afront panel 2. Theindoor unit body 1 and thefront panel 2 form a housing of theindoor unit 100. Theindoor unit body 1 includes an air inlet 1a, anair outlet 1b, a front air path surface 1c, and a rear air path surface 1d. The air inlet 1a is an opening port through which air around theindoor unit 100 flows into theindoor unit 100. Theair outlet 1b is an opening port located in a lower portion of theindoor unit body 1 and through which air having flowed into theindoor unit 100 is blown to the outside of theindoor unit 100. The front air path surface 1c and the rear air path surface 1d are walls defining an air path from the air inlet 1a to theair outlet 1b inside the housing of theindoor unit 100. Thefront panel 2 is a design part. - The
indoor unit 100 further includes anindoor heat exchanger 3 and across-flow fan 4 in theindoor unit 100. Driving thecross-flow fan 4 causes air around theindoor unit 100 to flow into theindoor unit 100 through the air inlet 1a, pass through theindoor heat exchanger 3 and thecross-flow fan 4, and pass through the air path to flow out from theair outlet 1b. Theindoor heat exchanger 3 exchanges heat between air passing through theindoor heat exchanger 3 and refrigerant flowing in a heat transfer tube included in theindoor heat exchanger 3 to heat or cool the air for air-conditioning. Theindoor heat exchanger 3 covers thecross-flow fan 4 in a portion of the air path through which the air is suctioned and that is located upstream of the cross-flow fan 4 (that is a portion of the air path through which the air passes before the air reaches the cross-flow fan 4). The air having exchanged heat in theindoor heat exchanger 3 is blown to the outside of theindoor unit 100 so that an air-conditioned space where theindoor unit 100 is installed is air-conditioned. - The
indoor unit 100 also includes, at theair outlet 1b, left-right airflow deflectors 11 and up-downairflow deflectors 5. The left-right airflow deflectors 11 adjust a left-right direction, which is a width direction of theindoor unit 100, of the air blown from theindoor unit 100. The up-downairflow deflectors 5 adjust a vertical direction (up-down direction), which is a height direction of theindoor unit 100, of the air blown from theindoor unit 100. Theindoor unit 100 ofEmbodiment 1 includes two up-down airflow deflectors 5 (a first up-downairflow deflector 5a and a second up-downairflow deflector 5b) arranged in the up-down direction. Each up-downairflow deflector 5 is configured to freely swing in the up-down direction around a pivot. Specifically, a driving motor (not shown) is attached to each of the left and right of the unit, and one of the driving motors is connected to the pivot of the first up-downairflow deflector 5a and the other one of the driving motors is connected to the pivot of the second up-downairflow deflector 5b. Operating of each driving motor causes the corresponding one of the up-downairflow deflectors 5 to freely swing in the up-down direction. This allows the up-downairflow deflectors 5 to each freely adjust, independently from each other, the up-down direction of the air blown from theindoor unit 100. - The
indoor unit 100 further includes an electric component box (not shown) in theindoor unit 100. The electric component box contains electric components such as a control board to control thecross-flow fan 4 and the aforementioned driving motors to drive the up-downairflow deflectors 5. When viewed from the front, the electric component box is located in an internal space at the right portion inside theindoor unit 100 ofFig. 1 . -
Fig. 3 shows theair outlet 1b of theindoor unit 100 according toEmbodiment 1 of the present invention and a structure around theair outlet 1b that is beside a location inside which the electric component box is located.Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the part A inFig. 1 . Inside theindoor unit 100, the space accommodating the electric component box is partitioned from the air path through which air passes, and thus no air flows in the space. This decreases the width of the air path relative to the entire width of theindoor unit 100. Also, the internal space accommodating the electric component box is located either at the left or right portion inside the indoor unit 100 (at the right portion inside theindoor unit 100 as viewed inFig. 1 ), and this results in uneven airflow. This leads to poor distribution of airflow to the left-right direction. In particular, air hardly flows to the right of theindoor unit 100 ofFig. 1 . Further, the appearance of theair outlet 1b is rendered asymmetrical in the left-right direction. - In view of the above, in the
indoor unit 100 ofEmbodiment 1, an end portion of theair outlet 1b that is beside the location inside which the electric component box is located is formed as a pseudoair path part 6, as shown inFig. 3 . The pseudoair path part 6 is adjacent to the air path and includes a pseudo air path formed to widen theair outlet 1b. The pseudo air path is a dummy part to make the appearance of theair outlet 1b symmetrical in the left-right direction. Theair outlet 1b and the up-downairflow deflectors 5 extend over the air path and the pseudoair path part 6. Thus, the width of theair outlet 1b and the widths of the up-downairflow deflectors 5 are larger than the width of the air path, through which air passes, by the width of the pseudoair path part 6. - As the pseudo air path is not a real air path, air is not blown from the pseudo
air path part 6. For this reason,indoor air 8 flows back toward portions of the up-downairflow deflectors 5 that are close to the pseudoair path part 6, at theair outlet 1b, as theindoor air 8 is drawn into the stream of blown air. Hence, during a cooling operation, dew condensation may occur on guiding surfaces of the up-downairflow deflectors 5 if high temperatureindoor air 8 containing moisture contacts the up-downairflow deflectors 5 cooled by air-conditioned cold air sent from theindoor unit 100, and thus theindoor air 8 is cooled below the dew point. -
Fig. 4 illustrates ashielding plate 7 provided on the second up-downairflow deflector 5b of theindoor unit 100 according toEmbodiment 1 of the present invention.Fig. 4 shows a diagram viewed in the direction of an arrow B inFig. 3 . Theindoor unit 100 ofEmbodiment 1 includes the shieldingplate 7 on the guiding surface of the second up-downairflow deflector 5b disposed at theair outlet 1b. The shieldingplate 7 is located at the end portion of the second up-downairflow deflector 5b beside which the electric component box is located. The shieldingplate 7 is provided close to a boundary between the air path through which air passes and the pseudo air path of the pseudoair path part 6. The shieldingplate 7 of theindoor unit 100 ofEmbodiment 1 is formed integrally with the second up-downairflow deflector 5b. -
Fig. 5 illustrates airflow around the portion of theair outlet 1b of theindoor unit 100 according toEmbodiment 1 of the present invention that is beside the location inside which the electric component box is located.Fig. 5 shows a diagram viewed in the direction of an arrow C inFig. 4 . As shown inFigs. 4 and5 , the shieldingplate 7 is disposed on the guiding surface of the second up-downairflow deflector 5b in such a manner that aplate end 10 that is the windward end in the airflow from the air path is positioned windward of apivot center 9 of the second up-downairflow deflector 5b. Also, the shieldingplate 7 is disposed in such a manner that its plate face is parallel to anair outlet direction 1e of air-conditioned air blown from the air path in theindoor unit 100. Positioning theshielding plate 7 on the second up-downairflow deflector 5b in the manner described above helps effectively prevent collision between the air-conditioned air sent from the air path and theindoor air 8. - Additionally, as shown in
Fig. 5 , the shieldingplate 7 is disposed within a range corresponding to the pseudoair path part 6 so that the shieldingplate 7 does not stand in the air path of air blown from theair outlet 1b. Disposing the shieldingplate 7 within the range corresponding to the pseudoair path part 6 helps reduce airflow resistance and prevent dew condensation caused by backflow of theindoor air 8 during a cooling operation, without increasing in outlet pressure loss. The shieldingplate 7 has a triangular cross-section. This ensures that even when the first up-downairflow deflector 5a swings, the first up-downairflow deflector 5a does not contact the shieldingplate 7, preventing interference between the first up-downairflow deflector 5a and theshielding plate 7. The shape of theshielding plate 7 is not limited to a triangle and may be of any other shape that allows to avoid contact between the first up-downairflow deflector 5a and theshielding plate 7. The shieldingplate 7 is described to be provided only on the second up-downairflow deflector 5b, but the location to which theshielding plate 7 is provided is not limited. The first up-downairflow deflector 5a may also include theshielding plate 7. - As described above, in the
indoor unit 100 according toEmbodiment 1, the shieldingplate 7 is disposed on the guiding surface of the second up-downairflow deflector 5b and disposed at the end portion of the second up-downairflow deflector 5b that is close to the pseudoair path part 6, where airflow speed is low. This allows to block the backflow of theindoor air 8 and prevent dew condensation on the second up-downairflow deflector 5b. Further, in theindoor unit 100, the up-downairflow deflectors 5 can be located also at portions where air outlet speed is low. Enlarging theair outlet 1b allows to increase recovery of static pressure and to leads to improve fan performance. -
Fig. 6 shows an exemplary configuration of an air-conditioning apparatus according toEmbodiment 2 of the present invention. The air-conditioning apparatus shown inFig. 6 is an example of a refrigeration cycle apparatus. InFig. 6 , components already described with reference toFig. 1 and other drawings are defined to operate in a similar manner to the above. The air-conditioning apparatus ofFig. 6 includes anoutdoor unit 200, theindoor unit 100 described inEmbodiment 1, agas refrigerant pipe 300, and a liquidrefrigerant pipe 400. Theoutdoor unit 200 and theindoor unit 100 are connected by thegas refrigerant pipe 300 and the liquidrefrigerant pipe 400 to form a refrigerant circuit circulating refrigerant. Theoutdoor unit 200 includes acompressor 210, a four-way valve 220, anoutdoor heat exchanger 230, and anexpansion valve 240. - The
compressor 210 compresses refrigerant suctioned into thecompressor 210 and discharges it. Thecompressor 210 may be one that is capable of changing its capacity (refrigerant discharge amount per unit time) by having its operating frequency changed optionally by, for example, an inverter circuit, although thecompressor 210 is not limited to a particular type of compressor. The four-way valve 220 is, for example, a valve configured to switch flow directions of refrigerant depending on which of a cooling operation and a heating operation is performed. - The
outdoor heat exchanger 230 of the present embodiment exchanges heat between refrigerant and air (outdoor air). For example, theoutdoor heat exchanger 230 is used as an evaporator during a heating operation to evaporate and gasify the refrigerant. During a cooling operation, theoutdoor heat exchanger 230 is used as a condenser to condense and liquefy the refrigerant. - The
expansion valve 240, which is a device such as an expansion device (flow rate control unit), reduces pressure of the refrigerant to expand the refrigerant. When theexpansion valve 240 is, for example, an electronic expansion valve, its opening degree is regulated under the control of a controller (not shown) or similar devices. - The
indoor heat exchanger 3 described inEmbodiment 1 exchanges heat between, for example, air to be air-conditioned and the refrigerant. During a heating operation, theindoor heat exchanger 3 is used as a condenser to condense and liquefy the refrigerant. During a cooling operation, theindoor heat exchanger 3 is used as an evaporator to evaporate and gasify the refrigerant. Thecross-flow fan 4 allows air to pass through theindoor unit 100 for conditioning of the air and sends it to the air-conditioned space, as described above. - The air-conditioning apparatus configured as described above is capable of performing a heating operation and a cooling operation by switching flow directions of the refrigerant by the four-
way valve 220 in theoutdoor unit 200. The air-conditioning apparatus ofEmbodiment 2 includes the shieldingplate 7. This allows to avoid contact between cold air blown from theindoor unit 100 and warm indoor air during a cooling operation, helping prevent dew condensation. - Besides the air-conditioning apparatus described in
Embodiment 2 above, the configuration described above is also applicable to other refrigeration cycle apparatuses, such as an indoor unit of refrigerating apparatuses and freezing apparatuses. -
- 1 indoor unit body
1a air inlet 1b air outlet 1c front air path surface 1d rearair path surface 1eair outlet direction 2front panel 3indoor heat exchanger 4cross-flow fan 5 up-downairflow deflector 5a first up-downairflow deflector 5b second up-downairflow deflector 6 pseudoair path part 7shielding plate 8indoor air 9pivot center 10plate end 11 left-right airflow deflector 100indoor unit 200outdoor unit 210 compressor - 220 four-
way valve 230outdoor heat exchanger 240expansion valve 300 gas refrigerant pipe400 liquid refrigerant pipe
Claims (4)
- An indoor unit (100), comprising:a housing including an air outlet (1b) in a lower portion of the housing;an up-down airflow deflector (5) located at the air outlet (1b), the up-down airflow deflector (5) being configured to adjust a direction of air blown from an air path inside the housing; anda pseudo air path part (6) adjacent to the air path, the pseudo air path part (6) including a pseudo air path through which the air inside the housing does not pass,the air outlet (1b) and the up-down airflow deflector (5) extending over the air path and the pseudo air path part (6) in a width direction of the housing,characterized in thatthe up-down airflow deflector (5) includes a shielding plate (7) at an end portion of the up-down airflow deflector (5) that is close to the pseudo air path part (6), the shielding plate (7) is provided close to a boundary between the air path through which air passes and the pseudo air path of the pseudo air path part (6), the shielding plate (7) including a plate face extending along a direction in which the air is blown from the air path.
- The indoor unit (100) of claim 1, further comprisinga plurality of the up-down airflow deflectors (5) arranged in a height direction of the housing, whereinthe plate face of the shielding plate (7) disposed on a lower one of the plurality of the up-down airflow deflectors (5) is shaped in a triangle shape.
- The indoor unit (100) of any one of claims 1 or 2, further comprising:a cross-flow fan (4) installed inside the housing; anda heat exchanger (3) configured to heat or cool the air flowing inside the housing.
- An air-conditioning apparatus, comprising:the indoor unit (100) of any one of claims 1 to 3; andan outdoor unit (200) connected by piping to the indoor unit (100) to form a refrigerant circuit configured to circulate refrigerant.
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