Heat source unit and refrigeration cycle apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10648681-B2
Application number	US-201616097852-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2016
Priority date	Jul 19, 2016
Publication date	May 12, 2020
Grant date	May 12, 2020

Abstract

A bellmouth of a heat source unit includes: a straight tubular portion having a cylindrical shape; an air inlet portion which is radially expanded toward the upstream side, wherein, the air inlet portion has at least one angle-reduced portion that satisfies θ0>θi>0, where, an angle formed by a line L1 and a line L2 is taken as θ0, and an angle formed by a straight line L3 and the line L2 is taken as θi, the line L1 is a line passing through a portion of an outer peripheral end portion of the air inlet portion, the line L2 is a line passing through a connecting portion between the air inlet portion and the straight tubular portion, and the straight line L3 is a line connecting an intersection P of the line L1 and the line L2 and a portion of the outer peripheral end portion of the air inlet portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A heat source unit, comprising:
an axial-flow fan; and
a bellmouth surrounding an outer periphery of the axial-flow fan,
wherein the bellmouth includes:
a straight tubular portion having a cylindrical shape;
an air inlet portion, which is positioned on an upstream side of the straight tubular portion, and is radially expanded toward the upstream side; and
an air outlet portion, which is positioned on a downstream side of the straight tubular portion, and is radially expanded toward the downstream side, and

wherein, in sectional view of the air inlet portion of the bellmouth taken along a direction parallel to flow of an air, the air inlet portion has at least one angle-reduced portion that satisfies θ 0 > 0 i>0, where, an angle formed by a line L 1 and a line L 2 is taken as θ 0 , and an angle formed by a straight line L 3 and the line L 2 is taken as θi, the line L 1 is a line passing through a portion of an outer peripheral end portion of the air inlet portion, which has a maximum diameter, and running in parallel to an axial direction of the axial-flow fan, the line L 2 is a line passing through a connecting portion between the air inlet portion and the straight tubular portion and running in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the axial-flow fan, and the straight line L 3 is a line connecting an intersection P of the line L 1 and the line L 2 and a portion of the outer peripheral end portion of the air inlet portion, which has a diameter smaller than the maximum diameter and larger than a minimum diameter and
the angle-reduced portion is formed to be linear in sectional view of the inlet portion of the bellmouth in a direction orthogonal to the flow of the air.

2. The heat source unit of claim 1 , wherein the angle-reduced portion is formed to be linear at top and down positions of the bellmouth in a horizontal direction.

3. The heat source unit of claim 1 , further comprising:
a casing having air inlets formed in at least two surfaces; and
a heat exchanger disposed inside the casing at a position corresponding to the air inlets,
wherein the casing has one of the air inlets formed in a side surface and is partitioned by a partition wall into an air-sending device chamber and a machine chamber, and
wherein the air inlet portion has the angle-reduced portion arranged so as to be positioned on at least one of a position closer to the heat exchanger to be positioned on the side surface and a position closer to the partition wall.

4. The heat source unit of claim 1 , wherein, in sectional view of the air inlet portion of the bellmouth taken along a direction parallel to the flow of the air, when an outer diameter of the axial-flow fan is taken as Df and a radius of the air inlet portion is taken as Ri, the air inlet portion is formed so as to satisfy Ri/Df>0.05.

5. The heat source unit of claim 1 , wherein, in sectional view of the air inlet portion of the bellmouth taken along the direction parallel to the flow of the air, when the outer diameter of the axial-flow fan is taken as Df and a radius of the air outlet portion is taken as R 0 , the air inlet portion is formed so as to satisfy Ro/Df>0.05.

6. A refrigeration cycle apparatus, comprising:
the heat source unit of claim 1 ; and
a load-side unit to be connected to the heat source unit.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Yamamoto Katsuyuki
• Nakashima Seiji
• Kato Yohei
• Tanda Tsubasa

Classifications

• F24F1/38 Primary

  Fan details of outdoor units, e.g. bell-mouth shaped inlets or fan mountings · CPC title