Air handling unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12429248-B2
Application number	US-202418601275-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2024
Priority date	Dec 31, 2020
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

An air handling unit (AHU) for a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) system includes a housing and a combustion heater disposed within the housing. The housing includes a combustion section with a first channel and a second channel. The combustion heater includes heat exchanger tubes and a tube support that supports heat exchanger tubes within the combustion section. The tube support slidably disposed in the first channel and the second channel. The combustion heater configured to be slidably removable from the AHU. An AHU for an HVACR system includes a housing with a fan section and a fan assembly disposed within the housing. The fan assembly including a pair of grooves slidably disposed on a pair of rails of the housing. The fan assembly configured to be both slidably removable from the AHU and liftably removable from the AHU.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air handling unit (AHU) for a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration system, the air handling unit comprising:
a housing including a combustion section and a pair of channels respectively extending along a length of the combustion section; and
a combustion heater including heat exchanger tubes disposed in the combustion section and a tube support supporting the heat exchanger tubes within the combustion section, the heat exchanger tubes resting on the tube support, the tube support including a retaining member, the tube support configured to slidably move in the pair of channels to move the heat exchanger tubes through an opening in the housing, and the retaining member having a first end disposed in a first channel of the pair of channels and a second end disposed in a second channel of the pair of channels.

2. The air handling unit of claim 1 , wherein the tube support configured to slidably move in a first direction in the pair of channels such that the combustion heater is entirely moved through the opening in the housing.

3. The air handling unit of claim 2 , wherein the pair of channels do not limit movement of the tube support in the first direction.

4. The air handling unit of claim 1 , wherein the pair of channels each have an open end, the retaining member slidably disposed in the pair of channels, and movement of the retaining member in a first direction through the open ends of the pair of channels separates the combustion heater from the housing.

5. The air handling unit of claim 1 , wherein the tube support includes a vertical support extending from the retaining member, and a plurality of contact arms each extending from the vertical support, the heat exchanger tubes each moveably resting on a respective one of the plurality of contact arms.

6. The air handling unit of claim 5 , wherein each of the contact arms extending between a vertically adjacent pair of the heat exchanger tubes.

7. The air handling unit of claim 1 , wherein the tube support vertically supports the heat exchanger tubes within the combustion section.

8. The AHU of claim 1 , wherein the pair of channels restrict vertical movement of the tube support while allowing the tube support to move in a first direction towards the opening in the housing.

9. The AHU of claim 1 , wherein the pair of channels are formed by a pair of brackets provided on opposite walls of the combustion section.

10. The AHU of claim 1 , further comprising:
one or more support clips, each of the one or more support clips fitted around a vertically adjacent pair of the heat exchanger tubes.

11. An air handling unit (AHU) for a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration system, the air handling unit comprising:
a housing containing a fan section, the housing including: a first side with a first opening for the fan section, a top side with a second opening for the fan section, and a pair of rails disposed in the fan section; and
a fan assembly disposed in the fan section, the fan assembly including one or more fans and a pair of grooves, the pair of grooves slidably disposed on the pair of rails,
wherein the fan assembly is configured to be both slidably removable from the AHU through the first opening in the housing and liftably removable from the AHU through the second opening in the housing.

12. The AHU of claim 11 , wherein the fan assembly is configured to be: slidable along the pair of rails in a first direction to move the fan assembly through the first opening, and
liftable from the pair of rails in a second direction to move the fan assembly through the second opening, the first direction and the second direction being different.

13. The AHU of claim 12 , wherein the second direction is an upward direction.

14. The AHU of claim 11 , wherein the pair of grooves includes a first groove disposed on a first side of the fan assembly and a second groove disposed on a second side of the fan assembly opposite the first side.

15. The AHU of claim 11 , wherein the pair of grooves face downward and the pair of rails project upwards.

16. The AHU of claim 11 , wherein the one or more fans include a radial fan.

17. The AHU of claim 11 , further comprising:
a heater disposed in the housing, the one or more fans of the fan assembly configured to blow air towards the heater.

18. An air handling unit (AHU) for a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration system, the air handling unit comprising:
a housing including a combustion section and a pair of channels respectively extending along a length of the combustion section; and
a combustion heater including heat exchanger tubes disposed in the combustion section and a tube support supporting the heat exchanger tubes within the combustion section, the heat exchanger tubes at least one of moveably resting or directly resting on the tube support, the tube support including a retaining member, the tube support configured to slidably move in the pair of channels to move the heat exchanger tubes through an opening in the housing, and the retaining member having a first end disposed in a first channel of the pair of channels and a second end disposed in a second channel of the pair of channels.

Assignees

• Trane Int Inc

Inventors

• Daniel Christopher
• Parks Jason William
• Meeuwsen Gregory L
• Wagers Nathan
• Webb Chasity
• Chiles Anthony
• Beltran Gregory Edmund
• Stevens Aaron Allison
• Kowalski Stephen
• Harpst Jason

Classifications

• F23D99/002

  Burners specially adapted for specific applications · CPC title

• F24H9/1854

  for air heaters · CPC title

• F24H9/06

  Arrangement of mountings or supports · CPC title

• F23D2205/00

  Assemblies of two or more burners, irrespective of fuel type · CPC title

• F24F3/001

  in which the air treatment in the central station takes place by means of a heat-pump or by means of a reversible cycle (reversible cycle for humidifying and drying air F24F3/147) · CPC title