Air conditioner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9714795-B2
Application number	US-201313840083-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2013
Priority date	Nov 28, 2007
Publication date	Jul 25, 2017
Grant date	Jul 25, 2017

Abstract

To increase a heat exchange capacity of an indoor heat exchanger without increasing a pressure loss inside tubes of an outdoor heat exchanger. A heat exchanger is constituted by an indoor machine equipped with an indoor heat exchanger 10 constituted by a plurality of heat transfer tubes 12 A, which have a spiral grooves 13 A formed with a predetermined lead angle Ra on inner faces of the tubes and are made to pierce a plurality of fins 11 , and an outdoor machine equipped with an outdoor heat exchanger 20 constituted by a plurality of heat transfer tubes 22 A which have a lead angle Rb of spiral grooves 23 A smaller than that of a heat transfer tubes 10 A used for the indoor heat exchanger 10 and are made to pierce a plurality of fins 11.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An air conditioner comprising:
an indoor machine equipped with an indoor heat exchanger constituted by a plurality of heat transfer tubes which pierce a plurality of fins, the plurality of heat transfer tubes having spiral grooves whose lead angle is 35 to 45 degrees formed on faces inside the tubes, and
an outdoor machine equipped with an outdoor heat exchanger constituted by a plurality of heat transfer tubes which pierce a plurality of fins, the plurality of heat transfer tubes having spiral grooves, formed on faces inside the tubes, whose lead angle is smaller than the lead angle of the plurality of heat transfer tubes in the indoor heat exchanger,
wherein the indoor heat exchanger functions as both an evaporator and a condenser, and the outdoor heat exchanger functions as both of an evaporator and a condenser, and
wherein the lead angle of the spiral grooves formed in the plurality of heat transfer tubes in the outdoor heat exchanger is 25 to 35 degrees.

2. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein a depth of the spiral grooves of the plurality of heat transfer tubes in the outdoor heat exchanger is set to be deeper than a depth of the spiral grooves of the plurality of heat transfer tubes in the indoor heat exchanger.

3. The air conditioner of claim 2 , wherein a number of threads of the spiral grooves of the plurality of heat transfer tubes in the outdoor heat exchanger is set to be larger than a number of threads of the spiral grooves of the plurality of heat transfer tubes in the indoor heat exchanger.

4. The air conditioner of claim 2 , wherein in the indoor heat exchanger or outdoor heat exchanger, the plurality of heat transfer tubes and the plurality of fins are joined together by expanding the plurality of heat transfer tubes by a mechanical tube expansion method or hydraulic pressure tube expansion method.

5. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein a number of threads of the spiral grooves of the plurality of heat transfer tubes in the outdoor heat exchanger is set to be larger than a number of threads of the spiral grooves of the plurality of heat transfer tubes in the indoor heat exchanger.

6. The air conditioner of claim 5 , wherein in the indoor heat exchanger or outdoor heat exchanger, the plurality of heat transfer tubes and the plurality of fins are joined together by expanding the plurality of heat transfer tubes by a mechanical tube expansion method or hydraulic pressure tube expansion method.

7. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein in the indoor heat exchanger or outdoor heat exchanger, the plurality of heat transfer tubes and the plurality of fins are joined together by expanding the plurality of heat transfer tubes by a mechanical tube expansion method or hydraulic pressure tube expansion method.

8. The air conditioner of claim 7 , wherein an expanded diameter of the plurality of heat transfer tubes of the indoor heat exchanger by the mechanical tube expansion method or the hydraulic pressure tube expansion method is 105.5 to 106.5% of an original diameter of the plurality of heat transfer tubes of the indoor heat exchanger.

9. The air conditioner of claim 7 , wherein an expanded diameter of the plurality of heat transfer tubes of the outdoor heat exchanger by the mechanical tube expansion method or the hydraulic pressure tube expansion method is 106 to 107.5% of an original diameter of the plurality of heat transfer tubes of the outdoor heat exchanger.

10. The air conditioner of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of heat transfer tubes and the plurality of fins joined by the mechanical tube expansion method are further joined together by brazing.

11. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of heat transfer tubes are formed of a metal material comprising at least one of copper, copper alloy, aluminum or aluminum alloy.

12. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein R32 is used as a refrigerant.

13. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein R410A is used as a refrigerant.

14. The air conditioner of claim 1 , wherein R407C or carbon dioxide is used as a refrigerant.

Assignees

• Lee Sangmu
• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Lee Sangmu

Classifications

• F25B2500/01

  Geometry problems, e.g. for reducing size · CPC title

• F28F1/32

  the means having portions engaging further tubular elements · CPC title

• F28F1/40 Primary

  the means being only inside the tubular element · CPC title

• F25B39/00

  Evaporators; Condensers · CPC title

• F28F1/422

  with outside means integral with the tubular element and inside means integral with the tubular element (F28F1/424 takes precedence) · CPC title