Air conditioning system and heat exchanger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9751378-B2
Application number	US-201414787334-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2014
Priority date	Apr 27, 2013
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

An air conditioning system comprises a compressor ( 1 ), an outdoor heat exchanger ( 3 ), a first heat exchanger ( 101 ), a second heat exchanger ( 102 ) and at least two throttling devices, wherein the outdoor heat exchanger is a micro-passage heat exchanger and comprises a first inlet ( 31 ), a second inlet ( 32 ), an outlet ( 33 ), a distributing pipe ( 36 ), a collecting pipe ( 37 ), a flat pipe ( 38 ), a fin ( 39 ) and a distributor ( 34 ) which is located in the distributing pipe ( 36 ) and used for distributing a working medium, and a distribution small hole ( 35 ) is provided in the distributor ( 34 ); and the first inlet ( 31 ) is in direct communication with a distributing cavity ( 30 ) of the distributing pipe ( 36 ), while the second inlet ( 32 ) is in communication with the distributing cavity ( 30 ) through the distributing small hole ( 35 ) in the distributor ( 34 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air conditioning system, comprising a refrigerating mode and a heating mode, wherein the air conditioning system comprises a compressor, and an outdoor heat exchanger for exchanging heat with an ambient environment, and the air conditioning system further comprises a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and at least two throttling devices, the throttling devices comprise a first throttling device and a second throttling device; the outdoor heat exchanger is a micro-channel heat exchanger, which comprises a first inlet, a second inlet, an outlet, a distribution pipe, a manifold, a plurality of flat tubes for communicating the distribution pipe with the manifold, fins fixed between the plurality of flat tubes, and a distributor located in the distribution pipe to distribute a working medium, and the distributor is provided with distribution holes, and the distribution holes are in communication with a distribution cavity of the distribution pipe; the first inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger is in communication with the distribution cavity of the distribution pipe directly, while the second inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger is in communication with the distribution cavity via the distribution holes in the distributor; the outlet of the outdoor heat exchanger is in communication with the manifold; in the refrigerating mode, the working medium at gaseous enters the distribution pipe of the outdoor heat exchanger via the first inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger or via the first inlet and the second inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger; and in the heating mode, the working medium enters the distribution pipe of the outdoor heat exchanger via the second inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger.

2. The air conditioning system according to claim 1 , wherein the first throttling device is arranged between the second inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger, the second throttling device is arranged upstream of the first heat exchanger, and the first throttling device is connected to the second inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger directly or via pipelines; an outlet of the compressor is communicated to an inlet of the second heat exchanger via pipelines, or is communicated to the first inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger, or is communicated to the first inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger via the second heat exchanger; an inlet of the compressor is communicated to an outlet of the first heat exchanger or the outlet of the outdoor heat exchanger via pipelines.

3. The air conditioning system according to claim 2 , wherein a pipeline coming out of the outlet of the outdoor heat exchanger is divided into at least two branches, a first branch of at least two branches is connected to the inlet of the compressor via control valves and pipelines; a second branch of at least two branches is connected to an inlet of the first heat exchanger via the second throttling device or the second throttling device and the control valves and pipelines; the outlet of the first heat exchanger is communicated to the inlet of the compressor via pipelines positions of the first inlet, the second inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger are higher than a position of the outlet of the outdoor heat exchanger, and when the outdoor heat exchanger is arranged, a position where the distribution pipe is located, is higher than a position where the distribution pipe is located.

4. The air conditioning system according to claim 3 , wherein the air conditioning system further includes an intermediate heat exchanger, which is a dual channel heat exchanger and comprises a first heat exchanging unit and a second heat exchanging unit that are isolated from each other but capable of exchanging heat with each other, an inlet of the first heat exchanging unit is connected to an outlet pipeline of the second heat exchanger, and an outlet of the first heat exchanging unit is connected to the second inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger via the first throttling device and pipelines; an inlet of the second heat exchanging unit is connected to the outlet of the first heat exchanging unit via a third throttling device, and an outlet of the second heat exchanging unit is connected to the inlet of the compressor via pipelines; in the heating mode, the working medium of the second heat exchanging unit is throttled by the third throttling device, and the first heat exchanging unit exchanges heat with the throttled working medium, which decreases a temperature of the working medium passing through the first heat exchanging unit.

5. The air conditioning system according to claim 3 , wherein the air conditioning system is an air conditioning system for an electric automobile or a hybrid automobile, the air conditioning system further comprises a battery heat exchanger for providing cold energy to a battery, and a fourth throttling device arranged upstream of the battery heat exchanger, the fourth throttling device has one end connected to the outlet of the outdoor heat exchanger via pipelines, and an outlet of the battery heat exchanger is connected to the inlet of the compressor via pipelines.

6. The air conditioning system according to claim 5 , wherein in the case that the air conditioning system is in the refrigerating mode, after the working medium at high-temperature and high-pressure being cooled by the outdoor heat exchanger, the working medium coming out of the outlet of the outdoor heat exchanger is divided into two branches: the working medium in one branch is throttled by the second throttling device and flows to the first heat exchanger after a temperature and a pressure of the working medium are decreased; the working medium in another branch flows to the battery heat exchanger to cool the battery after being throttled by the fourth throttling device; outlet pipelines of the first heat exchanger and the battery heat exchanger are connected and joined together and then is connected to a pipeline of the compressor, or is connected to the compressor via a gas-liquid separator and pipelines.

7. The air conditioning system according to claim 2 , wherein the air conditioning system further includes an intermediate heat exchanger, which is a dual channel heat exchanger and comprises a first heat exchanging unit and a second heat exchanging unit that are isolated from each other but capable of exchanging heat with each other, an inlet of the first heat exchanging unit is connected to an outlet pipeline of the second heat exchanger, and an outlet of the first heat exchanging unit is connected to the second inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger via the first throttling device and pipelines; an inlet of the second heat exchanging unit is connected to the outlet of the first heat exchanging unit via a third throttling device, and an outlet of the second heat exchanging unit is connected to the inlet of the compressor via pipelines; in the heating mode, the working medium of the second heat exchanging unit is throttled by the third throttling device, and the first heat exchanging unit exchanges heat with the throttled working medium, which decreases a temperature of the working medium passing through the first heat exchanging unit.

8. The air conditioning system according to claim 2 , wherein the air conditioning system is an air conditioning system for an electric automobile or a hybrid automobile, the air conditioning system further comprises a battery heat exchanger for providing cold energy to a battery, and a fourth throttling device arranged upstream of the battery heat exchanger; the fourth throttling device has one end connected to the outlet of the outdoor heat exchanger via pipelines, and an outlet of the battery heat exchanger is connected to the inlet of the compressor via pipelines.

Assignees

• Hangzhou Sanhua Res Inst Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Shaolong
• Tan Yongxiang
• Liu Weihua
• Huang Linjie

Classifications

• F25B2313/02343

  during dehumidification · CPC title

• F25B13/00

  Compression machines, plants or systems, with reversible cycle (defrosting cycles F25B47/02) · CPC title

• F28D2021/0084

  Condensers · CPC title

• B60H1/22

  the heat source being other than the propulsion plant {(B60H1/00492 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F25B2400/13

  Economisers · CPC title