JP2010127601A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To equalize a heat exchanging capacity by decreasing circulation resistance at an upper section and increasing the same at a lower section according to distribution of wind velocity while standardizing constitutions of a flow dividing pipe, a flow divider and a branch pipe for the upper section and the lower section. <P>SOLUTION: In this air conditioner which includes a compressor, a four-way valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, a pressure reducer and an indoor heat exchanger, and in which the outdoor heat exchanger is vertically disposed, and the outside air is sucked by an upper air blower to exchange heat, further includes a lower flow divider for dividing the refrigerant so that the refrigerant flows to the flow dividing pipe connected with a heat transfer pipe at a lower section of the outdoor heat exchanger, a plurality of upper flow dividers of the number more than that of the lower flow divider for dividing the refrigerant so that the refrigerant flows to the flow dividing pipe connected with a heat transfer pipe at an upper section of the outdoor heat exchanger, a main pipe connected with a refrigerant inlet/outlet pipe, a branch pipe for the lower heat exchanger branched from the main pipe and connected with the lower flow divider, and a plurality of branch pipes for upper heat exchanger, branched from the main pipe and connected with the plurality of upper flow dividers. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  In the present invention, the heat exchanger of the outdoor unit is arranged vertically so as to surround the outer periphery of the internal device, and the external air is sucked from between the radiating fins of the heat exchanger by the blower provided at the top. The present invention relates to an air conditioner including an up-blowing type outdoor unit that exchanges heat with the outside.

As shown in FIG. 2, a general air conditioner includes an outdoor unit 10 and an indoor unit 11. The outdoor heat exchanger 12, the four-way valve 13, and the compressor 14 of the outdoor unit 10 exchange indoor heat in the indoor unit 11. Are arranged in an annular fashion in order to the decompressor 16 and the decompressor 17. Note that the decompressor 17 may be provided on the outdoor unit 10 side.
As shown in FIGS. 3 (a), 3 (b) and 4 (a), 4 (b), the outdoor heat exchanger 12 surrounds the outer periphery of the internal device from, for example, three sides other than the operation unit 28 on the front. The refrigerant flowing vertically through the heat transfer pipe 24 of the outdoor heat exchanger 12 is exchanged with the external air by sucking external air from between the radiation fins 33 by the blower 15 provided at the top of the machine frame 27. Evaporate or condense. In the illustrated example, the outdoor heat exchanger 12 includes an upper outdoor heat exchanger 12a and a lower outdoor heat exchanger 12b that are stacked in two upper and lower stages.

  In such an up-blowing type outdoor heat exchanger 12, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), the wind speed distribution characteristic is the fastest from the top to the bottom of the outdoor heat exchanger 12, and gradually slows down to the bottom. Along with this, the heat exchange capacity also tends to decrease as it goes downward. For this reason, it is desirable that the diversion ratio of the refrigerant flowing through the heat transfer tube 24 is large at the top and small at the bottom.

In order to solve this problem, as shown in FIG. 5, there has been proposed a method using a main shunt 19 capable of adjusting the shunt ratio internally and a sub shunt 20 capable of adjusting the shunt ratio similarly. (Patent Document 1).
More specifically, a plurality of horizontal heat transfer tubes 24 are sequentially connected by a U-shaped tube 34 to constitute the outdoor heat exchanger 12, located at the lowermost portion of the outdoor heat exchanger 12, and the entrance / exit pipe 21. The main shunt 19 is connected to the main shunt 19, and two sub shunts 20 a, 20 b are provided downstream of the main shunt 19 (in the direction of the refrigerant flow during heating, and in the upper part in the mechanical configuration). One end of each of the flow dividing pipes 23a1, 23a2, 23b1, 23b2 is connected to the auxiliary flow dividers 20a, 20b, and the other end of these flow dividing pipes 23a1, 23a2, 23b1, 23b2 is connected to the end of each heat transfer pipe 24. 35 is connected.

In such a configuration, the refrigerant is divided into two by the main flow divider 19 and reaches the sub-divider 20a via the refrigerant pipe 22a, and further reaches the sub-divider 20b via the refrigerant pipe 22b. The flow is further divided by 20a and 20b and flows into the outdoor heat exchanger 12 through the flow dividing pipes 23a1, 23a2, 23b1 and 23b2.
The lowermost branch pipe 23b2 is set to have a smaller diameter than the other branch pipes 23a1, 23a2, and 23b1, so that the flow resistance is increased.
As a means for changing the refrigerant branching ratio, in addition to changing the pipe diameter, a method of providing a flow resistance on the side where the branch pipe 23b2 is connected in the two refrigerant paths inside the sub-divider 20b, A method of keeping one refrigerant passage eccentric is disclosed.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-75929.

The method described in Patent Document 1 as described above has the following problems.
(1) Although only one shunt pipe 23a1, 23a2, 23b1, 23b2 is shown in the figure, it is actually composed of a plurality of shunt pipes, so that the shunt pipe connected to the sub-shunt 20b as shown in FIG. When the diameters of 23b1 and 23b2 are made different, there are many places where the shunt pipe and the sub-divider 20b are connected and many places where the shunt pipe and the connecting portion 35 are connected. It can only be connected to, and the workability of manufacturing and assembly is poor.
(2) In the method of providing the flow resistance on the side where the branch pipe 23b2 is connected in the refrigerant passage inside the sub-divider 20b with the same pipe diameter, the plurality of branch pipes 23b1 and 23b2 are provided. In spite of having the same shape, the connecting points of the flow dividing pipes 23b1 and 23b2 are determined in advance depending on the presence or absence of flow resistance, and not only the assembly workability is bad, but also there is a risk of erroneous connection.
(3) Even in the method of reducing the flow rate on the side where the flow dividing pipe 23b2 is connected by decentering the two refrigerant passages inside, the connection point of the flow dividing pipes 23b1 and 23b2 is determined by the eccentric position as in the case (2). As a result, not only the assembly workability is poor, but there is a risk of erroneous connection.
There were problems such as.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide an air conditioner in which all the shunt pipes and shunts are unified, and the difference in heat exchange capacity between the upper and lower portions of the heat transfer pipe due to the wind speed distribution by the blower is not caused. It is a purpose.

  The air conditioner of the present invention comprises a compressor, a four-way valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, a decompressor, and an indoor heat exchanger, and the outdoor heat exchanger is disposed vertically and provided at the top. In a top-blow type air conditioner in which external air is sucked by a blower to exchange heat, a lower partial flow that divides the refrigerant into a branch pipe connected to a heat transfer pipe at a lower portion of the outdoor heat exchanger And a plurality of upper partial flow distributors having a number larger than that of the lower partial flow distributor for diverting the refrigerant to a diverter pipe connected to a heat transfer pipe at an upper portion of the outdoor heat exchanger, and a refrigerant inlet / outlet pipe A main pipe, a branch pipe for a lower heat exchanger that is branched from the main pipe and connected to the lower partial flower, and a plurality of pipes that are branched from the main pipe and connected to the plurality of upper partial flow pipes It consists of a branch pipe for upper heat exchange.

  The lower heat exchanger branch pipe and the plurality of upper heat exchange branch pipes are configured with a smaller diameter than the main pipe, and the flow resistance is adjusted by the number of branch pipes.

  The upper partial flow device and the lower partial flow device are unified into those for dividing the flow into each of the flow dividing pipes so as to facilitate manufacture and assembly.

  The outdoor heat exchanger has an upper heat exchanger and a lower heat exchanger having the same configuration arranged in two stages, and a shunt pipe is directly connected to the heat transfer pipe of the upper heat exchanger, and the heat transfer pipe of the lower heat exchanger By connecting the shunt pipe through the T-shaped tube, it is possible to select whether to use as the upper heat exchanger or the lower heat exchanger with or without the T-shaped tube with the same heat exchanger configuration. .

  The number of shunt tubes connected to the heat transfer tubes of the upper heat exchanger is increased from the number of shunt tubes connected to the heat transfer tubes of the lower heat exchanger to reduce the flow resistance.

  Branch connection at the lower part of the main pipe facing the lower part of the lower heat exchanger, and branch connection at the upper part of the main pipe facing the lower part of the upper heat exchanger By doing so, the pressure loss due to the height difference of the piping is reduced during the defrosting operation and the cooling operation of heating, and unnecessary energy loss is eliminated.

  According to invention of Claim 1, it comprises a compressor, a four-way valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, a pressure reducer, and an indoor heat exchanger, the outdoor heat exchanger is arranged vertically, and an upper part In the top-blow type air conditioner in which external air is sucked by a blower provided in the air exchanger and heat exchange is performed, the refrigerant is divided into a branch pipe connected to a heat transfer pipe at a lower portion of the outdoor heat exchanger. Connected to a partial flow unit, a plurality of upper partial flow units having a larger number than the lower partial flow unit that divides the refrigerant into a diversion pipe connected to a heat transfer pipe at the upper part of the outdoor heat exchanger, and a refrigerant inlet / outlet pipe A main heat pipe, a branch pipe for a lower heat exchanger that is branched from the main pipe and connected to the lower partial flow device, and a branch pipe that is branched from the main pipe and connected to the plurality of upper partial flow devices. Since it consists of multiple branch pipes for upper heat exchange, shunt, shunt pipe, heat exchanger, branch Shape unified, the number of the branch pipe and distribution pipe may be changed flow resistance in only the thickness of the main pipe, without fear of erroneous connection, manufacturing, assembling is extremely easy.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the lower heat exchanger branch pipe and the plurality of upper heat exchange branch pipes have a smaller diameter than the main pipe, whereby the lower heat exchanger branch pipe and the plurality of upper heat exchanger branch pipes are formed. The replacement branch pipes can have the same diameter. Further, by changing the ratio of the main pipe diameter to the branch pipe, the ratio of the refrigerant amount flowing in each heat transfer tube of the upper outdoor heat exchanger to the refrigerant amount flowing in the heat transfer tube of the lower outdoor heat exchanger can be changed. .

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the upper partial flow device and the lower partial flow device are connected to the upper partial flow device and the lower partial flow device by dividing the refrigerant into the respective divided pipes substantially evenly. In addition, it is easy to manufacture and assemble multiple shunt tubes.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, the outdoor heat exchanger has an upper heat exchanger and a lower heat exchanger having the same configuration arranged in two upper and lower stages, and a shunt pipe is directly connected to the heat transfer pipe of the upper heat exchanger. In addition, since the shunt pipe is connected to the heat transfer pipe of the lower heat exchanger via the T-shaped pipe, an air conditioner with high assembly efficiency can be provided.

  According to the invention of claim 5, since the number of the shunt tubes connected to the heat transfer tubes of the upper heat exchanger is made larger than the number of the shunt tubes connected to the heat transfer tubes of the lower heat exchanger, Improved refrigerant flow at the top.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the lower partial flow device is branched and connected at the lower portion of the main pipe facing the lower portion of the lower heat exchanger, and the upper partial flow device is exposed to the lower portion of the upper heat exchanger. Since the branch connection is made at the upper part of the main pipe, the pressure loss due to the height difference of the piping is reduced during the defrosting operation and the cooling operation of heating, and unnecessary energy loss is eliminated.

The present invention comprises a compressor, a four-way valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, a decompressor, and an indoor heat exchanger, wherein the outdoor heat exchanger is disposed vertically and externally provided by a blower provided at the top. The present invention is applied to an air conditioner including an up-blowing type outdoor heat exchanger that sucks air to perform heat exchange.
The flow divider is not configured to adjust the flow dividing ratio therein, but is configured so that the refrigerant flows evenly through all the flow dividing tubes.
The upper part flow distributor for diverting the refrigerant to the diversion pipe connected to the heat transfer pipe in the upper part of the outdoor heat exchanger is the lower part for diverting the refrigerant to the diversion pipe connected to the heat transfer pipe in the lower part of the outdoor heat exchanger. Increase the number more than the flow

To connect the main pipe to the refrigerant inlet / outlet pipe, to connect the main pipe to the lower heat exchanger branch pipe for connecting to the lower partial flow pipe, and to connect the main pipe to multiple upper partial flow pipes A plurality of upper heat exchange branch pipes are branched and connected.
The diameter of the main pipe is made larger than the diameters of the lower heat exchanger branch pipe and the plurality of upper heat exchange branch pipes.
In the outdoor heat exchanger, the upper and lower heat exchangers with the same configuration are arranged in two stages, and the shunt pipe is directly connected to the heat transfer pipe of the upper heat exchanger, and the shunt pipe is divided into the heat transfer pipe of the lower heat exchanger. By connecting the tubes via a T-shaped tube, the common configuration is made as much as possible.
The number of shunt tubes connected to the heat transfer tubes of the upper heat exchanger is increased from the number of shunt tubes connected to the heat transfer tubes of the lower heat exchanger to reduce the flow resistance.
Branch connection at the lower part of the main pipe facing the lower part of the lower heat exchanger, and branch connection at the upper part of the main pipe facing the lower part of the upper heat exchanger Therefore, the pressure loss due to the height difference of the piping is reduced during the defrosting operation and the cooling operation of heating, and unnecessary energy loss is eliminated.

A first embodiment of an air conditioner according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, 12 is an outdoor heat exchanger. In this outdoor heat exchanger 12, as shown in FIGS. 3 (a), 4 (a) and 4 (b), a large number of horizontal heat transfer tubes 24 and a large number of vertical radiating fins 33 intersect each other at right angles. The so-called cross fin tube type is configured. This outdoor heat exchanger 12 is provided with an upper outdoor heat exchanger 12a and a lower outdoor heat exchanger 12b having the same configuration stacked in two upper and lower stages. The outdoor heat exchanger 12 is vertically arranged so as to surround the outer periphery of the internal device from three sides other than the operation unit 28 on the front side, and the refrigerant flowing through the heat transfer tube 24 is provided in the upper part of the machine frame 27. The blower 15 is configured to suck external air from between the heat radiation fins 33 and exchange heat with the external air to evaporate or condense.

As shown in FIG. 1, the upper outdoor heat exchanger 12 a has, for example, 72 horizontal heat transfer tubes 24. 36 of the upper half of them are connected to each of the flow dividing pipes 23a1,... Via the connecting portions 34a11, 34a12,... 34a16, with the six heat transfer tubes 24 sequentially connected by the U-shaped pipe 34 as one group. Similarly, the 36 of the lower half are connected to each of the flow dividing pipes 23a2,... Through the connecting portions 34a21, 34a22,... 34a26, with the six heat transfer tubes 24 sequentially connected by the U-shaped pipe 34 as one group. Yes.
The lower outdoor heat exchanger 12b has, for example, 72 horizontal heat transfer tubes 24, and six heat transfer tubes 24 sequentially connected by a U-shaped tube 34 form one group, and further two pairs of connecting portions. 34b01 and 34b02, 34b03 and 34b04,..., 34b11 and 34b12 are joined together by a T-shaped tube 36, and twelve heat transfer tubes 24 are grouped and connected to each branch pipe 23b.
Therefore, the branch pipes of the upper outdoor heat exchanger 12a have a total of twelve pipes, that is, the upper half six branch pipes 23a1,... And the lower half six branch pipes 23a2,. Since the branch pipes of the lower outdoor heat exchanger 12b are joined by the T-shaped pipe 36, each of the branch pipes has six branch pipes 23b, which is half the number of the upper outdoor heat exchanger 12a.
The number of the heat transfer tubes 24, the number of the branch pipes 23 that are grouped into the upper outdoor heat exchanger 12a and the lower outdoor heat exchanger 12b, and the like are only examples, and the upper outdoor heat exchanger 12a is not limited thereto. It is desirable that the number of the side branch pipes 23 be larger than the number of the branch pipes 23 on the lower outdoor heat exchanger 12b side.

The other side of the outdoor heat exchanger 12 composed of the upper outdoor heat exchanger 12a and the lower outdoor heat exchanger 12b is connected to the header 25 with the heat transfer tubes joined by a T-shaped tube 36, and the other end of the bed 25 Is connected to the four-way valve 13 as in FIG.
In the upper outdoor heat exchanger 12a, each branch pipe 23 is directly connected to each connecting portion 34a11, 34a12,... 34a16, and the lower outdoor heat exchanger 12b has two pairs of connecting portions 34b01 and 34b02, 34b03 and 34b04. ,..., 34b11 and 34b12 are connected to the respective branch pipes 23 via T-shaped pipes 36, but the basic configurations of the upper outdoor heat exchanger 12a and the lower outdoor heat exchanger 12b are made as common as possible.

The entrance / exit pipe 21 is disposed at the lower end of the lower outdoor heat exchanger 12b.
As shown in FIG. 1, a vertical main pipe 29 is connected to the entrance / exit pipe 21, and the main pipe 29 extends to the position of the substantially lower end of the upper outdoor heat exchanger 12 a. An upper half branch pipe 29 a 1 and a lower half branch pipe 29 a 2, which are thinner than the main pipe 29, are branched and connected to the upper part of the main pipe 29 in a U-shape. The lower heat exchanger branch pipe 29b, which is thinner than the main pipe 29, is branched and connected upward.
The inner diameters of the upper half branch pipe 29a1, the lower half branch pipe 29a2, and the lower heat exchanger branch pipe 29b are all thinner than the main pipe 29, and it is desirable that the same diameter be used for standardization.

More specifically, the refrigerant sent from the inlet / outlet pipe 21 via the connection portion P1 of the main pipe 29 is moved to the lower heat exchanger branch pipe 29b side at a branch point P2 between the main pipe 29 and the lower heat exchanger branch pipe 29b. A small amount is distributed on the main pipe 29 side.
The refrigerant flowing through the main pipe 29 is divided into the upper half branch pipe 29a1 and the lower half branch pipe 29a2 at the upper branch point P3. That is, the upper half branch pipe 29a1, the lower half branch pipe 29a2, and the lower heat exchanger branch pipe 29b are all set to the same diameter, and only the main pipe 29 is thickened.
As a result, the diversion ratio for two parts including the upper half branch pipe 29a1 and the lower half branch pipe 29a2 is larger than the diversion ratio for one of the lower heat exchanger branch pipes 29b. The flow dividing ratio of the refrigerant flowing through 24 is large at the top and small at the bottom.

In the above example, the refrigerant flows from the inlet / outlet pipe 21 side and the example of the heating operation in which the refrigerant branches at the branch points P2 and P3 is shown, but conversely, the refrigerant merges at the branch points P3 and P2 and enters the inlet / outlet pipe 21 from P1. The diversion ratio is the same even during the cooling operation that flows into the.
As described above, as a means for changing the refrigerant diversion ratio, as in the prior art, the diameter of a number of diversion pipes is varied, a flow resistance is provided on the side where the diversion pipes are connected, or the internal refrigerant passage is eccentric. In the present invention, the upper half branch pipe 29a1, the lower half branch pipe 29a2, and the lower heat exchanger branch pipe 29b are all set to the same diameter, and the number of upper and lower branch pipes is set. In other words, by increasing the diameter of the main pipe 29, the refrigerant diversion ratio is made to correspond as much as possible to the wind speed distribution with a simple configuration.

  An upper half flow divider 30a1 and a lower half flow divider 30a2 are connected to the upper heat exchanger branch pipes 29a1 and 29a2, respectively. These upper half flow divider 30a1 and lower half flow divider 30a2 are installed as close as possible to the lower end of the upper outdoor heat exchanger 12a for the defrosting operation during heating. Each of the six flow dividing pipes 23a1 and 23a2 is connected to the upper half flow divider 30a1 and the lower half flow divider 30a2. These six branch pipes 23a1 and 23a2 are connected to the connecting portions 34a11,..., 34a21,.

A lower partial flow device 31 is connected to the lower heat exchanger branch pipe 29b. The lower partial flow device 31 is installed as close as possible to the lower end portion of the lower outdoor heat exchanger 12b for the defrosting operation of the lower outdoor heat exchanger 12b during heating. The six branch pipes 23b are connected to the lower partial flow device 31. All of them are raised by a predetermined length so that the flow to the six flow dividing pipes 23b is performed as evenly as possible, and then connected to each connecting portion 34b01,... Via the T-shaped pipe 36.
The upper half flow divider 30a1, the lower half flow divider 30a2, and the lower partial flow vessel 31 are all configured in the same shape so that six branch pipes having the same diameter are connected, and there is a risk of erroneous connection. There is no such thing.

Next, the operation of the air conditioner will be described.
During the heating operation, switching is performed so that the ports A and D of the four-way valve 13 communicate with each other and the ports B and C communicate with each other (dotted line arrow state in FIG. 2). Then, the refrigerant becomes high-pressure superheated steam by the compressor 14 and is sent to the indoor heat exchanger 16 of the indoor unit 11, where the high-pressure superheated steam is condensed and radiated (heating effect), Then, the pressure is reduced by the pressure reducer 17, becomes wet steam and is sent to the outdoor heat exchanger 12 of the outdoor unit 10. The wet steam evaporates in this outdoor heat exchanger 12, absorbs heat, becomes low-pressure saturated steam, and returns to the compressor 14 through the four-way valve 13.

During this heating operation, the refrigerant depressurized by the pressure reducer 17 and sent from P1 of the inlet / outlet pipe 21 is mostly on the main pipe 29 side according to the pipe diameter at the branch point P2, and the lower heat exchanger branch pipe 29b is small. It is branched to become. The refrigerant flowing on the main pipe 29 side is branched at the upper end portion into the upper half flow divider 30a1 and the lower half flow divider 30a2.
Since the lower heat exchanger branch pipe 29b is connected to the lower outdoor heat exchanger 12b and the refrigerant flows easily, the number of the lower heat exchanger branch pipe 29b is one. On the other hand, since the upper heat exchanger branch pipe 29a is on the upper side, the refrigerant is brought into gravity. Since it is difficult to flow in the reverse direction, the flow resistance is made smaller than the branch pipe 29b for the lower heat exchanger by increasing the number of the upper half branch pipe 29a1 and the lower half branch pipe 29a2 and connecting them in parallel. It makes it easier for the refrigerant to flow.

As a result, the refrigerant is branched into two, an upper half branch pipe 29a1 and a lower half branch pipe 29a2, and sent to the two upper half flow dividers 30a1 and the lower half branch pipe 30a2. Each of the six is divided into twelve branch pipes 23a1 and 23a2, and is sent to each of the 72 heat transfer pipes 24 of the upper outdoor heat exchanger 12a through the respective connecting portions 34a11,.
Further, the refrigerant from one lower heat exchanger branch pipe 29b is sent to one lower partial flow distributor 31, and is divided into six branch pipes 23b, and the lower outdoor heat is passed through the connecting portions 34b01,. It is sent to each of the 72 heat transfer tubes 24 of the exchanger 12b.
In this way, the upper flow resistance is made smaller than the lower portion, and the refrigerant is caused to flow through the heat transfer tubes 24 of the upper outdoor heat exchanger 12a and the heat transfer tubes 24 of the lower outdoor heat exchanger 12b in accordance with the wind speed distribution.

  Since the upper half branch pipe 29a1 and the lower half branch pipe 29a2 are branched from the main pipe 29 in parallel, only one lower heat exchanger branch pipe 29b is branched from the main pipe 29. If the ratio of the pipe diameter of the main pipe 29 to the branch pipe is made larger, the ratio of the refrigerant amount flowing through each heat transfer pipe 24 of the upper outdoor heat exchanger 12a to the refrigerant quantity flowing through the heat transfer pipe 24 of the lower outdoor heat exchanger 12b Can be more. That is, by changing the ratio of the pipe diameter of the main pipe to the branch pipe, the ratio of the refrigerant amount flowing in each heat transfer tube 24 of the upper outdoor heat exchanger 12a to the amount of refrigerant flowing in the heat transfer tube 24 of the lower outdoor heat exchanger 12b is changed. Can be changed.

  During the cooling operation, switching is performed so that the ports A and B of the four-way valve 22 communicate with each other and the ports C and D communicate with each other (solid arrow state in FIG. 2). Then, the refrigerant becomes high-pressure superheated steam by the compressor 14 and is sent to the heat transfer pipe 24 of the outdoor heat exchanger 12. The steam is condensed in the heat transfer pipe 24 and is radiated by the fan 15, and becomes high-pressure saturated liquid, and the upper outdoor heat. From the exchanger 12a, the branch pipes 23a1 and 23a2, the upper partial flowrs 30a1 and 30a2, the upper heat exchanger branch pipes 29a1 and 29a2 are joined to the main pipe 29, and from the lower outdoor heat exchanger 12b to the respective branch pipes 23b. The main pipe 29 is merged through the lower partial flowr 31 and the lower heat exchanger branch pipe 29 b, and is sent from the main pipe 29 to the decompressor 17 of the indoor unit 11 through the entrance / exit pipe 21. The decompressor 17 supplies a high-pressure dampening solution to the indoor heat exchanger 16, and the wet steam evaporates in the indoor heat exchanger 16, absorbs heat (cooling effect), and becomes a low-pressure saturated steam, which is a four-way valve. 13 is returned to the compressor 14.

In the said Example, although the outdoor heat exchanger 12 of the outdoor unit 10 was made into 2 steps | paragraphs of upper and lower sides, what was not divided | segmented may be sufficient and what was divided | segmented into 3 or more divisions may be sufficient.
In the above embodiment, the number of the upper partial flow devices 30 is two for one lower partial flow device 31, but two or more may be used. As described above, by connecting the plurality of upper partial flowers 30 in parallel, the flow resistance is reduced from that of the lower partial flower 31, and the heat exchange capacity at the upper and lower portions of the outdoor heat exchanger 12 is equalized. .
In the embodiment, the entrance / exit pipe 21 is connected to the main pipe 29, and the lower heat exchanger branch pipe 29 b is branched and connected to the lower portion of the main pipe 29. The bifurcated upper outdoor heat exchanger 12a branched to the branch pipe 29a1 and the lower half branch pipe 29a2 was connected. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the upper end of the main pipe 29 may be branched into three branches or more. Further, one or both of the upper half branch pipe 29a1 and the lower half branch pipe 29a2 may be further branched into two or more branches at the upper end.

It is explanatory drawing which shows one Example of the outdoor air exchanger in the air conditioner by this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of an up-blowing type air conditioner. (A) is explanatory drawing of the air conditioner provided with the conventional top blowing type outdoor unit, (b) is a characteristic view of a wind speed distribution and heat exchange capability. (A) is a perspective view of a part of the outdoor air exchanger, and (b) is a cross-sectional plan view of the top blow type air conditioner. It is explanatory drawing which shows the conventional outdoor air exchanger.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Outdoor unit, 11 ... Indoor unit, 12 ... Outdoor heat exchanger, 13 ... Four-way valve, 14 ... Compressor, 15 ... Blower, 16 ... Indoor heat exchanger, 17 ... Decompressor, 18 ... Blower, 19 ... Main 20: Sub-divider, 21: Entrance / exit pipe, 22 ... Refrigerant pipe, 23 ... Shunt pipe, 24 ... Heat transfer pipe, 25 ... Header, 26 ... Partition plate, 27 ... Machine frame, 28 ... Operation unit, 29 ... Main pipe, 29a, 29b ... branch pipe, 30 ... upper partial flow, 31 ... lower partial flow, 32 ... shunt, 33 ... radiating fin, 34 ... U-shaped pipe, 35 ... connecting part, 36 ... T-shaped pipe .

Claims (6)

  A compressor, a four-way valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, a decompressor, and an indoor heat exchanger, the outdoor heat exchanger is arranged vertically, and external air is sucked by a blower provided at the top. In the upper-blow type air conditioner that performs heat exchange, a lower partial flow distributor that diverts refrigerant to a diversion pipe connected to a heat transfer pipe in a lower part of the outdoor heat exchanger, and the outdoor heat exchanger A plurality of upper partial flowers having a number larger than that of the lower partial flow device for diverting the refrigerant to the diversion tube connected to the upper heat transfer tube, a main pipe connected to the refrigerant inlet / outlet pipe, and the main pipe A branch pipe for a lower heat exchanger that is branched and connected to the lower partial flower, and a plurality of branch pipes for upper heat exchange that are branched from the main pipe and connected to the plurality of upper partial flowers An air conditioner characterized by   The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the lower heat exchanger branch pipe and the plurality of upper heat exchange branch pipes are made of a smaller diameter than the main pipe.   The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the upper partial flow device and the lower partial flow device are configured to distribute the refrigerant substantially equally to the respective branch pipes.   The outdoor heat exchanger has an upper heat exchanger and a lower heat exchanger having the same configuration arranged in two stages, and a shunt pipe is directly connected to the heat transfer pipe of the upper heat exchanger, and the heat transfer pipe of the lower heat exchanger 2. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the shunt pipe is connected to the pipe via a T-shaped pipe.   5. The air conditioner according to claim 4, wherein the number of shunt tubes connected to the heat transfer tubes of the upper heat exchanger is larger than the number of shunt tubes connected to the heat transfer tubes of the lower heat exchanger. Machine.   Branch connection at the lower part of the main pipe facing the lower part of the lower heat exchanger, and branch connection at the upper part of the main pipe facing the lower part of the upper heat exchanger The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein

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