[0002] With the development of
biosafety science in China,
experimental animal rooms are constantly upgraded to barrier environments and energy-saving renovations. According to GB14925-2010 "
Experimental Animal Environment and Facilities", the barrier environment of
experimental animal rooms is usually equipped with animal
quarantine rooms, animal foster rooms, animal The experimental room, as well as the flow of people, logistics, animals, and
sewage flow channels: including first changing (B1), second changing (B2), buffer (B3), air lock (B8), animal reception, clean corridor,
dirt corridor, clean In order to meet the barrier environment indicators and avoid cross-
contamination, the
experimental animal room usually adopts whole-year, all-day, all-day and night,
fresh air overall purification
air conditioning to meet the minimum number of air changes, temperature and humidity, cleanliness, and the minimum connected area. Static
pressure difference,
ammonia concentration, number of colonies and other indoor environmental indicators, but the overall purification air conditioner usually needs to be operated according to the
fresh air conditioner with the minimum number of air changes ≥ 15 times / h, and the
energy consumption is extremely high. Therefore, the scientific research cost of animal experiments is greatly increased, so the air conditioning and energy saving of barrier facilities in experimental animal rooms is extremely high.
[0003] In order to reduce the
energy consumption of the barrier facilities in the experimental animal room, the design often adopts
temporary storage of clean objects, clean corridors, and second-shift rooms for direct return air, but the actual energy-saving effect is not good. Analysis of the reasons shows that: In order to avoid cross-
contamination According to the requirements of GB14925-2010 "
Experimental Animal Environment and Facilities", the minimum static
pressure difference of ≥ 10Pa should be set in the connected area:
temporary storage of clean objects 50Pa> clean corridor 40Pa> animal foster room / animal experiment room 30Pa>
dirt Corridor 20Pa>
Pollution corridor buffer 10Pa> Facility exterior 0Pa, due to the temporary storage of net objects at 50Pa, the external air
pressure difference is the largest, and the disinfection and sterilization facilities in the facility, such as transfer windows /
steam sterilizers / aqueducts, etc. The scrubbing and disinfection room is connected, and it is impossible to prevent the temporary storage of clean objects from leaking to the outside of the barrier facility. The test found that even if the return air valve is completely closed and no return air is returned, some facilities still need more than 30
fresh air changes per hour to maintain the external 50Pa In addition, the steam sterilizer takes a long time to sterilize, the surface temperature is high, and the heat dissipation is large. After the sterilization is completed, the amount of residual steam emitted when the door is opened to pick up the objects is also large, and the return air in summer has basically no energy-saving effect; and Clean corridor 40Pa and buffer 30Pa, animal foster room / animal
quarantine room / animal experiment room 30Pa, etc. are all connected through the clean door. Due to the existence of step pressure difference, it is impossible to avoid the leakage of air in the clean corridor to many rooms with low pressure difference. The test found that even Close all return air valves, do not return air, and some facilities require more than 20 fresh
air changes per hour to maintain a clean corridor with an
external pressure difference of 40Pa; therefore, the design of the above-mentioned rooms that can save energy through return air does not actually have obvious effects Energy-saving effect, so the fresh
air purification air conditioner is basically used
[0004] In the existing technology, the advanced exhaust air heat
recovery technology at home and abroad is also tried to be used in the exhaust air
waste heat recovery of the fresh air full delivery and full exhaust
system of the experimental animal room, but because it cannot be completely guaranteed that the fresh air and exhaust air will not cross each other, Unable to avoid cross-contamination and questioned by laboratory animal experts, so the application of exhaust air heat
recovery technology in the laboratory animal room industry is hindered
[0005] In the prior art, the application of exhaust air
sensible heat recovery technology in experimental animal rooms has also emerged as the times require. In hot summer and
cold winter, when the
temperature difference between fresh air and exhaust air reaches about 10°C, the
sensible heat recovery efficiency can reach 50 %, converted into a total heat recovery efficiency of about 15-20%, achieving a good energy-saving effect; however, in excessive seasons, the
energy consumption of fresh air dehumidification is still large, and when the
temperature difference between fresh air and exhaust air is less than 5°C,
sensible heat The recovery efficiency is very low. Therefore, the annual total heat recovery efficiency is still lower than 10%. As a result, the application of exhaust sensible heat recovery technology in the barrier facilities of experimental animal rooms has not yet been well promoted.
[0006] At present, fresh air conditioners in the barrier facilities of experimental animal rooms usually use single-working condition heat and humidity treatment units to purify the air conditioners as a whole. In summer / winter, the heat and humidity load per
square meter per hour reaches more than 500 watts. "Full on" mode operation is more than 4-5 times the energy consumption of ordinary civil air conditioners. In addition, it runs day and night every day and needs to be operated as usual during holidays. It is actually more than 15 times the energy consumption of civil air conditioners, and the
operating cost is huge. , but in fact, except for animal foster care and quarantine areas, the rest of the areas do not have temperature and humidity requirements during non-
working hours, but there is no suitable method for energy saving. without
delay