Modularized evaporation air cooler
Through the modularly designed evaporative air cooler, the inconvenience of existing evaporative air coolers in terms of transportation, installation and maintenance is solved, and the flexible configuration and efficient cooling of the equipment are achieved, and the service life of the equipment is extended.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202421975487.0
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-08-14
- Publication Date
- 2025-05-27
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-08-14
AI Technical Summary
Existing evaporative air coolers have inconveniences in terms of transportation, installation and maintenance, especially the complex shape and corrosion of the cooling coils make them unsuitable for flexible configuration and maintenance.
It adopts a modular design, including a water tank, an evaporation tube bundle group, a spray assembly, a pre-cooled tube bundle and a fan assembly. The evaporation tube bundle group consists of multiple evaporation tube bundle units. The heat exchange tube is connected by a straight tube, which is easy to transport and install, and can be removed separately for inspection.
The simplified structure of the evaporative air cooler is realized, which is convenient for transportation, installation and maintenance. At the same time, through dispersing medium processing, the pressure drop of each evaporative tube bundle unit is reduced, the cooling effect is improved and the service life of the equipment is extended.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of evaporative air coolers, in particular to a modular evaporative air cooler. Background Art
[0002] Evaporative air cooler is a kind of efficient cooling equipment, which is widely used in oil refining, metallurgy, electric power, refrigeration, light industry and other industries. Its working principle is to use spray water to form a water film on the surface of the heat exchange tube. The flowing air generated by the fan vaporizes the water film outside the heat exchange tube and takes away the heat of the medium flowing in the heat exchange tube, thereby reducing the temperature of the medium in the heat exchange tube and condensing or cooling the medium in the heat exchange tube.
[0003] The Chinese utility model patent with announcement number CN215063884U discloses a precooling evaporative air cooler, comprising: a shell, and an axial flow fan arranged on the top of the shell; a precooling device, a water separation device and an evaporation device are arranged in the shell from top to bottom; the process medium is precooled by the precooling device and evaporated by the evaporation device, and the spray water is evenly sprayed through the water separation device. The above-mentioned precooling evaporative air cooler adopts a preset precooling device, the process medium is precooled by the precooling device and evaporated by the evaporation device, and the spray water is evenly sprayed through the water separation device, achieving the purpose of compact structure, and realizing the effect of improving the heat exchange efficiency of the equipment and expanding the cooling range of the process medium.
[0004] The evaporating device in the pre-cooling evaporative air cooler disclosed in the above utility model patent uses a cooling coil as a heat exchange element. Although the area of the water film on the surface of the evaporating device is enlarged to increase the cooling range of the medium, the shape of the cooling coil is relatively complex, which is inconvenient to transport and install. At the same time, the U-shaped pipe section of the cooling coil is more susceptible to corrosion, and it is difficult to find the leakage point during inspection, resulting in inconvenient maintenance. Utility Model Content
[0005] In view of the deficiencies existing in the prior art, the utility model provides a modular evaporative air cooler, which solves the problem that the evaporative air cooler in the prior art is inconvenient to transport, install and maintain.
[0006] According to an embodiment of the utility model, a modular evaporative air cooler includes a box body, on which a water tank, an evaporative tube bundle group, a spray assembly, a precooling tube bundle and a fan assembly are arranged in sequence from bottom to top, the evaporative tube bundle group includes a plurality of evaporative tube bundle units, the evaporative tube bundle unit includes a first tube box group, a heat exchange tube and a second tube box group that are connected in sequence, the first tube box group and the second tube box group are respectively located on opposite sides of the box body, the axis of the heat exchange tube is a straight line passing through the first tube box group and the second tube box group respectively, the first tube box group is provided with a connecting pipe and the end of the connecting pipe away from the first tube box group is connected to the precooling tube bundle.
[0007] Furthermore, it also includes an input pipe, which is connected to the precooling tube bundle.
[0008] Furthermore, a bend is provided at the connection between the input pipe and the precooling tube bundle, and the bend is bent in a direction away from the box.
[0009] Furthermore, it also includes an output pipe, which is connected to the first pipe box group.
[0010] Furthermore, a bend pipe is provided at the connection between the output pipe and the first pipe box group, and the bend pipe bends in a direction away from the box body.
[0011] Furthermore, the heat exchange tube includes a steel inner tube and an aluminum outer tube, and the aluminum outer tube wraps the steel inner tube.
[0012] Furthermore, the first pipe box group includes at least one pipe box and includes at least one of a threaded pipe box, a removable cap pipe box, a removable cover plate pipe box and a welded pipe box.
[0013] Furthermore, the second pipe box group includes at least one pipe box and includes at least one of a threaded pipe box, a removable cap pipe box, a removable cover plate pipe box and a welded pipe box.
[0014] Furthermore, the spray assembly includes a water pump and a spray pipe connected to the water pump, the water pump is connected to the water tank, the spray pipe extends above the evaporating tube bundle group and a spray head facing the evaporating tube bundle group is provided on the spray pipe.
[0015] Furthermore, the fan assembly includes at least two exhaust fans, and the exhaust fans are arranged in a row on the box.
[0016] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects: the medium is cooled by adopting a combination of a water tank, an evaporating tube bundle, a spray assembly, a precooling tube bundle group and a fan, and the evaporating tube bundle group is a whole composed of a plurality of evaporating tube bundle units, the number of evaporating tube bundle units can be flexibly set according to actual needs, and the heat exchange tubes in the evaporating tube bundle units use straight tubes to connect the first tube box group and the second tube box group, which is convenient for transportation and installation. At the same time, a single evaporating tube bundle unit can be removed from under the box body for maintenance, which is convenient for troubleshooting leakage points on the heat exchange tubes during maintenance, thereby facilitating maintenance. At the same time, each evaporating tube bundle unit is separately connected to the precooling tube bundle, so that the medium passing through the precooling tube bundle can be dispersed into each evaporating tube bundle unit, thereby dispersing the processing volume of the medium and lowering the pressure drop of the medium in each evaporating tube bundle unit. It solves the technical problem that the existing evaporative air cooler is inconvenient to transport, install and maintain, and produces the technical effect of simplifying the structure of the evaporative air cooler, facilitating transportation, installation and maintenance, and by setting a plurality of evaporating tube bundle units to disperse the medium, it is beneficial to improve the cooling effect of the medium while extending the service life of the equipment. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0017] Figure 1 This is a schematic structural diagram of a modular evaporative air cooler according to Embodiment 1 of the present utility model;
[0018] Figure 2 It is a side view of a modular evaporative air cooler according to the first embodiment of the utility model;
[0019] Figure 3 It is a side view of a modular evaporative air cooler according to the second embodiment of the utility model;
[0020] Figure 4 It is a side view of a modular evaporative air cooler according to Embodiment 3 of the present utility model;
[0021] Figure 5 This is a side view of a modular evaporative air cooler according to the fourth embodiment of the present utility model.
[0022] In the above drawings: 1. fan assembly; 2. precooling tube bundle; 3. spray assembly; 4. evaporation tube bundle group; 5. water tank; 6. input pipe; 7. output pipe; 8. second tube box group; 9. first tube box group; 10. heat exchange tube; 11. evaporation tube bundle unit; 12. connecting pipe. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0023] The technical solution of the present utility model is further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments.
[0024] Embodiment 1
[0025] like Figure 1 and Figure 2As shown, the first embodiment of the present invention proposes a modular evaporative air cooler, which is used to reduce the temperature of the medium input into the modular evaporative air cooler to achieve the purpose of cooling or condensing the medium.
[0026] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2 The modular evaporative air cooler includes a box body, on which a water tank 5, an evaporative tube bundle group 4, a spray assembly 3, a precooling tube bundle 2 and a fan assembly 1 are arranged in sequence from bottom to top. The evaporative tube bundle group 4 includes a plurality of evaporative tube bundle units 11, and the evaporative tube bundle unit 11 includes a first tube box group 9, a heat exchange tube 10 and a second tube box group 8 which are connected in sequence, wherein the first tube box group 9 and the second tube box group 8 are respectively located on opposite sides of the box body, and the axis of the heat exchange tube 10 is a straight line passing through the first tube box group 9 and the second tube box group 8 respectively, and a connecting pipe 12 is arranged on the first tube box group 9, and the end of the connecting pipe 12 away from the first tube box group 9 is connected to the precooling tube bundle 2, and the connecting pipe 12 is used to introduce the medium precooled by the precooling tube bundle 2 into the corresponding evaporative tube bundle unit 11 for cooling, so as to divert the medium in the precooling tube bundle 2 to each of the evaporative tube bundle units 11.
[0027] Specifically, the number of the evaporator tube bundle units 11 in the evaporator tube bundle group 4 in the modular evaporative air cooler provided in this embodiment can be flexibly set according to actual needs, and the heat exchange tubes 10 in the evaporator tube bundle units 11 are all connected to the first tube box group 9 and the second tube box group 8 by straight tubes, which is convenient for transportation and installation. At the same time, a single evaporator tube bundle unit 11 can be removed from the bottom of the box for maintenance, which is convenient for troubleshooting the leakage points on the heat exchange tube 10 during maintenance, and thus convenient for maintenance of the modular evaporative air cooler; each of the evaporator tube bundle units 11 in the modular evaporative air cooler is separately connected to the pre-cooling tube bundle 2, so that the medium passing through the pre-cooling tube bundle 2 can be dispersed into each of the evaporator tube bundle units 11, thereby dispersing the processing volume of the medium and making the pressure drop of the medium in each of the evaporator tube bundle units 11 lower, which is beneficial to improving the cooling effect of the medium while extending the service life of the equipment.
[0028] like Figure 2As shown, the modular evaporative air cooler further includes an input pipe 6 and an output pipe 7, wherein the input pipe 6 is in communication with the precooling tube bundle 2, and the output pipe 7 is in communication with the first tube box group 9. The input pipe 6 is used to introduce the medium to be cooled into the precooling tube bundle 2, and the output pipe 7 is used to discharge the cooled medium out of the evaporative tube bundle unit 11, and the input pipe 6, the connecting pipe 12 and the output pipe 7 are respectively in communication with the precooling tube bundle 2 and the evaporative tube bundle unit 11 by using bent pipes, so that the input pipe 6, the connecting pipe 12 and the output pipe 7 extend in a direction away from the box body, thereby alleviating the influence of the thermal stress generated when the medium flows in the input pipe 6, the connecting pipe 12 and the output pipe 7 on the modular evaporative air cooler.
[0029] like Figure 2 As shown, the heat exchange tube 10 includes a steel inner tube and an aluminum outer tube, and the aluminum outer tube wraps the steel inner tube. The heat exchange tube 10 uses an aluminum outer tube composited on the outer side of the steel inner tube so that the steel inner tube and the aluminum outer tube are combined into a whole, so that a layer of aluminum layer with uniform thickness is attached to the outer side of the steel inner tube, thereby improving the corrosion resistance of the heat exchange tube 10 and extending the service life of the evaporation tube bundle unit 11.
[0030] Please refer to Figure 1 , the first pipe box group 9 includes at least one pipe box and includes at least one of a plug-in pipe box, a removable cap-type pipe box, a removable cover-plate type pipe box and a welded pipe box, and the second pipe box group 8 includes at least one pipe box and includes at least one of a plug-in pipe box, a removable cap-type pipe box, a removable cover-plate type pipe box and a welded pipe box. The type and quantity of the pipe boxes in the first pipe box group 9 and the second pipe box group 8 can be selected according to actual working conditions, and when the first pipe box group 9 includes multiple pipe boxes, it can be composed of a single type of pipe box or different types of pipe boxes, and when the second pipe box group 8 includes multiple pipe boxes, it can be composed of a single type of pipe box or different types of pipe boxes. The number and type of the pipe boxes used can be flexibly selected and can meet the use requirements. In this embodiment, the first pipe box group 9 and the second pipe box group 8 respectively use plug-in pipe boxes.
[0031] Please combine Figure 1 and Figure 2The spray assembly 3 includes a water pump and a spray pipe connected to the water pump. The water pump is connected to the water tank 5. The spray pipe extends above the evaporation tube bundle group 4 and is provided with a spray head facing the evaporation tube bundle group 4. The water pump is used to pump the water in the water tank 5 into each of the spray heads along the spray pipe, and spray the water onto the heat exchange tubes 10 in each of the evaporation tube bundle units 11 through the spray heads to form a water film on the surface of the heat exchange tubes 10, and the water not attached to the heat exchange tubes 10 falls into the water tank 5, so as to improve the utilization rate of water resources.
[0032] In detail, the fan assembly 1 includes at least two exhaust fans, which are arranged in a row on the box. In this embodiment, the box is provided with four exhaust fans, and the four exhaust fans respectively generate flowing airflows to accelerate the evaporation of the water film on the surface of the heat exchange tube 10, so as to improve the air cooling effect.
[0033] like Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, the working process of the modular evaporative air cooler provided in this embodiment is: the medium to be cooled enters the precooling tube bundle 2 through the input pipe 6, and the flowing airflow blown out by the fan assembly 1 acts on the precooling tube bundle 2 for air cooling. The air-cooled medium then enters the corresponding evaporative tube bundle unit 11 through each of the connecting pipes 12, and the spray assembly 3 is used to spray water on the heat exchange tube 10 to form a water film on the surface of the heat exchange tube 10. At the same time, the flowing airflow blown out by the fan assembly 1 accelerates the vaporization of the water film on the surface of the heat exchange tube 10, thereby performing water cooling. The cooled medium is discharged from the evaporative tube bundle unit 11 from the output pipe 7.
[0034] Embodiment 2
[0035] Please refer to Figure 3 Embodiment 2 of the present invention is another technical solution for the structure of the first pipe box group 9 and the second pipe box group 8 on the basis of embodiment 1, and the difference from embodiment 1 is only that the structure of the first pipe box group 9 and the second pipe box group 8 is different.
[0036] like Figure 3 As shown, in this embodiment, the first pipe box group 9 and the second pipe box group 8 respectively adopt detachable cap type pipe boxes.
[0037] Embodiment 3
[0038] Please refer to Figure 4 Embodiment 3 of the present invention is another technical solution for the structure of the first pipe box group 9 and the second pipe box group 8 on the basis of embodiment 1, and the difference from embodiment 1 is only that the structure of the first pipe box group 9 and the second pipe box group 8 is different.
[0039] like Figure 4 As shown, in this embodiment, the first pipe box group 9 and the second pipe box group 8 respectively adopt detachable cover plate type pipe boxes.
[0040] Embodiment 4
[0041] Please refer to Figure 5 Embodiment 4 of the present invention is another technical solution for the structure of the first pipe box group 9 and the second pipe box group 8 on the basis of embodiment 1, and the difference from embodiment 1 is only that the structure of the first pipe box group 9 and the second pipe box group 8 is different.
[0042] like Figure 5 As shown, in this embodiment, the first pipe box group 9 and the second pipe box group 8 are respectively welded pipe boxes.
[0043] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the utility model rather than to limit it. Although the utility model has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, ordinary technicians in the field should understand that the technical solution of the utility model can be modified or replaced by equivalents without departing from the purpose and scope of the technical solution of the utility model, which should be included in the scope of the claims of the utility model.
Claims
1. A modular evaporative air cooler, comprising a box body, on which a water tank, an evaporative tube bundle group, a spray assembly, a precooling tube bundle and a fan assembly are arranged in order from bottom to top, characterized in that: The evaporator tube bundle group includes a plurality of evaporator tube bundle units, and the evaporator tube bundle unit includes a first tube box group, a heat exchange tube and a second tube box group which are connected in sequence. The first tube box group and the second tube box group are respectively located on opposite sides of the box body. The axis of the heat exchange tube is a straight line passing through the first tube box group and the second tube box group respectively. A connecting tube is provided on the first tube box group, and an end of the connecting tube away from the first tube box group is connected to the precooling tube bundle.
2. A modular evaporative air cooler according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes an input pipe, which is connected to the precooling tube bundle.
3. A modular evaporative air cooler according to claim 2, characterized in that: A bend is provided at the connection between the input pipe and the precooling tube bundle, and the bend is bent in a direction away from the box.
4. A modular evaporative air cooler according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes an output pipe, which is communicated with the first pipe box group.
5. A modular evaporative air cooler according to claim 4, characterized in that: A bent pipe is provided at the connection between the output pipe and the first pipe box group, and the bent pipe is bent in a direction away from the box body.
6. A modular evaporative air cooler according to claim 1, characterized in that: The heat exchange tube comprises a steel inner tube and an aluminum outer tube, and the aluminum outer tube wraps the steel inner tube.
7. The modular evaporative air cooler according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first pipe box group includes at least one pipe box and includes at least one of a threaded plug type pipe box, a detachable cap type pipe box, a detachable cover plate type pipe box and a welded type pipe box.
8. The modular evaporative air cooler according to claim 1, characterized in that: The second pipe box group includes at least one pipe box and includes at least one of a threaded plug type pipe box, a detachable cap type pipe box, a detachable cover plate type pipe box and a welded type pipe box.
9. The modular evaporative air cooler according to claim 1, characterized in that: The spray assembly includes a water pump and a spray pipe connected to the water pump, the water pump is connected to the water tank, the spray pipe extends above the evaporating tube bundle group and a spray head facing the evaporating tube bundle group is arranged on the spray pipe.
10. The modular evaporative air cooler according to claim 1, characterized in that: The fan assembly includes at least two exhaust fans, and the exhaust fans are arranged in a row on the box.
Citation Information
Patent Citations
Pre-cooling type evaporation air cooler
CN215063884U