Air Wall Type Air Conditioning Unit
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Solution Overview
Problem
The large size of air wall type air conditioning units in prior art makes them inconvenient to transport and install, requiring large hoisting equipment and posing challenges for installation on high floors, leading to high costs and operational difficulties.
Innovation Solution
The air wall type air conditioning unit is designed with multiple refrigeration modules that are detachably connected in a vertical direction, featuring a modular structure with a heat exchanger, draught fan, and drainage system, allowing for flexible configuration and easier transportation and installation, with each module including a housing, heat exchanger, draught fan, water pan, and drainage structure for efficient cooling and condensate management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a single integrated air wall unit is used, then the cooling function is complete, but the size becomes large making transportation and installation difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The air wall unit is divided into multiple independent refrigeration modules that can be detached from each other. Each module contains complete cooling components (heat exchanger, draught fan, drainage structure) and can function independently or be combined with other modules. This segmentation reduces the volume of individual components for transportation while maintaining the complete cooling function when assembled.
2Power
If a single integrated air wall unit is used, then the cooling capacity is sufficient, but large hoisting equipment is required increasing cost
Solution Approach 1:
The air wall unit is divided into multiple independent refrigeration modules that can be detached from each other. Each module contains complete cooling components (heat exchanger, draught fan, drainage structure) and can function independently or be combined with other modules. This segmentation reduces the volume of individual components for transportation while maintaining the complete cooling function when assembled.
3Reliability
If a single integrated air wall unit is used, then the cooling system is complete, but installation on high floors requires dismantling room body structure
Solution Approach 1:
The air wall unit is divided into multiple independent refrigeration modules that can be detached from each other. Each module contains complete cooling components (heat exchanger, draught fan, drainage structure) and can function independently or be combined with other modules. This segmentation reduces the volume of individual components for transportation while maintaining the complete cooling function when assembled.
4Ease of operation
If multiple refrigeration modules are detachably connected, then transportation and installation become easier, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The air wall unit is divided into multiple independent refrigeration modules that can be detached from each other. Each module contains complete cooling components (heat exchanger, draught fan, drainage structure) and can function independently or be combined with other modules. This segmentation reduces the volume of individual components for transportation while maintaining the complete cooling function when assembled.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple refrigeration modules are connected through matching structures (protrusions and grooves) that integrate the modules into a unified air wall unit. The drainage structures of adjacent modules communicate through connecting pipes, and the heat exchangers work together to provide continuous cooling along the wall. This merging allows the modular system to function as a complete cooling system when assembled.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This modular design facilitates easier transportation and installation, reduces construction time, ensures product quality, and allows for batch processing and assembly, while preventing condensate accumulation and enhancing energy efficiency by reducing the power needed for the draught fan.
Implementation Method 1
a heat exchanger, which is located in the cavity and configured for cooling air
Implementation Method 2
a draught fan, which is located in the cavity and configured for conveying the cooled air to equipment to be cooled
Implementation Method 3
a water pan, which is located below the heat exchanger; and a drainage structure, which is disposed in the cavity and located on a side of the heat exchanger
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an air wall type air conditioning unit. The air wall type air conditioning unit includes a plurality of refrigeration modules distributed in a vertical direction, each refrigeration module includes: a housing, which defines a cavity, and an air inlet and an air outlet are further disposed on the housing; a heat exchanger, which is located in the cavity and configured for cooling air; and a draught fan, which is located in the cavity and configured for conveying the cooled air to equipment to be cooled; wherein, in the direction from the air inlet to the air outlet, the heat exchanger and the draught fan are distributed in sequence. According to the air wall type air conditioning unit of the technical solution of the disclosure, modular design is adopted, meanwhile, the number of the refrigeration modules can be configured according to actual application scenes, thus transportation is facilitated.