CN215523717U

CN215523717U - Air conditioning system

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Publication number: CN215523717U
Application number: CN202120368194.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王国春; 罗华东; 王命仁; 徐安
Original assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; GD Midea Heating and Ventilating Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; GD Midea Heating and Ventilating Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-02-08
Filing date: 2021-02-08
Publication date: 2022-01-14
Anticipated expiration: 2031-02-08

Abstract

The application discloses an air conditioning system. This air conditioning system includes: the system comprises a heat exchanger, a pipeline and a drainage sleeve, wherein the pipeline is used for connecting the heat exchanger so as to provide refrigerant flow for the heat exchanger; the drainage sleeve is sleeved on the pipeline and used for conducting drainage on the condensate water flowing through the pipeline. In the air conditioning system of this application, the drainage cover can protect the pipeline and can carry out the water conservancy diversion to the comdenstion water that flows through the pipeline, and then improves air conditioning system's reliability.

Description

Air conditioning system

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of air conditioners, in particular to an air conditioning system.

Background

The air conditioning system usually adopts a heat exchanger as an economizer to increase the supercooling degree of the outlet of a condenser and improve the refrigerating or heating capacity of a unit mass of refrigerant. When the heat exchanger works, condensed water is easy to generate on a pipeline, and if the condensed water is not discharged in time or flows randomly, the reliability of the air conditioning system is influenced.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application provides an air conditioning system, can protect the pipeline and can carry out the water conservancy diversion to the comdenstion water on the pipeline, improve air conditioning system's reliability.

The application provides an air conditioning system, this air conditioning system includes: the system comprises a heat exchanger, a pipeline and a drainage sleeve, wherein the pipeline is used for connecting the heat exchanger so as to provide refrigerant flow for the heat exchanger; the drainage sleeve is sleeved on the pipeline and used for conducting drainage on the condensate water flowing through the pipeline.

The beneficial effect of this application is: unlike the case of the prior art, the air conditioning system of the present application includes: the system comprises a heat exchanger and a pipeline, wherein the pipeline is used for connecting the heat exchanger so as to provide a refrigerant flow for the heat exchanger; the drainage sleeve is sleeved on the pipeline and conducts drainage on the condensed water flowing through the pipeline. By the method, the pipeline can be protected, and the reliability of the air conditioning system can be improved.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the application.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present application and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the application.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of an air conditioning system of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of an air conditioning system of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of an air conditioning system of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of an air conditioning system of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of a heat exchange body of the heat exchanger of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of a heat exchange body of the heat exchanger of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of yet another embodiment of a heat exchange body of the heat exchanger of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of a heat exchange body and header assembly of the heat exchanger of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of a heat exchanger body and header assembly of the heat exchanger of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of a heat exchange body and header assembly of the heat exchanger of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of a heat exchange body and header assembly of the heat exchanger of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of a heat exchange body of the heat exchanger of the present application;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of a heat exchange body and header assembly of the heat exchanger of the present application;

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of a heat exchange body and header assembly of the heat exchanger of the present application;

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of a heat exchange body of the heat exchanger of the present application;

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the first tube of FIG. 15;

FIG. 17 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of a heat exchange body of the heat exchanger of the present application;

FIG. 18 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of a heat exchange body and header assembly of the heat exchanger of the present application;

FIG. 19 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of a heat exchange body of the heat exchanger of the present application;

FIG. 20 is a schematic flow chart diagram of an embodiment of a method of manufacturing the heat exchanger of FIG. 19;

FIG. 21 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of a heat exchange body and header assembly of the heat exchanger of the present application;

FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram of the structure of one embodiment of the manifold of FIG. 21;

FIG. 23 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the heat exchanger of the present application;

FIG. 24 is an enlarged schematic cross-sectional view taken at circle B of FIG. 23;

FIG. 25 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of the heat sink fin of FIG. 23;

FIG. 26 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the cooling fin of FIG. 23;

FIG. 27 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the electronic control box of the present application with some components removed;

FIG. 28 is a schematic perspective view of one embodiment of the heat sink of FIG. 27;

FIG. 29 is a schematic perspective view of another embodiment of the heat sink of FIG. 27;

fig. 30 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an embodiment of a heat sink fixing plate and a heat sink according to the present application;

fig. 31 is a schematic plan view of an embodiment of the heat sink fixing plate shown in fig. 30;

FIG. 32 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the heat sink and electrical control box of the present application;

FIG. 33 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the heat sink and electrical control box of the present application;

FIG. 34 is a schematic plan view of a heat sink engaged with an electronic control box in another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 35 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the heat sink and electrical control box of the present application;

FIG. 36 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of the baffle of FIG. 35;

fig. 37 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the baffle of fig. 35;

fig. 38 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the baffle of fig. 35;

FIG. 39 is a schematic plan view of a heat sink engaged with an electronic control box in accordance with yet another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 40 is a cross-sectional view of the heat sink of FIG. 39 mated with the electronics compartment;

FIG. 41 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a heat sink engaged with an electronic control box in yet another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 42 is a schematic perspective view of an electric control box according to another embodiment of the present application with some components hidden;

fig. 43 is a schematic perspective view of an electric control box according to another embodiment of the present application with some components hidden;

FIG. 44 is a schematic plan view of an electrical control box of another embodiment of the present application with some components removed;

FIG. 45 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the electrical control box of FIG. 44

FIG. 46 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of an air conditioning system of the present application;

FIG. 47 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the air conditioning system of FIG. 46 with the cassette removed;

FIG. 48 is a schematic view of the construction of an embodiment of the drainage sheath of FIG. 46;

FIG. 49 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the drainage sheath of FIG. 46;

fig. 50 is a schematic sectional view of the air conditioning system of fig. 46 taken along the direction a-a.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an air conditioning system according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 1, the air conditioning system 1 mainly includes a compressor 2, a four-way valve 3, an outdoor heat exchanger 4, an indoor heat exchanger 5, a heat exchanger 6, an expansion valve 12, and an expansion valve 13. The expansion valve 13 and the heat exchanger 6 are disposed between the outdoor heat exchanger 4 and the indoor heat exchanger 5, and the compressor 2 provides a refrigerant flow circulating between the outdoor heat exchanger 4 and the indoor heat exchanger 5 through the four-way valve 3.

The heat exchanger 6 includes a first heat exchange path 610 and a second heat exchange path 611, a first end of the first heat exchange path 610 is connected to the outdoor heat exchanger 4 through an expansion valve 13, a second end of the first heat exchange path 610 is connected to the indoor heat exchanger 5, a first end of the second heat exchange path 611 is connected to a second end of the first heat exchange path 610 through an expansion valve 12, and a second end of the second heat exchange path 611 is connected to the suction port 22 of the compressor 2.

When the air conditioning system 1 is in the cooling mode, the path of the refrigerant flow is as follows:

the exhaust port 21 of the compressor 2, the connection port 31 of the four-way valve 3, the connection port 32 of the four-way valve 3, the outdoor heat exchanger 4, the heat exchanger 6, the indoor heat exchanger 5, the connection port 33 of the four-way valve 3, the connection port 34 of the four-way valve 3, and the suction port 22 of the compressor 2.

The path (main path) of the refrigerant flow of the first heat exchange channel 610 is: a first end of the first heat exchange channel 610-a second end of the first heat exchange channel 610-the indoor heat exchanger 5. The path (sub path) of the refrigerant flow of the second heat exchange channel 611 is: the second end of the first heat exchange passage 610-the expansion valve 12-the first end of the second heat exchange passage 611-the second end of the second heat exchange passage 611-the suction port 22 of the compressor 2.

For example, the working principle of the air conditioning system at this time is as follows: the outdoor heat exchanger 4 serves as a condenser, and outputs a medium-pressure medium-temperature refrigerant flow (the temperature may be 40 ° or less) through the expansion valve 13, the refrigerant flow of the first heat exchange channel 610 is the medium-pressure medium-temperature refrigerant flow, the expansion valve 12 converts the medium-pressure medium-temperature refrigerant flow into a low-pressure low-temperature refrigerant flow (the temperature may be 10 ° or less, and a gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant flow), and the refrigerant flow of the second heat exchange channel 611 is the low-pressure low-temperature refrigerant flow. The low-pressure low-temperature refrigerant flow of the second heat exchange channel 611 absorbs heat from the medium-pressure medium-temperature refrigerant flow of the first heat exchange channel 610, and further the refrigerant flow of the second heat exchange channel 611 is gasified, so that the refrigerant flow of the first heat exchange channel 610 is further supercooled. The gasified refrigerant flow of the second heat exchange channel 611 performs enhanced vapor injection on the compressor 2, so as to improve the refrigerating capacity of the air conditioning system 1.

The expansion valve 12 is used as a throttling component of the second heat exchange channel 611, and adjusts the flow rate of the refrigerant flow of the second heat exchange channel 611. The refrigerant flow of the first heat exchange channel 610 exchanges heat with the refrigerant flow of the second heat exchange channel 611 to supercool the refrigerant flow of the first heat exchange channel 610. Therefore, the heat exchanger 6 can be used as an economizer of the air conditioning system 1, and the supercooling degree is improved, so that the heat exchange efficiency of the air conditioning system 1 is improved.

Further, as understood by those skilled in the art, in the heating mode, the connection port 31 of the four-way valve 3 is connected to the connection port 33, and the connection port 32 of the four-way valve 3 is connected to the connection port 34. The refrigerant flow output from the compressor 2 through the discharge port 21 flows from the indoor heat exchanger 5 to the outdoor heat exchanger 4, and the indoor heat exchanger 5 serves as a condenser. At this time, the refrigerant flow output from the indoor heat exchanger 5 is divided into two paths, one of which flows into the first heat exchange channel 610 (main path), and the other of which flows into the second heat exchange channel 611 (auxiliary path) via the expansion valve 12. The refrigerant flow of the second heat exchange channel 611 can also realize supercooling of the refrigerant flow of the first heat exchange channel 610, so that the heating capacity of the air conditioner is improved.

It is understood that, in other embodiments, referring to fig. 2 and fig. 3, the first end of the second heat exchange channel 611 may not be connected to the second end of the first heat exchange channel 610, and the first end of the second heat exchange channel 611 may be directly connected to the first end of the expansion valve 13 or the second end of the expansion valve 13, so that the refrigerant flow of the second heat exchange channel 611 can also subcool the refrigerant flow of the first heat exchange channel 610, thereby improving the cooling or heating capability of the air conditioning system 1.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic block diagram of an air conditioning system according to another embodiment of the present application. The air conditioning system 1 shown in fig. 4 differs from the air conditioning system 1 shown in fig. 1 mainly in that a gas-liquid separator 8 is added.

As in the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the heat exchanger 6 includes a first heat exchange channel 610 for flowing a first refrigerant stream and a second heat exchange channel 611 for flowing a second refrigerant stream. The second refrigerant stream absorbs heat from the first refrigerant stream during flow along the second heat exchange channel 611 to subcool the first refrigerant stream. In other embodiments, the first refrigerant stream absorbs heat from the second refrigerant stream during flowing along the first heat exchanging channel 610, so that the second refrigerant stream is subcooled. Therefore, the heat exchanger 6 can be used as an economizer of the air conditioning system 1, and the supercooling degree is improved, so that the heat exchange efficiency of the air conditioning system 1 is improved.

In this embodiment, the suction port of the compressor 2 includes an enthalpy-increasing intake port 221 and a return port 222. Further, the second refrigerant flow flowing through the second heat exchanging channel 611 is further delivered to the enthalpy increasing gas inlet 221 of the compressor 2 or the inlet 81 of the gas-liquid separator 8, wherein the outlet 82 of the gas-liquid separator 8 is further connected to the gas return port 222 of the compressor 2 for providing the refrigerant flow of the low pressure gas state to the compressor 2.

Further, the air conditioning system 1 further includes a four-way valve 3, an expansion valve 12, and an expansion valve 13. The expansion valve 13 and the heat exchanger 6 are disposed between the outdoor heat exchanger 4 and the indoor heat exchanger 5, and the compressor 2 provides a refrigerant flow circulating between the outdoor heat exchanger 4 and the indoor heat exchanger 5 through the four-way valve 3.

The four-way valve 3 comprises a connecting port 31, a connecting port 32, a connecting port 33 and a connecting port 34, wherein the connecting port 32 of the four-way valve 3 is connected with the outdoor heat exchanger 4; a connecting port 34 of the four-way valve 3 is connected with the gas-liquid separator 8; a connecting port 31 of the four-way valve 3 is connected with the compressor 2, in particular to an exhaust port 21 of the compressor 2; a connection port 33 of the four-way valve 3 is connected to the indoor heat exchanger 5.

In the above embodiment, the four-way valve 31 in the air conditioning system 1 functions to change the flow direction of the refrigerant flow in the system pipeline to realize the interconversion between the cooling mode and the heating mode, so that the air conditioning system 1 can be switched between the cooling mode and the heating mode, and when the air conditioning system 1 has both the cooling function and the heating function, the four-way valve 31 can be used for reversing.

It is understood that in another embodiment, the four-way valve 31 may not be used in the air conditioning system 1. When the air conditioning system 1 does not include the four-way valve 31, the compressor 2 may be directly connected to the outdoor heat exchanger 4 through a connection line, specifically, the compressor 2 provides a refrigerant flow that circulates between the outdoor heat exchanger 4 and the indoor heat exchanger 5 through a connection line, and the heat exchanger 6 is disposed between the outdoor heat exchanger 4 and the indoor heat exchanger 5 and is communicated with the connection line. For example, when the air conditioning system 1 has only cooling capability or only heating capability, the air conditioning system 1 may not use the four-way valve 31. In this way, the structure of the air conditioning system 1 can be simplified, and the production cost of the air conditioning system 1 can be saved. In addition, when the heat exchanger 6 is not used as an economizer, the heat exchanger 6 can be communicated with connecting pipelines at other positions.

A first end of the first heat exchange channel 610 is connected to the outdoor heat exchanger 4 through the expansion valve 13, a second end of the first heat exchange channel 610 is connected to the indoor heat exchanger 5, a first end of the second heat exchange channel 611 is connected to a second end of the first heat exchange channel 610 through the expansion valve 12, and a second end of the second heat exchange channel 611 is connected to the enthalpy-increasing air inlet 221 of the compressor 2 or to the inlet 81 of the gas-liquid separator 8.

When the second end of the second heat exchange channel 611 is connected to the enthalpy-increasing air inlet 221 of the compressor 2, a gaseous refrigerant with an intermediate pressure can be provided for the enhanced vapor injection of the compressor 2, so that the cooling and/or heating capacity of the air conditioning system 1 is improved. The principle and action of enhanced vapor injection belong to the understanding of those skilled in the art, and are not described herein again. When the second end of the second heat exchange channel 611 is connected to the inlet 81 of the gas-liquid separator 8, compared with the medium-pressure position, the evaporation temperature of the refrigerant flow is low, the temperature difference is large, and the heat exchange efficiency of the air conditioning system 1 is further improved.

The air conditioning system 1 may further include a switching assembly for selectively connecting the second end of the second heat exchange channel 611 with the enthalpy-increasing air inlet 221 of the compressor 2 and the inlet 81 of the gas-liquid separator 8. That is, the switching assembly may be used to selectively deliver the second refrigerant flow passing through the second heat exchange channel 611 to the enthalpy-increasing gas inlet 221 of the compressor 2 and the inlet 81 of the gas-liquid separator 8.

In one embodiment, the switching assembly may include a solenoid valve 15. The electromagnetic valve 15 is connected between the enthalpy-increasing air inlet 221 of the compressor 2 and the second end of the second heat exchange channel 611, so that the electromagnetic valve 15 is opened when the compressor 2 needs enhanced vapor injection to provide intermediate-pressure gaseous refrigerant for the enhanced vapor injection of the compressor 2.

The switching assembly may also include a solenoid valve 14. The solenoid valve 14 is connected between the second end of the second heat exchange channel 611 and the inlet 81 of the gas-liquid separator 8, and the solenoid valve 14 is configured to open when the enhanced vapor injection or the enhanced vapor injection is not required by the compressor 2, so as to guide the second refrigerant flow output from the second end of the second heat exchange channel 611 to the gas-liquid separator 8.

The solenoid valve 15 and the solenoid valve 14 are respectively connected to the second end of the second heat exchanging channel 612. The expansion valve 12 serves as a throttling member of the second heat exchange passage 611, and adjusts the flow rate of the second refrigerant flow in the second heat exchange passage 611.

The air conditioning system 1 shown in fig. 4 basically corresponds to the cooling and heating principle of the air conditioning system 1 shown in fig. 1, and the details are not repeated herein.

As shown in fig. 4, the air conditioning system 1 further includes an electronic control box 7, the heat exchanger 6 is connected to the electronic control box 7, and the heat exchanger 6 is configured to dissipate heat of electronic components in the electronic control box 7, as described below. That is, the heat exchanger 6 serves as an economizer of the air conditioning system 1 to increase the supercooling degree, and also serves as a radiator to dissipate heat from the electronic control box 7, and particularly from electronic components in the electronic control box 7.

The present application further optimizes the following aspects based on the overall structure of the air conditioning system 1 described above:

1. micro-channel heat exchanger

As shown in fig. 5, 6 and 7, the heat exchanger 6 includes a heat exchange body 61, the heat exchange body 61 is provided with a plurality of microchannels 612, the plurality of microchannels 612 includes a first microchannel and a second microchannel, and in the air conditioning system shown in fig. 1 to 4, the first microchannel serves as a first heat exchange channel 610 of the heat exchanger 6, and the second microchannel serves as a second heat exchange channel 611 of the heat exchanger 6. Thus, first microchannel 610 is given the same reference number as first heat exchange channel 610 and second microchannel 611 is given the same reference number as second heat exchange channel 611. The heat exchange body 61 may include a single or a plurality of plate bodies 613.

The cross-sectional shape of each micro channel 612 perpendicular to its extension direction may be rectangular, with each micro channel 612 having a side of 0.5mm to 3 mm. The thickness between each micro channel 612 and the surface of plate body 613 and between micro channels 612 is 0.2mm-0.5mm so that micro channels 612 meet the requirements of pressure resistance and heat transfer performance. In other embodiments, the cross-sectional shape of the micro-channels 612 may be other shapes, such as circular, triangular, trapezoidal, elliptical, or irregular.

The plurality of microchannels 612 may be arranged as a single layer microchannel or a multi-layer microchannel. When the flow velocity of the refrigerant flow is low and the flow state of the refrigerant flow is a laminar flow, the larger the sectional area of the plurality of microchannels 612 is, the shorter the length of the plurality of microchannels 612 is, and the flow resistance loss of the refrigerant flow can be reduced.

The plurality of micro-channels 612 of the plate body 613 may include first micro-channels 610 and second micro-channels 611 alternately arranged, and the extending direction D1 of the first micro-channels 610 and the extending direction D2 of the second micro-channels 611 are parallel to each other. Specifically, as shown in fig. 5, a first predetermined number of micro channels in the plurality of micro channels 612 are divided into first micro channels 610, a second predetermined number of micro channels in the plurality of micro channels 612 are divided into second micro channels 611, and the plurality of sets of first micro channels 610 and the plurality of sets of second micro channels 611 are alternately arranged in sequence, that is, the second micro channels 611 are arranged between two sets of first micro channels 610, and the first micro channels 610 are arranged between two sets of second micro channels 611, so that the at least two sets of first micro channels 610 and the at least two sets of second micro channels 611 are arranged at intervals to form the heat exchanger 6 in which the first micro channels 610 and the second micro channels 611 are alternately arranged. The first predetermined number and the second predetermined number may be equal or unequal.

Further, in the usage scenarios of fig. 1-4, the first microchannel 610 and the second microchannel 611 may be independent from each other, so as to allow different refrigerant streams to flow, and further, one refrigerant stream may be used to subcool the other refrigerant stream. In other embodiments, the first microchannel 610 and the second microchannel 611 may communicate with each other and serve as a single microchannel for the same refrigerant flow. In addition, when first microchannel 610 and/or second microchannel 611 are provided in two or more layers, two or more layers of first microchannel 610 and/or second microchannel 611 may be formed by connecting two or more layers of first microchannel 610 and/or second microchannel 611 to each other through a counter-current header, or by bending plate body 613 by 180 degrees.

Alternatively, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the heat exchange body 61 may include at least one set of first microchannels 610 and at least one set of second microchannels 611, the at least one set of first microchannels 610 and the at least one set of second microchannels 611 being spaced apart from each other along a width direction of the plate body 613, the width direction being perpendicular to an extending direction of the plate body 613.

In another embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, the at least one set of first micro-channels 610 and the at least one set of second micro-channels 611 may also be spaced apart from each other along a thickness direction of the plate body 613, which is perpendicular to the extending direction of the plate body 613.

In another embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, the first microchannel 610 and the second microchannel 611 are independent of each other and are respectively disposed in different plate bodies 613, so that the extending direction D1 of the first microchannel 610 and the extending direction D2 of the second microchannel 611 are arranged perpendicular to each other, so that the first and second headers described below can be respectively disposed on different sides of the heat exchanger 6, thereby facilitating the arrangement of the headers of the heat exchanger 6. In this embodiment, the first microchannel 610 and the second microchannel 611 are used for flowing different refrigerant streams, and one of the refrigerant streams can be used for supercooling the other refrigerant stream.

Further, the board body 613 may be a flat pipe, so that a heat dissipation element or an electronic element may be disposed on the board body 613. In other embodiments, the plate body 613 may also be a carrier with a cross section of other shapes, such as a cylinder, a rectangular parallelepiped, a cube, and the like. In other embodiments, as described below, the heat exchange body 61 may also include at least two plate bodies 613 disposed on top of each other or two tube bodies nested within each other.

For example, in the cooling mode of the air conditioning system shown in fig. 1-4, a first refrigerant flow (i.e., a medium-pressure medium-temperature refrigerant flow) flows through the first microchannel 610, a second refrigerant flow (i.e., a low-pressure low-temperature refrigerant flow) flows through the second microchannel 611, the first refrigerant flow may be a liquid-phase refrigerant flow, and the second refrigerant flow may be a gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant flow. The second refrigerant stream absorbs heat from the first refrigerant stream of the first microchannel 610 during flow along the second microchannel 611 and is further vaporized to further subcool the first refrigerant stream.

It should be noted that the heat exchanger 6 based on the micro-channel structure described above and below is not limited to the application scenario shown in fig. 1-4, and therefore the first micro-channel 610 and the second micro-channel 611 and the "first" and "second" in the first refrigerant flow and the second refrigerant flow are only used for distinguishing different micro-channels and refrigerant flows, and should not be considered as limiting the specific application of the micro-channel 612 and refrigerant flow. For example, in other embodiments or operation modes, the first refrigerant flow flowing through the first microchannel 610 absorbs heat of the second refrigerant flow of the second microchannel 611, and the states of the first refrigerant flow and the second refrigerant flow are not limited to the liquid phase or the gas-liquid two-phase as defined above.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the flow direction a1 of the first refrigerant flow is opposite to the flow direction a2 of the second refrigerant flow, so that a large temperature difference always exists between the temperature of the first refrigerant flow and the temperature of the second refrigerant flow in the heat exchange region, thereby improving the heat exchange efficiency of the first refrigerant flow and the second refrigerant flow.

Optionally, the flow direction a1 of the first refrigerant flow may be the same as or perpendicular to the flow direction a2 of the second refrigerant flow, and when the refrigerant flow directions are the same, the temperature of the heat exchanger 6 at the side close to the inlet of the heat exchanger 6 may be lower, so as to improve the heat exchange effect of the area, for example, the area is connected with an area with large electric heating to improve the heat dissipation effect; when the refrigerant flowing directions are mutually vertical, the first collecting pipe and the second collecting pipe are respectively arranged on different side surfaces of the heat exchanger 6, so that the arrangement of the refrigerant collecting pipes of the heat exchanger can be convenient.

1.1 manifold Assembly

With continued reference to fig. 8, the heat exchanger 6 also includes a manifold assembly 62. The extending direction of the header assembly 62 and the extending direction of the heat exchange body 61 are perpendicular to each other, for example, when the heat exchange body 61 is arranged along a horizontal plane, the header assembly 62 is vertically arranged along a gravity direction, so that when the header assembly 62 is connected with a compressor arranged below the heat exchanger 6, the pipeline arrangement of the header assembly 62 can be facilitated.

When heat exchange body 61 sets up along the direction of gravity is vertical, collecting main assembly 62 sets up along the horizontal plane, so can improve the homogeneity that the refrigerant in collecting main assembly 62 distributes, and then make the refrigerant distribution in the heat exchange body 6 comparatively even.

As shown in fig. 8, the header assembly 62 includes a first header 621 and a second header 622, the first header 621 is provided with a first collecting passage, and the second header 622 is provided with a second collecting passage. The cross-sectional shape of the heat exchanger 6 along the flow direction of the refrigerant flow (the first refrigerant flow or the second refrigerant flow) in the heat exchange body 61 is I-shaped. In other embodiments, the cross-sectional shape of the heat exchanger 6 along the flow direction of the refrigerant flow in the heat exchange body 61 may be L-shaped, U-shaped, G-shaped, or circular.

The first collecting channel is connected to the first microchannel 610 to provide the first refrigerant flow to the first microchannel 610 through the first collecting channel and/or to collect the first refrigerant flow flowing through the first microchannel 610.

For example, in the air conditioning system shown in fig. 1-4, the first end of the first microchannel 610 is connected to the outdoor heat exchanger 4 through one of the two first headers 621 via the expansion valve 13 to provide the first refrigerant flow to the first microchannel 610 in the cooling mode; the second end of the first microchannel 610 is connected to the indoor heat exchanger 5 through the other of the two first headers 621 to collect the first refrigerant flow flowing through the first microchannel 610. In the heating mode, since the flow direction of the first refrigerant flow in the first microchannels 610 is opposite, the functions of the two first collecting pipes 621 are interchanged compared to the cooling mode.

The second collecting channel is connected to the second microchannel 611 to supply the second refrigerant flow to the second microchannel 611 through the second collecting channel and/or to collect the second refrigerant flow flowing through the second microchannel 611. For example, in the air conditioning system shown in fig. 1 to 4, the first end of the second microchannel 611 is connected to the second expansion valve 12 through one of the two second collecting pipes 622 to provide the second refrigerant flow to the second microchannel 611; the second end of the second microchannel 611 is connected to the enthalpy-increasing gas inlet 221 of the compressor 2 or the inlet 81 of the gas-liquid separator 8 through the other of the two second headers 622 to collect the second refrigerant flow passing through the second microchannel 611.

When the first microchannel 610 and/or the second microchannel 611 are communicated by 180 ° bending or reverse flow header to form two layers of the first microchannel 610 or the second microchannel 611, the inflow port and the outflow port of the first microchannel 610 and/or the second microchannel 611 may be disposed at the same side of the heat exchange body 61. In this case, the first and second collecting channels may be divided into a refrigerant supply region and a refrigerant collecting region, and the inlet and outlet of the first and/or second microchannel may be connected to the refrigerant supply region and the refrigerant collecting region of the collecting main assembly 62, respectively.

In one embodiment, the heat exchange body 61 comprises at least two groups of first microchannels 610 and at least two groups of second microchannels 611, wherein the same ends of the at least two groups of first microchannels 610 are connected to the same first header 621, and the same ends of the at least two groups of second microchannels 611 are connected to the same second header 622. One collecting pipe can correspond to a plurality of groups of micro-channels, so that each micro-channel is prevented from being provided with a corresponding collecting pipe, and the cost is reduced.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 8, since the extending direction D1 of the first microchannel 610 and the extending direction D2 of the second microchannel 611 are parallel to each other, the extending directions of the first header 621 and the second header 622 are parallel to each other. However, in other embodiments, the extending directions of the first header 621 and the second header 622 may be adjusted according to the extending directions of the first microchannel 610 and the second microchannel 611, for example, arranged perpendicular to each other.

1.2 the first collecting pipe and the second collecting pipe are arranged at intervals

As shown in fig. 8, the first collecting pipe 621 and the second collecting pipe 622 are disposed at an interval, and the second collecting pipe 622 is disposed far from the heat exchange body 61 than the first collecting pipe 621, and the first collecting pipe 621 is disposed between the second collecting pipe 622 and the heat exchange body 61.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 9, the second microchannels 611 are inserted through the first header 621 and into the second header 622 and welded into place. The first microchannels 610 are inserted into the first header 621 and welded. In another embodiment, as shown in fig. 10, the first header 621 is disposed further away from the heat exchange body 61 than the second header 622, and the second header 622 is disposed between the first header 621 and the heat exchange body 61. The first microchannels 610 are inserted through the second header 622 into the first header 621 and welded into place.

It should be noted that the description of the microchannel penetrating a header means that the microchannel penetrates the header and does not communicate with the header, and the description of the microchannel inserting a header means that the microchannel communicates with the header, for example, the description of the second microchannel 611 penetrating a first header 621 means that the second microchannel 611 penetrates the first header 621 and does not communicate with the first header 621, and the description of the second microchannel 611 inserting a second header 622 means that the second microchannel 611 communicates with the second header 622.

First microchannels 610 and second microchannels 611 may be arranged in one or more sets, respectively, for example, as shown in fig. 9, first microchannels 610 may be arranged in two sets, second microchannels 611 may be arranged in one set, and second microchannels 611 are located between two sets of first microchannels 610. In other embodiments, first microchannel 610 and second microchannel 611 may be arranged in two or more groups, and first microchannel 610 and second microchannel 611 are alternately arranged on top of each other, such as in an arrangement of first microchannel 610-second microchannel 611-first microchannel 610-second microchannel 611 or first microchannel 610-second microchannel 611-first microchannel 610.

In another embodiment, as shown in fig. 9, one of the first microchannel 610 and the second microchannel 611 may be used as a main channel, and the other of the first microchannel 610 and the second microchannel 611 is used as a sub-channel, and the refrigerant flow in the main channel is sub-cooled by the refrigerant flow in the sub-channel. At this time, since the flow rate of the refrigerant flow in the main path channel is large and the flow rate of the refrigerant flow in the auxiliary path channel is small, the main path channel can be arranged outside the heat exchange main body 61, so that the main path channel can be conveniently connected with the electronic control box 6 to dissipate heat for the electronic control box 6. In addition, in this embodiment, the main passage with a large refrigerant flow rate penetrates through the header pipe corresponding to the auxiliary passage and is inserted into the header pipe corresponding to the main passage, so that compared with the case where the auxiliary passage penetrates through the header pipe corresponding to the main passage, the main passage does not occupy the space of the header pipe corresponding to the main passage, and therefore, the flow path pressure loss of the header pipe corresponding to the main passage can be reduced, and the flow distribution is more uniform.

For example, as shown in fig. 10, when the first microchannel 610 is a main channel with a large refrigerant flow rate and the second microchannel 611 is an auxiliary channel with a small refrigerant flow rate, the first microchannel 610 penetrates the second collecting pipe 622 and is inserted into the first collecting pipe 621, so that the second microchannel 611 does not occupy the space of the first collecting pipe 621, and compared with the way that the second microchannel 610 penetrates the first collecting pipe 621, the flow path pressure loss of the first collecting pipe 621 can be reduced, and the flow distribution is more uniform.

In another embodiment, the first header 621 and the second header 622 may be welded together to reduce the distance between the first header 621 and the second header 622. In other embodiments, the first header 621 and the second header 622 may be bonded or snapped together.

In addition, the first microchannel 610 may bypass the second header 622 and then connect to the first header 621, for example, the first microchannel 610 is disposed outside the second header 622 and then connects to the first header 621 after bypassing the second header 622. Alternatively, the second microchannel 611 may bypass the first header 621 and then connect to the second header 622.

In other embodiments, the microchannels on the heat exchange body 61 may be arranged in other ways. At least some of the microchannels extend through one of the at least two headers and are inserted into the other header. In this way, the volume of the heat exchanger 6 can be reduced. When the micro-channel flow distribution device is specifically arranged, the micro-channel with large refrigerant flow can penetrate through one collecting pipe of at least two collecting pipes and be inserted into the other collecting pipe, and by the mode, the pressure loss of the collecting pipes can be smaller, and the micro-channel flow distribution is more uniform.

It is understood that the heat exchange body 61 may be formed by one plate 613 or a plurality of plates 613, and accordingly, the first microchannel 610 and the second microchannel 611 may be disposed in the same plate 613 or in different plates 613. For example, when the first microchannel 610 and the second microchannel 611 are disposed in the same plate 613, one end of a part of the microchannels penetrates through one of the at least two headers and is inserted into the other header, and the other end of the at least part of the microchannels is inserted into the header through which the at least part of the microchannels penetrate, so that the integration degree of the heat exchange body 61 can be improved, the processes such as welding can be omitted, and the heat exchange effect can be improved.

The at least two headers are not limited to the above spacing from each other, and may be at least two headers formed by a header pipe and a flow divider as described below.

1.3 dividing the main header into two headers

As shown in fig. 11, the header assembly 62 includes a main header 623 and a flow divider 624, the flow divider 624 being disposed within the main header 623 such that the main header 623 is disposed as a first header 621 and a second header 622 separated by the flow divider 624. In other embodiments, the number of flow dividers 624 and headers formed can be set as desired.

At this time, as shown in fig. 11, the first microchannels 610 penetrate the wall of the main header 623 and are inserted into the first header 621, and the second microchannels 611 penetrate the wall of the main header 623 and the cutoff plate 624 (i.e., penetrate the first header 621) and are inserted into the second header 622. In other embodiments, the second microchannels 611 extend through the walls of the header 623 and are inserted into the second header 622, while the first microchannels 610 extend through the walls of the header 623 and the cutoff 624 and are inserted into the first header 621.

In comparison to the header assembly 62 shown in fig. 9 or 10: in this embodiment, the function of the first header 621 and the function of the second header 622 are simultaneously realized by one header 623, so that the cost and the volume of the header assembly 62 can be reduced.

In other embodiments, the header 623 may be separated into two first headers 621 or two second headers 622 using a flow divider 624. For example, when the first microchannel 610 or the second microchannel 611 is bent by 180 ° or reversely flows into two layers of the first microchannel 610 or the second microchannel 611, one end of the first microchannel 610 penetrates through the wall of the main header 623 and is inserted into one of the first headers 621, and the other end of the first microchannel 610 penetrates through the wall of the main header 623 and the flow partition plate 624 and is inserted into the other of the first headers 621. Alternatively, one end of the second microchannel 611 extends through the walls of the header 623 and is inserted into one of the second headers 622, and the other end of the second microchannel 611 extends through the walls of the header 623 and the cutoff 624 and is inserted into the other of the second headers 622.

In another embodiment, as shown in fig. 12 and 13, slots 601 may be provided on the end surface of the heat exchange body 61, the slots 601 are located between the first microchannels 610 and the second microchannels 611, and the flow partition plate 624 is embedded in the slots 601, so that the first microchannels 610 penetrate through the tube wall of the main header 623 and are inserted into the first header 621, and the second microchannels 611 penetrate through the tube wall of the main header 623 and are inserted into the second header 622. By the mode of arranging the slots 601, the overall length of the heat exchanger 6 can be shortened, the material cost of the heat exchanger 6 can be reduced, and the welding process of the collecting pipe assembly 62 and the heat exchange main body 61 can be simplified.

In one embodiment, when the first microchannel 610 or the second microchannel 611 is bent by 180 ° or reversely collected to form two layers of the first microchannel 610 or the second microchannel 611, the inlet end and the outlet end of the heat exchange body 61 are located at the same side. At this time, one end of the first microchannel 610 penetrates through the tube wall of the main header 623 and is inserted into one of the first headers 621, and the other end of the first microchannel 610 penetrates through the tube wall of the main header 623 and is inserted into the other of the first headers 621.

Alternatively, one end of the second microchannel 611 penetrates the wall of the main header 623 and is inserted into one of the second headers 622, and the other end of the second microchannel 611 penetrates the wall of the main header 623 and is inserted into the other of the second headers 622.

Further, the heat exchange body 61 may be a single plate body 613 or a plurality of plate bodies 613. In the embodiment shown in fig. 12, heat exchange body 61 may be a single plate body 613, and first microchannel 610 and second microchannel 611 are disposed in single plate body 613. Further, on the end face of the single plate body 613, a spacing region is provided between the first micro channel 610 and the second micro channel 61, and the slot 601 is provided in the spacing region. In this way, the heat exchange main body 61 is integrally arranged, the structure is simple, the reliability is high, and the heat transfer efficiency of the heat exchange main body 61 can be improved. In another embodiment, as described below, the heat exchange body 61 may also include at least two plate bodies 613, the at least two plate bodies 613 are stacked, the slots 601 are disposed on the end surfaces of the at least two plate bodies 613, the slots 601 are disposed between the adjacent plate bodies 613, and the flow separation plate 624 is embedded in the slots 601.

It should be noted that the above-described matching manner of the flow dividing plate 624 and the slot 601 can be applied to other micro-channel grouping manners, and only at least two groups of micro-channels are required to be arranged on the heat exchange main body 61, and the at least two groups of micro-channels can be communicated with each other to allow the same refrigerant flow to flow, or can be independent to each other to allow different refrigerant flows to flow.

1.4 nesting arrangement of first header and second header

As shown in fig. 14, the diameter of the second header 622 is smaller than that of the first header 621, the first header 621 is sleeved outside the second header 622, and the first microchannel 610 penetrates through the wall of the first header 621 and is inserted into the first header 621. The second microchannels 611 extend through the walls of the first 621 and second 622 headers and are inserted into the second header 622. In other embodiments, the second header 622 may be sleeved outside the first header 621, and the second micro-channel 611 penetrates through the wall of the second header 622 and is inserted into the second header 622. The first microchannels 610 extend through the walls of the second header 622 and the first header 621 and are inserted into the first header 621.

In comparison to the header assembly 62 shown in fig. 9 or 10: the volume of the manifold assembly 62 can be reduced by a nested arrangement.

In other embodiments, it may be that the two first headers 621 are nested within each other, or that the two second headers 622 are nested within each other. At this time, one end of the first microchannel 610 penetrates the tube wall of the outer first header 621 and is inserted into the outer first header 621. The other end of the first microchannel 610 penetrates the pipe walls in the two first headers 621 and is inserted into the inner first header 621.

Alternatively, one end of the second microchannel 611 penetrates the wall of the outer second header 622 and is inserted into the outer second header 622. The other end of the second microchannel 611 penetrates the walls of the tubes in the two second headers 622 and is inserted into the inner first header 622.

2. Sleeve type heat exchanger

As shown in fig. 15, the heat exchanger 6 comprises a heat exchange body 61, and the heat exchange body 61 comprises a first tubular body 614 and a second tubular body 615 which are nested with each other, i.e. the heat exchanger 6 is a double-pipe heat exchanger. A plurality of first microchannels 610 are arranged in the first tube 614, a plurality of second microchannels 611 are arranged in the second tube 615, and the plurality of first microchannels 610 and the plurality of second microchannels 611 are the same as the microchannels 612 shown in fig. 5, so that the length of the heat exchange main body 61 is shortened, and the volume of the heat exchanger 6 is further reduced.

Wherein, the extending direction of first microchannel 610 and the extending direction of second microchannel 611 are parallel to each other, for example, the extending direction of first microchannel 610 is the same as the extending direction of second microchannel 611.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 16, the first tube 614 is sleeved outside the second tube 615, and the outer surface of the first tube 614 is provided with at least one flat surface 616 to form a heat exchange contact surface of the first tube 614. Heat dissipation elements or electronic components may be disposed on the planar surface 616 for ease of mounting. In other embodiments, the second tube 615 can be disposed outside the first tube 614 and form a similar plane.

In the air conditioning system 1 shown in fig. 1-4, the first refrigerant flow may be a liquid-phase refrigerant flow, and the second refrigerant flow may be a gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant flow, flowing through the plurality of first microchannels 610 and the second refrigerant flow flowing through the plurality of second microchannels 611. The second refrigerant stream absorbs heat from the first refrigerant stream of the first microchannels 610 during flow along the second microchannels 611 and is further vaporized to further subcool the first refrigerant stream. In other embodiments or operation modes, the first refrigerant flow flowing through the first microchannel 610 absorbs heat of the second refrigerant flow of the second microchannel 611, and the states of the first refrigerant flow and the second refrigerant flow are not limited to the liquid phase or the gas-liquid two-phase as defined above.

In contrast to the heat exchanger 6 shown in fig. 5: the heat exchange body 61 has a large cross-sectional area, and pressure loss of the refrigerant flow can be reduced. In addition, the first pipe 614 and the second pipe 615 are sleeved, so that the heat exchange area between the plurality of first microchannels 610 and the plurality of second microchannels 611 can be increased, and the heat exchange efficiency between the first microchannels 610 and the second microchannels 611 can be improved.

Similar to fig. 8, the heat exchanger 6 further comprises a header assembly 62, the header assembly 62 comprising a first header 621 and a second header 622, the first header 621 being provided with a first header channel for providing the first micro-channel 610 with a first refrigerant flow and/or collecting the first refrigerant flow flowing through the first micro-channel 610. The second collecting pipe 622 is provided with a second collecting channel, and the second collecting channel provides the second refrigerant flow to the second micro-channel 611 and/or collects the second refrigerant flow flowing through the second micro-channel 611. The cross-sectional shape of the heat exchanger 6 along the flow direction of the refrigerant flow in the heat exchange body 61 is I-shaped. In other embodiments, the cross-sectional shape of the heat exchanger 6 along the flow direction of the refrigerant flow in the heat exchange body 61 may be L-shaped, U-shaped, G-shaped, or circular.

The manifold assembly 62 may employ the various manifold arrangements described above, such as the first manifold 621 and the second manifold 622 spaced apart from one another, the manifold 623 and the cutoff plate 624 arrangements described above, or the first manifold 621 and the second manifold 622 nested within one another. At this time, the first tube 614 with the first micro-channel 610 thereon and the second tube 615 with the second micro-channel 611 thereon can be matched with the above-mentioned header in the manner described above, and are not described herein again.

3. The heat exchanger has a plurality of plate bodies arranged one above the other

As shown in fig. 17, the heat exchanger 6 includes a heat exchange body 61, and the heat exchange body 61 includes a first plate body 631 and a second plate body 632, and the first plate body 631 and the second plate body 632 are stacked on each other.

A plurality of first microchannels 610 are disposed in the first plate 631, a plurality of second microchannels 611 are disposed in the second plate 632, and the plurality of first microchannels 610 and the plurality of second microchannels 611 are the same as the microchannels 612 shown in fig. 5 to 7, and are not described herein again. The heat exchanger 6 is reduced in size by shortening the length of the heat exchange body 61 due to the multilayer structure.

Since the first plate body 631 and the second plate body 632 are stacked on each other, a contact area between the first plate body 631 and the second plate body 632 is increased to increase a heat exchange area between the first microchannel 610 and the second microchannel 611, thereby improving heat exchange efficiency.

In the air conditioning system shown in fig. 1-4, the first refrigerant flow flows through the plurality of first microchannels 610, the second refrigerant flow flows through the plurality of second microchannels 611, and the second refrigerant flow absorbs heat from the first refrigerant flow of the plurality of first microchannels 610 during the flow along the plurality of second microchannels 611 and is further gasified, so that the first refrigerant flow is further subcooled.

In other embodiments or operation modes, the first refrigerant flow flowing through the first microchannel 610 absorbs heat of the second refrigerant flow of the second microchannel 611, and the states of the first refrigerant flow and the second refrigerant flow are not limited to the liquid phase or the gas-liquid two-phase as defined above.

One or more first plate bodies 631 and one or more second plate bodies 632 may be provided, respectively. For example, the number of the first plate bodies 631 may be two, and the second plate body 632 is sandwiched between the two first plate bodies 631, for example, the first plate bodies 631, the second plate bodies 632, and the first plate bodies 631 are sequentially stacked. The second plate body 632 is clamped between the two first plate bodies 631, so that the second refrigerant flow of the second plate body 632 absorbs heat of the first refrigerant flows of the two first plate bodies 631 at the same time, and the first refrigerant flows of the two first plate bodies 631 are cooled. In addition, a heat dissipation element or an electronic element may be disposed in heat conductive connection with the first plate body 631, for example, on a surface of the first plate body 631 away from the second plate body 632, so as to facilitate installation. In other embodiments, two or more first plate bodies 631 and second plate bodies 632 may be disposed, and the first plate bodies 631 and the second plate bodies are alternately stacked.

In an embodiment, the two first plates 631 may be two independent plates. In other embodiments, the two first plate bodies 631 may also be integrally connected in a U-shape or connected in a reverse flow collecting pipe, and the first microchannels 610 in the two first plate bodies 631 are connected in a U-shape, so that the inlet and the outlet of the first microchannels 610 are located on the same side of the heat exchange body 61.

In other embodiments, the number of the second plate 632 may be two, and the first plate 631 is sandwiched between the two second plates 632. At this time, a heat dissipation element or an electronic element may be disposed in thermal conductive connection with the second board body 632.

As shown in fig. 18, the heat exchanger 6 further comprises a header assembly 62, wherein the header assembly 62 comprises a first header 621 and a second header 622, the first header 621 is provided with a first header channel for providing the first refrigerant flow to the first micro-channel 610 and/or collecting the first refrigerant flow flowing through the first micro-channel 610. The second collecting pipe 622 is provided with a second collecting channel, and the second collecting channel provides the second refrigerant flow to the second micro-channel 611 and/or collects the second refrigerant flow flowing through the second micro-channel 611.

The manifold assembly 62 may employ the various manifold arrangements described above, such as the arrangement described above of the first manifold 621 and the second manifold 622 spaced apart from one another, the manifold 623 and the cutoff plate 624, or the arrangement of the first manifold 621 and the second manifold 622 nested within one another. At this point, first plate body 631 with first microchannels 610 thereon and second plate body 633 with second microchannels 611 thereon may each cooperate with the manifolds described above in the manner described above.

3.1 welding Process between layered plate bodies

As shown in fig. 19, in the present embodiment, the heat exchanger 6 includes a first plate body 631, a second plate body 632, and a connecting piece 64. The first plate body 631 and the second plate body 632 are stacked on each other, the connecting piece 64 is sandwiched between the adjacent first plate body 631 and the second plate body 632, and solders (not shown) are disposed on two sides of the connecting piece 64, and the solders are used for welding and fixing the connecting piece 64 and the first plate body 631 and the second plate body 632 on the two sides of the connecting piece 64.

In this embodiment, solder is applied to both sides of the connection piece 64, and then the first plate 631 and the second plate 632 are soldered by the connection piece 64. In this way, the first plate 631 and the second plate 632 can be effectively fixed to each other, and since it is necessary to coat the bonding surfaces of the two plates 613 with solder when soldering between the adjacent plates 613, the production cost can be greatly reduced by disposing the connecting sheet 64 with solder between the two plates 613 as compared with the plate 613 with the surface-coated solder.

Further, the connecting piece 64 has a melting point higher than that of the solder. The connecting piece 64 may be a metal foil to improve thermal conductivity. For example, the connecting piece 64 may be an aluminum foil or a copper foil. The metal foil is low in cost, and the process of arranging the solder on the two sides of the metal foil is simple, so that the metal foil with the solder is easy to obtain, and the production cost is low.

The solder on the connecting sheet 64 covers the first plate body 631 and the second plate body 632 adjacent to each other at two sides by an area not less than 80% of the overlapping area of the first plate body 631 and the second plate body 632, so as to improve the reliability of the soldering between the first plate body 631 and the second plate body 632. Alternatively, the coverage area of the solder on the connecting sheet 64 to the first plate body 631 and the second plate body 632 may be 80% of the overlapping area of the first plate body 631 and the second plate body 632 adjacent to each other on two sides; alternatively, the area of the connecting sheet 64 covered by the solder on the first plate body 631 and the second plate body 632 may be equal to the overlapping area of the first plate body 631 and the second plate body 632, which can further improve the reliability of the heat exchanger 6.

Alternatively, the connecting piece 64 between the first plate body 631 and the second plate body 632 may be a single-layer structure, that is, only one layer of the connecting piece 64 is disposed between the first plate body 631 and the second plate body 632. In other embodiments, the connecting sheet 64 between the first plate 631 and the second plate 632 has at least two layers, for example, the connecting sheet 64 may have a two-layer, three-layer, or four-layer structure. At this time, the at least two layers of connecting sheets 64 are further fixed by soldering. By flexibly selecting the number of layers of the connecting sheet 64, the distance between the first plate body 631 and the second plate body 632 can be adjusted, so that the heat exchanger 6 can adapt to different application scenarios. For example, a slot having a width equal to the thickness of the stack of the at least two layers of connecting pieces 64 is formed between the first plate body 631 and the second plate body 632 to match the flow partitioner described above.

The thickness of the connecting piece 64 ranges from 0.9mm to 1.2 mm. For example, the thickness of the connecting piece 64 may be 0.9mm, 1mm, 1.2mm, or the like.

It is noted that the connecting piece 64 may be disposed between adjacent plates of at least two other plates having microchannels, such as two first plates 631, or two second plates 632.

In a specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 20, the method for manufacturing the heat exchanger 6 may include: s11: at least two plate bodies are provided. S12: and providing a connecting sheet, wherein welding fluxes are arranged on two sides of the connecting sheet. S13: at least two plate bodies are stacked, and the connecting sheet is clamped between the adjacent plate bodies. S14: the at least two plate bodies and the connecting piece are heated so that the solder fixes the connecting piece to the plate bodies 3 located on both sides of the connecting piece.

3.2 connection between laminated plate bodies and collecting pipe

As shown in fig. 21, the heat exchanger 6 includes at least two plate bodies 613 and at least one header 620, the plate bodies 613 include body portions 671 and connection portions 672, the body portions 671 of the at least two plate bodies 613 are stacked on each other, one end of the connection portion 672 is connected to the body portion 671, and the other end of the connection portion 672 is connected to the header 620.

As shown in fig. 22, at least two insertion holes 602 are formed in the wall of the header 620, and the other end of the connecting portion 672 of the plate body 613 corresponds to the insertion holes 602 and is welded to the header 620. I.e., the connector 672, is located at the end of the plate body 613 for securing to the manifold 620. When the at least two plate bodies 613 are welded to the header pipe 620, if the distance between two adjacent plate bodies 613 is small at the welded portion, the welding difficulty may be increased, and the solder may flow along the gap between two adjacent plate bodies 613, which may cause poor welding between the plate bodies 613 and the header pipe 620, and may cause leakage of the refrigerant flow.

In this embodiment, a first distance d1 exists between two adjacent insertion holes 602 on the header 620, a second distance d2 exists between the main body portions 671 of two adjacent plate bodies 613, and the first distance d1 is greater than the second distance d 2. In this way, the distance between the connection portions 671 of two adjacent plate bodies 613 at the welding position can be increased, the capillary action between the two adjacent plate bodies 613 can be reduced, and the reliability of welding between the plate bodies 613 and the header 620 can be improved.

Further, the first distance d1 is not less than 2mm, for example, the first distance d1 may be 2mm or 3mm, etc., so as to reduce the capillary action between the connecting portions 672 of the plate body 613 and facilitate the welding between the connecting portions 672 of the plate body 613 and the header 620. Further, the first spacing d1 is further not greater than 6mm, so that the heat exchanger 6 has high structural strength, improving the reliability of the heat exchanger 6.

Optionally, at least a portion of coupling portion 672 of plate 613 is curved, for example, coupling portion 672 of at least a portion of plate 613 is curved. The bending mode facilitates adjusting the distance between the connecting portions 672 of two adjacent plate bodies 613, facilitates the welding and fixing between the plate bodies 613 and the collecting pipe 620, and reduces the capillary action between the two adjacent plate bodies 613 during welding.

Alternatively, one end of the connecting portion 672 of the plate body 613 is bent, and the other end is arranged in a straight line, so as to simplify the processing process.

Further, the connecting portions 672 of at least some of the adjacent plate bodies 613 have a third distance d3 therebetween, and the third distance d3 gradually increases from the main body portion 671 to the header 620, so that the distance between the adjacent connecting portions 672 gradually increases to reduce the capillary action between the adjacent two plate bodies 613.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 21, the at least two plate bodies 61 may include the first plate body 631 and the second plate body 632 described above.

Further, in the present embodiment, the number of the first plate 631 is 2, the number of the second plate 632 is 2, and the first plate 631 and the second plate 632 are sequentially stacked. One second plate body 632 is sandwiched between the two first plate bodies 631, and the other second plate body 632 is stacked on the outer side of the one first plate body 631, which is away from the sandwiched second plate body 632. The header 620 includes a first header 621 and a second header 622 spaced apart from each other. The first plate 631 is provided with a plurality of first microchannels for a first refrigerant flow to flow, the second plate 632 is provided with a plurality of second microchannels for a second refrigerant flow to flow, the second refrigerant flow absorbs heat from the first refrigerant flow in a flow process along the plurality of second microchannels 611 to supercool the first refrigerant flow, or the first refrigerant flow absorbs heat from the second refrigerant flow in a flow process along the plurality of first microchannels 610 to supercool the second refrigerant flow. The connecting portion 672 of the first plate body 631 is welded to the first header 621, and the connecting portion 672 of the second plate body 632 is welded to the second header 621.

As shown in fig. 21, the connecting portion 672 of the clamped second plate body 632 may penetrate through the first collecting pipe 621 and be connected to the second collecting pipe 622, and the connecting portion 672 of the second plate body 632 located outside may bypass the first collecting pipe 621 and be welded to the second collecting pipe 622, so that the number of the insertion holes 602 on the first collecting pipe 621 can be reduced, the distance between the insertion holes 602 can be increased, the assembly of the heat exchanger 6 is facilitated, and the heat exchanger 6 has high reliability. Meanwhile, the interference to the refrigerant flow in the first header 621 can be reduced.

In another embodiment, the connecting portions 672 of the second plate body 632 all extend through the first header 621 and the second header 622 is connected. In other embodiments, the connecting portion 672 of the first plate 631 may extend through the second header 622 and connect with the first header 621, which will not be described herein.

The number of the first plate 631 and the second plate 632 may be selected according to the actual application requirement, and is not limited in detail herein.

Header 620 may also be implemented in the various header arrangements described above and will not be described in detail herein.

Further, the main body portion 672 of the plate body 613 is a straight-line structure, and therefore, the main body portion 671 of the first plate body 631 and the main body portion 671 of the second plate body 632 can be directly welded by solder.

In other embodiments, the body portion 671 of the first plate 631 and the body portion 671 of the second plate 672 are connected by the connecting pieces with solder, which are described above and will not be described in detail herein.

4. Radiating fin

As shown in fig. 23 and 24, the heat exchanger 6 includes a heat exchange main body 61 and heat dissipation fins 65, the heat dissipation fins 65 may be disposed on the heat exchange main body 61, and the heat dissipation fins 65 are connected to the heat exchange main body 61 in a heat conducting manner, so that the heat exchange main body 61 and the air are increased in contact area by the heat dissipation fins 65, heat exchange with the air is facilitated, heat exchange efficiency of the heat exchanger 6 is improved, and a heat dissipation effect of the heat exchanger 6 is improved.

Wherein the heat radiating fins 65 may be attached to the surface of the heat exchange body 61 by welding, bonding or fastening.

Further, in the embodiment shown in fig. 23, the heat exchange body 61 includes at least two plate body assemblies 603 arranged in parallel and at intervals, and the heat dissipation fins 65 are arranged on the at least two plate body assemblies 603.

The heat exchanger 6 further includes a fixing plate 66, the fixing plate 66 covers the heat dissipation fins 65 on the at least two plate body assemblies 603 at the same time, and the fixing plate 66 is located on a side of the heat dissipation fins 65 away from the plate body assemblies 603, so as to form a heat dissipation air duct. In this way, the heat dissipation fins 65 are sealed by the integral fixing plate 66, so that the number of parts is small, the production of the heat exchanger 6 is simple and reliable, and the heat dissipation effect can be improved by the formed heat dissipation air duct. The airflow direction defined by the heat dissipation air duct may be set along the interval direction of the plate body assembly, i.e. perpendicular to the extending direction of the plate body assembly 603, so as to increase the heat dissipation efficiency of the heat exchange fins 65. In other embodiments, the airflow direction defined by the heat dissipation duct may be disposed at other angles with the extending direction of the plate assembly 603 or with the extending direction of the plate assembly 603.

As shown in fig. 23, the fixing plate 66 includes a top plate 661, and the top plate 661 covers the heat dissipating fins 65 of the at least two plate assemblies 603 at the same time, so as to facilitate the sealing of the heat dissipating fins 65.

Further, the fixing plate 66 further includes at least one side panel 662, the side panel 662 is connected with the top panel 661 in a bending manner, and extends toward the plate body assembly 603, so as to seal the heat dissipation air duct through the side panel 662, reduce the parts of the heat exchanger 6, and improve the sealing performance of the heat dissipation air duct.

Specifically, in one embodiment, the fixing plate 66 may include a top plate 661 and a side plate 662, the side plate 662 is connected to one end of the top plate 661 in a bending manner, and one end of the heat dissipation fin 65 abuts against the side plate 662 to close the heat dissipation air duct. The other end of the heat dissipation fin 65 may be assembled by splicing other components or may be abutted to a box body of an electronic control box described below, so that the heat dissipation fin 65 forms a complete air duct, which can simplify the packaging of the heat dissipation fin 65 and improve the assembly efficiency.

In another embodiment, the number of the side panels 662 is two, the two side panels 662 are arranged at intervals along the vertical direction of the interval direction of the at least two plate body assemblies 603, the top panel 661 is respectively connected with the two side panels 662 in a bending manner to form an accommodating space, the heat dissipation fins 65 are located in the accommodating space, namely, between the two side panels 662, in this way, the fixing plate 66 can completely seal the heat dissipation fins 65, a whole heat dissipation air duct is formed, the number of parts is small, the packaging process of the heat dissipation fins 65 is further simplified, the production of the heat exchanger 6 is simple and reliable, and the heat exchange capacity is improved.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 24, the heat dissipating fin 65 is an undulating structure formed by pressing a sheet material, and peaks and valleys of the undulating structure are in contact with surfaces of the top panel 661 and the plate body assembly 603, respectively, which are opposed to each other.

Alternatively, the number of the heat dissipation fins 65 may be at least two, and as shown in fig. 25, the number of the heat dissipation fins 65 may be equal to the number of the plate body assemblies 603, and each heat dissipation fin 65 is provided on the corresponding plate body assembly 603. The width of each fin 65 in the direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the plate body assembly 603 may be equal to the width of the corresponding plate body assembly 603, so as to improve the heat exchange capability and save the material cost.

As shown in fig. 25, each heat dissipating fin 65 may be attached to one plate assembly 603, and a plurality of heat dissipating fins 65 may be arranged at intervals along the interval direction of the plate assembly 603, so that the temperature of the gap between the plates 613 is higher than that of the plates 613 during the welding process, thereby preventing the heat dissipating fins 65 from being melted and deformed. Through setting up radiating fin 65 to a plurality of at interval, not only can guarantee radiating fin 65's heat exchange efficiency, also can save the material moreover, reduction in production cost.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 26, the number of the heat dissipation fins 65 may also be 1, that is, the heat dissipation fins 65 are integrally disposed and are disposed on at least two plate body assemblies 603 at the same time. Wherein the width of the heat radiating fin 65 in the direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the plate body assembly 603 may be greater than or equal to the width of the heat exchange body 61. Therefore, the number of the integrated radiating fins 65 is small, the surface area is large, on one hand, the radiating fins 65 can be conveniently connected with the heat exchange main body 61, and the installation efficiency of the radiating fins 65 and the heat exchange main body 61 is improved; on the other hand, the contact area between the heat dissipation fins 65 and the air can be increased, and the heat exchange effect is enhanced.

Further, the fixing plate 66 is disposed in an open manner along two ends of the at least two plate assemblies 603 in the spacing direction, so that the flowing direction of the air flow in the heat dissipation air duct is disposed along the spacing direction of the at least two plate assemblies 603. Further, the flowing direction of the refrigerant flow in the plate assemblies 603 is perpendicular to the spacing direction of the at least two plate assemblies 603, so as to enhance the heat dissipation effect of the heat dissipation air duct and improve the overall heat exchange efficiency of the heat exchanger 6.

Each plate assembly 603 may have a micro channel disposed therein, for example, by using the above-described matching manner of the various plates and micro channels, which is not described herein again.

It is noted that the fin 65 configuration described above is applicable to the various forms of heat exchangers 6 described herein, and should not be limited to a particular embodiment, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art.

5. Heat exchanger as radiator

The present application may also use the heat exchanger 6 as a heat sink (hereinafter, described as the heat sink 6), where the heat sink 6 includes a heat exchange body 61 and a heat collecting pipe assembly 62, and the heat sink 6 is configured to dissipate heat from electronic components in the electronic control box 7. It is noted that, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, references herein to the heat sink 6 shall include the various forms of heat exchangers described hereinabove and shall not be limited to a particular embodiment.

In an embodiment, the heat sink 6 is used as an economizer of the air conditioning system 1, and also replaces a module heat sink in the electronic control box 6, so as to dissipate heat from the electronic control box 7, thereby simplifying the number of pipeline components and modules of the air conditioning system 1 and reducing cost.

Further, as shown in fig. 27, the electronic control box 7 includes a box body 72 and a heat sink 6, the box body 72 is provided with a mounting cavity 721, the electronic component 71 is disposed in the mounting cavity 721, and the heat sink 6 is disposed in the mounting cavity 721 to dissipate heat of the electronic component 71 in the mounting cavity 721. In another embodiment, the heat sink 6 may be disposed outside the case 72 and configured to dissipate heat of the electronic component 71 in the mounting cavity 721.

As shown in fig. 27, the box body 72 includes a top plate (not shown in the figure, disposed opposite to the bottom plate 723, and covering the opening of the installation cavity 721), a bottom plate 723 and a circumferential side plate 724, the top plate and the bottom plate 723 are disposed opposite to each other at intervals, and the circumferential side plate 724 is connected to the top plate and the bottom plate 723, so as to form the installation cavity 721.

Specifically, in fig. 27, the bottom plate 723 and the top plate are rectangular, the number of the circumferential side plates 724 is four, and the four circumferential side plates 724 are respectively connected to corresponding sides of the bottom plate 723 and the top plate, and further enclose the bottom plate 723 and the top plate to form the rectangular electronic control box 7. The size of the long side of the backplane 723 is the length of the electronic control box 7, and the size of the short side of the backplane 723 is the width of the electronic control box 7. The height of the circumferential side plate 724 perpendicular to the bottom plate 723 is the height of the electronic control box 7. As shown in fig. 27, the length of the electrical control box 7 in the X direction is the length of the electrical control box 7, the length of the electrical control box 7 in the Y direction is the height of the electrical control box 7, and the length of the electrical control box 7 in the Z direction is the width of the electrical control box 7.

The following embodiments will describe in detail the specific combination of the heat sink 6 and the electronic control box 7.

5.1 Heat exchange bulk morphology

In one embodiment, the heat exchange body 61 is in a straight strip shape, as shown in fig. 18, the heat exchange body 61 has an overall length, an overall width and an overall height. Wherein the overall length is the length of the heat exchange body 61 in the extending direction thereof, i.e., the length of the heat exchange body 61 in the X direction shown in fig. 18. The overall width is the length of the heat exchange body 61 in a direction perpendicular to the extension direction of the heat exchange body 61 and perpendicular to the plane of the heat exchange body 61, i.e., the length of the heat exchange body 61 in the Y direction shown in fig. 18. The overall height is the length of the heat exchange body 61 in the Z direction shown in fig. 18. Wherein the plane of the heat exchange body 61 refers to the plane of the header assembly 62, i.e., the XOZ plane shown in fig. 18.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 27, the heat exchange body 61 may be disposed on the bottom plate 723 of the electrical control box 7. Alternatively, the heat exchange body 61 may be provided on the circumferential side plate 724 of the electronic control box 7. In other embodiments, the heat exchange main body 61 may also be fixed at other positions of the electronic control box 7 according to the arrangement position of the electronic component 71, and the like, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the application.

When the heat exchange body 61 is in a straight shape as shown in fig. 18, the heat exchange body 61 may abut against the bottom plate 723, or be disposed at an interval with the bottom plate 723, so that the heat exchange body 61 as long as possible can be disposed by fully utilizing the dimension of the bottom plate 723 in the length direction, so as to improve the heat exchange effect. In other embodiments, the heat exchange main body 61 may also abut against the circumferential side plate 724, or be disposed at an interval with the circumferential side plate 724, which is not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

Further, referring to fig. 28, in order to reduce the overall length of the heat exchange body 61, the heat exchange body 61 may be divided into a first extension portion 617 and a second extension portion 618, and the second extension portion 618 is connected to an end portion of the first extension portion 617 and is bent toward one side of the first extension portion 617, so that the heat exchange body 61 is L-shaped.

By bending the heat exchange main body 61 to form the first extending part 617 and the second extending part 618 which are connected in a bending manner, the overall length of the heat exchange main body 61 can be reduced under the condition that the heat exchange main body 61 has a sufficiently long extending length, and further, the length of the electric control box 7 matched with the radiator 6 along the X direction can be reduced, so that the volume of the electric control box 7 can be reduced.

Specifically, the first extension 617 may be disposed parallel to the bottom plate 723, so as to fully utilize the length dimension of the bottom plate 723, and to dispose the heat exchange body 61 as long as possible, so as to improve the heat exchange effect. The second extension portion 618 may be disposed parallel to the circumferential side plate 724 to reduce a space occupied by the second extension portion 618 in the X direction.

Alternatively, the first extension 617 may be disposed parallel to one of the circumferential side plates 724, and the second extension 618 may be disposed parallel to the circumferential side plate 724 adjacent to the circumferential side plate 724, so as to dispose the heat sink 6 on one side of the mounting cavity 721.

Optionally, the first extending portion 617 may abut against the bottom plate 723, or be disposed at a distance from the bottom plate 723, and the second extending portion 618 may abut against the circumferential side plate 724, or be disposed at a distance from the circumferential side plate 724, which is not particularly limited in this embodiment of the application.

Further, as shown in fig. 28, the number of the second extension portions 618 may be one, and one second extension portion 618 is connected to one end of the first extension portion 617, so that the heat exchange body 61 is L-shaped.

As shown in fig. 29, the number of the second extending portions 618 may be two, and two second extending portions 618 are connected to two opposite ends of the first extending portion 617, and are bent toward the same side of the first extending portion 617.

Specifically, the two second extending portions 618 may be disposed at opposite ends of the first extending portion 617 at a parallel interval, so as to further reduce the overall length of the heat exchange body 61 and the volume of the heat sink 6 while ensuring the heat exchange effect of the heat exchange body 61. The two second extending portions 618 are bent and disposed on the same side of the first extending portion 617, and are located on opposite sides of the first extending portion 617 with respect to the two second extending portions 618, respectively, so that the overall width of the heat sink 6 can be reduced.

Further, two second extensions 618 may be disposed perpendicular to the first extension 617 to form the U-shaped heat exchange body 61. Thus, not only the overall length of the heat exchange body 61 can be reduced, but also the space occupied by the second extending portions 618 in the X direction can be reduced, and interference between the two second extending portions 618 and the electronic component 71 disposed in the mounting cavity 721 can be avoided.

Alternatively, the two second extending portions 618 may be disposed obliquely with respect to the first extending portion 617, and the angles of inclination of the two second extending portions 618 with respect to the first extending portion 617 may be the same or different, so as to shorten the overall width of the electrical control box 7.

Further, the extension length of the first extension portion 617 is set to be greater than that of the second extension portion 618, so that the first extension portion 617 is disposed along the length direction of the electrical control box 7, and the second extension portion 618 is disposed along the width or height direction of the electrical control box 7.

Further, as shown in fig. 27, the number of the heat sinks 6 provided in the mounting cavity 721 may be one, and one heat sink 6 may be provided in the mounting cavity 721 to extend in the length direction of the case 72. Alternatively, one heat sink 6 may be provided in the mounting chamber 721 to extend in the height direction of the case 72.

Alternatively, the number of the heat sinks 6 provided in the mounting cavity 721 may be at least two, for example, the number of the heat sinks 6 may be two, three, four, or five, etc. Through setting up a large amount of radiators 6, can promote the radiating effect of automatically controlled box 7.

5.2 the radiator is arranged in the electric control box

As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the various forms of heat sinks 6 disclosed herein may also be disposed within the mounting cavity 721 of the electronic control box 7 or applied to dissipate heat from the electronic control box 7, and may be thermally conductively connected to the electronic components 71 in a direct or indirect manner.

Further, as shown in fig. 27, the heat sink 6 is disposed in the mounting cavity 721 of the electronic control box 7. Specifically, the heat sink 6 may be thermally conductively connected to the electronic component 71 disposed in the mounting cavity 721, for dissipating heat from the electronic component 71.

Specifically, the electronic component 71 may be thermally connected to the heat exchange body 61, and the electronic component 71 may be thermally connected to any position of the heat exchange body 61.

When the heat exchange main body 61 in the heat sink 6 is a straight strip (i.e. when the heat sink 6 is I-shaped), the electronic component 71 can be disposed at any position on the heat exchange main body 61, which is beneficial to the assembly of the electronic component 71. For example, the electronic component 71 may be disposed at the middle position of the heat exchange body 61, or the electronic components 71 may be disposed at the positions of both ends of the heat exchange body 61. Optionally, the electronic element 71 may be disposed on one side of the heat exchange main body 61, or the electronic element 71 may be disposed on two opposite sides of the heat exchange main body 61 according to an actual application scenario.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 28 and 29, when the heat sink 6 is L-shaped or U-shaped, the electronic component 71 may be thermally connected to the first extending portion 617, and the electronic component 71 may be disposed on the same side of the first extending portion 617 as the second extending portion 618, so as to shorten the height, i.e., the dimension in the Y direction, of the electrical control box 7.

Alternatively, the electronic component 71 may be thermally connected to the second extending portion 618, and specifically, the electronic component 71 may be disposed on a side of the second extending portion 618 facing the first extending portion 617, so as to shorten the length, i.e., the dimension in the X direction, of the electrical control box 7.

Alternatively, the electronic components 71 may be partially disposed on the first extension 617 and partially disposed on the second extension 618, so as to make the electronic components 71 uniformly distributed.

As shown in fig. 27 and fig. 30, a heat dissipation fixing plate 74 may be further disposed in the electronic control box 7, the electronic component 71 is disposed on the heat dissipation fixing plate 74, and then the heat dissipation fixing plate 74 is connected to the heat exchange main body 61, so that the electronic component 71 is thermally connected to the heat exchange main body 61 through the heat dissipation fixing plate 74, and thus, the installation efficiency of the electronic component 71 can be greatly improved.

The heat dissipation fixing plate 74 may be made of a metal plate or an alloy plate with good heat conductivity, for example, the heat dissipation fixing plate 74 may be made of an aluminum plate, a copper plate, an aluminum alloy plate, or the like, so as to improve heat conduction efficiency.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 31, a heat pipe 741 may be embedded in the heat dissipation fixing plate 74, and the heat pipe 741 is used for rapidly conducting heat from a concentrated high-density heat source and further spreading the heat to the surface of the whole heat dissipation fixing plate 74, so that the heat on the heat dissipation fixing plate 74 is uniformly distributed, and the heat exchange effect between the heat dissipation fixing plate 74 and the heat exchange main body 61 is enhanced.

As shown in the upper drawing of fig. 31, the heat pipe 741 may be elongated, the number of the heat pipes 741 may include a plurality of heat pipes 741, and the plurality of heat pipes 741 may be arranged in parallel at intervals. Alternatively, as shown in the lower drawing of fig. 31, the plurality of heat pipes 741 may be connected in sequence to form a ring or a frame, and the embodiment of the present application is not particularly limited.

5.3 the radiator is arranged outside the electric control box

As shown in fig. 32, the heat sink 6 is disposed outside the electronic control box 7, and a mounting hole 726 may be opened in the box body 72 of the electronic control box 7, and the electronic component 71 may be thermally connected to the heat sink 6 through the mounting hole 726.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 32, the electronic component 71 is disposed on a surface of the heat-dissipation fixing plate 74 on a side facing away from the heat sink 6.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 33, a heat pipe 741 may be provided to thermally connect the electronic component 71 and the heat sink 6. For example, the heat pipe 741 may include a heat absorbing end 741a and a heat releasing end 741b, the heat absorbing end 741a of the heat pipe 741 may be inserted into the mounting cavity 721 and thermally connected to the electronic component 71 to absorb heat of the electronic component 71, and the heat releasing end 741b of the heat pipe 741 may be disposed outside the electronic control box 7 and thermally connected to the heat sink 6 to dissipate heat from the heat releasing end 741b of the heat pipe 741 by using the heat sink 6.

5.4 arrangement of Heat sink fins with electronic Components

In the embodiment shown in fig. 23 to 26, the heat sink 6 includes the heat dissipation fins 65, and when the heat sink 6 with the heat dissipation fins 65 is applied to the electronic control box 7, the heat dissipation fins 65 can increase the contact area between the heat exchange body 61 and the air in the electronic control box 7, so as to facilitate heat exchange with the air, reduce the temperature in the mounting cavity 721, and protect the electronic component 71.

Optionally, the electronic element 71 and the heat dissipation fins 65 may be disposed on the same side of the heat exchange main body 6, and the electronic element 71 and the heat dissipation fins 65 are disposed in a staggered manner, so as to avoid interference between the electronic element 71 and the heat dissipation fins 65, and the distance between the electronic element 71 and the heat dissipation fins 65 is set to be larger, so that the temperature of the refrigerant contacting the heat dissipation fins 65 and the electronic element 71 is lower, and the heat dissipation effect of the heat exchange main body 61 is improved.

In other embodiments, the electronic component 71 is disposed on one side of the heat exchange body 61, and the heat dissipation fins 65 are disposed on the other side of the heat exchange body 61, specifically, the heat dissipation fins 65 may be disposed at any position on the other side of the heat exchange body 61.

In an embodiment, the heat dissipation fins 65 may extend to the outside of the electronic control box 7, for example, a mounting opening is formed on the box body 72, the heat exchange body 61 is disposed in the box body 72 and is thermally connected to the electronic component 71, and one side of the heat dissipation fins 65 is thermally connected to the heat exchange body 61 and extends to the outside of the box body 72 through the mounting opening, and may further improve the heat dissipation capability of the heat exchange body 61 by air cooling assistance.

6. The electronic component is arranged at a position where the temperature of the heat sink is higher

Referring to fig. 34, the electronic control box 7 in the present embodiment includes a box body 72, a heat sink 6 and an electronic component 71, the box body 72 is provided with a mounting cavity 721, the heat sink 6 is at least partially disposed in the mounting cavity 721, and the electronic component 71 is disposed in the mounting cavity 721. The structures of the box 72 and the heat sink 6 are substantially the same as those of the above embodiments, and please refer to the description of the above embodiments.

Optionally, the heat exchange main body 61 may be entirely disposed in the installation cavity 721 of the electronic control box 7, and the heat exchange main body 61 may also be partially disposed in the installation cavity 721 of the electronic control box 7, and partially protrudes out of the electronic control box 7, so as to be connected to the header assembly 62 and an external pipeline.

The temperature of the radiator 6 is low due to the flow of the refrigerant flow, and the temperature in the installation cavity 721 of the electronic control box 7 is high due to the heat generated by the electronic element 71 in the electronic control box 7, so that the air with high temperature in the electronic control box 7 is easy to condense when contacting the radiator 6, and further condensed water is formed on the surface of the radiator 6. If the generated condensed water flows to the position of the electronic component 71, the electronic component 71 is easily short-circuited or damaged, and a fire hazard is more seriously generated.

Therefore, as shown in fig. 34, the heat exchange body 61 may be divided into a first end 61a and a second end 61b along the flow direction of the refrigerant flow, and when the heat exchange body 61 operates, the temperature of the heat exchange body 61 gradually decreases in the direction from the first end 61a to the second end 61b, that is, the temperature of the first end 61a is higher than that of the second end 61 b. The electronic element 71 is disposed at a position close to the first end 61a, and thermally connects the electronic element 71 with the heat exchange body 61. It should be noted that, since the heat exchange body 61 needs to exchange heat with the internal environment of the electronic control box 7 or the internal elements thereof, the temperature of the heat exchange body 61 described above and below refers to the surface temperature of the heat exchange body 61. Specifically, the surface temperature variation of the heat exchange body 61 is determined by the heat exchange channels adjacent to the surface. For example, when the heat exchange channel adjacent to the surface of the heat exchange main body 61 is a main channel, the refrigerant flow of the main channel is continuously absorbed by the refrigerant flow of the sub channel along with the flow, so the surface temperature of the heat exchange main body 61 gradually decreases along the refrigerant flow direction of the main channel, and at this time, the first end 61a is located upstream of the second end 61b along the refrigerant flow direction of the main channel. When the heat exchange channel adjacent to the surface of the heat exchange body 61 is a bypass channel, the surface temperature of the heat exchange body 61 gradually decreases and increases along the refrigerant flow direction of the bypass channel, and at this time, the first end 61a is located downstream of the second end 61b along the refrigerant flow direction of the bypass channel.

Therefore, by dividing the heat exchange body 61 into the first end 61a with a higher temperature and the second end 61b with a lower temperature according to the temperature change of the heat exchange body 61 during operation, since the temperature difference between the first end 61a with a higher temperature and the hot air is smaller, the condensed water is not generated or the amount of the generated condensed water is smaller, and by disposing the electronic element 71 at a position close to the first end 61a, the probability of the electronic element 71 contacting the condensed water can be reduced, thereby protecting the electronic element 71.

It should be noted that, since the air conditioner generally has a cooling mode and a heating mode, there may be a case where the refrigerant flows in opposite directions in the two modes. At this time, the temperature of the heat exchange body 61 has an opposite trend from the first end 61a to the second end 61b, that is, in one mode, the temperature of the heat exchange body 61 is gradually decreased from the first end 61a to the second end 61b, and in another mode, the temperature of the heat exchange body 61 is gradually increased from the first end 61a to the second end 61 b. In the present embodiment, it is preferable to ensure that the temperature of the heat exchange body 61 gradually decreases from the first end 61a to the second end 61b in the cooling mode for the following reasons:

when the ambient temperature is low, for example, when the air conditioner works in winter to perform heating, the temperature of the air in the electronic control box 7 is low, and at this time, the temperature difference between the air in the electronic control box 7 and the radiator 6 is small, so that the air is not easy to condense to form condensed water. When the ambient temperature is high, for example, when the air conditioner is operated in summer to cool, the temperature of the air in the electronic control box 7 is high, the temperature difference between the air in the electronic control box 7 and the radiator 6 is large, and the air is easy to condense to form condensed water. Therefore, in the present embodiment, it may be provided that, at least in the cooling mode of the air conditioner, the temperature of the heat exchange body 61 is gradually decreased in the direction from the first end 61a to the second end 61b to avoid the heat sink 6 from generating condensed water in the cooling mode.

Further, the electronic element 71 is arranged at a position close to the first end 61a, which means that the position of the heat-conducting connection of the electronic element 71 on the heat exchanging body 61 has a first distance from the first end 61a and a second distance from the second end 61b, and the first distance is smaller than the second distance.

Specifically, since the temperature of the heat exchange body 61 gradually decreases in the direction from the first end 61a to the second end 61b, the temperature of the first end 61a is the highest, the temperature of the second end 61b is the lowest, and the higher the temperature of the heat exchange body 61 is, the smaller the temperature difference with the air in the electrical control box 7 is, and the less condensed water is condensed. The lower the temperature of the heat exchange body 61 is, the greater the temperature difference with the hot air is, and the more easily the condensed water is condensed. That is, the probability of generating the condensed water gradually increases in the direction from the first end 61a to the second end 61b of the heat exchange body 61. Therefore, by disposing the electronic component 71 close to the end of the heat exchange body 61 where the temperature is high, that is, at a position where condensed water is not easily accumulated, the risk of the electronic component 71 contacting the condensed water can be reduced, thereby protecting the electronic component 71.

Further, as shown in fig. 34, the extending direction of the heat exchanging main body 61 may be arranged along the vertical direction, and the first end 61a may be arranged at the upper portion of the second end 61b, so that when the condensed water is generated at the position of the heat exchanging main body 61 close to the second end 61b, the condensed water may flow downward along the vertical direction, that is, the condensed water may flow in the direction away from the electronic element 71, thereby preventing the electronic element 71 from contacting with the condensed water.

Alternatively, the extending direction of the heat exchange body 61 may be set along the horizontal direction as required, so that the condensed water generated near the second end 61b can be separated from the heat exchange body 61 rapidly under the action of gravity, and can be prevented from contacting the electronic component 71. Or, in other embodiments, the extending direction of the heat exchange main body 61 may be inclined with respect to the horizontal direction, and this embodiment is not specifically limited.

It will be appreciated that the structure of the heat sink 6 in this embodiment may be the same as that in the above-described embodiment, i.e. using the bent heat exchange body 61. Alternatively, the heat sink 6 of the present embodiment may be configured by using a straight heat exchange body 61. Alternatively, other types of heat sinks may be used in addition to the heat sink 6 provided with the micro channels, and the specific structure of the heat sink 6 is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. In addition, other embodiments of the present application that apply heat sinks to electrical control boxes may employ the various heat sinks disclosed herein, or other heat sinks known in the art.

7. Condensate protection

Referring to fig. 35, the electronic control box 7 of the present embodiment includes a box body 72, a mounting plate 76, an electronic component 71, and a heat sink 6.

The box body 72 is provided with a mounting cavity 721, the mounting plate 76 is disposed in the mounting cavity 721, so that the mounting cavity 721 forms a first chamber 7212 and a second chamber 7214 on two sides of the mounting plate 76, the electronic element 71 is disposed in the second chamber 7214, at least a part of the heat exchange body 61 is disposed in the first chamber 7212 and is in heat conduction connection with the electronic element 71, and the mounting plate 76 is used for blocking condensed water on the heat sink 6 from flowing into the second chamber 7214.

By providing the mounting plate 76 in the electrical control box 7 to partition the mounting cavity 721, and respectively disposing the heat exchange body 61 and the electronic element 71 in the first chamber 7212 and the second chamber 7214 which are independent of each other, the electronic element 71 can be completely isolated from the condensed water, thereby preventing the electronic element 71 from being short-circuited or damaged due to the contact with the condensed water.

Further, the heat dissipation fixing plate 74 may be used to indirectly connect the electronic component 71 with the heat exchange body 61.

Specifically, the mounting plate 76 may be provided with an avoiding hole 762 at a position corresponding to the heat dissipation fixing plate 74, the heat dissipation fixing plate 74 is connected to the heat exchange main body 61 and blocks the avoiding hole 762, and the electronic component 71 is disposed on a side of the heat dissipation fixing plate 74 away from the heat exchange main body 61. In this way, the electronic component 71 and the heat exchange body 61 may be thermally connected by the heat dissipation fixing plate 74, and the first chamber 7212 and the second chamber 7214 may be spaced apart by the heat dissipation fixing plate 74, so as to prevent the condensed water from flowing into the second chamber 7214 provided with the electronic component 71 through the avoiding hole 762, and further prevent the condensed water from contacting the electronic component 71.

Further, if more condensed water is generated on the heat exchange main body 61, the condensed water can fall under the action of gravity after being accumulated, the dropped condensed water is easy to sputter, and then hidden troubles are brought to circuits in the electric control box 7, and the electric control box 7 is not easy to discharge due to the more dispersed condensed water.

Therefore, as shown in fig. 35, a baffle 77 may be provided in the electrical control box 7, the baffle 77 being provided on the lower side of the radiator 6 for collecting the condensed water dripping from the radiator 6. The setting of guide plate 77 not only can reduce the height that the comdenstion water drips, avoids the comdenstion water droplet to sputter, and guide plate 77 also has certain gathering effect to the comdenstion water moreover, is convenient for discharge automatically controlled box 7 together after converging the comdenstion water.

As shown in fig. 35, the baffle 7 is fixed to a bottom plate 723 of the electrical control box 7, one end of the baffle 77 is connected to the bottom plate 723, the other end of the baffle 77 extends toward the inside of the first chamber 7212, and the projection of the radiator 6 in the vertical direction falls on the inside of the baffle 77. Therefore, the condensed water dropping from the radiator 6 can be ensured to be positioned on the guide plate 77, and the condensed water is prevented from dropping to other positions of the electric control box 7.

It is understood that the radiator 6 may also be disposed on the mounting plate 76, in which case one end of the guide plate 77 is connected to the mounting plate 76, the other end of the guide plate 77 extends toward the inside of the first chamber 7212, and the projection of the radiator 6 in the vertical direction falls on the inside of the guide plate 77.

Furthermore, as shown in fig. 36, in order to facilitate the condensed water on the flow guide plate 77 to be discharged out of the electronic control box 7 in time, a water outlet 725 may be formed in the bottom wall of the box body 72, the flow guide plate 77 is disposed in an inclined manner with respect to the bottom wall of the box body 72, and the condensed water is guided by the flow guide plate 77 and then discharged out of the box body 72 through the water outlet 725.

Specifically, the drain 725 may be formed in the circumferential side plate 724 of the electronic control box 7, the baffle 77 is connected to the mounting plate 76 or the bottom plate 723 of the box body 72, and is inclined toward the drain 725, so that condensed water drops on the baffle 77 and then converges at the drain 725 along the inclined baffle 77, and then is drained from the drain 725.

The number and size of the water outlets 725 can be flexibly set according to the amount of condensed water, and the embodiment of the present application is not particularly limited.

In this embodiment, the flow direction of the refrigerant flow in the heat exchange main body 61 may be set along the horizontal direction, that is, the extending direction of the heat exchange main body 61 is set along the horizontal direction, on one hand, the flow path of the condensed water on the heat exchange main body 61 may be shortened, so that the condensed water drops onto the flow guide plate 77 as soon as possible under the action of gravity, so that the condensed water is discharged out of the electronic control box 7 in time, and is prevented from contacting with the electronic element 71 arranged in the installation cavity 721; on the other hand, the baffle 77 can be prevented from interfering with the heat exchange main body 61, so that the relatively long heat exchange main body 61 can be arranged, and the heat exchange efficiency of the radiator 6 is improved.

In another embodiment, as shown in fig. 37, the height of the baffle plate 77 in the vertical direction becomes gradually lower in the direction from the middle area to both ends of the baffle plate 77, so that the condensed water dropped on the baffle plate 77 flows to both ends of the baffle plate 77. That is, the guide plate 77 is set to be the shape of falling V, and this kind of mode can reduce the whole height of guide plate 77 along vertical direction, avoids guide plate 77 and other parts in the automatically controlled box 7 to produce the interference, also can discharge the comdenstion water that radiator 6 drips on guide plate 77 fast moreover.

Further, as shown in fig. 37, the box body 72 is provided with a first drain port 771 and a second drain port 772 corresponding to positions of both ends of the flow guide plate 77, respectively, to drain the condensed water flowing to both ends of the flow guide plate 77. The condensed water dropped on the guide plate 77 flows to both ends of the guide plate 77 and is discharged out of the box body 72 through the first drain port 771 and the second drain port 772.

In still another embodiment, as shown in fig. 38, the height of the baffle plate 77 in the vertical direction becomes gradually higher in the direction from the central region to both ends of the baffle plate 77, so that the condensed water dropping on the baffle plate 77 flows toward the central region of the baffle plate 77. That is, the baffle 77 may be disposed in a V shape, in which way, the condensed water can be collected to the middle region of the baffle through the baffle 77 and discharged from the middle region.

Further, as shown in fig. 38, the case body 72 is provided with a drain hole 725 corresponding to a position of the middle region of the baffle plate 77 to drain the condensed water flowing to the middle region of the baffle plate 77, in such a manner as to facilitate the collection and discharge of the condensed water.

The number and size of the drainage ports 725, the first drainage port 771, and the second drainage port 772 may be flexibly set according to the amount of condensed water, and the embodiment of the present application is not particularly limited.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned air deflector 77 may be disposed below the heat sink 6 which is mounted to the electronic control box 7 in other mounting manners and used for dissipating heat of the electronic component 71 in the electronic control box 7, and is not limited to the above-described embodiment.

8. The electronic components are arranged at the upstream of the radiator, and the radiating fins are arranged at the downstream of the radiator

As shown in fig. 39, the box body 72 is provided with a mounting cavity 721, and at least part of the heat exchange body 61 is arranged in the mounting cavity 721; the electronic component 71 is connected to the heat exchange body 61 at a first position in a heat conducting manner, and the heat dissipation fins 65 are connected to the heat exchange body 61 at a second position in a heat conducting manner, wherein the first position and the second position are spaced from each other along a flow direction of the refrigerant flow of the heat exchange body 61. As described above, the refrigerant flow mentioned herein may be the main refrigerant flow or the auxiliary refrigerant flow in the air conditioning system shown in fig. 1 to 4.

In this embodiment, the electronic element 71 and the heat dissipating fins 65 are arranged at intervals along the flow direction of the refrigerant flow of the heat exchange main body 61, so that the space on the heat exchange main body 61 can be fully utilized, the heat exchange main body 61 can be utilized to dissipate heat of the electronic element 71, the heat dissipating fins 65 can be utilized to reduce the temperature in the installation cavity 721 of the electronic control box 7, and the electronic element 71 arranged in the installation cavity 721 is protected.

Further, the heat exchange body 61 includes a first end 61a and a second end 61b spaced apart from each other along the flow direction of the refrigerant flow, wherein the temperature of the heat exchange body 61 gradually decreases in a direction from the first end 61a to the second end 61b, i.e., the temperature of the first end 61a is greater than that of the second end 61 b. The first position is disposed closer to the first end 61a than the second position.

Specifically, since the temperature of the surface of the heat exchange body 61 changes along with the flowing direction of the refrigerant flow during the operation of the heat exchange body 61, and a first end 61a with a higher temperature and a second end 61b with a lower temperature are formed, and since the temperature difference between the first end 61a with a higher temperature and the hot air in the mounting cavity 721 is small, condensed water is not easily generated, the electronic element 71 can be disposed close to the first end 61a, that is, the first position is disposed close to the first end 61 a. Because the temperature difference between the hot-air in lower second end 61b of temperature and the installation cavity 721 is great, produce the comdenstion water easily, so, can be close to second end 61b with fin 65 and set up, fin 65 that the temperature is lower can guarantee that fin 65 and hot-air have enough big difference in temperature on the one hand, be convenient for dispel the heat to automatically controlled box 7, the comdenstion water that condensation formed also can evaporate under the effect of hot-air on the other hand fin 65, the comdenstion water evaporation is endothermic, in order to further reduce the temperature of refrigerant flow, promote the heat transfer effect of radiator 6.

8.1 accelerating the flow velocity of the Heat dissipating airflow

Further, as shown in fig. 40, a heat dissipation fan 78 may be further disposed in the electronic control box 7, and the heat dissipation fan 78 is configured to form a heat dissipation airflow acting on the heat dissipation fins 65 in the electronic control box 7, so that the flow speed of the heat dissipation airflow may be accelerated, and the heat exchange effect may be further improved.

Alternatively, the heat dissipation fan 78 may be provided at a position close to the heat dissipation fins 65 to directly act on the heat dissipation fins 65.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 40, it is also possible to provide a mounting plate 76 in the electronic control box 7, the mounting plate 76 being provided in the mounting cavity 721, so that the mounting cavity 721 forms a first chamber 7212 and a second chamber 7214 located on both sides of the mounting plate 76, the mounting plate 76 being provided with a first ventilation opening 764 and a second ventilation opening 766 at intervals, so that the gas in the first chamber 7212 flows into the second chamber 7214 through the first ventilation opening 764, the gas in the second chamber 7214 flows into the first chamber 7212 through the second ventilation opening 766, at least a part of the heat exchange body 61 is located in the first chamber 7212, and the electronic element 71 and the heat dissipation fan 78 are provided in the second chamber 7214.

Through adopting mounting panel 76 to separate installation cavity 721 and form two mutually independent first cavity 7212 and second cavity 7214, can form the air current of circulation flow in first cavity 7212 and second cavity 7214 to the increase with the amount of wind of locating the fin 65 contact in first cavity 7212, and can be convenient for the air current after the cooling dispels the heat for the electronic component 71 that sets up in second cavity 7214, avoid the gas mixed flow, in order to promote fin 65's radiating efficiency.

The heat dissipation fan 78 disposed in the second chamber 7214 is configured to accelerate the flow rate of the air in the second chamber 7214, so as to accelerate the circulation speed of the air between the first chamber 7212 and the second chamber 7214, and improve the heat dissipation efficiency of the electronic control box 7.

Further, the flow direction of the cooling air flow passing through the cooling fins 65 may be set to be perpendicular to the flow direction of the cooling medium flow.

As shown in fig. 39 and 40, when the refrigerant flow in the heat exchange body 61 is in the horizontal direction, the heat dissipation airflow may be set to flow in the vertical direction to avoid flowing to the position of the electronic component 71.

Specifically, the first ventilation opening 764 and the second ventilation opening 766 may be provided at vertically spaced intervals on opposite sides of the heat dissipation fin 65. The number and arrangement density of the first ventilation openings 764 and the second ventilation openings 766 can be set as required.

Alternatively, when the refrigerant flow in the heat exchange body 61 is in the vertical direction, the heat dissipation airflow may be set to flow in the horizontal direction to avoid the heat dissipation airflow from flowing to the position of the electronic component 71. Or, the flow direction of the heat dissipation airflow and the flow direction of the refrigerant flow can be set to be along other two mutually perpendicular directions, which is not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

Further, when the first ventilation opening 764 and the second ventilation opening 766 which are vertically disposed are employed, the first ventilation opening 764 may be disposed at an upper portion of the second ventilation opening 766 so that the hot air introduced into the first chamber 7212 through the second ventilation opening 766 automatically rises to a position of the heat exchange body 61 and exchanges heat with the heat exchange body 61.

Alternatively, the heat dissipation fan 78 may be disposed at a position close to the first ventilation opening 764 so that the cool air at the top of the first chamber 7212 enters the second chamber 7214 in time, and the heat dissipation fan 78 may accelerate the cool air to improve the heat dissipation efficiency of the electronic component 71.

9. Internal circulation

Under the usual situation, in order to cool down the electronic control box 7, the box body 72 of the electronic control box 7 is usually provided with heat dissipation holes communicated with the mounting cavity 721, so as to perform heat exchange with the outside air through natural convection of the heat dissipation holes, and further cool down the electronic control box 7. However, the heat dissipation holes are formed in the box body 72, so that the sealing performance of the electronic control box 7 is reduced, and external impurities such as moisture and dust enter the installation cavity 721 through the heat dissipation holes, thereby damaging the electronic components arranged in the installation cavity 721.

In order to solve the above problem, the present embodiment may provide the case body 72 of the electronic control case 7 as a sealing structure. Specifically, referring to fig. 41, the electronic control box 7 includes a box body 72, a mounting plate 76, a heat sink 6, an electronic component 71, and a heat dissipation fan 78.

The box body 72 is provided with a mounting cavity 721, the mounting plate 76 is arranged in the mounting cavity 721, so that the mounting cavity 721 forms a first chamber 7212 and a second chamber 7214 which are positioned at two sides of the mounting plate 76, the mounting plate 76 is provided with a first ventilation opening 764 and a second ventilation opening 766 which are spaced, and the first ventilation opening 764 and the second ventilation opening 766 are communicated with the first chamber 7212 and the second chamber 7214; the heat sink 6 is at least partially disposed within the first chamber 7212; the electronic component 71 is arranged in the second chamber 7214 and is in heat conduction connection with the heat sink 6; the heat dissipation fan 78 is used to supply air so that the air in the first chamber 7212 flows into the second chamber 7214 through the first ventilation opening 764.

In the present embodiment, at least a portion of the heat sink 6 is disposed in the first chamber 7212, the electronic component 71 and the heat dissipation fan 78 are disposed in the second chamber 7214, and the mounting plate 76 is provided with the first ventilation opening 764 and the second ventilation opening 766 for communicating the first chamber 7212 and the second chamber 7214 at intervals, so that the electronic component 71 generates heat to make the temperature of the air in the second chamber 7214 higher, the heat dissipation fan 78 sends hot air into the second ventilation opening 766, the hot air naturally rises to contact with the heat sink 6 disposed in the first chamber 7212 due to the lower density of the hot air, the heat sink 6 is used for cooling the hot air to form cold air, the cold air flows into the second chamber 7214 from the first ventilation opening 764, the heat dissipation fan 78 is used for accelerating the cold air to cool the electronic component 71 disposed in the second chamber 7214 by the cold air, the temperature of the cold air after heat exchange with the electronic component 71 is increased, the cold air after the temperature risees further continues to get into second ventilation opening 766 under radiator fan 78's effect to this circulation, and then the mode through the inner loop is cooled down for the electronic component 71 of locating in automatically controlled box 7, compares in the mode of adopting to set up the louvre on automatically controlled box 7 and cools down, and automatically controlled box 7 in this application is totally enclosed automatically controlled box 7, can effectively solve waterproof, protection against insects, dustproof, dampproofing scheduling problem, and then promote the automatically controlled reliability of automatically controlled box 7.

In another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 42, the plane of the heat dissipation fan 78 is perpendicular to the plane of the mounting plate 76, and the leeward side of the heat dissipation fan 78 is disposed toward the first ventilation opening 764.

Specifically, the heat dissipation fan 78 may be disposed on a side of the mounting plate 76 facing the second chamber 7214, a rotation axis direction of the heat dissipation fan 78 is parallel to a plane of the mounting plate 76, and a leeward side of the heat dissipation fan 78 refers to an air inlet side of the heat dissipation fan 78. In this embodiment, the heat dissipation fan 78 may be disposed between the first ventilation opening 764 and the electronic component 71, and the cold air entering the second chamber 7214 through the first ventilation opening 764 is accelerated by the heat dissipation fan 78 and then flows out, so as to increase the flow speed of the cold air and improve the heat dissipation efficiency of the electronic control box 7.

In another embodiment, as shown in fig. 43, the heat radiation fan 78 may also be provided as a centrifugal fan.

The centrifugal fan is a machine that increases the pressure of gas and discharges the gas by means of input mechanical energy. The centrifugal fan operates on the principle of accelerating air by means of an impeller rotating at high speed. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the centrifugal fan 78 is used as a cooling fan, so that on one hand, high-speed cold air can be obtained, and the heat dissipation efficiency of the electronic component 71 can be improved, and on the other hand, the centrifugal fan can also simplify the structure of the cooling fan 78 and improve the installation efficiency.

Air deflectors (not shown) may be disposed at intervals on the mounting plate 76, and an air guiding flow passage is formed between the air deflectors to guide air blown by the heat dissipating fan 78.

For example, two air guiding plates spaced in parallel may be disposed between the electronic components 71 disposed in a dispersed manner, and the extending direction of the air guiding plates is along the spacing direction of the electronic components 71, so as to define an air guiding flow channel between the two air guiding plates along the spacing direction of the electronic components 71. The cold air blown by the heat dissipation fan 78 firstly flows to the position of the partial electronic element 71 to dissipate heat of the electronic element 71, and the air passing through the partial electronic element 71 further flows to the position of the other partial electronic element 71 through the air guide flow channel to dissipate heat of the other partial electronic element 71, so that heat dissipation of the electronic element 71 is more balanced, and damage caused by overhigh temperature of the partial electronic element 71 is avoided.

Wherein, the heat sink 6 may be disposed inside the electrical control box 7, that is, the heat exchange main body 61 may be disposed inside the first chamber 7212, so as to cool the air in the first chamber 7212.

Alternatively, it is also possible to arrange the heat sink 6 outside the electrical control box 7 and to arrange at least a partial extension of the heat sink 6 inside the first chamber 7212. For example, when the heat sink 6 includes the heat exchange body 61, the integrated piping component 62, and the heat radiation fins 65, a mounting port (not shown) communicating with the first chamber 7212 may be opened in the case 72. At this time, the heat exchange body 61 is coupled to the outer sidewall of the case 72, and the heat radiating fins 65 are coupled to the heat exchange body 61 and inserted into the first chamber 7212 through the fitting hole.

The matching manner between the heat sink 6 and the electronic control box 7 in this embodiment is the same as that in the above embodiment, please refer to the description in the above embodiment, and details are not repeated here.

As shown in fig. 43, the electronic component 71 may be disposed in the air blowing range of the heat dissipation fan 78, so that the heat dissipation fan 78 directly acts on the electronic component 71 to cool down.

The electronic component 71 may include a primary heating element with a large heat generation amount, such as the common mode inductor 711, the reactance 712, and the capacitor 713, and a secondary heating element with a small heat generation amount, such as the fan module 714. In order to improve the heat dissipation efficiency of the main heating element, the distance between the main heating element and the first ventilation opening 764 may be set smaller than the distance between the secondary heating element and the first ventilation opening 764, that is, the main heating element with a larger heat generation amount may be disposed at a position close to the first ventilation opening 764, and the secondary heating element with a smaller heat generation amount may be disposed at a position away from the first ventilation opening 764, so that the air with a lower temperature entering through the first ventilation opening 764 first acts on the main heating element with a larger heat generation amount, thereby improving the heat dissipation efficiency of the main heating element with a larger heat generation amount.

Optionally, the second ventilation opening 766 may be disposed at the end of the air supply of the heat dissipation fan 78 and disposed at a position close to the electronic component 71 with a large heat generation amount, so as to expand the radiation range of the heat dissipation fan 78 and improve the circulation efficiency of the air in the second chamber 7214, and on the other hand, the hot air after heat exchange with the electronic component 71 with a large heat generation amount may be discharged out of the second chamber 7214 in time, thereby avoiding increasing the temperature of the whole second chamber 7214.

Further, the second ventilation opening 766 may be disposed at a position close to the first ventilation opening 764 to shorten a circulation path of air in the second chamber 7214, reduce air flow resistance, and improve circulation efficiency of air, thereby improving heat dissipation efficiency of the electronic control box 7.

Further, the first ventilation opening 764 and the second ventilation opening 766 can be sized according to the arrangement of the electronic components 71.

Specifically, the number of the second ventilation openings 766 may be plural, and the plural second ventilation openings 766 are provided at different positions of the mounting plate 76, respectively. The size of the second ventilation openings 766 provided at the position of the electronic component 71 with a large calorific value may be set relatively large, the number of the second ventilation openings 766 may also be set relatively large, and the distribution density of the plurality of second ventilation openings 766 may be set relatively large. The size of the second ventilation openings 766 provided at the position of the electronic component 71 with a small amount of heat generation can be set relatively small, the number of the second ventilation openings 766 can also be set relatively small, and the distribution density of the plurality of second ventilation openings 766 can be set relatively small.

Further, the size of the first ventilation opening 764 can be set larger than the size of the second ventilation opening 766 to increase the amount of return air and increase the efficiency of the heat dissipation fan 78.

10. Natural convection current

Referring to fig. 44 and 45, in the present embodiment, the electrical control box 7 includes a box body 72, a mounting plate 76, a heat sink 6, and a main heating element 715.

The box body 72 is provided with a mounting cavity 721, the mounting plate 76 is arranged in the mounting cavity 721, so that the mounting cavity 721 forms a first chamber 7212 and a second chamber 7214 which are positioned at two sides of the mounting plate 76, and the mounting plate 76 is provided with a first ventilation opening 764 and a second ventilation opening 766 which are spaced in the vertical direction; the heat sink 6 is at least partially disposed within the first chamber 7212; the primary heating element 715 is disposed within the second chamber 7214; the first and

second vents

764 and 766 communicate the first and

second chambers

7212 and 7214 to form a circulating cooling air flow between the first and

second chambers

7212 and 7214 using a temperature difference between the main heating element 715 and the heat sink 6.

Specifically, the main heating element 715 is disposed in the second chamber 7214, the temperature in the second chamber 7214 is increased due to heat generated by the operation of the main heating element 715, since the density of the hot air is low, the hot air naturally rises and enters the first chamber 7212 through the first ventilation opening 764 at the top of the second chamber 7214, the hot air contacts the heat sink 6 and exchanges heat with the heat sink 6, the temperature of the hot air is reduced, the density of the hot air is increased, the hot air naturally sinks to the bottom of the first chamber 7212 under the action of gravity and enters the second chamber 7214 through the second ventilation opening 766, the temperature of the main heating element 715 disposed in the second chamber 7214 is reduced, and the hot air after exchanging heat with the main heating element 715 further rises to the position of the first ventilation opening 764, so as to form an internal circulation airflow between the first chamber 7212 and the second chamber 7214.

In this embodiment, the first ventilation opening 764 and the second ventilation opening 766 communicating the first chamber 7212 and the second chamber 7214 are formed in the mounting plate 76, and the first ventilation opening 764 and the second ventilation opening 766 are arranged in the vertical direction, so that the self gravity of air can be utilized to circulate between the first chamber 7212 and the second chamber 7214, so as to cool the electronic component 71 arranged in the second chamber 7214, and the overall temperature of the electronic control box 7 can be reduced.

Further, the heat sink 6 may be disposed at an upper side of the main heat generating element 715 in a gravity direction, that is, the heat sink 6 is disposed at a position near the top of the first chamber 7212, and the main heat generating element 715 is disposed at a position near the bottom of the second chamber 7214. By such an arrangement, the distance between the heat sink 6 and the first ventilation opening 764 can be reduced, so that the hot air entering the first chamber 7212 through the first ventilation opening 764 quickly contacts with the heat sink 6 to be cooled, and naturally sinks under the action of gravity. By reducing the distance between the main heating element 715 and the second ventilation opening 766, the hot air entering the second chamber 7214 through the second ventilation opening 766 quickly contacts with the main heating element 715 to be heated, and naturally rises under the action of buoyancy, so that the circulation speed of the air flow in the electronic control box 7 can be increased, and the heat dissipation efficiency is improved.

Further, as shown in fig. 45, a secondary heating element 716 may be further disposed in the electronic control box 7, and the secondary heating element 716 is disposed in the second chamber 7214 and is in heat conduction connection with the heat exchange main body 61, wherein the heat generation amount of the secondary heating element 716 is smaller than that of the main heating element 715.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the main heating element 715 with a large heat generation amount may be disposed at a position close to the second ventilation opening 766, so that, on one hand, the cold air entering through the first chamber 7212 may first contact the electronic element 71 with a large heat generation amount, thereby improving the heat dissipation efficiency of the electronic element 71, and on the other hand, the cold air and the electronic element 71 with a large heat generation amount may have a large temperature difference therebetween, so that the cold air may be rapidly heated, and then rapidly raised by buoyancy. The sub-heater 716 with a small amount of heat generation is provided on the heat exchange body 61 and is in contact with the heat exchange body 61, so that the electronic component 71 with a small amount of heat generation can be directly cooled by the heat exchange body 61. In this way, by providing the main heating element 715 having a large heat generation amount and the sub-heating element 716 having a small heat generation amount in different regions, the distribution of the electronic components 71 can be made reasonable, and the internal space of the electronic control box 7 can be fully utilized.

Optionally, the secondary heating element 716 is connected to the heat exchanging body 61 through a heat radiation fixing plate 74 to improve the assembly efficiency of the secondary heating element 716.

The connection manner of the secondary heating element 716 and the heat exchange main body 61 may be the same as that in the above embodiments, and specific reference is made to the description in the above embodiments, which is not repeated herein.

Alternatively, it is also possible to arrange the heat sink 6 outside the electrical control box 7 and to arrange at least a partial extension of the heat sink 6 inside the first chamber 7212.

The matching manner of the heat sink 6 and the electronic control box 7 is the same as that in the above embodiment, please refer to the description in the above embodiment.

11. The pipeline is provided with a drainage sleeve

As shown in fig. 46 and 47, the air conditioning system 1 of the present embodiment includes a radiator 6, a pipe 710, and a flow guide cover 79.

The pipe 710 is used to connect the radiator 6 to supply the refrigerant flow to the radiator 6 or collect the refrigerant flow flowing out of the radiator 6. Specifically, the pipe 710 connects the header assembly of the radiator 6.

The pipeline 710 may include an input pipeline and an output pipeline, the input pipeline is used for providing the refrigerant flow to the heat sink 6, and the output pipeline is used for collecting the refrigerant flow in the heat sink 6.

The drainage sleeve 79 is sleeved on the pipeline 710 and is used for draining the condensed water formed on the pipeline 710 or the condensed water flowing through the pipeline. The drainage sleeve 79 can guide the condensed water on the pipeline 710, has the function of protecting the pipeline 710, and improves the reliability of the air conditioning system 1.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 48, the drainage sheath 79 includes a sheath 791 and a flange 792.

The sleeve body 791 is provided with an insertion hole 793 and a drainage groove 708, and the insertion hole 793 is used for accommodating the pipeline 710. The number and size of the insertion holes 793 may be set according to the distribution and size of the pipes 710. For example, in the embodiment shown in fig. 46, the number of the insertion holes 793 may be 2, and in other embodiments, the number of the insertion holes 793 may be 1 or 3, and the like.

The sleeve 791 may be made of a flexible material, such as thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer rubber, to protect the pipeline 710 and prevent the pipeline 710 from being worn by contact with a metal plate of the electronic control box during vibration.

The flange 792 is arranged on the end face of the sleeve body 791 and is positioned at the periphery of the inserting hole 793, so that a water collecting groove 794 is formed by matching with the sleeve body 791, the water collecting groove 794 is used for collecting condensed water on the pipeline 710, and the drainage groove 708 is communicated with the water collecting groove 794 and used for draining the condensed water in the water collecting groove 794. When the air conditioning system is in operation, the condensed water flows into the water collecting groove 794 of the drainage sleeve 79 along the pipeline 710 and is discharged through the water discharging groove 708 on the sleeve body 791.

As shown in fig. 48, the outer side wall of the flange 793 is flush with the outer side wall of the housing 791 to increase the volume of the water collection groove 794, thereby facilitating the collection of the condensed water.

Pipeline 710 can set up along the direction of gravity, and the cover body 791 includes the up end and the lower terminal surface that set up mutually, and flange 792 and water catch bowl 794 set up in the up end of the cover body 791, and the last terminal surface and the lower terminal surface of the cover body 791 of drain tank 708 intercommunication. The condensed water on the line 710 can flow into the water collection groove 794 by gravity and then be discharged through the water discharge groove 708 communicating with the water collection groove 794. In this way, the condensed water on the pipeline 710 can be automatically discharged. In other embodiments, the pipe 710 may be tilted to adapt to different application scenarios.

As shown in fig. 48, the drain groove 708 is opened on the sidewall of the housing 791 and further communicates with the insertion hole 793 and the outer side of the housing 791 to allow the pipe 710 to be inserted into the insertion hole 793 through the drain groove 708. Due to the design, on one hand, the drainage groove 708 can be used for sleeving the drainage sleeve 79 on the pipeline 710, so that the drainage sleeve 79 and the pipeline 710 can be conveniently assembled, on the other hand, the drainage groove 708 can be used for draining condensed water in the water collecting groove 794, and the structure of the drainage sleeve 79 is simplified. The size of the drainage channel 708 may be selected according to the amount of condensed water, and is not particularly limited herein.

Optionally, flange 792 has an opening at the side of drain channel 708 to allow conduit 710 to enter catch basin 794 through the opening in a manner that facilitates assembly of drainage sheath 79.

As shown in fig. 46 and 50, the air conditioning system 1 further includes an electronic control box 7, the electronic control box 7 includes a box body 72, and the heat sink 6 is disposed in the box body 72. Optionally, a drain 725 is provided on the box 72, and the drainage sleeve 79 is embedded in the drain 725. The condensed water in the electric control box 7 can be collected in the water collecting groove 794 of the drainage sheath 79 and discharged through the drainage groove 708. So, not only can do benefit to the emission of comdenstion water, can seal automatically controlled box 7 through this drainage cover 79 moreover to improve the reliability of automatically controlled box 7.

The cover 791 and the flange 792 abut the box 72, and the openings of the drain groove 708 and the flange 792 are located at the side where the cover 791 and the flange 792 abut the box 72, so that the box 72 blocks the drain groove 708 and the openings from the side of the drain cover 79. By adopting the mode, the sealing performance of the electric control box 7 can be improved, and the area communicated with the outside of the electric control box 7 is reduced.

In another embodiment, as shown in fig. 49, the present embodiment is different from the embodiment shown in fig. 48 in that a plurality of ribs 796 may be further provided inside the insertion hole 793, and the plurality of ribs 796 are spaced around the duct 710 and abut against the duct 710 to further form the drainage grooves 709 between the ribs 796. The water collecting groove 794 communicates with the water drain groove 709, and the condensed water collected in the water collecting groove 794 can be discharged through the water drain groove 709. In the embodiment shown in fig. 49, the drainage groove 708 and the drainage groove 709 are provided in the drainage housing 79, so that the drainage of the condensed water in the water collection groove 794 is facilitated, and the condensed water in the water collection groove 794 is prevented from overflowing. The convex ribs 796 can be connected with the upper end face and the lower end face of the sleeve body 791, the number of the convex ribs 796 can be 2, 3, 4 or 5, and the like, and the extending direction of the convex ribs 796 is the same as that of the pipeline 710, so that the drainage of condensed water is facilitated.

The protruding rib 796 may be integrally formed with the sleeve body 791 to facilitate processing and to make the structure of the drainage sleeve 79 more reliable. In other embodiments, the protruding rib 796 may also be adhered to the inner surface of the insertion hole 793, and the number of the protruding ribs 796 may be selected according to the actual amount of the condensed water to be drained, which is not specifically limited in this application.

It is understood that in other embodiments, the drainage sheath 79 may be provided with only the drainage channel 709, and not the drainage channel 708. In this way, the drainage of the condensed water in the water collection groove 794 can be realized, and the structure of the drainage sheath 79 is made simpler.

As shown in fig. 49, the sleeve body 791 may further include a fixing groove 797, and the fixing groove 797 is engaged with the box body 72 to fix the drainage sleeve 79. Alternatively, the fixing groove 797 may be provided at a side of the housing body 791 where the drain groove 708 is provided, so as to facilitate the installation of the guide sleeve 79. Can realize fixing drainage cover 79 through fixed slot 797, prevent that drainage cover 79 from sliding on pipeline 710, simultaneously, drainage cover 79 can fix pipeline 710, prevents that pipeline 710 from taking place the slope under the exogenic action, improves air conditioning system 1's reliability.

In the above embodiment, the pipeline 710 of the air conditioning system 1 is sleeved with the drainage sleeve 79, so that the condensed water on the pipeline 710 can be drained, the pipeline 710 is protected, the electronic control box 7 can be sealed, and the reliability of the air conditioning system 1 is improved.

The structures in the above embodiments may be combined with each other, and it is understood that, besides the aforementioned heat sink 6, other types of heat sinks 6 may also be adopted in the above embodiments, and the embodiments of the present application are not particularly limited.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating embodiments of the present application and is not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and all modifications of equivalent structures and equivalent processes, which are made by the contents of the specification and the drawings of the present application or are directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are also included in the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An air conditioning system, characterized in that the air conditioning system comprises:

a heat exchanger;

a conduit for connecting the heat exchanger to provide a flow of refrigerant to the heat exchanger;

and the drainage sleeve is sleeved on the pipeline and used for draining the condensed water flowing through the pipeline.

2. The air conditioning system of claim 1, wherein the flow directing sleeve comprises:

the sleeve body is provided with an inserting hole and a drainage groove, and the inserting hole is used for accommodating the pipeline;

the flange, set up in the terminal surface of the cover body, and be located it is peripheral to insert the hole, the flange with the cooperation of the cover body forms the water catch bowl, the water catch bowl is used for collecting on the pipeline the comdenstion water, water drainage tank and water catch bowl intercommunication are used for discharging in the water catch bowl the comdenstion water.

3. The air conditioning system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the pipe is disposed along a direction of gravity, the flange and the water collecting groove are disposed on an upper end surface of the cover body, and the water discharging groove communicates the upper end surface and a lower end surface of the cover body.

4. The air conditioning system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the drainage groove is formed on a side wall of the housing body and further communicates with the insertion hole and an outer side surface of the housing body to allow the pipeline to be inserted into the insertion hole through the drainage groove.

5. An air conditioning system according to claim 4, wherein said flange has an opening at a side of said drain channel to allow said pipe to enter said sump through said opening.

6. The air conditioning system of claim 5, further comprising an electrical control box, the electrical control box comprising a box body, the heat exchanger being disposed within the box body, the cover and the flange abutting the box body, the drain channel and the opening being located on a side of the cover and the flange abutting the box body.

7. The air conditioning system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the casing further has a fixing groove for engaging with the casing to fix the drainage casing.

8. The air conditioning system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the box body is provided with a water outlet, and the drainage sleeve is embedded in the water outlet.

9. An air conditioning system according to claim 3 wherein said insertion hole is internally provided with a plurality of ribs spaced around and abutting said duct to form said drain grooves therebetween.

10. The air conditioning system of claim 1, further comprising a deflector disposed on an underside of the heat exchanger for collecting condensate dripping from the heat exchanger.

11. The air conditioning system of claim 10, wherein a vertical projection of the heat exchanger falls inside the baffle.

12. The air conditioning system of claim 1, wherein the heat exchanger comprises a heat exchange body having a plurality of first microchannels for a first refrigerant stream to flow and a plurality of second microchannels for a second refrigerant stream to flow, the second refrigerant stream absorbing heat from the first refrigerant stream to subcool the first refrigerant stream or the first refrigerant stream absorbing heat from the second refrigerant stream to subcool the second refrigerant stream.