Heat pump

Abstract

A device for heating by absorbing latent heat of solidification of water, including a compressor (1), a condenser (2) and multiple evaporators (E1, E2) connected in parallel, each evaporator (E1, E2) has an electronic expansion valve (D1, D2) at its inlet, a solenoid valve (V1, V2) at its outlet; after the evaporators (E1, E2) are connected in parallel, outlets of the evaporators (E1, E2) are connected to an inlet of the compressor (1) and inlets of the evaporators (E1, E2) are connected to an outlet of the condenser (2); an outlet of the compressor (1) is connected to an inlet of the condenser (2); the compressor (1), the condenser (2) and the multiple parallel evaporators (E1, E2) form a closed loop system through pipelines; there are circulating refrigerants in the closed loop system, and heating and deicing processes are realized through a circulation of refrigerants; the solenoid valves (V1, V2) at the outlets of the evaporators (E1, E2) are switched between opening or closing to realize switching between evaporating and deicing functions of the evaporators (E1, E2).

Claims

1. A heat pump comprising a device for heating by absorbing latent heat of solidification of water, the device comprising a compressor, a condenser and evaporators connected in parallel, wherein the evaporators respectively have inlets and outlets, each of the evaporators has an electronic expansion valve at the corresponding inlet and a solenoid valve at the corresponding outlet; after the evaporators are connected in parallel, the outlets of the evaporators are connected to an inlet of the compressor and the inlets of the evaporators are connected to an outlet of the condenser; an outlet of the compressor is connected to an inlet of the condenser; the compressor, the condenser and the evaporators form a closed loop system through pipelines; there are circulating refrigerants in the closed loop system, and heating and deicing processes are realized through a circulation of the refrigerants; the solenoid valve at the outlet of each of the evaporators is switched between opening or closing to realize switching between evaporating and deicing functions of each of the evaporators, wherein the heat pump comprises a housing, the evaporators are joined to each other to form an outer surface of the heat pump, and the heat pump uses the outer surface to exchange heat with external water; the outer surface is integrated with the housing of the heat pump to wrap the heat pump; the condenser inside the heat pump is provided with water outflow and inflow pipelines to circulate with an external water flow.

2. The heat pump according to claim 1, wherein the inlets and outlets of the evaporators connected in parallel are each connected to main pipelines, one of the main pipelines at the outlets is connected to the compressor, and another one of the main pipelines at the inlets is connected to the condenser.

3. The heat pump according to claim 2, wherein outer surfaces of the evaporators connected in parallel directly exchange heat with water.

4. The heat pump according to claim 1, wherein multiple grooves are provided on a housing wall of an inner surface of the heat pump, the evaporators and the housing are tightly attached to each other at the grooves, and ultrasonic vibrators are provided inside the grooves, and the ultrasonic vibrators vibrate correspondingly according to various working modes of the heat pump.

5. The heat pump according to claim 4, wherein a four-way valve is connected to the inlet and the outlet of the compressor, and the heat pump is adapted to realize a refrigerating function under multiple operating conditions by switching the four-way valve.

6. The heat pump according to claim 5, wherein electric heating elements are provided on the housing wall of the inner surface of the evaporators, the amount of refrigerants in each external heat exchanger is adapted to be adjusted by a cooperation of the electric heating elements and the four-way valve.

7. The heat pump according to claim 1, wherein a heat-insulating material is filled between the condenser and inner walls of the evaporators.

8. The heat pump according to claim 2, wherein multiple grooves are provided on a housing wall of an inner surface of the heat pump, the evaporators and the housing are tightly attached to each other at the grooves, and ultrasonic vibrators are provided inside the grooves, and the ultrasonic vibrators vibrate correspondingly according to various working modes of the heat pump.

9. The heat pump according to claim 8, wherein a four-way valve is connected to the inlet and the outlet of the compressor, and the heat pump is adapted to realize a refrigerating function under multiple operating conditions by switching the four-way valve.

10. The heat pump according to claim 9, wherein electric heating elements are provided on the housing wall of the inner surface of the evaporators, the amount of refrigerants in each external heat exchanger is adapted to be adjusted by a cooperation of the electric heating elements and the four-way valve.

11. The heat pump according to claim 2, wherein a heat-insulating material is filled between the condenser and inner walls of the evaporators.

12. The heat pump according to claim 3, wherein multiple grooves are provided on a housing wall of an inner surface of the heat pump, the evaporators and the housing are tightly attached to each other at the grooves, and ultrasonic vibrators are provided inside the grooves, and the ultrasonic vibrators vibrate correspondingly according to various working modes of the heat pump.

13. The heat pump according to claim 12, wherein a four-way valve is connected to the inlet and the outlet of the compressor, and the heat pump is adapted to realize a refrigerating function under multiple operating conditions by switching the four-way valve.

14. The heat pump according to claim 13, wherein electric heating elements are provided on the housing wall of the inner surface of the evaporators, the amount of refrigerants in each external heat exchanger is adapted to be adjusted by a cooperation of the electric heating elements and the four-way valve.

15. The heat pump according to claim 3, wherein a heat-insulating material is filled between the condenser and inner walls of the evaporators.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a device for continuous heating by absorbing latent heat of solidification of water.

(2) FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a heat pump.

(3) FIG. 3 is a top view of a heat pump.

(4) FIG. 4 is a partial schematic diagram of a heat pump.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

(5) The present invention will be further described below with reference to specific examples. The drawings are only for illustrative purposes, and represent only schematic diagrams, rather than physical pictures, and cannot be understood as a limitation of this application. In order to better illustrate the examples of the present invention, some parts in the drawings may be omitted, enlarged or reduced, and do not represent the actual product size. It is understandable to those skilled in the art that some well-known structures and their descriptions in the drawings may be omitted.

Embodiment 1

(6) As shown in FIG. 1, a device for continuous heating by absorbing latent heat of solidification of water is provided, which includes two evaporators E1 and E2 that are in direct contact heat exchange with a water source. Solenoid valves V1 and V2 are separately provided at outlets of the evaporators E1 and E2, and electronic expansion valves D1 and D2 are separately provided at inlets. The device also includes a compressor 1 and a condenser 2. The compressor 1 compresses and pressurizes refrigerants, and the condenser 2 performs condensation and heat exchange to the refrigerants. Pipelines following the solenoid valves V1 and V2 at the outlets of the evaporators E1 and E2 are connected in parallel and connected to an inlet of the compressor 1 through a main pipeline 6. Pipelines in front of the electronic expansion valves D1 and D2 at the inlets of the evaporators E1 and E2 are connected in parallel, and are connected to an outlet of the condenser 2 through a main pipeline 7. An outlet of the compressor 1 is connected to an inlet of the condenser 2 through a pipeline 8.

(7) The compressor 1 is a heat pump type compressor to meet requirements for a stable operation of a heat pump in a wide temperature range and a large differential pressure range.

(8) The evaporators E1 and E2 of the heating device are in direct contact with water to exchange heat, and the refrigerants evaporate in the evaporators at a temperature lower than 0° C. When an ice layer on a surface of the evaporator E1 reaches a certain thickness and deicing is required, the solenoid valve V1 at the outlet of the evaporator E1 is closed. Under the action of the compressor and after being condensed from the condenser 2, the refrigerants enter the evaporator E1 and the evaporator E2 through the respective electronic expansion valves D1 and D2. The outlet V1 of the evaporator E1 is closed, the refrigerants accumulate in the evaporator E1, and a pressure and a temperature rise. When the temperature exceeds 0° C., the refrigerants in the evaporator E1 release heat to the outside again, and the ice layer consolidated on its surface will partially melt. Under the action of buoyancy of water, unmelted ice layer floats away from an outer surface of the evaporator, and the evaporator E1 completes the work of melting the ice layer. While deicing of E1 is in progress, the evaporator E2 remains in an evaporated state.

(9) When an ice layer on the outer surface of the evaporator E2 reaches a certain thickness, the solenoid valve V2 of the outlet of the evaporator E2 is closed, and the evaporator E2 enters a state of melting and deicing. At the same time, the valve V1 of the outlet of the evaporator E1 that has completed the deicing is opened, and the evaporator E1 enters an evaporation state again.

(10) With such alternation, one evaporator is always kept in the evaporation state of evaporating and absorbing the latent heat during a heating cycle, and the condenser of the heat pump can achieve a continuous heat output. The heat pump completes an absorption of the latent heat of solidification of water for heating.

(11) Specifically, the complete latent heat absorption and all parts of the uninterrupted heating device complete the following processes.

(12) Process 1, evaporating and absorbing heat:

(13) The liquid refrigerants that have released heat in the condenser 2 enter the evaporators through the pipeline 7 and the electronic expansion valves. When the outlet valves of the evaporators are open; under the suction of the compressor, the refrigerants in the evaporators evaporate at a temperature below 0° C., the latent heat of solidification of water is absorbed. After the latent heat of solidification is released by water, the ice layers are consolidated on the surfaces of the evaporators, and the refrigerants evaporate to form low temperature and low pressure gas refrigerants, which enter the compressor 1 through the pipeline 6.

(14) Process 2, compressing and pressure boosting:

(15) After the refrigerants enter the compressor 1 through the pipeline 6, the refrigerants are compressed by the compressor 1, the pressure of the refrigerants increases, the temperature increases, and the refrigerants enter the condenser 2 through the pipeline 8.

(16) Process 3, condensing and releasing heat:

(17) High temperature and high pressure gas refrigerants formed after passing through the compressor 1 enter the condenser 2 through the pipeline 8 to release high temperature heat, and the high temperature heat released in the condenser 2 can output heat through a circulating hot water pipeline. The refrigerants condense and release heat under high pressure to form saturated liquid refrigerants.

(18) Process 4, low temperature releasing heat and deicing:

(19) The liquid refrigerants after releasing heat in the condenser enters the evaporators through the pipeline 7 and the electronic expansion valves. When the outlet valves of the evaporators are closed. The refrigerants accumulates in the evaporators and the pressure and temperature rise. When the temperature exceeds 0° C., the refrigerants release heat to the outside. The ice layers consolidated on the surfaces of the evaporators melt at interfaces. When complete water films are formed at the entire interfaces, the ice layers that have not yet melted are removed from the surfaces under the action of buoyancy of water, and the evaporators complete deicing.

(20) In the above four processes, process 1 and process 4 are alternately performed in two parallel external surface evaporators E1 and E2, and process 2 and process 3 are continuously performed in the compressor 1 and the condenser 2 respectively. The condenser 2 can continuously release high temperature heat.

(21) The electronic expansion valves D1 and D2 at the inlets of the evaporative heat exchangers E1 and E2 perform throttling and refrigerants flow control to keep one of the two evaporative heat exchangers E1 and E2 of the heating cycle in the evaporation state that absorbs the latent heat, which can keep the condensing heat exchanger 2 constantly releasing heat. The heating device realizes the function of absorbing the latent heat in water and continuously releasing heat.

Embodiment 2

(22) As shown in FIG. 2, a heat pump is provided. The unit includes the heating device in Embodiment 1, and specifically includes a compressor 1, a condenser 2, a four-way valve 4, an evaporator E1, an evaporator E2, an ultrasonic vibrator 9 installed on an inner layer of the heat pump, and a water outlet H1 and a water inlet H2 connected to the condenser 2.

(23) The two parallel evaporators E1 and E2 form a housing 3 of the heat pump unit. When the unit is submerged for operation, surfaces of the housing 3 are used as heat exchange surfaces to exchange heat with water.

(24) In order to increase contact surfaces and the heat exchange surfaces between the evaporators and water, as shown in FIG. 3, reinforcing protrusions E13 are provided on the surfaces of the evaporators to increase surface areas and strength of the evaporators.

(25) An outlet pipeline 8 and an inlet pipeline 6 of the compressor 1, an inlet pipeline 12 of the condenser 2, the evaporator E1, and an outlet pipeline 11 of the evaporator E2 are connected by the four-way valve 4. An outlet of the condenser 2 is connected to inlets of the evaporators E1 and E2 through a pipeline 7. When the heat pump is heating, the four-way valve connects the pipeline 8 to the pipeline 12 and the pipeline 6 to the pipeline 11.

(26) Specifically, the inlet of the evaporator E1 has an electronic expansion valve D1, and an outlet has a solenoid valve V1. The inlet of the evaporator E2 has an electronic expansion valve D2, and an outlet has a solenoid valve V2. When the heat pump is working, it submerges into water source integrally, which is conducive to improving efficiency of the heat pump and controlling noise of the heat pump.

(27) Cavities between a circulating water outlet pipeline H1, a circulating water inlet pipeline H2 and the evaporators are filled with rubber-plastic heat-insulating material 5 to reduce a heat loss of internal heat transfer. The heat-insulating material is made of polyurethane foam, rubber-plastic sponge, etc., preferably rubber-plastic heat-insulating material. The rubber-plastic heat-insulating material is an elastic closed-cell elastic material, which is soft, bend-resistant, cold-resistant, heat-resistant, flame-retardant, low thermal conductivity, shock absorption, sound absorption and other excellent performance, can achieve the effect of reducing cold and heat loss.

(28) Outer walls of inner sides of the evaporator E1 and evaporator E2 are also provided with electric heating elements E1-14 and E2-14. The electric heating elements E1-14 and E2-14 are directly attached to outer surfaces of the inner side of the evaporator E1 and the evaporator E2. The heat generated by the electric heating elements can be directly absorbed by the evaporator E1 and the evaporator E2.

(29) When the heat pump operates in an environment where a temperature of external water is close to 0° C. (below 5° C.), the heat pump absorbs the latent heat for heating. When absorbing the latent heat for heating, the solenoid valves V1 and V2 at the outlets of the evaporator E1 and the evaporator E2 are switched between deicing and evaporation states. A refrigerant path is divided into two parts. Path A: refrigerants pass through the compressor 1.fwdarw.the condenser 2.fwdarw.the electronic expansion valve D1.fwdarw.the evaporator E1.fwdarw.the solenoid valve V1.fwdarw.the compressor 1, and a process of compressing.fwdarw.condensing.fwdarw.throttling.fwdarw.evaporating.fwdarw.compressing is completed correspondingly, and a compressing and heating cycle is completed. The latent heat of solidification of the surface of the evaporator E1 contacting water is absorbed, and water solidifies and freezes into an ice layer on the surface of the evaporator E1 after releasing heat. Path B: the refrigerants pass through the compressor 1.fwdarw.the condenser 2.fwdarw.the electronic expansion valve D2.fwdarw.the evaporator E2, and a process of compressing.fwdarw.condensing.fwdarw.throttling.fwdarw.low temperature releasing heat and deicing is completed, when a temperature of the evaporator E2 in this path exceeds 0° C. due to refrigerants accumulation, the evaporator E2 releases heat to outside, the ice layer consolidated on the contact surface of the evaporator E2 melts, and the ice layer floats up under the action of water, leaves the surface of the evaporator E2, and the heat exchanger completes the deicing. Through a switching of the outlet valves V1 and V2 of the evaporator E1 and the evaporator E2, one of the evaporator E1 and the evaporator E2 is always in the evaporation state, which can ensure that the heat pump continuously absorbs the latent heat for heating and completes a heat output.

(30) When a temperature of an external water source is much higher than 0° C. (usually higher than 5° C.), the heat pump can operate in a mode of absorbing sensible heat. Specifically, the solenoid valves at the outlets of the evaporators E1 and E2 are fully opened, and opening degrees of the electronic expansion valves at the inlets remain the same. A refrigerant path is the compressor 1.fwdarw.the condenser 2.fwdarw.the electronic expansion valves D1 and D2.fwdarw.the evaporator E1 and E2.fwdarw.the compressor 1, and the process of compressing.fwdarw.condensing.fwdarw.throttling.fwdarw.evaporating.fwdarw.compressing is completed correspondingly. The heat pump continuously outputs heat.

(31) By switching the four-way valve 4, the heat pump can realize a refrigerating function. When the heat pump is refrigerating, the four-way valve connects the pipeline 8 with the pipeline 11 and the pipeline 6 with the pipeline 12.

(32) During heat pump refrigerating operation, the functions of the condenser and the evaporator are interchanged, the condenser 2 serves as the evaporator of a refrigerating system, and the evaporators E1 and E2 serve as the condenser of the refrigerating system. The solenoid valves V1 and V2 that serve as the inlets of the condensers E1 and E2 are fully opened, and the opening degrees of the outlet electronic expansion valves D1 and D2 remain the same. The refrigerant path is the compressor 1.fwdarw.the condenser E1 and E2.fwdarw.the electronic expansion valve D1 and D2.fwdarw.the evaporator 2.fwdarw.the compressor 1, the process of compressing.fwdarw.condensing.fwdarw.throttling.fwdarw.evaporating.fwdarw.compressing is completed correspondingly, and a compressing and refrigerating cycle is completed. Circulating water of the evaporator 2 provides chilled water to the outside.

(33) When the heat pump is in a refrigerating operation, the external water source is equivalent to cooling water of the refrigerating system. The lower the cooling water temperature, the higher the refrigerating efficiency. However, when the temperature of the outside water is too low and below the temperature of the chilled water, the refrigerants will excessively condense and accumulate in E1 and E2 as the condensers, and the refrigerating cycle will be broken. At this time, the heat pump can operate in a low temperature condensation mode. In this mode, adjusting the heat exchange area of the condenser in the refrigerating cycle and adjusting the amount of circulating refrigerants allow the refrigerating cycle to continue. Specifically, the four-way valve 4 is switched to the inlet 6 of the compressor 1 is connected to the pipeline 11 and the outlet pipeline 8 is connected to the pipeline 12, and at the same time, the electronic expansion valve D1 of the heat exchanger E1 is closed and the solenoid valve V2 of the heat exchanger E2 is closed, the electric heating elements E1-14 on an inner surface of the heat exchanger E1 and the compressor 1 are turned on. The suction effect of the compressor 1 allows the refrigerants to enter the condenser 2 and the heat exchanger E2. When the pressure in the evaporator E1 reaches a set value, the electronic expansion valve D1 and the solenoid valve V1 of the heat exchanger E1 are closed, the four-way valve 4 is switched to the inlet 6 of the compressor 1 is connected to the pipeline 12, and the outlet pipeline 8 is connected to the pipeline 11. In the refrigerating system, only the heat exchanger E2 is reserved as the condenser in the refrigerating system. The refrigerant path is the compressor 1.fwdarw.the condenser E2.fwdarw.the electronic expansion valve D2.fwdarw.the evaporator 2.fwdarw.the compressor 1, the process of compressing.fwdarw.condensing.fwdarw.throttling.fwdarw.evaporating.fwdarw.compressing is completed correspondingly. At this time, the heat exchange area of the condenser in the refrigerating system decreases, the refrigerants increases, and the refrigerating cycle can continue.

(34) As shown in FIG. 4, inner surfaces of housings of the heat exchangers E1 and E2 are processed with grooves, and the inner and outer walls of the grooves are bonded together to enhance the strength of the heat exchangers. Ultrasonic vibrators 9 are installed in the formed grooves, and an ultrasonic vibration generating device 10 is provided inside the heat pump. In accordance with the different operation modes of the heat pump unit, the ultrasonic vibration generating device 10 sends out ultrasonic waves through the ultrasonic vibrators 9 to realize different functions.

(35) When the heat pump absorbs the latent heat for heating operation, the ultrasonic waves vibrate in different areas. Specifically, the ultrasonic vibrators on the evaporators are vibrated where the deicing is operated. Ultrasonic vibration can accelerate the ice layer off the surface of the heat exchanger, thus ensuring the stable operation of the heat pump.

(36) When the heat pump absorbs sensible heat for heating operation, the ultrasonic waves vibrate intermittently in different periods. The use of ultrasonic intermittent vibration can ensure the cleanness of the outer surface of the heat pump, thereby ensuring the heat exchange efficiency and stable operation of the heat pump.

(37) When the heat pump is operated in a conventional refrigerating mode, the ultrasonic waves vibrate intermittently in different periods. Use cavitation and vibration effects of the ultrasonic waves to speed up the transfer of heat released by the heat pump in water. At the same time, the ultrasonic vibration can keep the outer surface of the heat pump clean, prevent the formation of scale deposits on the outer surface of the heat exchanger caused by the high temperature of the outer surface, and ensure the heat pump efficiency and stable operation.

(38) When the heat pump is operated in a low temperature condensation mode. Ultrasonic does not work. Avoid heat spreading too fast to avoid unstable heat pump operation.

(39) Obviously, the above embodiments are only examples for clearly explaining the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than limiting the embodiments of the present invention. This application details the deicing and evaporation of the two evaporators in turn, but the deicing and evaporation of multiple evaporators are similar. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other different forms of changes or changes can be made based on the above description. There is no need to exhaustively list all implementations. Any amendments, equivalent replacement and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall be included in the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.