Disclosure of Invention
The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide a heat pump system with a hot water making function so as to realize the purposes of heating and refrigerating the indoor temperature of a user and preparing hot water used by the user for integrated integration; another purpose is to recycle the waste heat in the refrigerant before condensation in the heat pump system, thereby achieving the effects of reducing energy consumption and improving efficiency.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the technical scheme that:
a heat pump system with a hot water making function comprises a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, a throttling device and an outdoor heat exchanger which are connected by pipelines to form a circulation flow channel, wherein a first control device is arranged on the circulation flow channel to switch the flowing direction of a refrigerant in the circulation flow channel; the indoor heat exchanger comprises a first heat exchanger for exchanging heat for indoor airflow and a second heat exchanger for exchanging heat for a water tank of the water heater, and a second control device is arranged on the circulating flow channel, so that the first heat exchanger alone, the second heat exchanger alone, or the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger are jointly connected into the circulating flow channel.
Furthermore, a first four-way valve and a second four-way valve are arranged on the circulating flow channel, the first four-way valve is provided with four openings a, b, c and d, the second four-way valve is provided with four openings e, f, g and h, and each opening is correspondingly connected with a corresponding component in the system through a corresponding pipeline so as to control the flow direction of the refrigerant in the circulating flow channel.
Furthermore, an a port of the first four-way valve is connected with an outlet of the compressor through a pipeline, a b port of the first four-way valve is connected with an e port of the second four-way valve, a c port of the first four-way valve is connected with an inlet of the compressor through a pipeline, and a d port of the first four-way valve is connected with a first port of the first heat exchanger; the e port of the second four-way valve is connected with the b port of the first four-way valve, the f port is connected with the inlet of the second heat exchanger, the g port is connected into a pipeline connected between the c port of the first four-way valve and the inlet of the compressor through a fourth connecting pipeline, the h port is connected with the outlet of the second heat exchanger through a second connecting pipeline, and the h port is connected with the first port of the outdoor heat exchanger through a pipeline.
Furthermore, a second port of the first heat exchanger is connected with a first port of the throttling device through a first connecting pipeline, and a second port of the throttling device is connected with a second port of the outdoor heat exchanger through a pipeline; the third connecting pipeline is communicated with the second connecting pipeline through the first connecting pipeline.
Furthermore, a first control valve, a second control valve, a third control valve and a fourth control valve for controlling the on-off of the corresponding pipelines are respectively arranged on the first connecting pipeline, the second connecting pipeline, the third connecting pipeline and the fourth connecting pipeline.
Furthermore, a second control valve is arranged between the intersection of the first connecting pipeline and the second four-way valve, and a third control valve is arranged between the intersection of the first connecting pipeline and the third connecting pipeline and the first heat exchanger.
The present invention further provides a control method for any one of the heat pump systems with a hot water making function, wherein when the water stored in the water tank of the water heater is heated and the indoor air flow is cooled by the air conditioning system, the refrigerant flowing out of the compressor exchanges heat with the water stored in the water tank of the heat pump, heats the water stored in the water tank, exchanges heat with the outdoor air flow, and performs condensation treatment.
Further, the heat pump system with the water heating function has four modes, namely a water heating mode, a cooling heat recovery mode, a cooling mode and a heating mode, which respectively correspond to the independent first heat exchanger, the common first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger, the independent second heat exchanger and the independent second heat exchanger which are connected into the circulating flow channel.
Further, in the heating mode and the cooling mode, the flowing directions of the refrigerants in the circulating flow channel are opposite.
Further, in the heating and cooling heat recovery mode, the first heat exchanger is connected between the outlet of the compressor and the throttling device, and the second heat exchanger is connected between the inlet of the compressor and the outdoor heat exchanger, so that heat exchange is carried out between the refrigerant and the stored water in the water tank before heat exchange and condensation treatment of outdoor airflow, and the stored water in the water tank is heated by using waste heat in the refrigerant before condensation.
Further, when the air conditioner is in a water heating mode, the refrigerant circularly flows along the outlet of the compressor, the a port of the first four-way valve, the b port of the first four-way valve, the e port of the second four-way valve, the f port of the second four-way valve, the second heat exchanger, the throttling device, the outdoor heat exchanger, the h port of the second four-way valve, the g port of the second four-way valve and the inlet of the compressor; when the air conditioner is in a cooling and heat recovery mode, a refrigerant circularly flows along the outlet of the compressor, the a port of the first four-way valve, the b port of the first four-way valve, the e port of the second four-way valve, the f port of the second four-way valve, the second heat exchanger, the outdoor heat exchanger, the throttling device, the first heat exchanger, the d port of the first four-way valve, the c port of the first four-way valve and the inlet of the compressor; when the air conditioner is in a heating mode, the refrigerant circularly flows along the outlet of the compressor, the a port of the first four-way valve, the d port of the first four-way valve, the first heat exchanger, the throttling device, the outdoor heat exchanger, the h port of the second four-way valve, the g port of the second four-way valve and the inlet of the compressor; when the air conditioner is in a refrigerating mode, the refrigerant circularly flows along the outlet of the compressor, the a port of the first four-way valve, the b port of the first four-way valve, the e port of the second four-way valve, the h port of the second four-way valve, the outdoor heat exchanger, the throttling device, the first heat exchanger, the d port of the first four-way valve, the c port of the first four-way valve and the inlet of the compressor.
Further, when the water heating mode is in, the first control valve, the second control valve, the third control valve and the fourth control valve on the circulating flow channel are opened, the port a and the port b of the first four-way valve are communicated, the port e and the port f of the second four-way valve are communicated, and the port g and the port h of the second four-way valve are communicated; when the circulating flow channel is in a cooling and heat recovery mode, the first control valve, the second control valve, the third control valve and the fourth control valve on the circulating flow channel are disconnected, the port a and the port b of the first four-way valve are communicated, the port c and the port d of the first four-way valve are communicated, and the port e and the port f of the second four-way valve are communicated; when the heating device is in a heating mode, a first control valve on the circulating flow channel is disconnected, a second control valve on the circulating flow channel is disconnected, a third control valve on the circulating flow channel is opened, a fourth control valve on the circulating flow channel is opened, an a port of the first four-way valve is communicated with a d port, and a g port of the second four-way valve is communicated with an h port; when the refrigeration system is in a refrigeration mode, the first control valve on the circulation flow channel is disconnected, the second control valve is disconnected, the third control valve is opened, the fourth control valve is disconnected, the port a of the first four-way valve is communicated with the port b, the port c of the first four-way valve is communicated with the port d, and the port e of the second four-way valve is communicated with the port h of the second four-way valve.
After the technical scheme is adopted, compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects.
1. According to the invention, through the setting and control method, the purposes of simultaneously integrating the functions of heating and refrigerating the indoor temperature of the user and preparing the hot water used by the user on a single system are realized, and the effects of regulating the indoor temperature of the user and/or integrally setting the heating and preparing functions of the hot water used by the user are achieved.
2. In the process of refrigerating the indoor temperature, the refrigerant after being compressed firstly flows through the water tank, the stored water in the water tank is heated and then enters the outdoor heat exchanger for condensation, so that the aim of recycling waste heat in the refrigerant before being condensed in the heat pump system is fulfilled, and the effects of reducing energy consumption and improving efficiency are further achieved.
The following describes embodiments of the present invention in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and the following embodiments are used for illustrating the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
As shown in fig. 1, the embodiment of the present invention discloses a heat pump system with a hot water producing function, which includes a compressor 1, an indoor heat exchanger, a throttling device 6 and an outdoor heat exchanger 7 connected by pipelines to form a circulation flow channel, wherein a first control device is disposed on the circulation flow channel to switch the flow direction of a refrigerant in the circulation flow channel; the indoor heat exchanger comprises a first heat exchanger 5 for exchanging heat for indoor air flow and a second heat exchanger 4 for exchanging heat for a water heater water tank, and a second control device is arranged on the circulating flow channel, so that the first heat exchanger 5 alone, the second heat exchanger 4 alone or the first heat exchanger 5 and the second heat exchanger 4 are jointly connected into the circulating flow channel.
Through the setting, the purposes of heating and refrigerating the indoor temperature of the user house, preparing the hot water for the user house and the like on a single system are achieved, and the effects of regulating the indoor temperature of the user and/or heating the hot water for the user house to prepare the function for integration are achieved.
In the embodiment of the invention, the circulating flow channel is provided with a first four-way valve 2 and a second four-way valve 3, the first four-way valve 2 is provided with four openings a, b, c and d, the second four-way valve 3 is provided with four openings e, f, g and h, and each opening is correspondingly connected with a corresponding component in the system through a corresponding pipeline so as to control the flow direction of the refrigerant in the circulating flow channel.
In the embodiment of the invention, an a port of a first four-way valve 2 is connected with an outlet of a compressor 1 through a pipeline, a b port is connected with an e port of a second four-way valve 3, a c port is connected with an inlet of the compressor 1 through a pipeline, and a d port is connected with a first port of a first heat exchanger 5; the e port of the second four-way valve 3 is connected with the b port of the first four-way valve 2, the f port is connected with the inlet of the second heat exchanger 4, the g port is connected into a pipeline connected between the c port of the first four-way valve and the inlet of the compressor 1 through a fourth connecting pipeline, the h port is connected with the outlet of the second heat exchanger 3 through a second connecting pipeline, and the h port is connected with the first port of the outdoor heat exchanger 7 through a pipeline.
In the embodiment of the invention, the second port of the first heat exchanger 5 is connected with the first port of the throttling device 6 through a first connecting pipeline, and the second port of the throttling device 6 is connected with the second port of the outdoor heat exchanger 7 through a pipeline; the third connecting pipeline is communicated with the second connecting pipeline through the first connecting pipeline.
In the embodiment of the invention, a first control valve 10, a second control valve 11, a third control valve 12 and a fourth control valve 13 for controlling the on-off of the corresponding pipelines are respectively arranged on the first connecting pipeline, the second connecting pipeline, the third connecting pipeline and the fourth connecting pipeline.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the second control valve 11 is disposed between the junction of the first connecting line and the second four-way valve 3, and the third control valve 12 is disposed between the junction of the first connecting line and the third connecting line and the first heat exchanger 5.
In the embodiment of the invention, the first heat exchanger 5 and the second heat exchanger 4 are arranged indoors of a user home, and the outdoor heat exchanger 7, the throttling device 6 and the compressor 1 are arranged outdoors of the user home; the pipes passing through the inside and outside of the user's house in the circulation flow passage are connected by joints to realize the connection assembly between the indoor and outdoor parts of the whole system.
In the embodiment of the invention, the outdoor heat exchanger 7 is provided with the outdoor fan 8, and the outdoor fan 8 is driven by the outdoor fan motor 9 to rotate so as to form the outdoor heat exchange airflow for making the outdoor air flow through the outdoor heat exchanger, so as to make the outdoor heat exchange airflow and the refrigerant flowing through the outdoor heat exchanger perform heat exchange. Similarly, an indoor fan is further provided in the room of the user's home to generate an indoor heat exchange airflow for passing the indoor air through the first heat exchanger 5, so as to exchange heat between the indoor heat exchange airflow and the refrigerant passing through the first heat exchanger 5.
In the embodiment of the invention, the second heat exchanger 4 is a heat exchange pipeline which is coiled on the outer wall of the water tank, and the heat exchange pipeline is coiled on the water tank from top to bottom; the upper end of the heat exchange pipeline is an inlet of the second heat exchanger 4, and the lower end of the heat exchange pipeline is an outlet of the second heat exchanger 4. The water tank is also provided with a water inlet for water to flow in and a water outlet for heated hot water to flow out.
When the water stored in the water tank of the water heater is heated and the indoor airflow is cooled by the air conditioning system, the refrigerant flowing out of the compressor exchanges heat with the water stored in the water tank of the heat pump to heat the water stored in the water tank, exchanges heat with the outdoor airflow and carries out condensation treatment.
In the process of refrigerating the indoor temperature, the compressed refrigerant firstly flows through the water tank, the stored water in the water tank is heated and then enters the outdoor heat exchanger for condensation, so that the aim of recycling waste heat in the refrigerant before condensation in the heat pump system is fulfilled, and the effects of reducing energy consumption and improving efficiency are achieved.
In the embodiment of the invention, the heat pump system with the hot water making function has four modes, namely a hot water making mode, a cooling heat recovery mode, a cooling mode and a heating mode, which respectively correspond to the independent first heat exchanger, the common first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger, the independent second heat exchanger and the independent second heat exchanger which are connected into the circulating flow channel.
In the embodiment of the invention, under the heating mode and the cooling mode, the flowing directions of the refrigerants in the circulating flow channel are opposite.
In the embodiment of the invention, in the heating and cooling heat recovery mode, the first heat exchanger is connected between the outlet of the compressor and the throttling device, and the second heat exchanger is connected between the inlet of the compressor and the outdoor heat exchanger, so that the refrigerant exchanges heat with the water stored in the water tank before the heat exchange and condensation treatment of the outdoor air flow, and the water stored in the water tank is heated by utilizing the waste heat in the refrigerant before condensation.
In the embodiment of the invention, when the heat pump system with the hot water making function is in a hot water making mode, the refrigerant circularly flows along the outlet of the compressor, the a port of the first four-way valve, the b port of the first four-way valve, the e port of the second four-way valve, the f port of the second four-way valve, the second heat exchanger, the throttling device, the outdoor heat exchanger, the h port of the second four-way valve, the g port of the second four-way valve and the inlet of the compressor.
When the heat pump system with the water heating function is in a cooling and heat recovery mode, a refrigerant circularly flows along the outlet of the compressor, the a port of the first four-way valve, the b port of the first four-way valve, the e port of the second four-way valve, the f port of the second four-way valve, the second heat exchanger, the outdoor heat exchanger, the throttling device, the first heat exchanger, the d port of the first four-way valve, the c port of the first four-way valve and the inlet of the compressor.
When the heat pump system with the hot water making function is in a heating mode, a refrigerant circularly flows along the outlet of the compressor, the port a of the first four-way valve, the port d of the first four-way valve, the first heat exchanger, the throttling device, the outdoor heat exchanger, the port h of the second four-way valve, the port g of the second four-way valve and the inlet of the compressor.
When the heat pump system with the hot water making function is in a refrigerating mode, a refrigerant circularly flows along the outlet of the compressor, the a port of the first four-way valve, the b port of the first four-way valve, the e port of the second four-way valve, the h port of the second four-way valve, the outdoor heat exchanger, the throttling device, the first heat exchanger, the d port of the first four-way valve, the c port of the first four-way valve and the inlet of the compressor.
In the embodiment of the invention, when the heat pump system with the hot water making function is in a hot water making mode, a first control valve on a circulating flow channel is opened, a second control valve is disconnected, a third control valve is disconnected, and a fourth control valve is opened, an a port and a b port of a first four-way valve are communicated, an e port and an f port of a second four-way valve are communicated, and a g port and an h port of the second four-way valve are communicated;
when the heat pump system with the water heating function is in a cooling and heat recovery mode, the first control valve, the second control valve, the third control valve and the fourth control valve on the circulating flow channel are disconnected, the port a and the port b of the first four-way valve are communicated, the port c and the port d of the first four-way valve are communicated, and the port e and the port f of the second four-way valve are communicated;
when the heat pump system with the hot water making function is in a heating mode, a first control valve on a circulating flow channel is disconnected, a second control valve is disconnected, a third control valve is opened, a fourth control valve is opened, an a port of a first four-way valve is communicated with a d port, and a g port of a second four-way valve is communicated with an h port;
when the heat pump system with the hot water making function is in a refrigerating mode, the first control valve, the second control valve, the third control valve and the fourth control valve on the circulating flow channel are disconnected, the port a and the port b of the first four-way valve are communicated, the port c and the port d of the first four-way valve are communicated, and the port e and the port h of the second four-way valve are communicated.
In the embodiment of the invention, the specific control mode of the heat pump system with the hot water making function is as follows:
s1, selecting a working mode by a user;
s2, executing a heating mode, wherein a first control valve on the circulating flow channel is disconnected, a second control valve on the circulating flow channel is disconnected, a third control valve on the circulating flow channel is opened, a fourth control valve on the circulating flow channel is opened, an a port of a first four-way valve is communicated with a d port, and a g port of a second four-way valve is communicated with an h port; the refrigerant circularly flows along the outlet of the compressor, the port a of the first four-way valve, the port d of the first four-way valve, the first heat exchanger, the throttling device, the outdoor heat exchanger, the port h of the second four-way valve, the port g of the second four-way valve and the inlet of the compressor;
s3, executing a refrigeration mode, judging whether a user needs to prepare hot water or not, and executing a step S5 if the user needs to prepare hot water; if not, go to step S4;
s4, executing a refrigeration mode without preparing hot water, wherein a first control valve on the circulating flow channel is disconnected, a second control valve is disconnected, a third control valve is opened, a fourth control valve is disconnected, an a port of a first four-way valve is communicated with a b port, a c port is communicated with a d port, and an e port of a second four-way valve is communicated with an h port; the refrigerant circularly flows along the outlet of the compressor, the port a of the first four-way valve, the port b of the first four-way valve, the port e of the second four-way valve, the port h of the second four-way valve, the outdoor heat exchanger, the throttling device, the first heat exchanger, the port d of the first four-way valve, the port c of the first four-way valve and the inlet of the compressor;
s5, executing a refrigeration heat recovery mode, wherein a first control valve on the circulating flow channel is disconnected, a second control valve is opened, a third control valve is opened, and a fourth control valve is disconnected, an a port of a first four-way valve is communicated with a b port, a c port is communicated with a d port, and an e port of a second four-way valve is communicated with an f port; the first heat exchanger is connected between the outlet of the compressor and the throttling device, and the second heat exchanger is connected between the inlet of the compressor and the outdoor heat exchanger, so that the refrigerant exchanges heat with the water stored in the water tank before the heat exchange and condensation treatment of the outdoor air flow, and the water stored in the water tank is heated by utilizing the waste heat in the refrigerant before condensation;
s6, when a water heating mode under the working condition of no indoor refrigeration is executed, a first control valve, a second control valve, a third control valve and a fourth control valve on the circulating flow channel are opened, an a port and a b port of a first four-way valve are communicated, an e port and an f port of a second four-way valve are communicated, and a g port and an h port of the second four-way valve are communicated; the refrigerant circularly flows along the outlet of the compressor, the a port of the first four-way valve, the b port of the first four-way valve, the e port of the second four-way valve, the f port of the second four-way valve, the second heat exchanger, the throttling device, the outdoor heat exchanger, the h port of the second four-way valve, the g port of the second four-way valve and the inlet of the compressor.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.