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US 11,441,813 B2Granted
Indoor unit of refrigeration apparatus
AssigneeDaikin Industries, Ltd.
InventorsYoshiyuki Tsuji, Makoto Kojima
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Abstract
An indoor unit of a refrigeration apparatus includes: a drain pan that includes four wall surfaces including a first wall surface, and has a quadrangle shape in a plan view; a heat exchanger disposed above the drain pan and through which a combustible refrigerant, having a larger specific gravity than air, flows; a fan that generates air flow to the heat exchanger; a gas sensor that detects a refrigerant leakage; and a casing accommodating the drain pan, the heat exchanger, the fan, and the gas sensor.
Claims9
An indoor unit of a refrigeration apparatus comprising:
- a drain pan that:
- comprises four wall surfaces including a first wall surface, and
- has a quadrangle shape in a plan view;
- a heat exchanger disposed above the drain pan and through which a combustible refrigerant, having a larger specific gravity than air, flows;
- a fan that generates air flow to the heat exchanger;
- a gas sensor that detects refrigerant leakage;
- and
- a casing accommodating the drain pan, the heat exchanger, the fan, and the gas sensor, wherein
- the casing comprises:
- side plates, including a first side plate, that constitute side surfaces of an outer contour of the casing;
- a partition plate that divides an internal space surrounded by the side plates into a first chamber in which the drain pan is disposed and a second chamber in which the fan is disposed;
- and
- a blow-out port disposed in the first side plate,
- the first side plate faces the first wall surface of the drain pan,
- the wall surfaces of the drain pan other than the first wall surface are arranged along the side plates or the partition plate, and
- the gas sensor is disposed above the drain pan and satisfies
- L·W{C1·H1/Q+C2·H/(Q−C3·L·H{circumflex over ( )}(3/2))}≤90,
- where
- C1=0.0067,
- C2=0.01172,
- C3=0.000153,
- H is a height of the gas sensor from an upper end of the drain pan in [m],
- L is a length of the first wall surface of the drain pan in [m],
- W is a length of a wall surface of the drain pan intersecting with the first wall surface in [m],
- H1 is a depth of the drain pan in [m], and
- Q is a refrigerant leakage flow rate in [m3/s].
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