Cooling beam with VAV-function via a regulating strip

1. A device for a complete cooling beam ( 1 ) of an air handling system in which the cooling beam has a pressure chamber ( 2 ) with holes ( 3 ) through which supply air (L 1 ) flows out to a mixing chamber ( 4 ) to which recirculating air (L 2 ) from a room also flows via a cooling/heating coil ( 5 ), where the recirculating air (L 2 ) is mixed with the supply air (L 1 ) whereupon the cooled or heated recirculating air (L 2 ) together with the supply air (L 1 ) flows out to the room,

the amount of the supply air (L 1 ) being regulated by a displaceable regulating strip ( 6 ) having a number of openings ( 7 ) that are orientated into groups ( 8 ) where the openings ( 7 ) in each of the groups ( 8 ) has different dimensions and where, in a surface ( 9 ) of the pressure chamber ( 2 ) lying under the regulating strip ( 6 ) there is the hole ( 3 ) for every group ( 8 ) of the regulating strip ( 6 ) and when the displaceable regulating strip ( 6 ) is biased to a position such that a chosen opening ( 7 ) is coordinated with the hole ( 3 ) of the surface ( 9 ), always the same number of openings ( 7 ) are uncovered/opened from the pressure chamber ( 2 ) to the mixing chamber ( 4 ) and the openings ( 7 ) always have the same placement and an axial center line of each of the openings is aligned in the same direction relative to the cooling/heating coil ( 5 ) and relative the mixing chamber ( 4 ), and the openings ( 7 ) in the regulating strip ( 6 ) and the holes ( 3 ) in the surface ( 9 ) are placed along the whole length of the mixing chamber ( 4 ) and since the surface ( 9 ), and consequently the regulating strip ( 6 ), has a sloping direction in relation to the cooling/heating coil ( 5 ), a defined air flow ratio for the supply air (L 1 ) and for the recirculating air (L 2 ) is obtained.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the holes ( 3 ) in the surface ( 9 ) of the pressure chamber ( 2 ) have substantially the same dimension as the largest opening ( 7 ) in the regulating strip ( 6 ).

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the flow of the supply air (L 1 ) by volume is regulated by displacing the regulating strip ( 6 ), either manually or by an actuator, in a way that either a larger or a smaller opening ( 7 ) in each group ( 8 ) of the regulating strip ( 6 ) cooperates with the holes ( 3 ) and as a result a new flow of supply air (L 1 ) is obtained, still with the same number of openings ( 7 ) opened from the pressure chamber ( 2 ) to the mixing chamber ( 4 ).

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the openings ( 7 ) are circular.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the openings ( 7 ) in the regulating strip ( 6 ) are successively dimensioned from a smallest to a largest and the number of groups ( 8 ) are varied according to either dimensions of the individual installation or a need for supply air.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the location of the regulating strip ( 6 ), in relation to the mixing chamber ( 4 ), and the design of the openings ( 7 ) in the regulating strip provide the supply air (L 1 ) with a flow pattern in the mixing chamber that leads to a flow of recirculating air (L 2 ) through the cooling coil ( 5 ) receiving the same velocity profile over all of the projected surface of the cooling coil to optimize the thermal features of the cooling coil.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a combined volume flow of the supply air and the recirculating air (L 1 +L 2 ) in a first outlet zone ( 10 ) of the complete cooling beam ( 1 ) is larger than a combined volume flow of the supply air and the recirculating air (L 1 +L 2 ) in a second outlet zone ( 11 ) because the regulating strip ( 6 ) in that part of the mixing chamber ( 4 ) which is placed closest to the first outlet zone ( 10 ) has a control position that uncovers a larger flow area from the pressure chamber out to the mixing chamber ( 4 ) than the regulating strip closest to the second outlet zone ( 11 ) does.

8. An air handling system comprising:

a complete cooling beam ( 1 ) comprising a pressure chamber ( 2 ) having a connection ( 12 ), through which supply air (L 1 ) is introduced into the pressure chamber ( 2 ), and longitudinally extending surfaces ( 9 ) having a plurality of holes ( 3 ) through which the supply air (L 1 ) is exhausted from the pressure chamber ( 2 ) and flows into a mixing chamber ( 4 );

a longitudinally extending air cooling/heating coil ( 5 ) being aligned with and spaced from the pressure chamber ( 2 ), an area located at least between the air cooling/heating coil ( 5 ) and the pressure chamber ( 2 ) being defined as the mixing chamber ( 4 ), recirculating air (L 2 ) from a room, in which the air handling system is located, passes through the air cooling/heating coil ( 5 ) and being either cooled or heated so that the recirculating air (L 2 ) mixing with the supply air (L 1 ) in the mixing chamber ( 4 );

regulating strips ( 6 ) overlaying the surfaces ( 9 ) of the pressure chamber ( 2 ), each regulating strip ( 6 ) having a plurality of openings ( 7 ) which are arranged into a plurality of groups ( 8 ), the openings ( 7 ) of each group ( 8 ) having different dimensions, the plurality of openings ( 7 ) of the regulating strip ( 6 ) being longitudinally aligned with the plurality of holes ( 3 ) of the surfaces ( 9 ) of the pressure chamber ( 2 ) such that each hole ( 3 ) corresponds with one group ( 8 ) of openings ( 7 );

the regulating strips ( 6 ) being longitudinally movable with respect to the surfaces ( 9 ) of the pressure chambers ( 2 ) between a plurality of set positions, in each set position each of the holes ( 3 ) of the surface ( 9 ) is coaxially aligned with a selected one of the openings ( 7 ) of the corresponding group ( 8 );

the selected openings ( 7 ) having a common dimension such that the flow of the supply air (L 1 ) from the pressure chamber ( 2 ) through each of the holes ( 3 ) and the selected openings ( 7 ) is the same so as to facilitate regulation of a ratio of the supply air (L 1 ) to the recirculating air (L 2 ) in the mixing chamber ( 4 ); and

longitudinally extending side plates ( 13 ) being fixed to the pressure chamber ( 2 ) to form outlets zones ( 10 , 11 ) through which the mixed supply air (L 1 ) and the recirculating air (L 2 ) is exhausted from the air handling system.