CA1209422A - Fluid storage system - Google Patents

Fluid storage system

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CA1209422A
CA1209422A CA000412586A CA412586A CA1209422A CA 1209422 A CA1209422 A CA 1209422A CA 000412586 A CA000412586 A CA 000412586A CA 412586 A CA412586 A CA 412586A CA 1209422 A CA1209422 A CA 1209422A
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Friedrich Muller
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24HFLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEAT-GENERATING MEANS, e.g. HEAT PUMPS, IN GENERAL
    • F24H1/00Water heaters, e.g. boilers, continuous-flow heaters or water-storage heaters
    • F24H1/18Water-storage heaters
    • F24H1/20Water-storage heaters with immersed heating elements, e.g. electric elements or furnace tubes
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24HFLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEAT-GENERATING MEANS, e.g. HEAT PUMPS, IN GENERAL
    • F24H9/00Details
    • F24H9/18Arrangement or mounting of grates or heating means
    • F24H9/1809Arrangement or mounting of grates or heating means for water heaters

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Heat-Pump Type And Storage Water Heaters (AREA)
  • Heat-Exchange Devices With Radiators And Conduit Assemblies (AREA)
  • Instantaneous Water Boilers, Portable Hot-Water Supply Apparatuses, And Control Of Portable Hot-Water Supply Apparatuses (AREA)
  • Physical Or Chemical Processes And Apparatus (AREA)
  • Central Heating Systems (AREA)
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  • Thermally Insulated Containers For Foods (AREA)
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  • Supply Devices, Intensifiers, Converters, And Telemotors (AREA)

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The present invention relates to a hot or cold storage apparatus for fluids, particularly hot water storage, with wall entrances for connecting heating and cooling devices such as interchangeable heat exchangers, electrical heating rods and the like. The storage apparatus includes a wall having sockets which penetrate the wall, are distributed over the entire storage surface, and are arranged in a predetermined pattern with respect to one another. Each of the sockets is connectible with the inlets or outlets of the heating and cooling devices. A single aperture is provided on the wall of the storage apparatus for the installation and maintenance of the heating and cooling devices within the storage apparatus.
A cover is provided to seal the aperture when the apparatus is in use. Such a storage apparatus is simply and economically manufactured, flexible in application with respect to the various heating and cooling devices to be employed by the system, can be refitted without major conversion and can be readily maintained.

Description

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This invention relates to hot or cold storage means for fluids, particularly hot water storage, with wall entrances for connecting heating and cooling means such as interchangeable heat exchangers, electrical heating rods and the like.
Storage means of this type are installed in nearly all homes as well as in those industrial establishments where warm water or cool fluids have to be stored. Heat exchangers may be installed either fixedly in the storage means or subsequently introduced through flange-openings and secured there in operating position.
Known storage systems are usually formed so as to be capable of being furnished later with different types of heating and cooling means such as gas, oil, solid combustibles, electrical heating rods, solar heat, heat pumps, and cooling (refrigeration) equipment. To accomplish this, the storage systems have a flanged connecting piece which can be closed by a cover and which is separately arranged and welded to the wall of the storage means. It is through the flanged connecting piece that the heating and cooling means may be installed in the interior of the storage means. The heating or cooling means is positioned in the immediate vicinity of the flanged connecting piece by attachment to the cover. The cover has wall entrances to which the heating or cooling means is secured in the operating position.
In order to provide a storage system that can accommodate various heating and cooling means either during installation of the storage system or subsequent thereto, it is common to provide the storage system with a plurality of flanged connecting pieces. While such a system is flexi~le in '~

respect of its applications it is relatively expensive due to the number of flanged connecting pieces that are employed. On the other hand, when a storage system is only provided with one or two flanged connecting pieces the system is limited in its flexibility for subsequent alterations or increasing of the capacity of the storage to several separate, different and alike heating and cooling means. For example, when a storage means is provided initially with one flanged connecting piece for a gas operated heat exchanger, it is not feasible to subsequently equip the storage system with an auxiliary, spare, or additional heater such as any one of a solid combustibles, electrical or solar heating means; unless one installs by -subsequently welding the corresponding number of further flanged connecting pieces in the wall of the storage means.
This further welding, however, usually results in the destruction of at least a portion of the inner coating of the storage system which coating is usually of enamel. Over and ab~ve this, there are additional expenses incurred by the welding operations.
In any event, to increase the flexibility of an operating storage system, either the storage system must be temporarily taken out of operation, or it must be removed as scrap and replaced with a new storage system with a sufficient number of flange connecting pieces. This presents a large financial burden for a private household, not to mention the unjustified use of valuable raw materials and energies to provide a new storage system.
It is accordingly an object of the present invention to provide a storage means of the type mentioned in the foregoing which is economically feasible to manufacture, 9~2Z
flexible with respect to the number and types of heating and cooling means it can employ, is refittable at all times without extensive rebuilding and is maintainable without difficulties.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a heating means into which can be readily introduced heating and cooling means requiring large heat exchanging surfaces.
In accordance with the present invention there is provided a storage means for heating and cooling fluids which is adapted to receive one or more heating and cooling means including interchangeable heat exchangers, electrical heating rods and the like. The storage means includes a wall having a plurality of sockets which penetrate the wall, are distributed over the surface of the storage means and are arranged in a predetermined pattern with respect to one another. Each of the sockets is connectable with one of the inlets or outlets of the heating and cooling means. The storage means includes a single aperture in the wall of sufficient size to allow the installation and maintenance of the heating and cooling means.
The storage means includes a cover for the aperture for covering the aperture during operation of the storage means.
For a better understanding of the nature and objects of the present invention, reference may be had to the accompanying drawings of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, in which:-Fig. 1 illustrates a hot water storage means inaccordance with the present invention having an installation opening and a connecting socket at the cover thereof, and seven further connecting sockets for heat exchangers, electrical heating rods and the like, wherein only one electrical 121i942Z
heating rod is illustrated installed;
Fig. 2 illustrates a hot water storage means in accordance with Fig. 1 having a heat exchanger operated by solid combustibles;
Fig. 3 illustrates a hot water storage means according to Fig. 1 having a heat exchanger operated by oil/gas and one electrical heating rod;
Fig. 4 illustrates a hot water storage means according to Fig. 1 having a heat exchanger operated by oil/gas, an electrical heating rod and a heat exchanger supplied by a solar-heat pump Fig. 5 illustrates a hot water storage means having a heat exchanger supplied by a solar-heat pump and an electrical heating rod adapted for connection to a source when the need arises for booster heating;
Fig. 6 illustrates a hot water storage means according to Fig. 1 having an extremely large heat exchanger;
Fig. 7 illustrates a hot water storage means according to Fig. 1 having a lower electrical heating rod operated by cheaper night-current and an electrical heating rod which is operated for boosting during the day at increased use-water removal by normal current;
Fig. 8 illustrates a hot water storage means according to Fig. 1 having four heat exchangers;
Fig. 9 illustrates a hot water storage means according to Fig. 5, whereby the hot water storage means has been modified by relocation of the electrical heating rod in upward direction and addition of an additional heat exchanger for increasing the heating capacity;

1Z~9~2 Fig. 10 illustrates a hot water storage means according to Fig. 6, whereby the hot water storage means has been modified by the addition of an electrical heating rod in its heating output, Fig. 11 is a schematic representation of grid patterns wherein there could be arranged the sockets for connecting the heating means with fixed grid dimensions, and Fig. 12 is a schematic representation of grids in which the sockets for connecting the delivery means for heat could be arranged with fixed grid dimension.
Referring to Fig. 1, the storage means of the present invention comprises a wall 2 having a flanged connecting piece 3, approximately at middle height of the wall, which serves as assembly aperture for heat exchangers 9, 10, 11 or 12, or electrical heating rods 8, 13, which are to be installed inside the storage means 1. This aperture can be closed after the assembly by means of a cover 4 threadably connectable thereto.
The cover 4 is provided either with one or more sockets 5 for connecting the heat exchanger 9, 10, 11 or 12 or an electrical heating rod 8, 13. Alternatively, the cover 4 may not include a socket 5. ~he sockets 5 are arranged preferably in alignment alongside the wall 2 of the storage means 1 at a fixed grid dimension. The sockets are either soldered, welded or glued in fixed relation to the wall 2~ A desirable grid dimension of A = 200 mm has been found. Of course, other grid dimensions could be introduced where this would prove useful. Further, the storage means comprises an inlet 6 and an outlet 7 for fluids.
The equipment of the storage means 1 in accordance with Fig. 1 includes only one electrical heating rod 8 which is equipped with a connection 16.

lZQ~422 Of course, any sockets that are not locating a heating means are plugged during operation of the storage means.
The storage means 1 shown in Fig. 2 includes a heat exchanger 9 which is operated by oil/gas, with the inlet 14 and outlet 15 being arranged at the grid distance of 2A, and crossing a socket 5 in the wall 2 of the storage means 1.
The storage means 1 shown in Fig. 3 is equipped with a heat exchanger 10 which is operable during the winter by oil/gas, and is equipped for summer operation with an electrical heating rod 8.
The storage means 1 shown in Fig. 4 includes two heat exchangers lOj 11 (oil/gas as well as solar-heat pump) and an electrical heating rod 8 for summer operation.
Fig. 5 shows a storage means 1 having a heat exchanger 11 (solar-heat pump) with an electrical heating rod 8 for booster heating in the event the heating efficiency of the heat exchanger 11 should not be sufficient.
The storage means 1 illustrated in Fig. 6 shows an extremely large heat exchanger 12 with a large heating exchanging surface. This type of heat exchanger is customarily operated in conjunction with a heat pump.
By means of the assembly aperture 3 the replacement of a smaller heat exchanger by a a larger one is now feasible since the heat exchangers are not fixedly installed in the storage means 1 and the size of the aperture i9 sufficient to permit exchanges of varying size to be introduced through the provided flange openings.
Fig. 7 shows a storage means 1 with two electrical heating rods 8, 13, whereby the heating rod 13 is heated with night-current, and the heating rod 8 is heated with day-current.

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Fig. 8 shows a storage means 1 with four heat exchangers which are arranged offset with respect to one another and are arranged one-behind-the-other in the storage means 1 and mounted thereon.
Fig. 9 and Fig. 10 show the storage means 1 according to Figs. 5 and 6 after corresponding refitting as indicated in the foregoing.
In summary one can note that the storage means 1 according to the present invention exhibits the decided advantage when compared with the known storage means of this type, in that it comprises a multiplicity of simple connecting sockets 5 to which subsequently there are connectable, over a period of time and in various combinations as required, different heating and cooling means of various size and heating capacity whereby the assembly is solely, in each case, through a single assembly aperture 3. This provides a new storage means that is less expensive yet still flexible in application when compared with known storage systems.

Claims (12)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE PRESENT INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A storage means for heating and cooling fluids which is adapted to receive one or more heating and cooling means including interchangeable heat exchangers, electrical heating rods and the like; said storage means including a wall having a plurality or sockets which penetrate the wall, are distributed over the surface of the storage means, and are arranged in a predetermined pattern with respect to one another, each of said sockets being connectable with one of the inlets or outlets of said heating and cooling means, said storage means including a single aperture in said wall of sufficient size to allow the installation and maintenance of said heating and cooling means, said storage means including a cover for said aperture for covering said aperture during operation of said storage means.
2. A storage means in accordance with claim 1, wherein the sockets are internally threaded.
3. A storage means in accordance with claim 2, the inner threading of the sockets has a diameter of 1.5 inches.
4. A storage means in accordance with claim 1, wherein the sockets are bodies having a quick-connecting coupling-device particularly a bajonet-type coupling device.
5. A storage means in accordance with claim 4 wherein said coupling device is a bajonet-type coupling-device.
6. A storage means according to claim 1, wherein the cover includes one of said sockets.
7. A storage means according to claim 1, wherein the aperture is located approximately at mid-height of the wall of the storage means.
8. A storage means according to claim 7, wherein the sockets are arranged above and below the aperture in the wall.
9. A storage means according to claim 8, wherein the sockets are arranged laterally adjacent the aperture and are in alignment.
10. A storage means according to claim 1, wherein the sockets are arranged in a predetermined pattern wherein any two sockets are a constant grid distance from one another.
11. A storage means according to claim 10, wherein the grid distance is 200 mm.
12. A storage means according to claim 1 or 7, wherein the aperture is formed by a flanged connecting piece which is adapted to penetrate the wall of the storage means and be secured thereto, the cover being removably connectable to the flange.
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DEP3139138.9-16 1981-10-01
DE3139138A DE3139138C2 (en) 1981-10-01 1981-10-01 Storage for liquid media to be heated or cooled

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DK (1) DK244783D0 (en)
ES (1) ES8308035A1 (en)
GR (1) GR77670B (en)
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