Background technology
Water heater just refers to by various physical principles, cold water temperature is raise become a kind of electrical Household appliance of hot water.Different according to principle, water heater can be divided into electric heater, gas heater, solar water heater, fast magnetic domestic hot-water device etc.
Water heater is by utilizing electric energy, combustion gas, solar energy or electromagnetic energy homenergic that the heating unit that water heats is heated the water in the water heater water storage barrel.After this, when needs use hot water, open the light and to use hot water via the heating unit heating by regulating hot water.
But, when reality is used water heater, have such problem.Namely, because the installation site of water heater water storage barrel is far from the position of the delivery port that uses hot water, for example the water heater water storage barrel of solar water heater may be arranged in the roof, use the delivery port (for example tap in the shower head in the bathroom or kitchen) of hot water then to be positioned within doors, thereby so that when opening delivery port and use the hot water that the heating unit via water heater heated, need to through after a while so that the cold water in the water pipe between the installation site of water heater water storage barrel to the position of delivery port flows to end, just can obtain expecting the hot water that obtains.
When above-mentioned situation occurs, obviously, cold water in the water pipe if leave between the installation site of water heater water storage barrel to the position of delivery port flows out in vain, and do not take any measure, then can waste water resource, especially when the water pipe between installation site to the position of delivery port of water heater water storage barrel is very long (for example situation of solar water heater), can waste a large amount of water resources, and the number of times that water heater is used is more, and the water resource of waste is just more.
Therefore, hope can provide the technical scheme of the cold water in the water pipe between a kind of installation site to the position of delivery port of the water heater water storage barrel of avoiding waste.
Summary of the invention
Technical problem to be solved by this invention is for there being defects in the prior art, and the water heater with water-saving system of the cold water in the water pipe between a kind of installation site to the position of delivery port of the water heater water storage barrel of can avoiding waste is provided.
According to a first aspect of the invention, a kind of water heater with water-saving system is provided, and it comprises: water heater water storage barrel, heater, the water inlet pipe that links to each other with described water heater water storage barrel, the outlet pipe that links to each other with described water heater water storage barrel, additional retaining unit, water inlet selector switch, water outlet selector switch, be connected to the additional water pipe of first between described additional retaining unit and the described water inlet selector switch, be connected to second between described additional retaining unit and the described water outlet selector switch and add water pipe and control module; Wherein, described control module is connected to described heater, thus control described heater startup, stop, heating-up temperature; Wherein, described control module also is connected to described water outlet selector switch, thereby during the water in bringing into use described water heater, described control module at first sends first to described water outlet selector switch and selects signal, so that the water that flows out from described water heater water storage barrel enters described additional retaining unit via outlet pipe and the second additional water pipe; After this, sending the second selection signal through described control module after the scheduled time length to described water outlet selector switch, so that the water that flows out from described water heater water storage barrel flows out described water heater via outlet pipe; Described control module also is connected to described additional retaining unit and described water inlet selector switch; And, when described water feeding of heater, described control module detects in the described additional retaining unit whether water is arranged, when in the described additional retaining unit water being arranged, described control module sends the 3rd to described water inlet selector switch and selects signal, so that described additional retaining unit enters described water heater water storage barrel via the described first additional water pipe and described water inlet pipe; And when the current in the described additional retaining unit were most, described additional retaining unit sent water to described control module and uses up notification signal; And when described control module received water from described additional retaining unit and uses up notification signal, described control module sent the 3rd to described water inlet selector switch and selects signal, thereby closed the described first additional water pipe.
Preferably, described control module is set described scheduled time length according to the length of outlet pipe.
Preferably, described additional retaining cell layout is inner at described water heater water storage barrel.
According to a second aspect of the invention, a kind of water heater with water-saving system is provided, and it comprises: the water heater water storage barrel, heater, the water inlet pipe that links to each other with described water heater water storage barrel, the outlet pipe that links to each other with described water heater water storage barrel, additional retaining unit, the water inlet selector switch, the water outlet selector switch, be connected to the additional water pipe of first between described additional retaining unit and the described water inlet selector switch, be connected to the additional water pipe of second between described additional retaining unit and the described water outlet selector switch, be arranged in the temperature measurement unit in the outlet pipe, and control module; Wherein, described control module is connected to described heater, thus control described heater startup, stop, heating-up temperature; Wherein, described control module also is connected to described water outlet selector switch, thereby during the water in bringing into use described water heater, described control module at first sends first to described water outlet selector switch and selects signal, so that the water that flows out from described water heater water storage barrel enters described additional retaining unit via outlet pipe and the second additional water pipe; Described temperature measurement unit is measured the water temperature of the water that arrives described water outlet selector switch, and sends the temperature arriving signal to described control module when the water temperature that records surpasses the predetermined water temperature threshold value; Described control module sends second to described water outlet selector switch and selects signal when receiving the temperature arriving signal, so that the water that flows out from described water heater water storage barrel flows out water heater via outlet pipe; Described control module also is connected to described additional retaining unit and described water inlet selector switch; And, when described water feeding of heater, described control module detects in the described additional retaining unit whether water is arranged, when in the described additional retaining unit water being arranged, described control module sends the 3rd to described water inlet selector switch and selects signal, so that described additional retaining unit enters described water heater water storage barrel via the described first additional water pipe and described water inlet pipe; And when the current in the described additional retaining unit were most, described additional retaining unit sent water to described control module and uses up notification signal; And when described control module received water from described additional retaining unit and uses up notification signal, described control module sent the 3rd to described water inlet selector switch and selects signal, thereby closed the described first additional water pipe.
Preferably, described control module is used for setting described predetermined water temperature threshold value.
Preferably, described additional retaining cell layout is inner at described water heater water storage barrel.
According to the present invention, cold water in the water pipe between the installation site of water heater water storage barrel to the position of delivery port can flow into additional retaining unit, and when water heater needs water, enter the water heater water storage barrel, thereby the cold water in the water pipe between the installation site of the water heater water storage barrel of avoiding waste to the position of delivery port.In addition, according to the present invention, described additional retaining cell layout is inner at described water heater water storage barrel.Thereby, can reduce the volume of water heater.
The specific embodiment
In order to make content of the present invention more clear and understandable, below in conjunction with specific embodiments and the drawings content of the present invention is described in detail.
The<the first embodiment 〉
Fig. 1 schematically shows the block diagram according to the water heater with water-saving system of first embodiment of the invention.
As shown in Figure 1, the water heater with water-saving system according to first embodiment of the invention comprises: water heater water storage barrel 1, heater 2, the water inlet pipe 3 that links to each other with described water heater water storage barrel 1, the outlet pipe 4 that links to each other with described water heater water storage barrel 1, additional retaining unit 5, water inlet selector switch 6, water outlet selector switch 7, be connected to the additional water pipe 8 of first between described additional retaining unit 5 and the described water inlet selector switch 6, be connected to second between described additional retaining unit 5 and the described water outlet selector switch 7 and add water pipe 9 and control module 10.
Wherein, described control module 10 is connected to described heater 2, thus control described heater 2 startup, stop, heating-up temperature etc.
Wherein, described control module 10 also is connected to described water outlet selector switch 7, thereby when the user brings into use water in the described water heater, described control module 10 at first sends first to described water outlet selector switch 7 and selects signal S1, so that the water that flows out from described water heater water storage barrel 1 enters described additional retaining unit 5 via outlet pipe 4 and the second additional water pipe 9; After this, sending the second selection signal S2 through described control module 10 after the scheduled time length to described water outlet selector switch 7, so that the water that flows out from described water heater water storage barrel 1 flows out water heaters (shown in the arrow on Fig. 1 right side) via outlet pipe 4.
Like this, the cold water in the water pipe between the installation site of water heater water storage barrel to the position of delivery port can flow into additional retaining unit, thus the cold water in the water pipe between the installation site of the water heater water storage barrel of avoiding waste to the position of delivery port.
Preferably, described control module 10 is set described scheduled time length according to the length of outlet pipe 4.That is, described control module 10 can be set described scheduled time length according to the length of the water pipe between installation site to the position of delivery port of water heater water storage barrel.
Described control module 10 also is connected to described additional retaining unit 5 and described water inlet selector switch 6; And, when described water feeding of heater, described control module 10 detects in the described additional retaining unit 5 whether water is arranged, when in the described additional retaining unit 5 water being arranged, described control module 10 sends the 3rd to described water inlet selector switch 6 and selects signal S3, so that described additional retaining unit 5 enters described water heater water storage barrel 1 via the described first additional water pipe 8 and described water inlet pipe 3.
And when the current in the described additional retaining unit 5 were most, described additional retaining unit 5 sent water to described control module 10 and uses up notification signal S5.When described control module 10 received water from described additional retaining unit 5 and uses up notification signal S5, described control module 10 sent the 3rd to described water inlet selector switch 6 and selects signal S3, thereby closed the described first additional water pipe 8.After this, can pour water to described water heater water storage barrel 1 from for example water supply pipe.
Therefore, cold water in the water pipe between the installation site of water heater water storage barrel to the position of delivery port can flow into additional retaining unit, and when water heater needs water, enter the water heater water storage barrel, thereby the cold water in the water pipe between the installation site of the water heater water storage barrel of avoiding waste to the position of delivery port.
Preferably, described additional retaining unit 5 is arranged in described water heater water storage barrel 1 inside.Thereby, can reduce the volume of water heater.
The<the second embodiment 〉
Fig. 2 schematically shows the block diagram according to the water heater with water-saving system of second embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 1 schematically shows the block diagram according to the water heater with water-saving system of first embodiment of the invention.
As shown in Figure 1, the water heater with water-saving system according to first embodiment of the invention comprises: water heater water storage barrel 1, heater 2, the water inlet pipe 3 that links to each other with described water heater water storage barrel 1, the outlet pipe 4 that links to each other with described water heater water storage barrel 1, additional retaining unit 5, water inlet selector switch 6, water outlet selector switch 7, be connected to the additional water pipe 8 of first between described additional retaining unit 5 and the described water inlet selector switch 6, be connected to the additional water pipe 9 of second between described additional retaining unit 5 and the described water outlet selector switch 7, be arranged in the temperature measurement unit 11 in the outlet pipe 4, and control module 10.
Wherein, described control module 10 is connected to described heater 2, thus control described heater 2 startup, stop, heating-up temperature etc.
Wherein, described control module 10 also is connected to described water outlet selector switch 7, thereby when the user brings into use water in the described water heater, described control module 10 at first sends first to described water outlet selector switch 7 and selects signal S1, so that the water that flows out from described water heater water storage barrel 1 enters described additional retaining unit 5 via outlet pipe 4 and the second additional water pipe 9.
The 11 pairs of water temperatures that arrive the water of described water outlet selector switch 7 in described temperature measurement unit are measured, and send temperature arriving signal S6 to described control module 10 when the water temperature that records surpasses the predetermined water temperature threshold value; Described control module 10 sends second to described water outlet selector switch 7 and selects signal S2 when receiving temperature arriving signal S6, so that the water that flows out from described water heater water storage barrel 1 flows out water heater (shown in the arrow on Fig. 1 right side) via outlet pipe 4.
Like this, the cold water in the water pipe between the installation site of water heater water storage barrel to the position of delivery port can flow into additional retaining unit, thus the cold water in the water pipe between the installation site of the water heater water storage barrel of avoiding waste to the position of delivery port.
Preferably, described control module 10 can be used for setting described predetermined water temperature threshold value.
Described control module 10 also is connected to described additional retaining unit 5 and described water inlet selector switch 6; And, when described water feeding of heater, described control module 10 detects in the described additional retaining unit 5 whether water is arranged, when in the described additional retaining unit 5 water being arranged, described control module 10 sends the 3rd to described water inlet selector switch 6 and selects signal S3, so that described additional retaining unit 5 enters described water heater water storage barrel 1 via the described first additional water pipe 8 and described water inlet pipe 3.
And when the current in the described additional retaining unit 5 were most, described additional retaining unit 5 sent water to described control module 10 and uses up notification signal S5.When described control module 10 received water from described additional retaining unit 5 and uses up notification signal S5, described control module 10 sent the 3rd to described water inlet selector switch 6 and selects signal S3, thereby closed the described first additional water pipe 8.After this, can pour water to described water heater water storage barrel 1 from for example water supply pipe.
Therefore, cold water in the water pipe between the installation site of water heater water storage barrel to the position of delivery port can flow into additional retaining unit, and when water heater needs water, enter the water heater water storage barrel, thereby the cold water in the water pipe between the installation site of the water heater water storage barrel of avoiding waste to the position of delivery port.
Preferably, described additional retaining unit 5 is arranged in described water heater water storage barrel 1 inside.Thereby, can reduce the volume of water heater.
Be understandable that although the present invention with the preferred embodiment disclosure as above, yet above-described embodiment is not to limit the present invention.For any those of ordinary skill in the art, do not breaking away from the technical solution of the present invention scope situation, all can utilize the technology contents of above-mentioned announcement that technical solution of the present invention is made many possible changes and modification, or be revised as the equivalent embodiment of equivalent variations.Therefore, every content that does not break away from technical solution of the present invention according to any simple modification, equivalent variations and the modification that technical spirit of the present invention is done above embodiment, all still belongs in the scope of technical solution of the present invention protection.