CN211177431U - Novel energy-saving environment-friendly hydrothermal liquid hot water oil furnace - Google Patents

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CN211177431U
CN211177431U CN201921766049.2U CN201921766049U CN211177431U CN 211177431 U CN211177431 U CN 211177431U CN 201921766049 U CN201921766049 U CN 201921766049U CN 211177431 U CN211177431 U CN 211177431U
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The utility model belongs to the technical field of the heating equipment technique and specifically relates to a novel energy-concerving and environment-protective hydrothermal solution hot water oil stove is related to, it includes main control unit, combustor and liquid reserve tank, a serial communication port, the heating stove is including being equipped with burning heat exchange mechanism, hydrothermal solution inner bag, cold-proof mechanism, the dustcoat, heating fluid is equipped with in hydrothermal solution inner bag and the liquid reserve tank, cold-proof mechanism sets up between dustcoat and hydrothermal solution inner bag both, burning heat exchange mechanism includes combustion chamber, heat exchange chamber hydrothermal solution inner bag top is equipped with the pressure release gas port and visits the temperature mouth, be equipped with on the hydrothermal solution inner bag rear wall and spill over fluid-discharge tube, feed liquor pipe, back flow and drain pipe. The utility model discloses an gain effect is: through many system cooperation linkages, cooperation intelligence control system, further reach fuel saving, the purpose security of environmental protection and energy saving is strong, realizes that a stove is multi-purpose, can satisfy more heat equipment that need high temperature, is favorable to improving production machining efficiency, and the fuel fully burns, high heat conversion efficiency.

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Novel energy-saving environment-friendly hydrothermal liquid hot water oil furnace
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of heating equipment technique and specifically relates to a novel energy-concerving and environment-protective hydrothermal solution hot water oil furnace is related to.
Background
At present, with the rapid development of world economy, the energy consumption is gradually increased, the problem of how to effectively utilize global energy is increasingly highlighted, and energy conservation and emission reduction are called for all over the world to improve the energy utilization. Other common large-scale factories use the water heater to supply heat to heat-using equipment, but in the using process of the water heater, a large amount of water is needed, the water is heated by the water heater and supplied to the heat-using equipment to be used and then is discharged along with a water outlet, water resources are wasted very much and cannot be reused, the resources are not reasonably utilized, the heated hot water can generate gas and bubbles containing harmful substances, if the gas and bubbles are not treated, the waste of the water resources can be increased, the environment can be seriously polluted after the air is discharged, the air with high temperature generated by combustion is directly discharged or enters a waste gas pipeline after being heated, and the waste heat cannot be further utilized.
The existing hot water furnace is unreasonable in structural design, the temperature loss rate of hot water in the hot water furnace after heating is high, the hot water in the hot water furnace cannot be heated completely, the heat conversion rate achieved through a simple heating mode is low, the temperature of the hot water which is output when the hot water is delivered to a thermal device can be lower than the temperature required by the device, the lowest heat consumption requirement of the thermal device cannot be met, and the quality of products produced after processing is directly influenced.
Disclosure of Invention
An object of the utility model is to solve the shortcoming that above-mentioned current water heater exists, provide an energy-concerving and environment-protective hydrothermal solution hot water oil stove that can satisfy the production demand.
The utility model discloses a following scheme realizes:
a novel energy-saving environment-friendly hydrothermal solution hot water oil furnace comprises a main controller, a burner and a liquid storage tank, and is characterized in that the novel energy-saving environment-friendly hydrothermal solution hot water oil furnace comprises a combustion heat exchange mechanism, a hydrothermal solution inner container, a heat preservation mechanism and an outer cover, wherein the top of the outer cover is provided with an inspection hole, heating liquid is filled in the hydrothermal solution inner container and the liquid storage tank, the heat preservation mechanism is wrapped on the outer wall of the hydrothermal solution inner container, the heat preservation mechanism is arranged between the outer cover and the hydrothermal solution inner container, the combustion heat exchange mechanism comprises a combustion chamber and a heat exchange chamber, the heat exchange chamber is arranged above the combustion chamber, the front end of the combustion chamber is provided with a combustion connector, the burner is connected with the combustion connector through a combustion pipeline, the bottom of the combustion chamber is connected with a cooling water discharge pipe, the heat exchange chamber comprises a front airflow diversion chamber and a rear airflow diversion chamber, and a plurality of horizontally arranged diversion heat, an air flow partition plate is horizontally arranged in the middle of the interior of the air flow diversion chamber connected with the air outlet of the combustion chamber and divides the interior of the air flow diversion chamber into an upper diversion chamber and a lower diversion chamber which are independent, the top of the upper drainage chamber is provided with a hot gas outlet, the upper end of the hot gas outlet is connected with a hot gas output pipe, the top of the hydrothermal solution inner container is provided with a pressure relief air port and a temperature detecting port, a temperature monitoring device is arranged in the temperature detecting port, an overflow liquid discharge pipe, a liquid inlet pipe, a return pipe and a liquid outlet pipe are arranged on the rear wall of the hydrothermal solution liner, the overflow liquid discharge pipe is arranged above the liquid inlet pipe, a floating ball switch is arranged on the liquid inlet pipe in the hydrothermal solution inner container, the floating ball switch controls the inflow of the liquid inlet pipe according to the liquid level height in the hydrothermal solution inner container, the outer end parts of the overflow liquid discharge pipe, the liquid inlet pipe, the backflow pipe and the liquid outlet pipe extend to the outer side of the outer cover, and the overflow liquid discharge pipe and the liquid inlet pipe are connected with the liquid storage tank through connecting pipelines.
Furthermore, the top of the outer cover and the hot liquid inner container is provided with an inspection opening.
Further, the temperature monitoring device and the combustor are connected to the main controller.
Further, the temperature monitoring device is a temperature detecting thermocouple.
Furthermore, the heat-insulating mechanism is a three-layer heat-insulating layer sandwiched with heat-insulating cotton.
Further, the heat preservation cotton is aluminum silicate cotton.
Furthermore, the outer end part of the cooling water drainage pipe extends to the outer side of the outer cover, and a drainage valve is installed at the extending end of the cooling water drainage pipe.
Furthermore, the hot air output pipe passes through the top of the hot liquid inner container and extends to the outer side of the top of the outer cover.
Further, the upper heating liquid is water-based heat conduction oil.
Further, the upper heating liquid is water.
The technical scheme of the utility model gain effect compared in prior art is:
the utility model discloses mainly including combustion control system, combustion heating system, hydrothermal solution sealing heating system, backflow circulation system, the heat preservation system is constituteed, the multi-system linkage further improves heat utilization rate and circulated use degree, cooperation intelligence control system, the time of allotment burning and backward flow that can be more accurate further reaches fuel saving, backflow circulation system can be with the heating fluid cyclic utilization after using, reach environmental protection and energy saving's purpose, can not the polluted environment and cause the wasting of resources, use safe and reliable more.
The utility model discloses the inside combustion structure is through circulation bypass flow pipeline design for the air after the burning can flow longer time in inside combustion chamber, carries out more abundant heat exchange with the heating fluid, is favorable to further improving the temperature of heating fluid.
The utility model discloses inside adopts circulation heat preservation heating structural design, makes combustion air and heating fluid carry out circulating heat transfer, heats the fluid through this kind of mode and carries out manifold cycles, has guaranteed effectively that the heating fluid can be heated and has reached production needs, and the air that has the waste heat after the heat transfer simultaneously can also be used for the equipment heat supply with gas heating for needs such as drying machine, and the energy can obtain abundant utilization, can not cause the energy extravagant, realizes that a stove is multi-purpose.
4 the utility model discloses a heating fluid can adopt waterborne conduction oil to be heat transfer medium, its highest temperature can reach 130 and give first place to 150 ℃, exceed the boiling point of water greatly, can reach higher exportable temperature in the heating via burning heating system, ensure to carry the heating fluid through the hot-oil pump from being heated and still can reach the temperature requirement with the thermal equipment behind the thermal equipment, waterborne conduction oil belongs to waterborne liquid, and is pollution-free, and is noncorrosive, nontoxic tasteless, can not volatilize, the high difficult ignition of ignition point, the boiling point is high, advantages such as heat absorption efficiency height.
The utility model discloses select for use high-efficient diesel oil burner, not only can ensure that fuel fully burns, improve thermal conversion efficiency, can also carry out accurate control to combustion temperature, combine main control unit to realize intelligent regulation and control, ensure the job stabilization nature of the heat equipment of using of its supply.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a rear view schematic diagram of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic top view of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the present invention.
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To further clarify the objects, features and functions of the present invention, a review board may further describe the following detailed description of the invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and examples:
referring to fig. 1-4, the structure schematic diagram of the present invention is that the new energy-saving environmental protection hydrothermal solution hot water oil furnace includes a main controller 9, a burner 8 and a liquid storage tank 7, and is characterized in that the new energy-saving environmental protection hydrothermal solution hot water oil furnace includes a combustion heat exchange mechanism 1, a hydrothermal solution inner container 2, a warming mechanism 3 and an outer cover 4, the top of the outer cover 4 is opened with an inspection opening 41, the hydrothermal solution inner container 2 and the liquid storage tank 7 are filled with heating liquid, the warming mechanism 3 is wrapped on the outer wall of the hydrothermal solution inner container 2, the warming mechanism 3 is disposed between the outer cover 4 and the hydrothermal solution inner container 2, the combustion heat exchange mechanism 1 includes a combustion chamber 5 and a heat exchange chamber 6, the heat exchange chamber 6 is disposed above the combustion chamber 5, the front end of the combustion chamber 5 is provided with a combustion connection port 51, the burner 8 is connected with the combustion connection port 51 through a combustion pipe 52, the bottom of the combustion chamber 5 is connected with a cooling water drainage pipe 53, the heat exchange chamber 6 comprises airflow diversion chambers 61 respectively arranged at the front and the back, a plurality of horizontally arranged diversion heat exchange pipes 62 are arranged between the airflow diversion chambers, an airflow partition plate 63 is horizontally arranged in the middle of the inside of the airflow diversion chamber 61 connected with the air outlet of the combustion chamber 5 to divide the inside of the airflow diversion chamber into an upper diversion chamber 64 and a lower diversion chamber 65 which are independent, the top of the upper diversion chamber 64 is provided with a hot air outlet 66, the hot air outlet 66 can be connected into a spray chamber for dedusting treatment and then continuously delivering heat, the upper end of the hot air outlet 66 is connected with a hot air output pipe 67, the top of the hydrothermal solution liner 2 is provided with a pressure relief air port 21 and a temperature detection port 22, a temperature monitoring device 23 is arranged in the temperature detection port 22, the rear wall of the hydrothermal solution liner 2 is provided with, the overflow drain pipe 24 is arranged above the liquid inlet pipe 25, the overflow drain pipe 24 can prevent the liquid level from overflowing the hydrothermal solution liner 2 when the liquid level is too high, a float switch 28 is arranged on the liquid inlet pipe 25 in the hydrothermal solution liner 2, the float switch 28 controls the inflow amount of the liquid inlet pipe 25 according to the height of the liquid level in the hydrothermal solution liner 2, the outer end parts of the overflow drain pipe 24, the liquid inlet pipe 25, the return pipe 26 and the liquid outlet pipe 27 extend to the outer side of the outer cover, and the overflow drain pipe and the liquid inlet pipe are connected with the liquid storage tank 7 through a connecting pipeline 29.
Furthermore, the top of the outer cover 4 and the top of the hot liquid inner container 2 are both provided with inspection ports 41, the inspection ports 41 can be opened, and when the inspection ports 41 are required to be overhauled or adjusted, the inside of the hot water oil furnace can be operated.
Further, the temperature monitoring device 23 and the burner 8 are connected to the main controller 9, the temperature monitoring device 23 is responsible for detecting the temperature of the heating liquid in the hydrothermal solution liner 2 and feeding back the temperature to the main controller 9 in real time, and the main controller 9 intelligently controls and adjusts the heating temperature of the burner 8 according to the temperature fed back by the temperature monitoring device 23.
Further, the temperature monitoring device 23 is a temperature detecting thermocouple.
Furthermore, the thermal insulation mechanism 3 is provided with three thermal insulation layers 31 sandwiching thermal insulation cotton, the outermost layer 31 is arranged on the inner wall of the outer cover 4, and the inner two layers 31 are arranged on the outer wall of the hydrothermal solution liner 2.
Further, the heat preservation cotton is aluminum silicate cotton.
Further, the outer end of the cooling water discharge pipe 53 extends to the outside of the housing 4, a water discharge valve 54 is installed at the extending end of the cooling water discharge pipe 53, and the water produced by the cooled air in the combustion heat exchange mechanism 1 can be discharged by opening and adjusting the water discharge valve 54, so that the normal operation of the combustion heat exchange mechanism 1 is ensured.
Further, the hot gas output pipe 67 extends through the top of the hot liquid inner container 2 to the outside of the top of the outer cover 4.
Further, the upper heating liquid is water-based heat conduction oil.
Further, the upper heating liquid is water.
Example (b): 1 according to the requirement of heat utilization equipment, a main controller 9 sets the heat supply temperature, the main controller 9 controls a burner 8 to heat the air in the combustion heat exchange mechanism 1, meanwhile, the water-based heat conduction oil in the liquid storage tank 7 is added into the hydrothermal solution liner 2 through the liquid inlet pipe 25, when the liquid level in the hydrothermal solution liner 2 reaches the liquid level height set by the float switch 28, the addition is suspended, the water-based heat conduction oil and the combustion heat exchange mechanism 1 perform heat exchange to heat the temperature in the process, when the temperature detecting thermocouple of the temperature monitoring device 23 detects that the temperature reaches the preset temperature, the main controller 9 controls the liquid outlet pipe 27 to output the heated water-based heat conduction oil to be conveyed to the heat utilization equipment, the water-based heat conduction oil after heat exchange with the heat utilization equipment flows back to the hot liquid inner container 2 through the return pipe 26 for cyclic heating utilization, the heat delivery temperature of the water-based heat conduction oil can reach 130-150 ℃, and the production requirement of the equipment with higher heat utilization temperature is met.
Example (b): 2 according to the needs of the heat utilization equipment, a heat supply temperature is set in a main controller 9, the main controller 9 controls a burner 8 to heat air in a combustion heat exchange mechanism 1, meanwhile, water in a liquid storage tank 7 is added into a hydrothermal solution inner container 2 through a liquid inlet pipe 25, when the liquid level in the hydrothermal solution inner container 2 reaches the liquid level height set by a float switch 28, the addition is suspended, heat exchange is carried out between water and the combustion heat exchange mechanism 1 in the process to heat the temperature, when the temperature detected by a temperature monitoring device 23 reaches a preset temperature, the main controller 9 controls a liquid outlet pipe 27 to output heated hot water to be conveyed to the heat utilization equipment, and the hot water with waste heat after heat exchange with the heat utilization equipment flows back to the hydrothermal solution inner container 2 through a return pipe 26 to be circularly heated and utilized.
The utility model discloses a set up cold-proof mechanism 3 in hydrothermal solution inner bag 2 outsides for burning heat exchange mechanism 1 and hydrothermal solution inner bag 2 inner walls form a circulation heating's space, and the temperature in hydrothermal solution inner bag 2 can not run off through the air, ensures keeping the temperature that needs always of the heating fluid in hydrothermal solution inner bag 2.
The utility model discloses a steam in the combustion heat exchange mechanism 1 gets into down drainage cavity 65 from combustion chamber 5, and the air current water conservancy diversion cavity 61 that gets into the opposite side through the hot exchange pipe 62 of water conservancy diversion from drainage cavity 65 down gets into drainage cavity 64 again via the hot exchange pipe 62 of water conservancy diversion on upper strata, accomplishes around flowing the heating process.
The top of the hydrothermal solution liner 2 is provided with the pressure relief air port 21, so that pressure generated by heating in the hydrothermal solution liner 2 can be somewhat released, air pressure inside and outside the hydrothermal solution liner 2 is kept balanced, and damage caused by the fact that the pressure inside the hydrothermal solution liner 2 is larger than the pressure outside after heating liquid inside the hydrothermal solution liner 2 is heated is avoided.
Of course, the above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the application scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, so that the equivalent change made by the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. The novel energy-saving environment-friendly hydrothermal solution hot water oil stove comprises a main controller (9), a burner (8) and a liquid storage tank (7), and is characterized in that the novel energy-saving environment-friendly hydrothermal solution hot water oil stove comprises a combustion heat exchange mechanism (1), a hydrothermal solution inner container (2), a heat preservation mechanism (3) and an outer cover (4), wherein heating liquid is filled in the hydrothermal solution inner container (2) and the liquid storage tank (7), the heat preservation mechanism (3) is wrapped on the outer wall of the hydrothermal solution inner container (2), the heat preservation mechanism (3) is arranged between the outer cover (4) and the hydrothermal solution inner container (2), the combustion heat exchange mechanism (1) comprises a combustion chamber (5) and a heat exchange chamber (6), the heat exchange chamber (6) is arranged above the combustion chamber (5), the front end of the combustion chamber (5) is provided with the burner (51), the burner (8) is connected with the burner connecting port (51) through a combustion pipeline (52), the bottom of the combustion chamber (5) is connected with a cooling water drainage pipe (53), the heat exchange chamber (6) comprises a plurality of airflow diversion chambers (61) which are arranged in the front and at the back, a plurality of horizontally arranged diversion heat exchange pipes (62) are arranged between the airflow diversion chambers, an airflow partition plate (63) is horizontally arranged in the middle of the inside of the airflow diversion chamber (61) connected with the air outlet of the combustion chamber (5) and is divided into two independent upper drainage chambers (64) and lower drainage chambers (65), the top of the upper drainage chamber (64) is provided with a hot air outlet (66), the upper end of the hot air outlet (66) is connected with a hot air output pipe (67), the top of the hydrothermal solution liner (2) is provided with a pressure relief air port (21) and a temperature detection port (22), a temperature monitoring device (23) is arranged in the temperature detection port (22), and an overflow drain pipe (24) and a, The overflow liquid discharge device comprises a liquid inlet pipe (25), a return pipe (26) and a liquid outlet pipe (27), wherein the overflow liquid discharge pipe (24) is arranged above the liquid inlet pipe (25), a floating ball switch (28) is arranged on the liquid inlet pipe (25) in the hydrothermal solution liner (2), the floating ball switch (28) controls the inflow amount of the liquid inlet pipe (25) according to the liquid level height in the hydrothermal solution liner (2), the outer end parts of the overflow liquid discharge pipe (24), the liquid inlet pipe (25), the return pipe (26) and the liquid outlet pipe (27) extend to the outer side of the outer cover, and the overflow liquid discharge pipe (24) and the liquid inlet pipe (25) are connected with a liquid storage box (7) through a connecting pipeline (29).
2. The new energy-saving environmental protection hydrothermal solution hot water oil furnace of claim 1, characterized in that: the top of the outer cover (4) and the top of the hot liquid inner container (2) are provided with inspection ports (41).
3. The new energy-saving environmental protection hydrothermal solution hot water oil furnace of claim 1, characterized in that: the temperature monitoring device (23) and the combustor (8) are connected to the main controller (9).
4. The new energy-saving environmental protection hydrothermal solution hot water oil furnace of claim 1 or 3, characterized in that: the temperature monitoring device (23) is a temperature detecting thermocouple.
5. The new energy-saving environmental protection hydrothermal solution hot water oil furnace of claim 1, characterized in that: the heat-preservation mechanism (3) is a three-layer heat-preservation layer (31) clamped with heat-preservation cotton.
6. The novel energy-saving environment-friendly hydrothermal solution hot water oil furnace as set forth in claim 5, characterized in that: the heat preservation cotton is aluminum silicate cotton.
7. The new energy-saving environmental protection hydrothermal solution hot water oil furnace of claim 1, characterized in that: the outer end part of the cooling water discharge pipe (53) extends to the outer side of the outer cover (4), and a drain valve (54) is installed on the extending end of the cooling water discharge pipe (53).
8. The new energy-saving environmental protection hydrothermal solution hot water oil furnace of claim 1, characterized in that: the hot air output pipe (67) penetrates through the top of the hot liquid inner container (2) and extends to the outer side of the top of the outer cover (4).
9. The new energy-saving environmental protection hydrothermal solution hot water oil furnace of claim 1, characterized in that: the heating liquid is water-based heat conduction oil.
10. The new energy-saving environmental protection hydrothermal solution hot water oil furnace of claim 1, characterized in that: the heating liquid is water.
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