EP0469043A4 - Hot water heaters - Google Patents
Hot water heatersInfo
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- EP0469043A4 EP0469043A4 EP19900906734 EP90906734A EP0469043A4 EP 0469043 A4 EP0469043 A4 EP 0469043A4 EP 19900906734 EP19900906734 EP 19900906734 EP 90906734 A EP90906734 A EP 90906734A EP 0469043 A4 EP0469043 A4 EP 0469043A4
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
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Definitions
- This invention relates to hot water heaters particularly but not exclusively to hot water heaters which can be used in domestic hot water systems.
- the first object of the invention is to provide a novel hot water heater which is capable of delivering a relatively large quantity of hot water, the quantity being larger than the total volume of the storage capacity of the heater.
- a hot water heater comprising a vessel having an inlet port and an outlet port, a cold water inlet coupled to the inlet port, a hot water outlet line coupled to the outlet port, heating means for heating water in the vessel, and control means for establishing a flow path between the inlet and outlet lines, the arrangement being such that water flowing in said inlet line is divided between the flow path and said inlet port in a predetermined ratio whereby water flowing in the outlet line is, in use, colder than the water passing through the outlet port.
- control means is arranged to store hot water in the vessel at a higher temperature than is normally required in the outlet line and the cold water which passes through said flow path reduces the temperature of the water in the outlet line but increases the effective volume of hot water flowing from the heater.
- control means comprises a tube of relatively narrow bore.
- the tube does not include a thermostatically controlled valve. It may, however, include a non-thermostatically controlled valve which can be preset, by the manufacturer or by the user, to control the
- Another object of the invention is to provide a gas hot water heater which has a removable panel to provide access to the working components of the heater.
- a ccording to a further aspect of the invention there is prov id ed a gas fired hot water heater including a gas b urner an d a balanced flue, said flue including an air in l et chamber into which air for said burner passes, characterised i n that the chamber includes a removable panel w h ich, w h en removed, affords access to at least sai d burner.
- the heater includes a thermostatically controlled gas valve and wherein said panel, when remove d , affords access to said gas valve.
- a further object of the invention is to provide a storage electric hot water heater which can b e use d in a system having a night rate control, the heater including a num b er of heating elements which are selective l y engergised so as to tend to avoid peak loading of the electric supply system when the night rate becomes operative.
- the invention provides a vessel, first and second heating elements located near the lower end of the vessel and control means for selectively energising the first element, second element, or first and second elements, in accordance with the level of hot water in the vessel.
- control means includes temperature sensing elements located at spaced locations on the vessel.
- a ccording to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of controlling an electric hot water
- B TIT TE HEET heater comprising the steps of sensing the temperature of water in a vessel at selected locations on the vessel and controlling the energisation of first and second elements in accordance with temperatures sensed by said elements, the method being such that one or other or both of the elements are energised.
- a method of forming a housing on a body including the step of providing a pair of flanges on opposed edges of a cladding sheet, placing a body in the cladding sheet, applying a clamping force through the opposed flanges to draw them towards one another and utilising fixing means to hold the cladding sheet snugly on the body.
- a hot water heater comprising a vessel for water, heating means for applying heat to one side of the vessel for heat transfer to water in the vessel adjacent to said one side to thereby establish a convection current in the water from said one side to the top of the vessel.
- the convection current tends to form a circulating current of water. This results in mixing of the water within the vessel to thereby establish a generally uniform temperature throughout the water.
- a hot water heater comprising a vessel for containing water, a gas burner for heating the vessel, means for directing combustion gases adjacent to the sides of the vessel and towards the top of the vessel and shielding means for shielding the upper part of the vessel to thereby prevent overheating of water adjacent to the upper part of the vessel.
- shielding means at the upper part of the vessel tends to stop transfer of heat to the water at the upper part of the vessel where the water is normally hottest. This thereby tends to prevent overheating or boiling of the water at this point.
- a gas burner comprising a generally wedge shaped body having a row of outlet orifices adjacent the narrower end of the wedge shaped body.
- FIGURE 1 is a schematic view through an electric hot water heater
- FIGURE 2 is a more detailed cross-section through an outlet fitting
- FIGURES 3 to 6 are fragmentary sectional views of the formation of a tubular inlet/outlet socket
- FIGURE 7 is a simplified view of a hot water heater having a first configuration of temperature sensing elements
- FIGURES 8 and 9 are circuit diagrams for the arrangement illustrated in Figure 7
- FIGURE 10 is a hot water heater showing a second configuration of temperature sensing elements
- FIGURES 11 to 13 are circuit diagrams for the arrangement shown in Figure 10
- FIGURE 14 is an exploded view showing part of an assembly technique of the invention
- FIGURE 15 is a longitudinal cross-section through an outer housing
- FIGURE 16 shows the use of a clamp during assembly of the housing
- FIGURE 17 is a schematic perspective view of a gas fired hot water heater embodying the principles of the invention
- FIGURE 18 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the heater of Figure 17;
- FIGURE 19 is a fragmentary view of the flue assembly;
- FIGURE 20 is a schematic side view of the heater;
- FIGURE 21 is a cross-sectional view at line 21-21;
- FIGURE 22 is a cross-sectional view at line 22-22;
- FIGURE 23 is a side view of a burner of the invention; and
- FIGURE 24 is a fragmentary end view along the line 24- 24.
- FIG 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a hot water heater 2 constructed in accordance with the invention.
- the hot water heater 2 includes a vessel assembly 4 which is capable of withstanding the pressure of a domestic water supply.
- the heater 2 includes an inlet fitting 6 and an outlet fitting 8.
- the inlet fitting 6 is coupled to a cold water line 10 and to inlet conduit 12 which extends from the f itting 6 to an inlet port 14 located in a curved bottom wall 15 of the vessel 4.
- the outlet fitting 8 is coupled to a hot water outlet line 16 and to a hot water conduit 18 which extends from the fitting 8 to an outlet port 20 formed in a curved top wall 21 of the vessel 4.
- a bypass tube 22 extends between the fittings 6 and 8.
- the outlet fitting 8 comprises a hollow cylindrical body 24 which is welded to plate 25 which in turn may, optionally, be welded to th vessel 4 at its closed end to anchor it.
- the hot wate outlet line 16 is connected to the other end of the body 24.
- the conduit 18 is welded to one side of the body 24 an communicates with its interior via an opening 26.
- Th bypass tube 22 is welded to the opposite side of the body 2 and communicates with its interior via an opening 28.
- Th inlet fitting 6 is of analogous construction and need not b described in detail. - 6 -
- the heater includes a baffle 29 located inwardly adjacent to the inlet port 16, the baffle serving to reduce turbulence in the vessel on entry of cold water through the port 14.
- the heater includes an electric heating element 31 in the vessel near the bottom thereof.
- the heater may also include a booster element 33 located towards the upper part of the vessel. The booster element 33 may be operated when the level of cold water within the vessel approaches or exceeds the booster element.
- the hot water heater includes control means (not shown in Figures 1 and 2) for thermostatically controlling the operation of the elements 31 and 33.
- the control means is such that the element 31 is operated so as to achieve a predetermined temperature of water within the vessel. This for instance may be set at a high level say for instance 75°C to 80"C which is much higher than the hot water delivery temperature required in the outlet line 16.
- a predetermined temperature of water within the vessel This for instance may be set at a high level say for instance 75°C to 80"C which is much higher than the hot water delivery temperature required in the outlet line 16.
- a predetermined proportion of the cold water will pass into the bypass tube 22 and thus into the outlet fitting 8. This cold water is mixed with that flowing through the conduit 18 and therefore the temperature of the water in the line 16 is lowered by a predetermined amount.
- the provision of the tube 22 effectively enables a greater volume of hot water to be supplied to the outlet line 16 than the total capacity of hot water within the vessel 4. It will be appreciated that the amount of fluid flowing through the bypass 22 depends on the resistence to flow presented by the tube 22 as compared to the conduits 12 and 18. In a typical arrangement, it would be desirable to arrange for about one quarter of the flow to enter the tube 22, the remaining portion of the flow entering the conduit 12. This can be simply accomplished by arranging for the tube 22 to have a - 7 -
- the tube 22 may include an adjusting valve 23 which is manually settable to alter the resistance to flow through the tube 22. The valve thus alters the temperature and volume of water available to the user.
- the control knob (not shown) is preferably located near the thermostat control which is accessible to the user.
- a prototype water heater of the invention has been constructed and the table below illustrates the performance of the prototype.
- the vessel assembly 4 comprises a cylindrical sidewall 30 which is made from relatively thin corrosion resistant sheet material, for instance stainless steel of a thickness of 0.9mm.
- FIGS 3 to 6 show an arrangement for mounting of a socket 44 which in use receives a conventional pressure relief valve (not shown) or other conduit or fitting.
- the inner end of the socket 42 passes through an opening 41 in the sidewall 30 until a shoulder 43 abuts the sidewall as shown in Figure 3.
- the inner end is swaged or pressed flat to form a flange 45 which bears against the inside face of the sidewall 30 as shown in Figure 4.
- the flange 45 is then welded to the cylindrical body 30 as shown by weld 47 in figure 5. This technique enables a simple but strong mounting arrangement for the socket 44.
- the pressure relief valve or other component can be mounted on the socket 44 for instance by means of an internal thread 181 of the socket 44, or by other means.
- a sealing washer for instance of fibrous material, may be used between the flange 45 and the cylindrical body 30 (not shown).
- a support washer 49 for instance of steel or like material, between the shoulder 43 and the cylindrical body 30 to act to support the welding region during the welding process.
- the main body of the socket 44 is formed in two parts, a first part 44a having the flange 45 formed thereon, and a second part 44b having means such as an internal thread 182 for mounting the pressure relief valve or othe component on the socket 44.
- the first and second parts 44a, 44b are secured together by means of a nut 183 having a - 10 -
- inturned flange 184 at one end and an internal thread 185 extending in a region away from the flange 184.
- a shoulder 186 on the second part 44b co-operates with the inturned flange 184 so that the second part 44b can be clamped against the first part 44a by the nut 183, sealing means 187 such as a washer being provided between the two parts 44a, 44b.
- the two-part embodiment of the socket 44 shown in Figure 5a has the advantage that the pressure relief valve or other component can be mounted on the second part 44b of the socket 44 when independent of the first part 44a.
- the valve already assembled on the internally screw-threaded portion of the socket 44, can then be mounted with respect to the sidewall 30 by simply applying the nut 183.
- FIG. 6 shows the outer end of the socket 44 passing through an opening 180 in a sheet metal housing 152 of the heater.
- a large washer 51 is welded to the socket 44 by welding material 50, and riveted to the housing 152 so that the inner periphery of the washer 51 provides support for the socket 44 so as to prevent damage thereto during installation of the heater.
- a bead 53 of sealant can be applied to the gap, if present between the housing 152 and the outer surface of the socket 44.
- FIGS 7 and 8 diagrammatically illustrate a hot water heater provided with two heating elements 110 and 112 which can he independently controlled, in place of the customary single element.
- the elements 110 and 112 may have a capacity of say 2.4kw each.
- the control circuitry associated with the elements 110 and 112 includes a first thermostatically controlled switch 114 located near the bottom of the vessel 4 and a second thermostat switch 116 located near the middle of the vessel.
- the circuit diagram of Figure 8 diagrammatically illustrates - 11 -
- h eat i ng elements 110 and 112 are connected in parallel via the thermostat switch 114.
- the thermostat switch 116 is connected in series with the parallel pair.
- An optional bypass switch 118 can be connected across the switch 114 to effectively bypass it so that both elements can be simultaneously activated on closing the bypass switch 118, su bj ect of course to the thermostatic control of the sw i tc h 114.
- T he switc h 114 is set so that it is normally close d a 65°C an d below and opens above 75°C.
- the switch 116 howeve is arranged to open at 70°C and close below 40°C.
- the switch 116 will be open an the element 110 will be activated and the element 11 unactivated.
- a ctivation of the element 110 will o f cours b e su bj ect to the control of the thermostat switch 114.
- the mains supply system to the appliance includes a nigh switc h it will be appreciated that when the night switc comes on, on l y the element 110 will be operated if there i a significant volume of hot water in the tank.
- FIGs 7 and 9 illustrate a modified arrangement.
- a third thermostat switch 120 is locat near the top of the vessel.
- the circuit for th arrangement is diagrammatically shown in Figure 11.
- the thermostat switch 116 is arrange d activate one or other of the elements 112, subject to t thermostat switch 114.
- the switch 120 connected across the two elements so that if one of t elements is energised, so will the other.
- the option bypass switch 118 can be connected in parallel across t switch 120 to effectively bypass the switches 116 and 120.
- the switches 114, 116 and 120 can be arranged as follows.
- the switch 114 opens above 75°C and closes below 65°C, the switch 116 is connected to the circuit branch including the element 110 above 70°C but changes to the branch including the element 112 at 40°C.
- the switch 120 closes below 40°C and opens above 70°C.
- the arrangement is such that if a small volume of cold water is in the vessel, the low capacity element 112 will be activated. On the other hand if the level of cold water reaches the switch 116, it will energise the higher capacity element 112. On the other hand if the level of cold water in the vessel reaches the switch 120, the switch 120 will be closed and therefore both the elements 110 and 112 will be simultaneously energised.
- Figure 10 shows a further modification in which a further temperature sensitive switch 117 is provided adjacent to or incorporated in the main thermostat switch 114.
- Figures 11 to 13 illustrate a suitable circuit connection for the elements 110 and 112. The function is generally analogous to that described above and therefore need not be described in detail.
- Figures 14, 15 and 16 illustrate a preferred technique of forming an outer housing 152 about the vessel 4, particularly for the electrically energised arrangement shown in Figures 1, 7 and 10. The principles however would be applicable to gas fired arrangements.
- a layer 150 of insulating material is located between the vessel 4 and the housing 152.
- the housing may be formed from a single sheet of sheet metal and has a pair of flanges 154 and 156 formed at opposing edges, as best seen in Figures 14 and 16. The flanges do not extend fully to the upper and lower ends of the sheet.
- the housing includes a top cap 158, bottom tray 160, bracket 162 and elongate cover 164.
- the top cap 158 has a downturned flange which fits over the top edge of the cladding sheet 152, as seen in Figure 15.
- the tray 160 on the other hand fits on the inside edge of the sheet 152.
- the tray 160 may include feet 166 for supporting the housing.
- the bracket 162 is fastened to the bottom edge of the cladding sheet 152 to provide a fixing point for the lower end of the cover 164.
- a clamping tool 167 engages the flanges 154 and 156 and draws them toward one another to thereby firmly clamp the insulating layer 150 between the cladding sheet 152 and the vessel 4.
- Fastening means such as screws 168 can then be applied through the sheet 152 into a plurality of fastening straps 170.
- the clamping means 166 can then be removed.
- the space between the flanges 154 and 156 can be left for providing access to heating elements or thermostat sensors and the housing 164 can be then placed over them to afford protection thereto.
- the cover 164 includes a top flange 172 which can be placed beneath the downturned flange on the top cap 158, as seen in Figure 15. it will be appreciated that the cover 164 can be readily removed for servicing of the elements or sensors.
- FIG. 17 to 23 illustrate schematically a gas fired hot water heater. In these Figures, some parts have been omitted for clarity of illustration and where appropriate th ⁇ same reference numerals have been used as in the previous embodiments.
- the heater includes the bypass tube 22 and flow control valve 23 but these are not shown in the drawings. It has a cold water inlet 6 through the sidewall 29, near the bottom of the vessel, and a hot water outlet 8 located at the top of the vessel. Beneath the vessel 4 is a combustion chamber 11 the bottom of which is formed as a condensate tray 13 having an outlet 15. A burner 17 is located so as to project into the combustion chamber 11. More particularly, the combustion chamber includes an opening 19 through which the burner 17 passes. As best seen in Figures 23 and 24, the burner is generally wedge shaped and has a number of outlet orifices 25 on its narrow end.
- the vessel 4 is surrounded by a partitioned flue structure 27 which, generally speaking, serves to direct hot combustion products from the chamber 11 upwardly adjacent to one side 29 of the vessel and then downwardly adjacent to opposed sides 32 and 33 (see Figure 21) of the vessel and then to a balanced flue assembly 34, which is omitted in Figure 17 for clarity of illustration.
- the flue structure 27 is shaped so as to keep the hot exhaust products away from the side 36 which is opposite to the side 29 which first receives the combustion products from the chamber 11.
- the side 29 is therefore very hot whereas the opposite side remains relatively cool. This establishes a convection current indicated by wavy arrows 38.
- the circulating convection current tends to promote a more uniform temperature distribution in the water throughout the vessel.
- the flue structure 27 is preferably formed from a sheet o f stain l ess stee l or aluminized steel and is shaped so as to generally surround the vessel 4 and to define t h ree ex h aust d ucts 40, 42 and 35 adjacent to the sides 29, 32 and 33 respectively.
- the structure 27 includes grooves 46 and 48 the inner ends of which bear against the outer peripher , of the vessel 4, as best seen in Figure 21.
- the ducts 42 and 35 are defined by inturned legs 50 and 5 0 of the structure 27.
- t h e groove 1 46 and 48 pre f era b ly taper towards one another in the upwar 2 direction so that the duct 40 decreases in cross-sectxona 3 area i n t h e upwar d d irection. This tends to promote mor 4 uniform h eat transfer to the vessel along its l engt h b ecaus 5 at t h e b ottom where the exhaust gases are hottest, the are 6 of t h e duct i s re l atively wide.
- a heat shield 56 may be locat 23
- 26 shield prefera b ly comprises a hollow cylindr i cal b ody w h x
- T h e vessel and flue structure are locate d wit h in
- the housing 152 includes a base plate 64, a
- the heater includes a thermostatically controlled gas valve 68 which is located in the air inlet chamber of the balanced flue structures 34 and it functions in the usual way.
- a probe 69 extends into the vessel for sensing the temperature of the water and controlling the valve 68 in the usual way.
- the valve 68 includes an outlet nozzle 72 which is located adjacent to the flared end 74 of an inlet pipe 76 to the burner 17. Primary combustion air is drawn into the flared inlet 74 in the usual way.
- FIG 19 schematically illustrates the balance flue structure 34.
- the structure 34 essentially comprises a box structure having sidewalls 75 and 76 and a top wall 77.
- the structure has an inner face 78 which is essentially open and lies adjacent to the flue structure 27.
- the box structure has an outer face which is open except for a flange 79 which extends inwardly from sidewalls 75, 76 and top wall 77 and across the bottom face 91 which is open at the inner part 93 and closed at the outer part 95.
- the outer face is closed by a removable cover (not shown) which permits access to the burner 17 and control valve 68.
- the box structure includes a partitioning plate 80 which is vertically disposed and forms an exhaust chamber 81 towards the inner face 78 of the structure and an inlet chamber 82 towards the outer face of the structure. It also includes a horizontally disposed plate 83 extending between the sidewalls 75 and 76 and the plate 80 and front face 79. The plate 83 defines a flue outlet chamber above it.
- the plate 80 includes a transfer opening 84 bounded by two baffle plates 85 to permit exhaust gases to pass from the chamber 81 into the outlet chamber and then through exhaust outlet grates 86 formed in the sidewalls 75 and 76.
- the sidewalls 75 and 76 also include air inlet grates 87 located beneath the grates 86 to permit air to be drawn into the inlet chamber 82. Because the - 17 -
- grates 86 and 87 are located adjacent to one another, the arrangement acts as a balanced flue. Streams of exhaust gases, as indicated by arrows 88 from the exhaust passages 42 and 35, enter the lower part of the chamber 81 from beneath the lower edges of the exhaust structure 27 and then pass through the opening 84 and escape through the grates 86.
- Inlet streams of air pass through the grates 87 downwardly through the chamber 82 and exit through the open bottom part 93 so as to then be drawn into the combustion chamber 11 to provide secondary air for the burner 17. Since the probe 69 passes through the exhaust chamber 81 it may include heat shielding to prevent overheating.
- FIGS 23 and 24 illustrate the preferred arrangement for the burner 17.
- the burner is generally wedge shaped and is formed from upper and lower pressed steel portions 120 and 122.
- the front edges of the portions 120 and 122 are formed with accurate grooved portions which cooperate to form the row of outlet orifices 25 with cross lighting gaps 27.
- the gas fuel inlet pipe 76 is connected near the rea part of the upper member 120 and an internal baffle 128 i provided so as to direct the gas air mixture towards th orifices 25. Mixing of the gases occurs in the body of th burner 17 as well as in the pipe 76.
- the burner 1 produces a row of flames which are located near the centr of the bottom of the vessel 4 and are directed generall towards the passage 40. Heat transfer will occur at th bottom of the vessel 4 as well as within the passages 40, 4 and 35.
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