EP0614061A1 - Dispositif de contrôle pour échangeur de chaleur à plaques et échangeur de chaleur correspondant - Google Patents

Dispositif de contrôle pour échangeur de chaleur à plaques et échangeur de chaleur correspondant Download PDF

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EP0614061A1
EP0614061A1 EP93203712A EP93203712A EP0614061A1 EP 0614061 A1 EP0614061 A1 EP 0614061A1 EP 93203712 A EP93203712 A EP 93203712A EP 93203712 A EP93203712 A EP 93203712A EP 0614061 A1 EP0614061 A1 EP 0614061A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F27/00—Control arrangements or safety devices specially adapted for heat-exchange or heat-transfer apparatus
    • F28F27/02—Control arrangements or safety devices specially adapted for heat-exchange or heat-transfer apparatus for controlling the distribution of heat-exchange media between different channels
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
    • F24D3/00—Hot-water central heating systems
    • F24D3/08—Hot-water central heating systems in combination with systems for domestic hot-water supply
    • F24D3/087—Tap water heat exchangers specially adapted therefore
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D9/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary plate-like or laminated conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall
    • F28D9/0031—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary plate-like or laminated conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall the conduits for one heat-exchange medium being formed by paired plates touching each other
    • F28D9/0043—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary plate-like or laminated conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall the conduits for one heat-exchange medium being formed by paired plates touching each other the plates having openings therein for circulation of at least one heat-exchange medium from one conduit to another
    • F28D9/005—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary plate-like or laminated conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall the conduits for one heat-exchange medium being formed by paired plates touching each other the plates having openings therein for circulation of at least one heat-exchange medium from one conduit to another the plates having openings therein for both heat-exchange media

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  • the present invention relates to a compact plate-type heat exchanger/control device assembly, easy to install and maintain, particularly intended for wall-mounted heating boilers of the combined type and associated exchanger.
  • the "heart” of those systems is the heat generator, which usually takes the form of a wall-mounted boiler and is to fill several basic demands, such as demands for reliability, efficiency, compactness, and ease of maintenance.
  • the essential components of a wall-mounted boiler include the heat exchanger between the primary fluid, i.e. the system heating circuit, and the sanitary fluid, i.e. the delivery water, as well as devices for controlling the primary flow through the exchanger to meet the demand for heated sanitary water.
  • the primary fluid should only be supplied to the exchanger and transfer its heat contents to the sanitary fluid on actual demand for sanitary water, thereby to avoid wasted heat and load losses across the primary circuit while no actual demand for heated water exists.
  • Plate-type heat exchangers have been known which are compact, efficient, occupy a very small volume of about of 80 x 180 x 35 mm, and comprise a plurality of plates juxtaposed to form two sets of intercalated flow-through chambers for the primary and the sanitary flows, respectively.
  • Such exchangers which are generally parallelepipedic in shape, carry, on a larger rectangular face thereof, four unions for connection to delivery and discharge pipes, respectively for the primary and the sanitary fluid.
  • the unions are positioned near the corners of the rectangular face, at aligned locations to internal openings arranged to put the chambers of one set into mutual communication.
  • the closing plate is provided, at the locations of the two openings, with first and second axial fittings along a perpendicular axis to the plane of the plate with a predetermined spacing between centers of the fittings which is equal to the distance between centers of a sanitary fluid outlet from a primary fluid outlet of the control device, usually a switch valve (three way valve) or straight valve with a hydraulic actuator, thereby providing a direct connection between the exchanger and the control device with no intervening elements and using a single tight union for each flow route.
  • a switch valve three way valve
  • straight valve with a hydraulic actuator
  • the manufacturing dimensional tolerances of the two elements which make up the assembly are accommodated by the provision of a coupling comprising a sleeve-type fitting on the end plate and a union to be threaded in the sleeve for the outlet fitting of the sanitary fluid from the control device, thereby achieving accurate axial positioning of the two elements, while the primary circuit coupling is accomplished by means of a ring nut clamp-down threaded sleeve being juxtaposed end-to-end through an intervening sealing gasket to an outlet union for the primary fluid from the control device (which coupling would allow for some misalignment of the elements).
  • the closing plate is also provided with outlet fittings for the sanitary fluid and the primary fluid from the exchanger, either or both of which may be provided on the opposite face of the exchanger from that of the closing plate.
  • the exchanger 1 comprises a plurality of flat plates of metal, preferably stainless steel, which are substantially rectangular in shape and formed, as by deep drawing, with ribs as well as with a pyramid-shaped rim, also obtained by deep drawing, around their peripheries.
  • the plates are juxtaposed to one another into a stack of plates between which flow-through chambers are defined.
  • Each of the plates except an end plate, is provided with four openings located near the plate corners and being each surrounded by an embossed collar formed by deep drawing on either one or the other face of the plate for contacting a corresponding collar on an adjoining plate.
  • the plate rims and contact collars are joined together by a conventional brasing process to form two sets of chambers.
  • the plates have at least the sides 29,30 of greater length slighty rounded or convex, so as to form a conoidal rim.
  • the rim conoidal shape provides a more precise and tight coupling among juxtaposed rims and tightness of the brazed seam.
  • All the chambers in one set are communicated together through a pair of coaxial openings and form a circuit for a primary and a secondary flow, respectively, which will exchange heat in countercurrent relationship.
  • the exchanger is provided with a closing plate 2, shown in front view in Figure 1, which is juxtaposed to an underlying plate 5.
  • the plate has the same dimensions as the other plates of the exchanger but preferably increased thickness, e.g. of 0.8 mm, and is provided with a first opening 3 located near a corner (the upper left corner in Figure 1) of the plate.
  • the opening 3 is surrounded by a dimpled collar 4, formed by deep drawing, which is attached to a corresponding collar 6 of the adjoining plate 5 as by brazing.
  • this may be attached to the collar 6 of the plate 5 using a brazed-on ring of appropriate thickness therebetween.
  • An inside-threaded sleeve union 7 or another type of connection is attached to the closing plate 2, at the location of the opening 3, using known means such as a brazed joint.
  • the opening 3 provides an inlet route for sanitary fluid into a chamber formed between the plate 5 and an adjoining plate 8, as well as into all the chambers of one set.
  • the plate 2 is provided with a second opening 9, which is identical with the former and is also provided with a collar 10 and sleeve union 11, for discharging sanitary (heated) water from the chambers to the hot water distribution network.
  • the opening 9 is located near the opposite corner of the plate from that having the opening 3 nearby, so that the sanitary flow will be forced to flow through the exchanger chambers along the direction of greater spread of the chambers.
  • the opening 9 could be also formed in a closing plate opposite from the plate 2.
  • the plate 2 is provided with a third opening 12 for admitting primary fluid into the exchanger.
  • This opening 12 rather than lying coaxial with the exchanger openings arranged for that purpose, as indicated by the phantom line 13 in Figure 1, is provided at an offset location on the plate 2, a predetermined distance center to center from the opening 3 which is equal to the distance between centers separating corresponding sanitary and primary water outlets of a straight or three way switch valve to be coupled to the exchanger.
  • the opening 12 will locate close to the plate centerline.
  • the opening 12 is also surrounded by a collar 14, embossed on the plate and carrying a fitting 15 conventionally attached thereto as by brazing.
  • the fitting 15 comprises, as shown in Figure 2, an axial sleeve 16 provided with a clamp-down ring nut 17 and a but flange 18 co-operating with an abutment on the ring nut to form a but joint having a sealing gasket 118 therebetween.
  • the opening 12 constitutes an inlet route for primary water into the distribution chamber formed between the closing plate 2 and the adjoining plate 5.
  • the primary water can flow to the openings 13 in the exchanger and thence into the set of chambers for the primary flow.
  • the embossed collar 14 is lengthened to form an embossed channel 31 extending up to a plare zone juxtaposed to the openings 13.
  • the plate 2 is provided with a fourth opening 19 for letting out the primary water from the exchanger.
  • the opening 19 is located opposite to the openings 13 and coaxial with corresponding openings formed in the exchanger plates wherethrough the primary water can be directed outside.
  • An inner insulation ring attached to the plate 2 and a collar of the plate 5 (in turn, attached to a corresponding collar on the plate 8) as by brazing, insulates the opening 19 of the distribution chamber while communicating it to the primary fluid chambers.
  • the plate 2 is provided with a sleeve union 20 similar to the sleeve 7 but provided of preference with an outside threadway for coupling to a primary fluid recovery pipe and directing the fluid to a delivery pump at the boiler.
  • the opening 19 could also be provided in an end plate remote from the plate 2.
  • a closing plate so constructed leads to the implementation of an assembly exchanger/switch valve (and more generally, a control device) which is easy to assemble and extremely compact, as illustrated by Figure 2.
  • the switch valve comprises a valve body 21 having a threaded inlet union 22 for the primary water, a first threaded outlet union 23 for delivering primary water to the heating circuit, and a second threaded outlet union 24 for delivering primary water to the exchanger.
  • the union 24 is juxtaposed axially to the sleeve 16, and the ring nut 17 is threaded onto the sleeve 24.
  • the primary flow is controlled internally of the body 21 by a shutter, not shown, which can be moved between two positions to direct the inflow to one or the other of the valve outlets according to its position setting.
  • the switch valve is completed by a conventional actuator device 25 of the diaphragm type, whose operation is based on the pressure differential which is established between two chambers separated by a diaphragm and respectively communicated to a water inlet 26, for sanitary water in this instance, and an outlet, when a (optionally adjustable) neck, provided between the inlet and the outlet, produces a dynamic pressure loss, hence a pressure differential, in the presence of a flow rate above a threshold value, whereas the pressure differential would be zero at no or minimal flow rate.
  • the pressure differential causes the diaphragm to deform and move an actuating rod attached to the diaphragm.
  • the rod being slidable in a seat provided with sealing gaskets, will act on the shutter.
  • the outlet union 27 for the sanitary water from the actuator is threaded into the sleeve 7.
  • the distance between centers of the union 27 from the union 24, having parallel axes, is equal to the center-to-center spacing of the exchanger sleeves 7 and 16, whereby the coupling of the two elements, the exchanger and the switch valve, or more generally the flow control device, will be a direct one with no elbow fittings therebetween which would greatly increase the assembly bulk and make assembling and disassembling for maintenance more difficult.
  • the control device may include, additionally to local actuation mechanisms, devices for controlling remote elements, such as a microswitch 28 to be operated by the actuator 25 to control such remotely located elements as pumps and solenoid valves.
  • devices for controlling remote elements such as a microswitch 28 to be operated by the actuator 25 to control such remotely located elements as pumps and solenoid valves.
  • the system would expediently be operated for just those time periods while a demand for hot water exists.
  • the switch valve may be replaced by a valve mounted in the primary flow return line to the boiler and connected directly to the exchanger outlet for the primary flow, whilst the exchanger primary inlet would be connected directly to the boiler water system.
  • the valve may be controlled by a hydraulic actuator of the kind described above, wherein a differential pressure is arranged to act on a diaphragm.
  • the closing plate can accommodate the distance between centers of the exchanger primary fluid outlet from the exchanger sanitary fluid inlet to enable direct coupling of the valve and its associated actuator to the exchanger.
  • valve could be connected directly to the exchanger primary fluid inlet by its primary fluid outlet.
  • the hydraulic actuator be supplied with cold sanitary fluid, and therefore, placed upstream of the exchanger, there would be no substantial objection to its installation downstream from the exchanger, and therefore, connected to the sanitary outlet of the exchanger.
  • the closing plate of the exchanger would ensure accommodation of the distance between centers of two openings in the exchanger by means of a distribution chamber of minimal bulk, on the order of a few millimeters, and allow direct connection of the control device, it being immaterial which of the (inlet/outlet, primary/sanitary) openings in the closing plate is offset from corresponding openings in the exchanger plates.
  • the actuator could be, rather than of the hydraulic type, an electromechanical or thermomechanical or the like type driven by a flow rate sensor.
  • the closing plate with offset connection from corresponding openings in the exchanger plates would enable an integrated exchanger/control device assembly to be provided, with the device being connected directly to the exchanger with no intervening elbow connections or else into a compact and reliable arrangement, even if no direct connection need to be provided for the control device to the sanitary circuit of the exchanger, so that the closure plate could be formed, in the extreme, with one opening with an inlet/outlet fitting for direct connection to the control device while the other three inlet/outlet openings could be provided, along with their respective fittings, wholly or in part in the end plate of the exchanger plate bank opposite from the closing plate.

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EP93203712A 1993-03-05 1993-12-28 Dispositif de contrÔle pour échangeur de chaleur à plaques et échangeur de chaleur correspondant Expired - Lifetime EP0614061B1 (fr)

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ITMI930427A IT1271978B (it) 1993-03-05 1993-03-05 Gruppo scambiatore a piastre dispositivo di controllo e relativo scambiatore.
ITMI930427 1993-03-05

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WO1996004499A1 (fr) * 1994-08-05 1996-02-15 Danfoss A/S Dispositif de regulation de temperature de l'eau provenant d'une conduite
WO1997000415A1 (fr) * 1995-06-16 1997-01-03 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. Echangeur de chaleur a plaques
FR2790073A1 (fr) * 1999-02-24 2000-08-25 Mer Joseph Marie Le Echangeur thermique a plaques, a vanne integree
EP1026467A3 (fr) * 1999-02-05 2000-12-13 Patente Rehberg Lauer Echangeur de chaleur à plaques pour préparation et stockage d'eau chaude
FR2803025A1 (fr) 1999-12-22 2001-06-29 Mer Joseph Le Echangeur thermique a plaques, a clapet de decharge integre
WO2002075219A1 (fr) 2001-03-16 2002-09-26 Crime Andre Systeme de fourniture d'eau sanitaire exempte de germes pathogenes actifs, notamment pour douche
US7748442B2 (en) 2004-01-31 2010-07-06 Modine Manufacturing Company Plate heat exchanger
FR2967248A1 (fr) * 2010-11-10 2012-05-11 Valeo Systemes Thermiques Echangeur de chaleur fluide/fluide
US10876794B2 (en) * 2017-06-12 2020-12-29 Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc. Gasketed plate and shell heat exchanger
DE102022202732A1 (de) 2022-03-21 2023-09-21 Mahle International Gmbh Stapelscheiben-Wärmeübertrager für ein Thermomanagementmodul

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GB2213242A (en) * 1987-12-17 1989-08-09 Giannoni Srl Water heaters
GB2234337A (en) * 1989-06-22 1991-01-30 Terance Gerard Madigan Domestic water heating assembly
US5042577A (en) * 1989-03-09 1991-08-27 Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha Evaporator

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GB2213242A (en) * 1987-12-17 1989-08-09 Giannoni Srl Water heaters
US5042577A (en) * 1989-03-09 1991-08-27 Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha Evaporator
GB2234337A (en) * 1989-06-22 1991-01-30 Terance Gerard Madigan Domestic water heating assembly

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WO1996004499A1 (fr) * 1994-08-05 1996-02-15 Danfoss A/S Dispositif de regulation de temperature de l'eau provenant d'une conduite
WO1997000415A1 (fr) * 1995-06-16 1997-01-03 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. Echangeur de chaleur a plaques
US5950715A (en) * 1995-06-16 1999-09-14 Alfa Laval Ab Plate heat exchanger
EP1026467A3 (fr) * 1999-02-05 2000-12-13 Patente Rehberg Lauer Echangeur de chaleur à plaques pour préparation et stockage d'eau chaude
FR2790073A1 (fr) * 1999-02-24 2000-08-25 Mer Joseph Marie Le Echangeur thermique a plaques, a vanne integree
WO2000050832A1 (fr) * 1999-02-24 2000-08-31 Joseph Marie Le Mer Echangeur thermique a plaques, a vanne integree
FR2803025A1 (fr) 1999-12-22 2001-06-29 Mer Joseph Le Echangeur thermique a plaques, a clapet de decharge integre
WO2002075219A1 (fr) 2001-03-16 2002-09-26 Crime Andre Systeme de fourniture d'eau sanitaire exempte de germes pathogenes actifs, notamment pour douche
US7748442B2 (en) 2004-01-31 2010-07-06 Modine Manufacturing Company Plate heat exchanger
DE102004004975B4 (de) * 2004-01-31 2015-04-23 Modine Manufacturing Co. Plattenwärmeübertrager
FR2967248A1 (fr) * 2010-11-10 2012-05-11 Valeo Systemes Thermiques Echangeur de chaleur fluide/fluide
WO2012062714A1 (fr) * 2010-11-10 2012-05-18 Valeo Systemes Thermiques Echangeur de chaleur fluide/fluide.
JP2013543101A (ja) * 2010-11-10 2013-11-28 ヴァレオ システム テルミク 流体／流体熱交換器
US10876794B2 (en) * 2017-06-12 2020-12-29 Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc. Gasketed plate and shell heat exchanger
DE102022202732A1 (de) 2022-03-21 2023-09-21 Mahle International Gmbh Stapelscheiben-Wärmeübertrager für ein Thermomanagementmodul

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