EP2287542A1 - Device comprising a boiler for containing and heating a liquid and a system for containing the liquid at a lower temperature - Google Patents

Device comprising a boiler for containing and heating a liquid and a system for containing the liquid at a lower temperature Download PDF

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EP2287542A1
EP2287542A1 EP09164611A EP09164611A EP2287542A1 EP 2287542 A1 EP2287542 A1 EP 2287542A1 EP 09164611 A EP09164611 A EP 09164611A EP 09164611 A EP09164611 A EP 09164611A EP 2287542 A1 EP2287542 A1 EP 2287542A1
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Priority to EP10730554A priority patent/EP2452132A2/en
Priority to JP2012519086A priority patent/JP5801299B2/ja
Priority to KR1020177026242A priority patent/KR20170109078A/ko
Priority to US13/379,419 priority patent/US20120103281A1/en
Priority to KR1020127003025A priority patent/KR20120050997A/ko
Priority to BR112012000125A priority patent/BR112012000125A8/pt
Priority to RU2012103892/06A priority patent/RU2529969C2/ru
Priority to PCT/IB2010/052797 priority patent/WO2011004279A2/en
Priority to DE202010005704U priority patent/DE202010005704U1/de
Priority to CN201010220712.6A priority patent/CN101943465B/zh
Priority to CN2010202490708U priority patent/CN201866915U/zh
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24H—FLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEAT-GENERATING MEANS, e.g. HEAT PUMPS, IN GENERAL
    • F24H9/00—Details
    • F24H9/12—Arrangements for connecting heaters to circulation pipes
    • F24H9/13—Arrangements for connecting heaters to circulation pipes for water heaters
    • F24H9/133—Storage heaters
    • F24H9/136—Arrangement of inlet valves used therewith
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D3/00—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes
    • 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
    • F24D19/00—Details
    • F24D19/0002—Means for connecting central heating radiators to circulation pipes

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  • the present invention relates to a device, comprising:
  • the device may be a water purifying device.
  • a device is a gravity-based device in which the water flows through the device and a filter that is part of the device only under the influence of gravity, without the use of a pump or the like.
  • the boiler is arranged at a lower level than the cool liquid system, which comprises a storage tank in many practical cases.
  • a conduit system is provided for interconnecting the storage tank and the boiler. The functioning of the various elements of the device is adapted to the fact that there are only very low pressures in the device, as only the pressure due to a height of a water column extending between the storage tank and the boiler can be applied.
  • Conventional gravity-based water purifying devices involve the problem that when the boiler is activated to heat a quantity of water, water that is present in the storage tank is heated as well.
  • the storage tank is supposed to contain water at ambient temperature, but due to the presence of a connection between the storage tank and the boiler, the temperature of the water in the storage tank increases when the boiler is activated.
  • there is always a heat flow between quantities of water having different temperatures irrespective of the shape or size of conduits and other elements for containing and/or conveying water. Due to the fact that only low pressures are prevailing in the device, it is not possible to apply complex valves, for example, spring-loaded valves or valves comprising moving parts, to disconnect the hot water in the boiler from the much cooler water in the storage tank.
  • the hot water in the boiler has a lower density than the water in the storage tank and the conduit system interconnecting the storage tank and the boiler. Due to the density difference, the hot water has a tendency to rise to a higher level in the device, and moves towards the storage tank, whereas the cold water has a tendency to go down in the device. Consequently, the water in the storage tank gets warmer over time, whereas the boiler needs to use energy to heat the cold water that goes down.
  • a device comprising a boiler and a cool liquid system as described in the foregoing is provided, wherein the device is further equipped with means for preventing a backflow from the boiler to the cool liquid system, and for realizing heat insulation at a position upstream of the boiler.
  • the means for preventing a backflow from the boiler to the cool liquid system, and for realizing heat insulation at a position upstream of the boiler may comprise a single construction in which both functions as mentioned are united. However, it is also possible that separate constructions are applied.
  • the device according to the present invention may comprise a one-way valve for allowing liquid to flow in the direction from the cool liquid system to the boiler and for blocking a flow in the other direction.
  • the valve may be a low pressure operated valve such as an umbrella valve or a duckbill valve.
  • such a valve is usually very thin, as a result of which there is a considerable transfer of heat through such a valve.
  • a construction for realizing a heat insulating function is provided as well in order to avoid cooling of the hot liquid under the influence of the presence of the cold liquid, and heating of the cold liquid under the influence of the presence of the hot liquid.
  • a space for entrapping air may be provided in the vicinity of the valve.
  • Another advantageous consequence of having an improved partition of hot liquid and cold liquid is that a phenomenon known as bio fouling is not likely to occur in the cool liquid system, or is at least slowed down to such an extent that no health-threatening situations occur in normal use of the device according to the present invention.
  • valve in the device for preventing a backflow
  • such valve may be of the type that is adapted to be opened under the influence of liquid pressure. This option is especially advantageous in case it is required to let the design of the device according to the present invention be as simple as possible, wherein there is no need for a valve having moving parts that need to be actively put in an opened position or a closed position by means of a micro-controller or the like.
  • the device according to the present invention comprises an air entrapment space that is located at a position upstream of the boiler.
  • an airlock is created that may be situated such as to insulate the hot liquid in the boiler from the cold liquid in the cool liquid system.
  • the design of the air entrapment space is such that air is automatically entrapped when the device is filled with a liquid. In such a case, a quantity of air will remain inside the device as long as the device is filled with the liquid.
  • the airlock is recreated every time the device including the boiler is drained and refilled.
  • the cool liquid system and the boiler may be directly connected to each other, but it is also possible for the device according to the present invention to comprise a conduit system interconnecting the cool liquid system and the boiler, which comprises a conduit extending between the cool liquid system and the boiler, wherein the air entrapment space is present in a portion of the conduit having a larger cross-sectional area than adjacent portions.
  • a conduit system interconnecting the cool liquid system and the boiler which comprises a conduit extending between the cool liquid system and the boiler, wherein the air entrapment space is present in a portion of the conduit having a larger cross-sectional area than adjacent portions.
  • the device may comprise means for preventing liquid from filling the air entrapment space from the side of the cool liquid system in the form of a wall blocking the access to the air entrapment space.
  • Having a physical barrier for delimiting at least a portion of the air entrapment space in the device is a suitable way of ensuring that air is retained in the air entrapment space on the basis of the fact that the space cannot be reached by the liquid.
  • a conduit system comprising a conduit extending between the cool liquid system and the boiler is present in the device, wherein a tube member is arranged inside the conduit, and wherein the cross-sectional area of at least an end portion of the tube member, in particular an end portion that is located at the side of the boiler, is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the conduit at the position where the end portion of the tube member is present.
  • the wall of the end portion of the tube member constitutes a physical barrier between the area where a flow of liquid is present during operation, namely the interior of the tube member, and an area that cannot be reached by the liquid, including the air entrapment space that is present between the wall of the end portion of the tube member and the wall of the conduit.
  • the wall of the tube member is a thin wall and comprises a flexible material, so that the end portion of the tube member can be used as a one-way valve that can be opened and closed under the influence of very low pressures, for example, pressures prevailing in a gravity-based device.
  • the embodiment comprising the tube member extending inside the conduit has the advantage of a compact and simple design, and has a useful valve function and air entrapment function at the same time, so that a backflow of liquid from the boiler to the cool liquid system is prevented, and a transfer of heat through the valve is prevented as well.
  • the air entrapment space is defined by the interior space of a hollow member for containing air.
  • the wall of the hollow member constitutes the wall that prevents the liquid from filling the air entrapment space.
  • the hollow member may be freely arranged inside a portion of a conduit of the conduit system having a larger cross-sectional area than adjacent portions, wherein the cross-sectional area of the hollow member is larger than the cross-sectional area of the adjacent portions of the conduit. On the basis of the differences of the sizes of the cross-sectional areas, it is impossible for the hollow member and air contained therein to escape from the defined portion of the conduit.
  • the hollow member may perform a valve function.
  • a backflow from the boiler to the cool liquid system is prevented when the hollow member blocks an opening that is present between the portion of the conduit having the larger cross-sectional area and a portion of the conduit having a smaller cross-sectional area, whereas the hollow member may float at a position inside the portion of the conduit having the larger cross-sectional area under the influence of the pressure of a flow of liquid from the cool liquid system from the boiler, such that the opening as mentioned is no longer blocked.
  • the hollow member may have any suitable shape for retaining a quantity of air.
  • the hollow member may be ball-shaped and fully closed, or may be dome-shaped, wherein one side of the hollow member, especially a side at the bottom of the hollow member, is open.
  • the hollow member may be connected to the valve. In this configuration, heat transfer through the valve is minimized, as the insulating effect of the presence of air takes place right at the position of the valve.
  • a hollow member when applied, it may be so that this member is filled with another suitable heat insulating material than air, especially in case the hollow member is fully closed.
  • the application of the means for transforming a flow of liquid in a shower of droplets is especially useful in a configuration in which the cool liquid system is arranged at a higher level than the boiler, and in which the means are arranged above the air entrapment space.
  • the droplets may then simply fall from the means towards a conduit leading to the boiler, crossing the air entrapment space.
  • the means for transforming a flow of liquid in a shower of droplets comprise a number of lamellae, straws, fibers, or the like, which are extending next to each other with little space in between.
  • An advantage of an application of fibers is that the means may also have a function in purifying the liquid.
  • the device may be a gravity-based device in which a displacement of liquid only takes place under the influence of gravity.
  • a specific aspect of the gravity-based device is that such a device can do without a pump or the like, so that energy and space may be saved, which may be advantageous in various intended applications of the device.
  • the gravity-based device in case a one-way valve is present in a conduit of the conduit system, it is advantageous if the air entrapment space is located between the valve and the boiler.
  • the liquid inside the boiler is kept at the highest possible temperature, as a heat transfer process to the valve and the elements of the device arranged beyond the valve is hindered on the basis of the insulating effect of the air entrapment space.
  • Figure 1 diagrammatically shows a number of components of a device 1 according to the present invention.
  • the device 1 is a device for purifying water, but that does not alter the fact that the present invention is also applicable in the field of other types of devices.
  • the device 1 comprises a storage tank 2 for containing water and a boiler 3 for containing and heating water.
  • Figure 1 illustrates the positioning of the storage tank 2 and the boiler 3 that is related to a normal orientation of the device 1, and shows that the boiler 3 is positioned at a lower level than the storage tank 2.
  • the storage tank 2 and the boiler 3 are in communication through a conduit 4 that is extending from the storage tank 2 to the boiler 3, and that has a substantially vertical orientation in the shown example.
  • a de-airing pipe 5 is arranged between the storage tank 2 and the boiler 3.
  • a filling process of the boiler 3 takes place under the influence of gravity, wherein water flows from the storage tank 2 to the boiler 3 through the conduit 4.
  • the boiler 3 has suitable heating means for heating the water and/or boiling the water.
  • the device 1 has two water taps 6, 7, namely a water tap 6 that is connected to the storage tank 2 and serves for supplying water from the storage tank 2, and a water tap 7 that is connected to the boiler 3 and serves for supplying water from the boiler 3.
  • a user of the device 1 uses the first water tap 6 in case it is desired to take water at ambient temperature from the device 1, whereas the user uses the second water tap 7 in case it is desired to take hot water from the device 1.
  • the present invention relates to measures which are aimed at avoiding an undesirable displacement of hot water to the storage tank 2 and an undesirable displacement of cold water to the boiler 3 through the conduit 4, which would take place if the conduit 4 would simply be open under all circumstances.
  • measures are taken in order to avoid a backflow of water through the conduit 4, i.e. a flow from the boiler 3 back to the storage tank 2, and in order to create heat insulation at a position between the storage tank 2 and the boiler 3.
  • Figure 2 shows a detail of figure 1 , namely a portion 8 of the conduit 4 having a larger cross-sectional area than adjacent portions, and thereby illustrates a first example of a way of realizing the functions of avoiding a backflow of water and insulating hot water from cool (ambient) water as mentioned in the preceding paragraph.
  • a thin, flexible tube member 9 is arranged inside the portion 8 of the conduit 4 having the relatively large cross-sectional area, which will hereinafter be referred to as enlarged conduit portion 8.
  • One end of the tube member 9 is located at the storage tank side of the enlarged conduit portion 8, and another end of the tube member 9 is located at the boiler side of the enlarged conduit portion 8.
  • the tube member 9 has a tapering shape, wherein the end 10 of the tube member 9 is normally closed. Only under the influence of a pressure difference between one side of the normally closed end 10 and the other side, the tube member 9 opens, and water is allowed to pass through.
  • the tube member 9 acts like a one-way valve, which is adapted to only allow for a flow of water from the storage tank 2 to the boiler 3, while blocking the passage in the opposite direction.
  • the tube member 9 acts like a so-called duckbill valve.
  • an air entrapment space 11 is obtained in the enlarged conduit portion 8, namely at the position where there is space between the outer wall of the tube member 9 and the inner wall of the conduit 4.
  • the air entrapment space 11 cannot be filled by water flowing from the storage tank 2 to the boiler 3, as it is guided through the enlarged conduit portion 8 by the tube member 9, and the air that remains inside the enlarged conduit portion 8 once the device 1 is filled is trapped inside the air entrapment space 11, wherein it is enclosed by the wall of the conduit 4, the wall of the tube member 9, and the water at the boiler side, and cannot escape.
  • the device 1 according to the present invention is capable of offering the same water purifying function and water storage function as a conventional device for purifying water.
  • the tube member 9 can be opened at low pressure, the flow of water from the storage tank 2 to the boiler 3 is practically not influenced.
  • Advantageous effects of the design with the tube member 9 involve a valve function in which backflow of water is prevented, and a heat insulating function in which a transfer of heat between water at the storage tank side and water at the boiler side is minimized.
  • the tube member 9 is rigid and does not have a tapering shape, and is not capable of performing a valve function. Therefore, a separate valve 13 is provided at the storage tank side of the tube member 9, which valve 13 may be a relatively simply valve that can open under the influence of low pressures, such as an umbrella valve. As is the case with the embodiment described on the basis of figure 2 , an air entrapment space 11 is present between the outer wall of the tube member 9 and the inner wall of the conduit 4 for realizing a heat insulating function at the position of the enlarged conduit portion 8.
  • valve 13 is provided, which is capable of allowing water to pass from the storage tank 2 to the boiler 3, through the air entrapment space 11, and which is capable of blocking the way in the opposite direction, so that it is not possible for the air to escape from the air entrapment space 11.
  • the valve 13 is a solenoid valve that is operated electrically. In that case, the functioning of the valve 13 does not directly depend on pressures prevailing at the two sides of the valve 13, and proper operation of the valve 13 is also guaranteed in situations in which pressures are higher than in a gravity-based device 1.
  • FIG 5 a third alternative is shown.
  • an umbrella valve 13 is arranged at the storage tank side of the enlarged conduit portion 8, and an air entrapment space 11 is located right underneath the valve 13 when going from the storage tank side to the boiler side.
  • FIG 6 a fourth alternative is shown.
  • the air entrapment space 11 is provided in the form of a hollow member 14 containing air or another heat insulating material, which is connected to the valve 13.
  • a fifth alternative is shown.
  • a device 15 for transforming a flow of water into droplets of water is applied.
  • this device 15 comprises a number of lamellae, straws, fibers, or the like, which are extending at a relatively small distance with respect to each other.
  • An application of fibers in the droplet device 15 is advantageous, as on the basis of such an application, it is possible to also use the droplet device 15 for purifying the water.
  • the droplet device 15 is arranged near the storage tank side of the enlarged conduit portion 8, wherein an air entrapment space 11 is present at a top portion of the enlarged conduit portion 8. Under the influence of pressure that is exerted from the side of the storage tank 2, a flow of water is supplied to the droplet device 15, and droplets of water are generated as the water passes through the device 15, which droplets fall towards the boiler side of the enlarged conduit portion 8.
  • a flow of water is supplied to the droplet device 15, and droplets of water are generated as the water passes through the device 15, which droplets fall towards the boiler side of the enlarged conduit portion 8.
  • the droplet device 15 offers a certain flow resistance, the droplet device 15 has a valve function. However, if so desired, it is possible to have an additional valve 13 such as an umbrella valve as shown in figure 7 .
  • FIG 8 a sixth alternative is shown.
  • a hollow member 14 containing air or another heat insulating material is arranged inside the enlarged conduit portion 8, and this hollow member 14 is free to float inside the enlarged conduit portion 8.
  • the hollow member 14 is ball-shaped, wherein the cross-sectional area of the hollow member 14 is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the enlarged conduit portion 8, and larger than the cross-sectional area of adjacent conduit portions 12, 16. In this way, it is ensured that the hollow member 14 cannot escape from the enlarged conduit portion 8.
  • the conduit 4 tapers, so that the hollow member 14 is smoothly led to a position for blocking a passage from the enlarged conduit portion 8 to the adjacent conduit portion 12 at the storage tank side when no pressure is exerted.
  • the hollow member 14 is displaced a little bit, such that water is allowed to pass between the hollow member 14 and the inner wall of the conduit 4.
  • an additional valve 13 such as an umbrella valve as shown in figure 8 .
  • a seventh alternative is shown.
  • another type of hollow member is applied, namely a dome-shaped hollow member 17 that is open at a bottom side.
  • a dome-shaped hollow member 17 that is open at a bottom side.
  • the device 1 according to the present invention comprises a storage tank 2 for containing cold water and supplying cold water at the request of a user.
  • the device 1 according to the present invention comprises a system for containing liquid outside of the boiler 3, wherein this system may as well be shaped like a conduit system, for example.
  • an embodiment of the device 1 according to the present invention which does not comprise a storage tank 2, but only comprises cool water conduits 18 that are in liquid communication with the boiler 3, is diagrammatically shown in figure 10 .
  • the present invention is applicable in any situation in which there is a cool liquid system 2, 18 and a boiler 3, wherein the cool liquid system 2, 18 and the boiler 3 are in liquid communication with each other, and wherein it is desired to keep the heat at the boiler side, and to keep the cold at the cool liquid system side.
  • the device 1 according to the present invention does not necessarily need to be a gravity-based device, but may comprise additional components for realizing a desired displacement of a liquid through the device, especially a pump.
  • the present invention is applicable in the field of any type of liquid, wherein water is just one practical example.
  • this component of the device 1 according to the present invention may be of any suitable type. It is assumed that the construction of a boiler 3 with heating means for heating a content of the boiler 3 is well-known and does not need any further explanation here.
  • a device 1 comprises a boiler 3 for containing and heating a liquid such as water; and a cool liquid system 2, 18 that is in liquid communication with the boiler 3, and that is intended to contain liquid that is at a lower temperature than hot liquid from the boiler 3, i.e. relatively cold liquid.
  • the boiler 3 is activated such as to heat a quantity of liquid that is received from the cool liquid system 2, 18.
  • measures are taken in order to prevent a backflow of the liquid.

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EP09164611A EP2287542A1 (en) 2009-07-06 2009-07-06 Device comprising a boiler for containing and heating a liquid and a system for containing the liquid at a lower temperature
EP10730554A EP2452132A2 (en) 2009-07-06 2010-06-21 Device comprising a boiler for containing and heating a liquid and a system for containing the liquid at a lower temperature
JP2012519086A JP5801299B2 (ja) 2009-07-06 2010-06-21 液体を含み加熱するためのボイラーと、より低い温度の液体を含むためのシステムとを含む装置
KR1020177026242A KR20170109078A (ko) 2009-07-06 2010-06-21 액체를 수납 및 가열하기 위한 보일러를 포함하는 장치 및 저온에서 액체를 수납하기 위한 시스템
US13/379,419 US20120103281A1 (en) 2009-07-06 2010-06-21 Device comprising a boiler for containing and heating a liquid and a system for containing the liquid at a lower temperature
KR1020127003025A KR20120050997A (ko) 2009-07-06 2010-06-21 액체를 수납 및 가열하기 위한 보일러를 포함하는 장치 및 저온에서 액체를 수납하기 위한 시스템
BR112012000125A BR112012000125A8 (pt) 2009-07-06 2010-06-21 Dispositivo
RU2012103892/06A RU2529969C2 (ru) 2009-07-06 2010-06-21 Устройство, содержащее бойлер для содержания и нагревания жидкости и систему для содержания жидкости при более низкой температуре
PCT/IB2010/052797 WO2011004279A2 (en) 2009-07-06 2010-06-21 Device comprising a boiler for containing and heating a liquid and a system for containing the liquid at a lower temperature
DE202010005704U DE202010005704U1 (de) 2009-07-06 2010-06-24 Vorrichtung mit einem Warmwasseraufbereiter zur Aufnahme und Erhitzung einer Flüssigkeit sowie ein System zur Aufnahme der Flüssigkeit bei einer niedrigeren Temperatur
CN201010220712.6A CN101943465B (zh) 2009-07-06 2010-07-01 包括容纳和加热液体的煮器和低温液体容纳系统的设备
CN2010202490708U CN201866915U (zh) 2009-07-06 2010-07-01 包括容纳和加热液体的煮器和低温液体容纳系统的设备

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