GB2447860A - Fluid pumping system - Google Patents

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GB2447860A
GB2447860A GB0623213A GB0623213A GB2447860A GB 2447860 A GB2447860 A GB 2447860A GB 0623213 A GB0623213 A GB 0623213A GB 0623213 A GB0623213 A GB 0623213A GB 2447860 A GB2447860 A GB 2447860A
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Alan Rodney Henderson
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Salamander Pumped Shower Systems Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F25/60—Pump mixers, i.e. mixing within a pump
    • B01F25/64—Pump mixers, i.e. mixing within a pump of the centrifugal-pump type, i.e. turbo-mixers
    • 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
    • F24D19/10—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
    • F24D19/1006—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices for water heating systems
    • F24D19/1051—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices for water heating systems for domestic hot water
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F25/60—Pump mixers, i.e. mixing within a pump
    • B01F25/64—Pump mixers, i.e. mixing within a pump of the centrifugal-pump type, i.e. turbo-mixers
    • B01F25/641—Multi-staged turbo-mixers
    • B01F5/16—
    • B01F5/162—
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03B—INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER
    • E03B5/00—Use of pumping plants or installations; Layouts thereof
    • E03B5/02—Use of pumping plants or installations; Layouts thereof arranged in buildings
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B13/00—Pumps specially modified to deliver fixed or variable measured quantities
    • F04B13/02—Pumps specially modified to deliver fixed or variable measured quantities of two or more fluids at the same time
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D13/00—Pumping installations or systems
    • F04D13/12—Combinations of two or more pumps
    • F04D13/14—Combinations of two or more pumps the pumps being all of centrifugal type
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D15/00—Control, e.g. regulation, of pumps, pumping installations or systems
    • F04D15/0066—Control, e.g. regulation, of pumps, pumping installations or systems by changing the speed, e.g. of the driving engine
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00—Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/40—Casings; Connections of working fluid
    • F04D29/42—Casings; Connections of working fluid for radial or helico-centrifugal pumps
    • F04D29/426—Casings; Connections of working fluid for radial or helico-centrifugal pumps especially adapted for liquid pumps
    • F04D29/4273—Casings; Connections of working fluid for radial or helico-centrifugal pumps especially adapted for liquid pumps suction eyes
    • 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
    • F24D3/10—Feed-line arrangements, e.g. providing for heat-accumulator tanks, expansion tanks ; Hydraulic components of a central heating system
    • F24D3/105—Feed-line arrangements, e.g. providing for heat-accumulator tanks, expansion tanks ; Hydraulic components of a central heating system pumps combined with multiple way valves

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Abstract

A pump assembly comprises a first pump 10 having a manifold 16 with an impeller 14 for pumping fluid from a first source 12, e.g. a cold water supply, to an outlet 18 of the manifold. Fluid from a second source 13, e.g. a hot water supply, is also fed to the manifold 16 of the first pump 10, preferably via an outlet 15 of a second pump 11. The two fluids mix together in the manifold 16 of the first pump 10, the mixing being enhanced by the action of the impeller 14. A control device 20 may adjust the speed of the two pumps 10, 11 to vary the fluid mixture in response to signals from a downstream sensor 19.

Description

Improvements in fluid pumping systems This invention relates to fluid
pumping systems and in particular, though not exclusively, to systems for the supply of water for domestic use.
In domestic water supply systems, for example for supplying water to appliances such as showers, there is a need to be able to control the water temperature. There are various ways of achieving this, typically comprising mixing together separately pumped hot and cold water streams. Such conventional arrangements can tend not to provide very accurate control and/or can suffer from loss of pressure and/or flow rate.
The present invention provides a pump assembly comprising a first pumping device having a manifold with an impeller drivable therein to pump fluid from a first supply source to an outlet of the manifold, the manifold further comprising an inlet for receiving fluid from a second supply source for combining with the fluid from the first supply source, the action of the impeller serving to enhance mixing together of the fluids in the manifold.
By way of example, an embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which: Figure 1 is a schematic illustration of a pump assembly according to the invention.
The pump assembly seen in Figure 1 comprises two pumps 10 and 11, one of which is connected to a cold water supply and the other of which is connected to a hot water supply via respective inlets 12 and 13. It is not important which way round the hot and cold supplies are connected.
It will be seen that pump ii has an outlet 15 which is connected to the manifold 16 of pump 10. Pump 11 thus acts as a feed to pump 10 and pump acts to combine and mix together the two water supplies, as will be described.
The mixer pump 10 is of an impeller-driven type, such as the centrifugal pump shown in Figure 1, ie it has a rotary impeller 14. Other kinds of impeller-driven pump could be used instead, for example a regenerative (turbine) pump, albeit with a somewhat differently configured feeder stream to that seen in Figure 1.
In this embodiment, the feeder pump 11 is also of the impeller-driven variety.
It would be possible, however, for the feeder pump to be of a different variety, or even for the feed water to the mixer pump not to be supplied by a pump at all, but from a header tank or from the mains, for example.
By arranging to combine the flows of hot and cold water in the manifold 16 of the mixer pump 11, it has been found that a relatively thorough mixing of the hot and cold water streams can be achieved. It is understood that the impeller 14 contributes to the mixing process in that it helps to break up what might otherwise be discrete laminar streams of unmixed hot and cold water. Control of the mixing process is enhanced if the two flows are arranged to be at substantially equal pressure when they are combined.
It will be seen that the outlet 15 from the feeder pump 11 is arranged here to enter the manifold 16 of the mixer pump 10 tangentially with respect to the impeller 14. It will also be seen that the outlet 12 from the feeder pump 11 here is arranged to be in line with the outlet 18 from the mixer pump 10 (which is also arranged tangentially with respect to the impeller 14). These configurations are not essential, although they have been found to produce a satisfactory mixing process. Also, the arrangement is convenient in terms of design, because it enables the manifolds of both pumps to be produced as part of a single unit, indicated in Figure 1 by the dotted outline 17.
The outlet 18 from the manifold 16 of the mixer pump 10 is of a larger bore than the outlet 15 from the feeder pump 11. This is to allow for the greater flow which results from the combination of the flows from the two sources.
A sensor 19 situated in the outlet 18 of the mixer pump 10 measures the temperature of the mixed water downstream of the manifold 16. The sensor 19 is connected to a control device 20, which can be set to adjust the temperature of the mixed water. Adjustment of the water temperature is achieved by varying the speeds of one or other or both of the two pumps 10 and 11 (shown diagrammatically by control lines 21 and 22). If a pump is not used for the supply feed to the mixer pump 10, then some other means of adjusting this feed may be used.
It has been found with the arrangement shown that mixing of the hot and cold water occurs effectively in the manifold 16 of the mixer pump 10. The sensor 18 can therefore be positioned only a relatively short distance downstream of the manifold 16 and yet still give a relatively accurate indication of the temperature of the mixed water. In conventional systems, where mixing of the water is not so effective, temperature sensing at such an early stage is not so accurate, because the flow tends to consist more of discrete streams of hot and cold water.
Mixing in conventional systems can of course be improved by using baffles or other such means to help break up the flow. However, this tends to have the disadvantage of reducing the pressure of the resulting stream, and possibly also its flow rate. By using a special mixing pump and combining the flows in the manner described above, the system shown in Figure 1 can achieve a satisfactory mixing of the two water supplies within a relatively short distance. It can also provide an effective means of controlling the temperature of the mixed flow without significantly disrupting either its pressure or its flow rate. The system is particularly effective if two pumps are used, as shown.
It will be appreciated that the system described may be used to mix other fluids apart from hot and cold water and be used in applications other than for domestic use.

Claims (14)

1. A pump assembly comprising a first pumping device having a manifold with an impeller drivable therein to pump fluid from a first supply source to an outlet of the manifold, the manifold further comprising an inlet for receiving fluid from a second supply source for combining with the fluid from the first supply source, the action of the impeller serving to enhance mixing together of the fluids in the manifold.
2. A pump assembly as claimed in claim I wherein the inlet for feeding fluid from the second supply source into the manifold is arranged generally tangentially with respect to the impeller.
3. A pump assembly as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the outlet from the manifold is arranged generally tangentially with respect to the impeller.
4. A pump assembly as claimed in claim 3 wherein said inlet and said outlet are arranged generally in alignment with each other.
5. A pump assembly as claimed in any preceding claim wherein said outlet from the manifold has a larger bore than said inlet into the manifold.
6. A pump assembly as claimed in any preceding claim wherein fluid from the second supply source is delivered to said inlet by means of a second pump.
7. A pump assembly as claimed in claim 6 wherein said first and second pumps are arranged side by side with their respective manifolds being formed as part of a single unit. (0
8. A pump assembly as claimed in claim 7 wherein said second pump is an impeller-driven pump.
9. A pump assembly as claimed in any preceding claim and further comprising means for adjusting the presume and/or flow rate of the fluid from at least one of the first and second supply sources whereby to vary the resulting fluid mixture.
10. A pump assembly as claimed in claim 9 wherein said adjusting means comprises means for controlling the speed of the or one of the or both pumps.
11. A pump assembly as claimed in any preceding claim and further comprising a sensor in the outlet from the manifold of the first pump for detecting the temperature of the mixed fluid.
12. A pump assembly as claimed in claim 11 and further comprising means for controlling the fluid mixture in response to signals from the sensor.
13. A pump assembly substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
14. A fluid supply system comprising a pump assembly as claimed in any preceding claim.
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