JP5643570B2 - Thermally responsive steam trap - Google Patents

Description

The present invention uses a temperature control element including a medium that is heated and cooled by steam and condensate and expands and contracts according to the temperature, and automatically discharges condensate generated in various steam-using devices and steam pipes. The present invention relates to a responsive steam trap, and more particularly to a heat responsive steam trap that can discharge a large amount of condensate.

A conventional thermally responsive steam trap is disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example. In the valve casing, an inlet, a valve chamber communicating with the inlet, a first outlet passage having a small opening area, and an outlet communicating with the valve chamber via a second outlet passage having a large opening area are formed. The temperature control element in which the expansion medium is sealed in the internal space between the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm is disposed between the first outlet path and the second outlet path, and the displacement of the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm due to the expansion and contraction of the expansion medium. Thus, the first lead-out path and the second lead-out path are opened and closed.

JP-A-8-247389

In the conventional heat-responsive steam trap, when a high-temperature fluid having a predetermined temperature or more flows into the valve chamber, the expansion medium expands, the first diaphragm closes the first lead-out path, and the second diaphragm leads to the second lead-out. When the path is closed and a low-temperature fluid having a predetermined temperature or less flows in, the expansion medium contracts, and the first diaphragm opens the first lead-out path, and then the second diaphragm opens the second lead-out path. The first lead-out path and the second lead-out path are opened and closed by the temperature control element, so that the discharge capacity can be increased and a large amount of condensate can be discharged. When the internal pressure decreases, if only the first diaphragm that opens the first outlet passage is further displaced in the valve opening direction, and the second diaphragm cannot open the second outlet passage, a large amount of condensate cannot be discharged. But Was Tsu.

Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a thermally responsive steam trap in which the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm can reliably open the first lead-out path and the second lead-out path, respectively.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the thermally responsive steam trap of the present invention includes an inlet with a valve casing, a valve chamber communicating with the inlet, a first outlet passage with a small opening area, and a second outlet passage with a large opening area. An outlet communicating with the valve chamber is formed, and an expansion medium is sealed in an internal space between the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm, and the first diaphragm and the second outlet path are opened. A temperature control element provided with a stopper member for restricting a predetermined displacement or more in the valve opening direction of the second diaphragm in the internal space between the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm is provided between the first lead-out path and the second lead-out path. The first lead-out path and the second lead-out path are opened and closed by the displacement of the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm due to the expansion and contraction of the expansion medium.

According to the present invention, the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm are stopper members for restricting a predetermined displacement or more in the valve opening direction of the first diaphragm that opens the first lead-out path and the second diaphragm that opens the second lead-out path. Therefore, it is possible to prevent only one of the diaphragms opening one of the outlet passages from being further displaced in the valve opening direction, and the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm are surely each of the first diaphragm and the first diaphragm. There is an effect that the lead-out path and the second lead-out path can be opened.

It is sectional drawing of the thermally responsive steam trap concerning embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The main body 1 and the end member 2 are connected with bolts (not shown) to form a valve casing having a valve chamber 3 therein. An inlet 4 is formed in the end member 2, and an outlet 5 coaxial with the inlet 4 is formed in the main body 1. The inlet 4 communicates with the valve chamber 3 through inflow passages 6 and 7 formed in the main body 1.

A first valve seat member 9 having a first outlet passage 8 having a small opening area and a second valve seat member having a second outlet passage 10 having a large opening area are formed in a partition between the valve chamber 3 and the outlet 5. 11 is screwed coaxially. The valve chamber 3 communicates with the outlet 5 from the first and second lead-out paths 8 and 10 through the outside of the partition wall.

A temperature control element 12 is disposed between the first valve seat member 9 and the second valve seat member 11 and is held by a spring 13. The temperature control element 12 has a stopper member 21 having an opening in the center between the first and second diaphragms 14 and 15 to fix the outer peripheral edges thereof, and the first and second diaphragms 14 and 15. The expansion medium 16 is sealed in the internal space formed between the two. The stopper member 21 restricts a predetermined displacement or more in the valve opening direction of the first diaphragm 14 opening the first lead-out path 8 and the second diaphragm 15 opening the second lead-out path 10. The expansion medium 16 is formed of water, a liquid having a lower boiling point than water, or a mixture thereof. Valve members 17 and 18 for opening and closing the first and second lead-out paths 8 and 10 are fixed to the first and second diaphragms 14 and 15 at the centers, respectively. The outer peripheral edges of the wall members 19 and 20 having an opening through which the valve members 17 and 18 enter and exit are fixed to the outer peripheral edges of the first and second diaphragms 14 and 15.

The operation of the heat-responsive steam trap is as follows. When the temperature of the fluid flowing into the valve chamber 3 is high, the expansion medium 16 enclosed in the internal space between the first and second diaphragms 14 and 15 expands to increase the internal pressure of the internal space. The first diaphragm 14 is displaced toward the first valve seat member 9 and the valve member 17 closes the first lead-out path 8, and the second diaphragm 15 is displaced toward the second valve seat member 11 and the valve member 18 is secondly moved. The lead-out path 10 is closed.

When the temperature in the valve chamber 3 decreases due to heat dissipation or the like, or the temperature of the fluid flowing into the valve chamber 3 is low, the expansion medium 16 contracts and the internal pressure in the internal space decreases. First, the first diaphragm 14 However, the valve member 17 opens away from the first valve seat member 9 and opens the first outlet passage 8, and then the second diaphragm 15 moves away from the second valve seat member 11 and the valve member 18 opens the second outlet passage 10.

The present invention uses a temperature control element including a medium that is heated and cooled by steam and condensate and expands and contracts according to the temperature, and automatically discharges condensate generated in various steam-using devices and steam pipes. Can be used for responsive steam traps.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 2 End member 3 Valve chamber 4 Inlet 5 Outlet 8 1st outlet path 10 2nd outlet path 12 Temperature control element 14 1st diaphragm 15 2nd diaphragm 16 Expansion medium 21 Stopper member

Claims (1)

An inlet in the valve housing, a valve chamber communicating with the inlet, through the larger second outlet passage of the small first outlet passage and the opening area of the opening area and an outlet communicating with said valve chamber, the first diaphragm and The same expansion medium is sealed in the entire inner space between the second diaphragms, and the first diaphragm side and the second diaphragm side of the inner space are communicated with each other, and the first lead-out path is opened. the inner space between the stopper member for restricting a predetermined further displacement of the first diaphragm and the second said outlet passage was open second diaphragm of each of the valve opening direction of the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm the temperature controller element provided in place between the first outlet passage and the second outlet passage, said by deflation of the inflation medium first diaphragm and the second Daiyafu The thermally responsive type steam trap which is characterized in that so as to open and close the first outlet passage and the second outlet passage by the displacement of the beam.

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