JPH07174409A - Method for controlling stabilization of re-supplied hot water temperature in hot water supplier - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To stabilize the temperature of re-supplied hot water in a hot water supplier including a bypass passage by controlling opening timing of a bypass solenoid valve. CONSTITUTION:Based upon a combustion heat amount before interruption on hot water supply combustion and information on lapse time from the time of the interruption of the hot water supply combustion, hot water temperature upon re-supply of hot water on the side of a heat exchanger 3 is estimated after the interruption of the hot water supply combustion and when undershot hot water temperature lower than set temperature is estimated, opening timing of a bypass solenoid valve 11 is delayed in response to the value of the undershooting upon the re-supply of hot water. Hereby, after cooled hot water across a pipe pline 14 passes through a joint point 9 with a bypass passage 10, the bypass solenoid valve 11 is opened, and the operation is transferred to an ordinary hot water supply combustion operation. In starting of the re-supply of hot water, water passing through the bypass passage 10 is not mixed with the cooled hot water across the pipe line 14 so that water of great undershot temperature is prevented from being re-supplied.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for stabilizing and controlling the temperature of re-outflow hot water in a water heater for stabilizing the temperature of hot water when the water heater re-opens hot water.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 9 shows a general schematic construction of a water heater having a bypass passage. In the figure, a burner 1, a combustion fan 2 that supplies combustion air to the burner 1, and a heat exchanger 3 that is heated by the flame of the burner 1 are provided in an instrument case (not shown), A water supply pipe 4 as an inlet passage is connected to the inlet side of the heat exchanger 3, and a hot water supply pipe 5 as an outlet passage is connected to the outlet side of the heat exchanger 3. The water supply pipe 4 is provided with a flow sensor (flow rate sensor) 6 for detecting the amount of water input and a water temperature sensor 7 for detecting the water temperature, and the hot water supply pipe 5 is provided with a hot water temperature sensor 8 for detecting the hot water temperature. It is provided.

The water supply pipe 4 and the hot water supply pipe 5 are bypass passages 10.
A bypass solenoid valve 11 that opens and closes the flow passage is provided in the bypass flow passage 10. The detection signals of the temperature sensors 7 and 8 and the flow sensor 6 are controlled by the control device 12
In addition, a remote controller 13 for setting the hot water supply temperature is connected to the control device 12.

The control device 12 rotates the combustion fan 2 and supplies the gas to the burner 1 when the hot water tap (not shown) is opened and the flow sensor 6 detects water entering through the water supply pipe 4. Then, the burner 1 is ignited, and the amount of combustion and the rotation of the combustion fan 2 corresponding thereto are controlled so that the hot water temperature detected by the hot water temperature sensor 8 becomes the set temperature of the hot water supply set by the remote controller 13. The hot water produced by the heat exchanger 3 mixes with the water passing through the bypass flow passage 10 and becomes hot water of a set temperature, which is guided through the hot water supply pipe 5 to a desired hot water supply place such as a kitchen. Is.

FIG. 10 is a graph of experimentally obtained hot water temperature characteristics at the start of re-opening of hot water of this type. This experiment
After hot water heating and burning, stop hot water heating and combustion, change the elapsed time (standby time) until re-hot water is opened, open the hot water tap again, and set the hot water temperature at the start of combustion to the outlet of bypass channel 10. Measurement is performed at a position of a point P on the upstream side just before the confluence point 9 on the side, and at an outlet hot water temperature sensor installation position on the downstream side of the confluence point 9 where hot water and water are mixed, and each measurement value is plotted to form a graph. It is a thing. Curves A, B and C in this graph represent the hot water temperature measured at the point P, and curves A ', B'and C'show the hot water temperature sensor 8 on the downstream side of the confluence 9 of the bypass passage 10.
It shows the hot water temperature measured in. The curves of A and A ′ are paired, and it is shown that the hot water temperature of the curve of A is mixed with the water in the bypass channel 10 and the hot water of A ′ is discharged.
B and B'correspond, and C and C'correspond. The temperature T _D on the graph indicates the set temperature of hot water supply, and the hot water temperature T _M
Is mixed with the water in the bypass channel 10 and set temperature T _D
The hot water temperature on the outlet side of the heat exchanger 3 in which hot water is produced is shown.

The straight lines A and A'represent the case where the previous combustion heat quantity before stopping hot water supply is large, the straight lines B and B'represent the case where the previous combustion heat quantity is medium, and the straight lines C and C'represent the previous combustion heat quantity. Each case is shown as small.

As can be seen from this figure, after the hot water supply combustion is stopped, the elapsed time (standby time) until the hot water is re-exposed is short, and
As the previous combustion heat amount is larger, the hot water temperature on the side of the heat exchanger 3 at the time of re-hot water becomes higher than T _M , and the hot water temperature becomes an overshoot hot water temperature which is larger than the set temperature T _D , and waiting from the hot water supply combustion stop As the time becomes longer and the previous combustion heat amount becomes smaller, the temperature of the hot water on the side of the heat exchanger 3 becomes lower than T _M , and the hot water discharge temperature becomes an undershoot hot water temperature lower than the set temperature T _D.

Conventionally, hot water is re-extracted without considering the relationship between the hot water temperature on the outlet side of the heat exchanger 3 and the hot water temperature after mixing as shown in FIG. 10 corresponding to the elapsed time after the hot water supply is stopped. When the ON signal of the flow sensor 6 is detected, the bypass solenoid valve 11 is uniformly opened to perform the hot water supply operation, regardless of the amount of heat of combustion at the time of hot water supply last time or the length of the waiting time until re-hot water is discharged.

[0009]

However, the bypass solenoid valve 11 is uniformly received by receiving the ON signal from the flow sensor 6 at the time of re-hot water, without considering the waiting time for re-hot water and the heat quantity of the previous combustion. The open method has a problem in that the hot water temperature at the start of re-hot water may be hot or slimy, which may cause discomfort to the user of the hot water. For example, when the hot water tap is opened again to start tapping instantly after the time t ₀ when hot water supply combustion is stopped, the inside of the pipe 14 from the outlet of the heat exchanger 3 to the confluence 9 of the bypass flow passage 10 Since the hot water at the temperature T _M is being filled as it is, the hot water at the set temperature T _D mixed with the water in the bypass channel 10 will come out at the time of the re-hot water, but the hot water will be supplied when the previous combustion heat amount was large. After that, when hot water is again discharged at the position of t ₁ after a short time has passed since the hot water supply was stopped, as shown by the curve A, after the hot water supply was stopped,
Since the amount of heat retained in the heat exchanger 3 is large, the large amount of retained heat is transmitted to the hot water staying in the heat exchanger 3, and after-boiling occurs, causing the temperature of the hot water in the heat exchanger 3 to rise. The hot water temperature is higher than T _M , and the hot water temperature for re-outflow is an overshoot hot water temperature higher than the set temperature T _D , as shown at the position t ₁ of the curve A ′.

On the other hand, when the previous combustion heat quantity is small, the heat quantity held in the heat exchanger 3 after the combustion is stopped is also small.
Almost no post-boiling occurred, and t _{1 of} re-releasing hot water from t ₀ when combustion stopped
During this period, the temperature of the hot water in the heat exchanger 3 becomes lower than T _{M due} to the cooling of the heat radiation, and the re-hot water has an undershoot lower than the set temperature T _D as shown at the position t _{1 of the} curve C ′. It becomes hot water.

Further, after a lapse of a long time since the hot water supply combustion was stopped, t
At _3, regardless of the magnitude of the immediately preceding combustion heat, the long-time heat dissipation cooling to re-tapping, the temperature of the hot water in the heat exchanger 3 is significantly lower than T _M, with this, the re-pouring The hot water temperature (the temperature of the hot water obtained by mixing the hot water on the heat exchanger 3 side and the water on the bypass flow path 10 side) is undershoot that is considerably lower than the set temperature T _D.

Conventionally, if hot water is re-exposed at time t ₁ after the hot water supply is stopped, when the previous combustion heat quantity is large,
When hot water that is hotter than the set temperature T _D comes out and the previous combustion heat amount is small, hot water that is hotter than the set temperature T _D comes out, and after hot water supply is stopped, hot water is again brought out at time t ₃ And, even if the previous combustion heat amount is large, hot water with an undershoot lower than the set temperature will come out, and if the previous combustion heat amount is too small, the hot water temperature will drop further and cold water will come out. There is a problem that the user may feel uncomfortable when he or she re-extracts hot water by receiving hot or cold water far from the set hot water temperature.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and its purpose is regardless of the magnitude of the previous combustion heat quantity and regardless of the waiting time after hot water supply is stopped until hot water is re-extracted. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for stabilizing and controlling the re-outflow hot water temperature in a water heater, which prevents unpleasant sensation of the hot water temperature due to undershoot especially during re-outflow.

[0014]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is constructed as follows. That is, the first aspect of the present invention provides a bypass flow path that bypasses the heat exchanger by connecting the water inlet path and the hot water exit path of the heat exchanger, and the bypass control valve that opens and closes the flow path is provided in the bypass flow path. During normal low-temperature hot water combustion, the bypass control valve is opened, and the hot water from the heat exchanger is mixed with the water in the bypass flow path and discharged. The hot-water supply stop time is measured, and the hot-water supply temperature at the start of hot-water discharge is estimated based on the information including the hot-water supply stop measurement time and the hot-water supply heat of combustion before the hot-water supply is stopped. It is configured to increase the delay amount of the opening timing of the bypass control valve that opens when tapping hot water to suppress undershoot when tapping hot water again.

A second aspect of the invention is to provide a first bypass passage and a second bypass passage, which communicate the water inlet passage and the hot water outlet passage of the heat exchanger and bypass the heat exchanger, and which are provided in the first bypass passage. Is provided with a first bypass control valve for opening and closing the passage, and a second control valve is also provided for the second bypass passage, and the first bypass control valve is opened during normal low temperature hot water combustion.
In the stabilization control method of the re-exposed hot water temperature, in which the hot water discharged from the heat exchanger is mixed with the hot water from the first bypass passage and the hot water is discharged from the stop of the hot water supply combustion, The hot water supply temperature at the start of re-hot water is estimated based on the information including the hot water supply stop measurement time and the hot water supply heat of combustion before the hot water supply stop, and the hot water temperature at the time of re-hot water opening increases as the undershoot of the estimated hot water temperature increases. 1 is configured to increase the delay amount of the opening timing of the bypass control valve to control the undershoot at the time of tapping again.

[0016]

In the present invention having the above-described structure, after the hot water supply combustion is stopped, the hot water discharge temperature at the start of re-hot water discharge is estimated based on the information including the combustion heat amount of the previous hot water supply combustion and the waiting time until re-hot water discharge. When it is estimated from this hot water temperature estimation that hot water for overshooting will be discharged, for example, the bypass control valve is kept in a standby state, and when hot water is again discharged, there is no delay in opening the bypass control valve and the heat is removed. Mix the hot water from the exchanger with the water in the bypass passage at the earliest possible timing to reduce the overshoot of the hot water temperature.

On the other hand, when it is estimated that the hot water re-outflow is the undershoot water, the bypass control valve is immediately opened and the hot water discharged from the heat exchanger side is cooled to the water in the bypass passage. In order to avoid this, the present invention delays the opening timing of the bypass control valve at the time of restarting hot water so that the hot water on the heat exchanger side has a reduced flow rate when mixed. When the heated hot water comes out of the heat exchanger due to re-hot water combustion, the bypass control valve is opened to mix the water, and the hot water at the preset temperature is mixed. To bathe. In the present invention, as the undershoot of the estimated hot water temperature at the start of re-hot water increases, by delaying the timing of opening the bypass control valve, it is possible to prevent a significant decrease in the hot water discharge temperature, and to prevent the undershoot of hot water temperature. Allows hot water to come out.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a main configuration of a control circuit for carrying out the hot water stabilization control method of the present invention. In this embodiment, as in the conventional example shown in FIG.
For the water heater provided with, the same reference numerals are given to the same names as those shown in FIG. 9, and the duplicated description will be omitted.

The control circuit of this embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is a control device.
The high temperature / low temperature setting determination unit 15, the bypass solenoid valve on / off command unit 16, the bypass solenoid valve drive unit 17, the combustion amount storage unit 18, and the standby time measurement timer 20.
A bypass solenoid valve on / off time calculation unit 21 and a bypass solenoid valve on / off time measurement timer 22.

Further, a combustion capacity calculation unit 23 in the control circuit,
The temperature deviation detection unit 24, the proportional valve operation amount calculation unit 25, and the proportional valve drive unit 26 show a circuit configuration of a portion that controls combustion of the water heater.

The circuit of the part for performing this combustion control is publicly known. To briefly explain this, first, the combustion capacity calculation part
Reference numeral 23 is the temperature information set by the temperature setting unit such as the remote controller 13, information on the incoming water temperature detected by the incoming water thermistor 7 which is an incoming water temperature sensor, and a flow rate sensor (flow sensor).
It is necessary to raise the incoming water temperature to the set temperature by receiving the information about the flow rate detection value detected at 6 and the detection information about the deviation between the outlet heated water temperature detected by the temperature deviation detecting section 24 and the set temperature. The amount of combustion heat (combustion capacity) is obtained by calculation, and the calculation result is added to the proportional valve operation amount calculation unit 25. The proportional valve operation amount calculation unit 25 calculates the valve opening drive current of the proportional valve for obtaining the combustion capacity calculated by the combustion capacity calculation unit 23. The proportional valve is provided in a gas supply pipe that supplies gas to the burner 1, and controls the gas supply amount of the burner 1 according to the amount of valve opening. The amount of valve opening is controlled in proportion to the size of the valve. The proportional valve drive unit 26 adds the valve opening drive current calculated by the proportional valve operation amount calculation unit 25 to the proportional valve, controls the valve opening amount of the proportional valve, that is, the gas supply amount, and stabilizes the hot water temperature. I do.

The high temperature / low temperature setting determination unit 15 in the control circuit for stabilizing the re-outflow hot water temperature, which is a characteristic of the present embodiment, receives information on the set temperature of the temperature setting unit and determines whether it is a high temperature hot water supply or a low temperature hot water supply. Is determined. When the set temperature is, for example, 60 ° C or 70 ° C, it is determined that the hot water is supplied, and when the set temperature is in the range of 36 ° C to 48 ° C, for example,
It is determined to be low temperature hot water supply, and the determination result is added to the bypass solenoid valve on / off command unit 16. The combustion amount storage unit 18 stores the combustion heat amount of the previous combustion calculated by the combustion capacity calculation unit 23 in its internal memory. The standby time measurement timer 20 determines that the hot water supply combustion has stopped when the OFF signal is applied from the flow rate sensor 6, and measures the standby time for re-releasing hot water starting from the time when the OFF signal of this flow rate sensor is received. Then, the measured time is added to the bypass solenoid valve on / off command section 16 and the bypass solenoid valve on / off time calculation section 21.

Bypass solenoid valve on / off time calculation unit 21
Has a hot water temperature estimating unit and a delay time setting unit.
The hot water supply hot water temperature estimation unit is based on the information of the previous hot water supply combustion heat amount stored in the combustion amount storage unit 18, and the information of the standby time after the hot water supply combustion stop added from the standby time measurement timer 20,
For each waiting time that changes moment by moment, the hot water temperature at the start of re-hot-water discharge corresponding to each waiting time is estimated. The estimation of the hot water discharge temperature is based on the magnitude of the post-boiling temperature of the hot water in the heat exchanger 3 according to the magnitude of the heat capacity of the heat exchanger 3 according to the previous hot-water supply combustion heat quantity, and the magnitude of heat dissipation due to the standby time. The re-outflow hot water temperature may be estimated by theoretical calculation, or it may be experimentally determined in advance by experiment as to how the hot water temperature at the start of re-outflow changes depending on the amount of heat from the hot water supply and the standby time before the experiment. Or the table data is stored in a built-in memory as the table data, and after the combustion is stopped, the graph data or the table data is obtained by the information of the heat quantity of the hot water supplied from the combustion amount storage section 18 and the standby time added from the standby time measurement timer 20. It is also possible to estimate the hot water temperature at which the hot water is re-started from, and the method of estimating the hot water temperature is performed using an appropriate means.

The delay time setting section confirms the magnitude of overshoot and the magnitude of undershoot based on the hot water temperature estimation result of the hot water hot water temperature estimating section. FIG. 2 shows one method of confirmation. In this method, the hot water supply set temperature is the center, and above the set temperature, for example, 3
A permissible upper limit temperature of ℃ higher and a permissible lower limit temperature of, for example, 3 ° C lower than the set temperature are set on the lower side, and a region where the estimated hot water temperature at the start of re-melting exceeds the upper limit temperature is set as an overshoot determination region. The area below the lower limit temperature is used as the undershoot determination area.

When the hot water temperature of the overshoot is estimated, the delay time is set to zero, and the bypass solenoid valve on / off command unit 16 is supplied with the solenoid valve on signal. On the other hand, when the outlet hot water temperature estimation unit estimates the undershoot hot water temperature, a delay time for delaying the timing of opening the bypass solenoid valve is calculated and set according to the size of the undershoot.

When the hot water temperature of the undershoot is estimated, the temperature in the region from the outlet side of the heat exchanger 3 to the pipe line 14 in FIG. 9 is sufficiently higher than the temperature T _M shown in FIG. It is presumed that low temperature hot water is accumulated,
The larger the amount of undershoot, the lower the staying hot water temperature and the greater the staying hot water amount. At the time of re-hot water, the bypass solenoid valve 11 is opened to such low-temperature hot water to cause an undershoot by mixing the water in the bypass passage, so in the present embodiment, such an undershoot hot water is estimated. When the hot water is discharged again, the bypass solenoid valve 11 is not opened immediately, but a delay time until the low temperature hot water staying in the pipe 14 and the like exits the confluence point 9 is given, and after this delay time ( The bypass solenoid valve is opened after the low-temperature hot water has finished passing through the confluence point 9. The larger the undershoot, the longer the delay time is set.

This delay time may be obtained by theoretical calculation or by using experimental data. FIG. 3 shows an example in which the delay time T _B is set by a graph of experimental data obtained in advance. (A) of the figure shows the relationship between the previous combustion heat quantity and the delay time T _{B. As} the previous combustion heat quantity becomes smaller, the heat quantity held by the heat exchanger 3 after the hot water supply and combustion stop becomes smaller, so that an undershoot occurs. The size increases, and the delay time T _B increases accordingly. Further, as shown in (b) of the same figure, the longer the waiting time after the hot water supply combustion is stopped, the larger the undershoot that occurs, so the delay time T _B for eliminating this is growing. As described above, the delay time T _B for suppressing the undershoot is obtained by considering the standby time and the previous combustion heat quantity together. For example, T _B1 obtained in (a) of the figure and T _B2 obtained in (b) of the figure are weighted and averaged to obtain T _B1 .
_B is required. In this way, the set delay time T
_B is added to the bypass solenoid valve on / off command unit 16.

The bypass solenoid valve ON / OFF command section receives the ON / OFF signal of the bypass solenoid valve from the bypass solenoid valve ON / OFF time calculation section 21 when it receives the high temperature hot water determination result from the high temperature / low temperature setting determination section 15. When received, that is, when the hot water discharged from the overshoot is estimated, the ON command for the bypass solenoid valve 11 is immediately issued, and the bypass solenoid valve drive unit 17 is driven to open the bypass solenoid valve 11. Then wait for it to turn on again in preparation for hot water.

On the other hand, the bypass solenoid valve on / off command section 16
When the delay time T _B is added from the bypass solenoid valve on / off time calculation unit 21, from the start of re-melting hot water, that is, from the time when the ON signal is added from the flow sensor 6,
The bypass solenoid valve 11 is commanded to be turned on by delaying the timing by the delay time T _B. Upon receipt of this ON command, the bypass solenoid valve 11 delays the timing by the delay time after the start of hot water re-opening, and drives the bypass solenoid valve 11 to open.

Bypass solenoid valve on / off time measuring timer
When the ON signal is applied from the flow sensor 6, that is, the timer 22 operates the timer at the start of re-hot water, measures the time from the time of re-hot water discharge, and outputs the measurement result to the bypass solenoid valve ON
Off Add to command section. Bypass solenoid valve on / off command section
16 receives the measurement time signal from the bypass solenoid valve on / off time measurement timer 22, and when the delay time set by the bypass solenoid valve on / off time calculation unit elapses, turns on the bypass solenoid valve 11 on signal. Output and bypass solenoid valve 11
Command to open.

FIG. 4 shows various patterns of the opening timing of the bypass solenoid valve 11. In FIG. 4 (a), undershoot occurs when re-opening hot water is started when the bypass solenoid valve 11 is on standby. It is estimated that at this time,
Off the bypass solenoid valve 11 timed when the flow sensor is turned on, then maintain the off for the delay time T _B, the bypass solenoid valve when the delay time has elapsed
Open 11 and shift to normal hot water supply operation. Further, FIG. 7B shows the case where the bypass solenoid valve 11 is off and is in a standby state, and undershoot is estimated at the time of re-hot water discharge. In this case, the flow sensor 6 Starting from the time when the ON signal is received, the valve closed state is maintained for the delay time T _B , and when the delay time elapses, the bypass solenoid valve 11 is turned on.

FIG. 6 (c) shows a case where an overshoot is estimated in the hot water temperature when hot water is reapplied while the bypass solenoid valve 11 is in the on standby state. In this case, when the hot water is again discharged, the hot water coming from the heat exchanger side is quickly mixed with the water in the bypass passage to suppress the overshoot as much as possible. When the bypass solenoid valve 11 is turned off and then turned on, there is a delay time in the sequence from when the on signal is received until the bypass solenoid valve 11 is actually opened. If it is estimated that if the bypass solenoid valve is in the standby state in the off state, the delay will occur even if the bypass solenoid valve 11 is opened to mix the water in the bypass passage with the hot water for overshooting when tapping again. The timing of mixing water is delayed by the time, and it is impossible to suppress overshoot by that amount, but if the bypass solenoid valve is kept on from the beginning, the opening timing of the bypass solenoid valve will be delayed when tapping again. Since the water in the bypass channel can be immediately mixed into hot water without causing any overshoot, overshoot can be suppressed as much as possible. So that the can.

[0033] in FIG. (D) shows a state in which off waiting a bypass solenoid valve, for example, on the characteristic curve A in FIG. 10 is the case in for re tapping at the standby time t ₂ . In this case, the temperature of the hot water on the side of the heat exchanger is T _M , and in this case, the bypass solenoid valve
It is shown that 11 is opened, and the bypass solenoid valve performs the ON operation (opening operation) after a slight delay time in the sequence has elapsed, and the hot water of the set temperature T _D is discharged.

This embodiment is constructed as described above, and its operation will be described below with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. When the hot water supply operation is instructed to be turned on in the cold start state by the remote controller 13 after the installation and installation of the water heater, or when a considerable time has passed since the last combustion stop, in step 101
Then, it is determined whether or not the flow sensor (flow rate sensor) 6 is turned on. When the flow sensor 6 is turned on, hot water supply combustion is started. In step 103, depending on the set temperature of the remote control,
A determination is made as to whether it is a high temperature hot water supply or a low temperature hot water supply.
In the case of low temperature hot water supply, the bypass solenoid valve 11 is turned on, and in the case of high temperature hot water supply, the bypass solenoid valve 11 is turned off to perform hot water supply operation. In the flowchart, steps 104 and 10
The symbol BV indicated by 5 and the like is a symbol indicating a bypass solenoid valve.

After the start of hot water supply combustion, in steps 106 and 107, the amount of heat of combustion is controlled so that the hot water discharge temperature becomes a set temperature.
In step 108, the combustion heat quantity is taken into the combustion quantity storage unit 18 every moment and updated and stored. In step 109, it is determined whether or not the flow sensor 6 is turned off. When the on signal is continuously applied from the flow sensor 6, it is determined that the hot water supply combustion operation is continued, and from step 103
Repeat operations up to 109.

When the off signal is output from the flow sensor 6, it is determined that the hot water supply combustion has stopped, and in step 111 the standby time measurement timer 20 starts measuring the standby time. Next, at step 112, it is judged if the ON signal is applied from the flow sensor 6. When the ON signal is not applied, it is determined that the combustion is in a stopped state, and in step 113 it is determined whether the remote control set temperature is in the high temperature setting state. When it is determined to be in the low temperature hot water supply state by changing the hot water supply temperature or the like, the bypass solenoid valve 11 is turned on to prepare for re-hot water supply. In step 116, the OFF start time of the bypass solenoid valve 11 is given by calculation, etc., and when this OFF start time has elapsed, the bypass solenoid valve 11 that was open is turned OFF,
The operation from steps 112 to 117 is repeated to prepare for hot water reflow.

When it is confirmed in step 112 that the ON signal is output from the flow sensor, it is determined that the re-hot water is started, and in step 119, the standby time measuring timer is determined.
Clear 20 timers. Then, in step 120, it is determined whether or not the hot water supply is high, and when it is determined that the low temperature water is supplied, it is determined in step 121 whether the estimated hot water temperature at the start of re-hot water is overshoot or undershoot. At the estimated hot water temperature of the undershoot, the delay time for delaying the ON timing of the bypass solenoid valve 11 is calculated according to the magnitude of the undershoot.
The bypass solenoid valve on / off time measurement timer 22 starts when the on signal is applied from the flow sensor.
To start. In step 123, the combustion of the re-outflow hot water is started, and in step 124, it is judged whether or not the bypass solenoid valve is on. When the bypass solenoid valve 11 is in the OFF state, compares the elapsed time T ₀ from the time of the delay time T _B and re-tapping at step 125, it is determined whether the elapsed delay time T _B, the delay time T _B The bypass solenoid valve 11 is kept in the off state until the time elapses, and the bypass solenoid valve 11 is opened when the delay time T _B elapses.

Meanwhile, in step 124, the bypass solenoid valve is
When it is determined that 11 is off, the delay time T _B
Waits until the delay time T _B has passed, and the bypass solenoid valve 11 is turned on.

After that, the normal hot water supply operation is performed from steps 131 to 134, and when it is determined in step 134 that the flow sensor is off, that is, when it is determined that the combustion operation of the re-hot water is stopped. , Step
At 135, the bypass solenoid valve on / off time measurement timer 22 is cleared, and the operation in step 110 and subsequent steps is performed. When it is determined in step 120 that the hot water is supplied, the bypass solenoid valve 11 is kept closed, that is, the water in the bypass passage 10 is discharged without mixing. Also, in step 12 above.
When an overshoot is estimated in the hot water temperature at the start of re-hot springing in 1, the bypass solenoid valve 11 is put into the on-standby state and hot water is again tapped.

According to the present embodiment, the hot water temperature at the start of the next re-hot spring after the hot water supply combustion is stopped is estimated, and when it is judged that the hot water discharge is overshoot hot water, the bypass solenoid valve is used.
When it is presumed that hot water for undershoot will come out by waiting in the open state without delaying No. 11, the delay time is set longer according to the size of the undershoot, so overshooting or undershooting occurs when hot water is again tapped. It is possible to re-emit hot water with a stable hot water temperature by suppressing shoots and without causing large fluctuations in hot water temperature.

For example, when the hot water is re-applied at time t ₁ in FIG. 10 and the previous characteristic of the curves A and A'has been estimated due to a large amount of heat of combustion, the bypass solenoid valve is opened again. Since hot water is discharged from the heat exchanger 3 side, hot water due to post-boiling is mixed with the water on the bypass flow path 10 side without time delay and discharged, so that overshoot hot water is suppressed. Further, for example, when re-hot water is discharged at time t ₃ , the temperature of the hot water on the side of the heat exchanger 3 is lowered because the waiting time until the hot water is re-discharged is low. When the bypass solenoid valve 11 is opened,
Although the water in the bypass passage 10 is mixed with the cold hot water on the side of the heat exchanger 3 to produce hotter and colder hot water, in the present embodiment, when such an undershoot is estimated, the bypass solenoid valve is used. The timing of turning on 11 is delayed,
During this delay time T _B , the hot water on the side of the heat exchanger 3 near the set temperature T _D almost comes out, and when this hot water finishes, the bypass solenoid valve 11 is opened and the hot water is almost heated by the combustion of the re-exposed hot water. The water on the side of the bypass passage 10 is mixed with the hot water of T _{M, and} the hot water of the set temperature T _D is discharged, so that the user of the hot water has a large amount of overshoot or undershoot. You can use the hot water comfortably without touching it.

FIG. 6 shows a schematic configuration of a water heater according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The water heater of this embodiment is
1st and 2nd which bypasses the heat exchanger 3 between the water supply pipe 4 which is an inlet of the heat exchanger 3, and the hot water supply pipe 5 which is an outlet of the heat exchanger 3.
Two bypass flow paths 10a and 10b are provided, and the first and second bypass solenoid valves 11 are provided in the respective bypass flow paths 10a and 10b.
a and 11b are interposed.

In this water heater, hot-water supply is performed by keeping both bypass solenoid valves 11a and 11b in the off state during high-temperature water supply, and by maintaining the bypass solenoid valve 11a in the on-state and turning off the bypass solenoid valve 11b during low-temperature water supply. The hot water supply operation is performed in this state. When hot water is supplied at low temperature, for example, when hot water with overshoot is discharged, the bypass solenoid valve 11b is opened only in a section where hot water with overshoot is discharged to suppress the overshoot and stabilize the hot water temperature. Acts to convert.

In this embodiment, in addition to the bypass channel 10a,
By providing the bypass flow passage 10b for suppressing the overshoot, the re-outflow hot water temperature without overshoot is almost completely secured, and when the under-shoot hot water temperature is estimated during the re-outflow, the first Similar to the example,
Depending on the size of this undershoot, the bypass solenoid valve
The undershoot can be suppressed by delaying the opening timing of 11a.

FIG. 7 shows a block configuration of a control circuit for controlling the temperature of the hot water discharged again in this embodiment. In this embodiment, in the bypass solenoid valve on / off time calculation unit 21,
Similar to the first embodiment, the re-outflow hot water temperature estimation unit estimates the re-outflow hot water temperature, and when the undershoot is estimated, the delay time T corresponding to the size of the undershoot is calculated.
_{Although B} is set by the delay time setting unit, in this embodiment, when the hot water temperature for overshooting is further estimated by the hot water outlet temperature estimating unit, the bypass solenoid valve 11b according to the magnitude of the overshoot is set. The opening timing and the opening operation time are calculated or calculated based on the data in the graph or table, and the calculated results are added to the bypass solenoid valve on / off command unit 16.

The bypass solenoid valve on / off command section 16 issues a drive command for the bypass solenoid valve 11a as well as a drive command for the bypass solenoid valve 11a as in the first embodiment. The bypass solenoid valve drive unit 17a, based on the command from the bypass solenoid valve on / off command unit 16, when the undershoot is estimated at the start of re-hot water discharge as in the first embodiment,
The bypass solenoid valve 11a is turned on by delaying the on-timing by the delay time T _B. The bypass solenoid valve drive unit 17b receives a command for the bypass solenoid valve 11b from the bypass solenoid valve on / off command unit 16 and normally operates the bypass solenoid valve 11b.
Although b is driven off, when an overshoot is estimated at the start of re-hot tapping, the bypass solenoid valve 11b is driven on for a time set according to the magnitude of the overshoot, and other configurations are This is the same as the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the operation of the second embodiment, and the operation will be briefly described below. First, when the hot water supply operation is turned on by the remote controller in the cold start state, both bypass electromagnetic valves 11a and 11b are turned off in step 201. In the flowchart, BV ₁ is a bypass solenoid valve 11a, and BV ₂ is a bypass solenoid valve 11b. In step 202, it is determined whether or not an ON signal is added from the flow sensor 6, and when the ON signal is added, combustion in the hot water supply operation is started, and in step 204, it is determined whether or not high temperature hot water supply.

In the case of high temperature hot water supply, the bypass solenoid valve 11a,
Both 11b are maintained in the off state, and when the low temperature hot water is supplied, the bypass solenoid valve 11a is turned on and the bypass solenoid valve 11b is turned off. Then, in steps 208 to 209, combustion control is performed so that the hot water outlet temperature becomes the set temperature, and in step 210, the hot water supply combustion heat quantity is updated and stored in the combustion quantity storage unit 18 every moment. When the OFF signal is output from the flow sensor 6 in step 211, it is determined that the hot water supply combustion is stopped, and in step 213 both the bypass solenoid valves 11a and 11b are maintained in the off state. Then, starting from the time when the OFF signal is applied from the flow sensor 6, the timer operation of the standby time measuring timer 20 is started, and the standby time until re-hot water is measured.

When it is confirmed that the ON signal is output from the flow sensor 6 in step 215, it is determined that the re-melting is started, and the combustion is started in step 216.
Then, in step 217, it is judged from the information of the temperature setting section of the remote controller whether or not the hot water is hot, and in the case of hot water, the operations after step 207 are performed.

When it is determined that the hot water is in the low temperature hot water supply state, the hot water temperature at which the hot water is re-started is estimated in step 218, and
At 219, it is determined whether or not the hot water temperature for overshoot is estimated, and at step 229, the hot water temperature for undershoot is estimated. When the hot water temperature of the overshoot is estimated in step 219, the on time T _ON of the bypass solenoid valve 11b necessary to fill the water and eliminate the overshoot is calculated in step 220. And
The standby time measuring timer 20 is cleared, the timer operation of the bypass solenoid valve on / off time measuring timer 22 is started, and at the same time, the bypass solenoid valve 11b is opened. And step
At 223, it is judged whether or not the set time, that is, the time T _ON calculated at step 220 has passed since the bypass solenoid valve 11b was opened, and if the time has not passed, the bypass solenoid valve 11a during normal operation is operated. Bypass solenoid valve 11b with opening operation
Then, the water in the bypass passage 10a as well as the water in the bypass passage 10b is mixed with the hot water for overshoot to suppress the overshoot. The opening time T _ON of this bypass solenoid valve 10b
When elapses, the bypass solenoid valve 11b is closed and the bypass solenoid valve on / off time measuring timer 22 is cleared to perform a normal hot water supply combustion operation.

When an undershoot of the re-outflow hot water temperature is estimated in step 228, a delay time T _B for shifting the opening timing of the bypass solenoid valve 11a according to the size of the undershoot is calculated. Then, the standby time measurement timer 20 is cleared, and the bypass solenoid valve on / off time measurement timer 22 is started by the ON signal from the flow sensor 6. In step 232, it is judged whether or not the delay time T _B has elapsed after the start of re-melting. Before the time elapses, the bypass solenoid valve 11a is kept closed, and the delay time T _B of the opening timing of the bypass solenoid valve 11a is maintained. When elapses, the bypass solenoid valve 11a is opened and the bypass solenoid valve on / off time measuring timer 22 is cleared. After that, the normal hot water supply combustion operation is performed.

In this embodiment, as in the case of the first embodiment, when the undershoot of re-outflow is estimated,
Bypass solenoid valve according to the size of the undershoot
The delay time T _B of the opening timing of 11a is obtained, and during the delay time T _B , the water of the bypass flow passage 10a side is not mixed with the hot water discharged from the heat exchanger 3 side. When the shoot is effectively suppressed and the overshoot of the re-outflow is estimated, the bypass solenoid valve 11b is opened to bypass the hot water on the side of the heat exchanger 3 having a large amount of after-boiling that causes the overshoot. Since the water in the bypass flow passage 10b is mixed with the water in the flow passage 10a, overshoot is suppressed and stable hot water at a preset temperature can be discharged.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, but various embodiments can be adopted. For example, in each of the above embodiments, the bypass control valve is an open / close type bypass solenoid valve.
The bypass control valve may be a water amount control valve of a water amount variable system. By configuring the bypass control valve with a variable water amount control valve, the amount of mixing water on the bypass flow path side can be freely variably controlled according to the size of the undershoot or overshoot, so more accurate overshoot and Undershoot can be suppressed. Even when the open / close type bypass solenoid valve is used, by repeatedly driving the solenoid valve on and off, the on / off frequency and the on / off time ratio can be varied. It can be used as a variable water valve.

When estimating the overshoot or the undershoot, in addition to the magnitude of the previous combustion heat quantity and the waiting time until the hot water is re-exposed after the hot water supply is stopped, information on the incoming water temperature, information on the outside temperature, and the bypass flow path are provided. It may be determined in consideration of the size of the passage areas of 10, 10a and 10b and the specification data such as the pipe length from the outlet of the heat exchanger 3 to the outlet confluence 9 of the bypass passage. If the incoming water temperature is low, the on-time of the bypass solenoid valve 11b that suppresses overshoot may be short, and if the passage area of the bypass flow passage 11b is large, similarly, the bypass solenoid valve 11b that suppresses overshoot may be turned on. The time may be short, and if the outside air temperature is low, the estimated undershoot size will be large if the waiting time until re-hot water is the same.

In this way, by considering other data such as the incoming water temperature and the outside air temperature, the estimated size of the overshoot and the undershoot becomes more accurate,
The accuracy of the operation of the bypass control valve that suppresses this can be improved, and more detailed overshoot and undershoot can be suppressed.

[0056]

The present invention estimates the hot water temperature at the start of re-hot water, and when the hot water temperature of the undershoot is estimated, the hot water temperature of the bypass control valve of the bypass passage is re-opened according to the size of the undershoot. When the undershoot is estimated, the bypass solenoid valve is closed for the delay time so that the hot water flowing out from the heat exchanger side is cooled by the water on the bypass flow path side. It is possible to prevent the undershoot at the time of re-releasing hot water effectively because the hot water temperature is not lowered more and more due to the mixing of the hot water. Moreover, since the delay time of opening timing of the bypass control valve is determined depending on the size of the undershoot, the suppression of the undershoot can reduce the size of the after-boiling after the hot water supply is stopped and the waiting time until re-releasing hot water. Regardless of this, a delay time suitable for that is required and the undershoot is effectively suppressed, and stable hot water re-spouting with little fluctuation in hot water temperature is possible.

Further, in the structure having the two first and second bypass flow passages, the bypass control valve of the bypass flow passage on one side is controlled to suppress the undershoot as described above. In addition, since the overshoot can be suppressed by controlling the bypass control valve of the other bypass passage, it is possible to more accurately suppress the fluctuations in the hot water temperature of the overshoot and the undershoot at the time of re-leaving hot water.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a control circuit of a first embodiment for carrying out the method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an example of determination of overshoot and undershoot of hot water temperature at the start of redepositing hot water.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an example of obtaining a delay time T _B using graph data.

FIG. 4 is various explanatory diagrams of an on-timing delay pattern of the bypass solenoid valve.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic explanatory view of a water heater according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the control circuit for carrying out the method of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view of a conventional water heater provided with a bypass passage.

[Fig. 10] Fig. 10 is an explanatory view showing a general hot water discharge start hot water temperature of a water heater provided with a bypass flow path in relation to a standby time until hot water discharge.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10, 10a, 10b Bypass flow path 11, 11a, 11b Bypass solenoid valve 15 High / low temperature setting judgment unit 16 Bypass solenoid valve on / off command unit 17 Bypass solenoid valve drive unit 18 Combustion amount storage unit 20 Standby time measurement timer 21 Bypass Solenoid valve on / off time calculator 22 Bypass solenoid valve on / off time measurement timer

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A low-temperature bypass valve which connects a water inlet channel and a hot-water channel of a heat exchanger and bypasses the heat exchanger, and a bypass control valve for opening and closing the channel is provided in the bypass channel. During hot water supply combustion, the bypass control valve is opened, and the hot water discharged from the heat exchanger is mixed with the water in the bypass flow path to generate hot water. Based on the information including the hot water supply stop measurement time and the hot water supply calorific value before hot water supply stop, the hot water temperature at the start of the hot water discharge is estimated, and as the estimated underwater temperature undershoot increases, it opens at the hot water discharge again. (EN) A method for stabilizing and controlling the temperature of re-outflow hot water in a water heater that increases the delay amount of the timing of opening the bypass control valve to suppress undershoot during re-outflow. 2. A first bypass passage and a second bypass passage are provided to connect the water inlet passage and the hot water outlet passage of the heat exchanger and bypass the heat exchanger, and the passage is opened and closed in the first bypass passage. The first bypass control valve is also provided in the second bypass passage, and the second bypass control valve is also provided in the second bypass passage. During normal low temperature hot water combustion, the first bypass control valve is opened and the second bypass control valve is closed. In the stabilization control method of the re-exposed hot water temperature in which the hot water coming out of the exchanger is mixed with the water in the first bypass passage, the hot water supply stop time is measured from the stop of hot water supply combustion, and the hot water supply stop measurement time and hot water supply The outlet hot water temperature at the start of re-leaving hot water is estimated based on information including the hot water supply heat quantity before stop, and as the estimated underwater temperature undershoot increases, the timing of the opening of the first bypass control valve, which opens during re-hot spring Re-launch with a large delay amount Control method for re-outflow hot water temperature in a water heater that controls undershoot during hot water.