KR20170004346A

KR20170004346A - Boiler system connected with solar energy

Info

Publication number: KR20170004346A
Application number: KR1020150094576A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 이재혁
Original assignee: 이재혁
Priority date: 2015-07-02
Filing date: 2015-07-02
Publication date: 2017-01-11

Abstract

The present invention relates to a boiler system connected to solar energy, and specifically, to a boiler system connected to solar energy, which allows the replacement of a boiler with solar energy, which is obtained through a solar cell, to reduce fuel consumption and to use energy obtained from a solar cell as electric power in daily lives. The boiler system of the present invention comprises: a heater which is placed in a pipe of a main frame of a briquette boiler and which is driven by one or more storage batteries which store solar energy which is converted into electricity by a solar cell; a detector unit which is placed in the main frame of the briquette boiler and which detects driving of the briquette boiler; and a controller which is electrically connected to the storage batteries and the detector unit and which operates the heater when the main frame of the briquette boiler is stopped or is not operated.

Description

[0002] Boiler system connected with solar energy [0003]

The present invention relates to a boiler system associated with solar energy. More particularly, the present invention can replace a boiler with solar energy obtained through a solar cell, thereby reducing fuel consumption, and at the same time, To a boiler system in conjunction with solar energy for use as a boiler.

A boiler is a device that generates hot water by heating water. The type of boiler can be classified according to the raw material. There are a boiler using a fluid as a raw material and a boiler using a solid as a raw material. Specifically, Gas boilers, and oil boilers. Solid-type boilers include a harmony boiler and a briquet boiler.

Among the types of boilers, the oil boiler and the gas boiler are expensive to use in a wide space because of rising oil prices. In the case of the fizzy boiler, since it is necessary to continuously supply fuel due to the characteristics of fuel, it is difficult to manage, There is a difficulty in preparing and storing.

In addition, the briquetting boiler can be burned slowly for a long time with a lower fuel cost than gas or oil, which is useful for farmhouses, houses, flower pots, farmhouses, farms and the like, where economic conditions are relatively unfavorable.

Such a briquette boiler consists of a large number of fires inside the main body. A coil-type briquetting boiler in which a pipe is wound in a coil shape on the outer peripheral surface thereof is a type of boiler commonly used.

In the case of the above-mentioned various boilers, if the user in the winter season is out of the boiler pipe without mistakenly extracting the water in the boiler pipe during the long-term shipment, the water freezes and freezes.

In addition, when the fuel is not properly supplied due to carelessness of the user during the winter season, the boiler may not be operated. In this case, heating or hot water can not be used.

In addition, there is a disadvantage that the briquetting boiler needs to temporarily burn the briquettes for the temporary use of hot water and heating in the season except for the winter season. In order to solve this problem, in addition to the instantaneous water heater or briquet boiler, Gas or oil boilers should be installed additionally. For this reason, additional costs are separately incurred and a separate space is required for this. Furthermore, since the instantaneous water heater, the gas or the oil boiler must use a separate fuel, it is more expensive than the briquette, which is economical.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and its object is to provide a solar cell module capable of replacing a boiler by using solar energy obtained through a solar cell and reducing consumption of fuel, The present invention is directed to a boiler system that is associated with solar energy configured to be used as a commercial power source in addition to a boiler.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a boiler comprising: a heater disposed in a pipe of a boiler body and driven by at least one storage battery in which solar energy is converted into electricity by a solar battery; A sensing unit provided in the boiler body to sense driving of the boiler; And a controller electrically connected to the battery and the sensing unit, and configured to operate the heater when the boiler body stops driving or when the boiler body stops driving.

In one embodiment, the heater is linearly formed and spirally wrapped around the inner surface of the boiler body on the surface of the pipe surrounding the combustion chamber.

In one embodiment, the controller activates the battery to heat the heater when the temperature sensed by the sensing unit drops below a set temperature.

In one embodiment, the controller is electrically connected to a commercial power source, wherein the controller determines whether the boiler body is stopped or when the boiler body is unused, the power of the battery is exhausted, and if the battery is exhausted And the heater is operated by using a commercial power source.

In one embodiment, the controller further includes a wireless communication unit for transmitting the situation to the user's portable terminal when the boiler body stops driving.

According to the boiler system associated with the solar energy of the present invention, first, when the user does not smoothly supply the fuel of the boiler, the sensing unit senses such a situation and operates the heater to smoothly heat Or hot water can be used.

Secondly, since it is unnecessary to burn the fuel unnecessarily for the temporary heating or hot water use in the seasons excluding the winter season, the solar heat is used in place of the fuel, so that an eco-friendly effect is obtained.

Third, when the sunshine time is long as in the summer season, the electric energy obtained through the solar cell can be used in daily life, thereby solving the power shortage.

Fourth, since only the heater is installed in the boiler without adding any additional facility to the existing boiler, and only the solar cell and the commercial power source for driving the heater are electrically connected, the installation cost can be remarkably reduced and the economical effect have. In addition, since the solar cell and the commercial power source can be used semi-permanently, the maintenance cost can be reduced and the economic effect can be obtained.

1 is a schematic diagram schematically showing a boiler system associated with the solar energy of the present invention.

For a better understanding of the present invention, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments of the present invention may be modified into various forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described in detail below. The present embodiments are provided to enable those skilled in the art to more fully understand the present invention. Therefore, the shapes and the like of the elements in the drawings can be exaggeratedly expressed to emphasize a clearer description. It should be noted that in the drawings, the same members are denoted by the same reference numerals. Further, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may be unnecessarily obscured by the gist of the present invention are omitted.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG.

Prior to the description, the boiler system associated with the solar energy of the present invention will not be described in detail with respect to the construction and operation of the briquetting boiler as a solar energy-related system for a boiler used for a conventional home or agricultural use.

In addition, the boiler system associated with the solar energy of the present invention described below will be described on the basis of a briquetting boiler among various types of boilers. In addition to the briquetting boiler, the same can be applied to firewood, oil, or gas boiler.

Referring to FIG. 1, a boiler system associated with solar energy of the present invention is provided with a heater 200 coupled to a briquette boiler body 100 and driven by a storage battery 210 stored by a solar cell 211. The heater 200 is configured to heat the pipe 130 in contact with the surface of the furnace 140 of the briquette boiler body 100. In the case of the above-mentioned harmony, oil or gas boiler, the furnace corresponds to the combustion chamber.

As described later, the battery 210 assists the boiler in the winter season. However, when the daylight hours are long as in the summer season, the battery 210 can be used as power for daily life. Therefore, it is possible to solve the power shortage problem while using some power during the afternoon hours, such as during the summer season, and some of them can be used in everyday life.

A sensing unit 110 is provided in the briquetting boiler body 100 to sense the driving of the briquetting boiler.

The controller 120 is electrically connected to the storage battery 210 and the sensing unit 110 and drives the heater 200 when the briquette boiler main body 100 stops operating .

Therefore, when the briquetting boiler is driven normally by the sensing unit 110, the briquetting boiler sends a signal indicating that the briquetting boiler is normal to the controller 120. However, when the briquetting boiler briquette is completely burned and is no longer burned Or if it does not operate normally, sends a signal to the controller 120 that the briquette boiler is abnormal.

The heater 200 may be formed in a linear shape so as to spirally cover the surface of the pipe 130 surrounding the furnace 140 of the briquette boiler body 100.

In the case of the heater 200, the design of the pipe 130 may be configured to pass through the heater 200 so that the water can be heated. However, for faster heat transfer, As shown in FIG.

Accordingly, the temperature of the pipe 130 or the temperature of the briquetting boiler is lowered to a set temperature or lower. In this case, the temperature sensed by the sensing unit 110 is set to a predetermined value The battery 210 is operated to operate the heater 200 to serve as a briquette.

In addition, the sensing unit 110 senses the water in the inner pipe 130 of the briquette boiler body 100 when the water is frozen due to the cold during the winter season, so that the sensing unit 110 can operate the heater 200. This is also in case the user has neglected the control of the briquetting boiler due to the long term outflow of the winter season.

The controller 120 is electrically connected to a commercial power source and determines whether or not the battery 210 has been exhausted when the briquetting boiler body 100 is stopped or when the briquetting boiler body 100 stops operating. The heater 200 may be operated by using the commercial power source 300 when the electric power of the heater 210 is exhausted.

Therefore, hot water can be used only through the operation of the heater in the season when the weather is cloudy as in the rainy season and it is difficult to accumulate electricity by accumulating electricity through a solar cell, or during the season when the briquette is not used much like during the summer season. Therefore, the inconvenience of burning the briquettes to use hot water or heating for a short period of time is eliminated.

Meanwhile, the controller 120 may further include a wireless communication unit 121 for transmitting the stopped briquetting boiler body 100 to the user's portable terminal when the briquetting boiler body 100 stops operating. Accordingly, when the user is outside, it is possible to notify the failure of the briquetting boiler through the wireless communication unit 121. Here, the signal transmitted through the wireless communication unit 121 is transmitted to the user's portable terminal. The portable terminal may be, for example, a smart phone or a tablet PC.

Hereinafter, the operating state of the boiler system associated with the solar energy of the present invention will be described.

First, the user operates the briquetting boiler for heating or using hot water, and sets the temperature of the heating water and the hot water to a temperature desired by the user.

After that, the briquettes are burned and the water in the pipe is heated, and the hot water thus heated is used for the piping and hot water of each room.

However, if the user forgets that the briquettes of the briquetting boiler are completely burnt and does not change the briquette, the sensing unit 110 detects the situation and operates the heater 200 to help the briquette boiler to operate smoothly. Therefore, heating or hot water can be used smoothly even during the time period for briquette re-burning.

In addition, if the water accumulated in the pipe is frozen due to a long-time outflow or a long-time leave of the briquetting boiler during the winter season, the sensing unit 110 senses such a situation and operates the heater 200 to prevent the briquette boiler pipe from being frozen .

The wireless communication unit 121 of the controller 120 transmits the situation to the portable terminal of the user so that the user can recognize the situation.

On the other hand, even in the winter season, when the boiler is operated by the energy obtained through the solar cell during the daylight hours, the boiler is operated by using the electric power stored in the storage battery 210 in evening and night when the daylight hours are outside, And the boiler is burned using the fuel of the boiler. At this time, when the boiler can not be driven due to the failure of the boiler, the sensing unit 110 senses it and drives the boiler by using a commercial power source.

Meanwhile, in the above case, the winter season has been described as an example, but hot water may be needed even in the season except the winter season. In this case, in most cases, the briquettes are burned and hot water is used or a separate gas or oil boiler is installed. However, in the case of the briquette boiler system of the present invention, when the user desires to use hot water by raising the set temperature, 120 heat the heater 200. At this time, if the electricity stored by the solar cell 211 is stored, the briquette boiler is operated using the storage battery 210, but if not, the heater 200 is heated using a commercial power source.

In this way, since it is unnecessary to burn fuel such as briquettes unnecessarily for the temporary heating or hot water use in the season except the winter season, not only the hassle is eliminated, but also the solar heat is used instead of the briquetting.

In other words, although there is a briquetting boiler for the temporary use of hot water, a separate gas or oil boiler must be additionally installed in addition to the instantaneous water heater or the briquetting boiler. Therefore, additional costs are separately incurred, . Furthermore, since the instantaneous water heater, the gas or the oil boiler must use a separate fuel, it is more expensive than the briquette, which is economical.

However, as in the present invention, only the heater 200 is installed in the briquetting boiler without addition of any facility where the briquetting boiler is installed, and only the solar battery and the commercial power for driving the heater 200 are electrically connected The cost can be remarkably reduced. In addition, since the solar cell and the commercial power source can be used semi-permanently, the maintenance cost can be reduced and the economic effect can be obtained.

On the other hand, when the sunshine hours are long as in the summer season, some of them can be used in the afternoon power shortage time to solve the power shortage problem, and another part can be used in everyday life, thereby saving energy.

In addition, when the sunshine time is shorter than the summer season like in the winter season, or when there is no sunlight like the rainy season, it is difficult to operate the boiler system by only solar energy. Therefore, if the existing boiler system is combined with solar energy, It is economical to use it.

Meanwhile, although the present invention has been described based on solar energy, a variety of environmentally friendly energies such as geothermal, wind, and hydroelectric power can be applied.

The embodiments of the boiler system associated with the solar energy of the present invention described above are merely illustrative and those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and equivalent embodiments are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. You will know the point. Therefore, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims. It is also to be understood that the invention includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

100: Briquette boiler main body 110:
120: controller 130: piping
140: heater 200: heater
210: Battery 211: Solar cell
300: commercial power supply

Claims

A heater 200 provided in a pipe 130 of the boiler body 100 and driven by at least one battery 210 in which solar energy is converted into electricity by the solar battery 211;
A sensing unit 110 provided in the boiler body 100 for sensing the operation of the boiler; And
And a controller 120 that is electrically connected to the battery 210 and the sensing unit 110 and drives the heater 200 when the boiler body 100 is stopped or not. Boiler system associated with solar energy.

The method according to claim 1,
The heater (200)
And is linearly formed and spirally wrapped around the inner surface of the boiler body (100) on the surface of the pipe (130) surrounding the combustion chamber.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The controller (120)
Wherein the battery (210) is operated to heat the heater (200) when the temperature sensed by the sensing unit (110) drops below a set temperature.

The method according to claim 1,
The controller (120)
It is determined whether or not the electricity of the battery 210 is exhausted when the boiler main body 100 is stopped or the operation of the boiler body 100 is stopped. If the electricity of the battery 210 is exhausted And the heater (200) is operated by using a commercial power supply (300).

The method according to claim 1,
The controller (120)
Further comprising a wireless communication unit (121) for transmitting the situation to the portable terminal when the driving of the boiler body (100) is stopped.