US20130161404A1 - Apparatus and method for heating water - Google Patents

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US20130161404A1
US20130161404A1 US13/814,506 US201113814506A US2013161404A1 US 20130161404 A1 US20130161404 A1 US 20130161404A1 US 201113814506 A US201113814506 A US 201113814506A US 2013161404 A1 US2013161404 A1 US 2013161404A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24H—FLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEAT-GENERATING MEANS, e.g. HEAT PUMPS, IN GENERAL
    • F24H4/00—Fluid heaters characterised by the use of heat pumps
    • F24H4/02—Water heaters
    • F24H4/04—Storage heaters
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24H—FLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEAT-GENERATING MEANS, e.g. HEAT PUMPS, IN GENERAL
    • F24H9/00—Details
    • F24H9/0005—Details for water heaters
    • F24H9/001—Guiding means
    • F24H9/0015—Guiding means in water channels
    • F24H9/0021—Sleeves surrounding heating elements or heating pipes, e.g. pipes filled with heat transfer fluid, for guiding heated liquid
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24H—FLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEAT-GENERATING MEANS, e.g. HEAT PUMPS, IN GENERAL
    • F24H9/00—Details
    • F24H9/20—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
    • F24H9/2007—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices for water heaters
    • F24H9/2014—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices for water heaters using electrical energy supply
    • F24H9/2021—Storage heaters

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  • the subject matter relates generally to water heating and more specifically to a method and apparatus for heating water using refrigerant materials
  • Heat pumps are well known for heating fluids and comprise a vaporizer where a refrigerant in vaporized, typically by heat from air blown over vaporizer coils; a heat exchanger or condenser, where relatively cool fluid is heated upon thermal contact with the relatively hot refrigerant, the refrigerant condensing in the condenser and passing that heat energy to the heated fluid.
  • Heat pumps are efficient because about two thirds of the energy conies from the air and is used to vaporize the refrigerant liquid at the vaporizer is and about one third of the energy is required to compress the refrigerant gas.
  • the energy used to compress the refrigerant (gas) is typically electrical energy while the energy to vaporize the liquid comes from the thermal energy in the (ambient) air.
  • a water heating device comprising a vaporizer for vaporizing refrigerant and a compressor for compressing the vaporized refrigerant.
  • the device comprises a condenser having a water inlet, a water outlet a refrigerant coil and a shell.
  • the condenser also comprises a volume reducing member positioned within the shell, said member is configured to reduce the cross section area of the volume in which water is heated in the shell.
  • the condenser is located outside the water storage tank and connected to the water storage tank via a first tube for providing water from the condenser to the water storage tank and a second tube for providing water from the water storage tank to the condenser.
  • the device also comprises a refrigerant coil positioned adjacent to the volume in which water is heated in the shell; the refrigerant coil contains a refrigerant material received from the compressor, said refrigerant material heats the water in the volume in which water is heated in the shell.
  • the volume in which water is heated in the shell is a volume between the shell and the member positioned within the shell.
  • the heated water flows in a siphon-like flow between the condenser and a water storage tank.
  • the siphon-like flow is achieved by determining a rate of flow between the volume in which water is heated in the. shell.
  • the device is a part of a split-type water heating device.
  • the shell is a sidewall of a condenser.
  • the member positioned within the shell provides for local heating of water in a volume adjacent to the side wall of the condenser, said local heating creates a density difference that enables the a siphon flow between the condenser and the water storage tank.
  • the device is pump-less.
  • the refrigerant coil surrounds the shell.
  • the method comprises allowing the water being heated and rising along the refrigerant coil in the condenser to rise in a siphon-like manner.
  • the regulator is a valve. In some cases, the regulator is a pump.
  • a water heating device comprising: a condenser; a volume reducing member positioned within the shell, said member is configured to reduce the cross section area of the volume in which water is heated in the condenser.
  • FIG. 1 shows a split type system for heating water, according to exemplary embodiments of the subject matter
  • FIG. 2 shows a condenser in a split-type heating system, according to exemplary embodiments of the subject matter
  • FIG. 3 shows a condenser having an annular space, according to exemplary embodiments of the subject matter.
  • FIG. 4 shows an integrated system for heating water according to exemplary embodiments of the subject matter.
  • an air-to-water heat pump that comprises a condenser communicating with a water storage tank.
  • the condenser comprises a shell and a volume reducing member for reducing a volume in which water is heated in the condenser.
  • the volume reducing member reduces the cross section area of the volume in which the water is heated.
  • the volume reducing member is located within the shell.
  • water is heated in a volume created between the shell sidewalls and the volume reducing member.
  • water flowing in the volume created between the shell and the volume reducing member flow in a siphon flow between the water storage tank and the condenser of the subject matter, for example a condenser of the water heating device.
  • the air-to-water heat pump and the condenser of the subject matter increase the efficiency of hot water production and reduce. the time to a “first shower”.
  • the time for the first shower may be defined as heating a suitable, but not necessarily large, amount of water to an appropriate temperature for showering.
  • FIG. 1 shows a split-type system for heating fluid, according to exemplary embodiments of the subject matter.
  • the system 100 is connected to a water storage tank 150 .
  • the system may provide water to the water storage tank 150 using natural flow or siphon flow between the system 100 and the water storage tank 150 .
  • the water storage tank 150 may be a residential water tank.
  • the system 100 comprises a condenser 105 that enables natural flow of water from the condenser 105 to the water storage tank 150 for usage. In some exemplary cases, flow from the condenser to the water storage tank 150 may be performed using a pump (not shown).
  • the condenser 105 comprises the shell 170 and a volume reducing member 160 . In accordance with the exemplary embodiment of FIG.
  • water is heated at a volume 165 between the shell 170 and the volume reducing member 160 , for example within the condenser 105 .
  • the shell 170 may be the sidewalls of the condenser 105 .
  • the length of the shell 170 is larger than the length of the volume reducing member 160 .
  • Heated water is outputted from the volume 165 between the shell 170 and the volume reducing member 160 to the water storage tank 150 via a first tube 130 .
  • a regulator 162 is connected to the first tube between the water storage tank 150 and the condenser 105 .
  • the regulator 162 may be a pump or a valve. Water flows from the water storage tank 150 to the regulator 162 and from the regulator 162 to the condenser 105 .
  • the regulator 162 is connected to a second tube 132 fluid outgoing from the water storage tank 150 to the system 100 .
  • the system 100 further comprises a compressor 110 providing compressed refrigerant.
  • the compressed refrigerant flows from the compressor 110 to a refrigerant coil 120 via compressor tube 108 .
  • the refrigerant coil 120 may surround the condenser 105 .
  • the refrigerant coil 120 receives the refrigerant from the compressor 110 , said refrigerant heats water in the condenser 105 .
  • the refrigerant coil 120 may reside on the internal wall or the external wall of the volume reducing member 160 .
  • the volume reducing member 160 provides for local heating of water in a volume adjacent to the sidewall of the condenser 105 . Said local heating creates a density difference that enables a siphon flow between the system 100 and the water storage tank 150 .
  • the system 100 further comprises a vaporizer 140 .
  • the vaporizer 140 receives the outlet of the refrigerant coil 120 , which is outputted as liquid.
  • the vaporizer vaporizes the liquid outputted from the refrigerant coil 120 via tube 134 to the compressor 110 that sucks the gas from the vaporizer 140 . It can be seen that the system 100 is a closed system in terms of the air and liquid flow in the system 100 .
  • the system 100 is connected to the water storage tank 150 using two tithes,
  • the first tube 130 contains fluid outgoing from the system 100 to the water storage tank 150 .
  • the second tube 132 contains water outgoing from the water storage tank 150 to the system 100 .
  • FIG. 2 shows a condenser in a natural flow heating system, according to exemplary embodiments of the subject matter.
  • the condenser 200 comprises an inlet 220 in which fluid, such as water, enter the condenser 200 , for example, from a water storage tank.
  • the condenser 200 further comprises an outlet 230 from which fluid exit the condenser 200 , for example to the water storage tank.
  • the condenser 200 further comprises a shell and a volume reducing member.
  • Sidewalls 224 and 234 define the shell.
  • Sidewalls 226 and 236 define the volume reducing member.
  • Water in the condenser 200 may also flow at a second volume 222 defined between a sidewall 236 of the volume reducing member and a sidewall 234 of the shell. In some other cases, water may flow inside the volume reducing member.
  • the water flows at a siphon flow between the condenser 200 and the water storage tank.
  • the water storage tank may be the water storage tank 150 .
  • the condenser 200 of the disclosed subject matter enables a siphon flow.
  • the volume in which water is heated is positioned adjacent to a refrigerant coil 250 containing refrigerant material.
  • the refrigerant material in the refrigerant coil 250 is hotter than the water in the condenser and provides thermal contact onto the water.
  • the condenser 200 of the water heating device of the disclosed subject matter enables water heating without a pump, as the thermo siphon flow created by the volume reducing member makes the pump unnecessary. It should be noted that the water heating device may also operate using a pump in case of regulating the water flow rate between the heating device and the water storage tank.
  • FIG. 3 shows a condenser having an annular space, according to exemplary embodiments of the subject matter.
  • the condenser comprises an inlet 410 from which water flow at inlet tube 405 from the water storage tank.
  • the condenser comprises a base 430 near the inlet 410 and a lower portion 420 near the inlet 410 to which water flows from the inlet tube 405 .
  • the condenser 400 comprises a refrigerant coil 422 containing refrigerant material.
  • the condenser further comprises an outlet 460 from which water flow at outlet tube 465 from the condenser to the water storage tank.
  • the condenser includes a shell 440 and a volume reducing member 425 .
  • the volume reducing member 425 is located inside the shell 440 .
  • the shell 440 and the volume reducing member 425 may be concentric.
  • the length of the volume reducing member 425 is smaller than the length of the shell 440 , as the length is defined in the axis between the inlet 410 and the outlet 460 .
  • the shell is the condenser's sidewalls.
  • the top portion of the volume reducing member 425 is sealed.
  • water at the condenser 400 flows at the volume defined between the shell 440 and the volume reducing member 425 .
  • Such flow may be a siphon flow between the condenser and the water storage tank.
  • a pump may be used to regulate the rate flow of water between the condenser and the water storage tank, when the water heating device is a split-type heat-pump.
  • the condenser 400 enables a siphon flow between the water heating device and the water storage tank. In some cases, such siphon flow is enabled by the annular space to of the volume between shell 440 and the volume reducing member 425 .
  • the annular space that creates flow between the condenser 400 and the water storage tank enables heat convection of the water inside the condenser 400 instead of heat conduction.
  • the volume reducing member 425 may be made of plastic, to decrease the cross-sectional area of the water flow path in the volume between the shell 440 and the volume is reducing member 425 .
  • the volume reducing member 425 provides an increased water flow convection that improves the heat transfer from the refrigerant coil 422 to the water at the volume between shell 440 and the volume reducing member 425 .
  • the improved heat transfer ensures a full condensation of the refrigerant that ensures a relatively low back pressure on the compressor.
  • FIG. 4 shows a cross-section of an integrated water heating device having the refrigerant coil inside the shell, according to exemplary embodiments of the subject matter.
  • the heating device of FIG. 4 comprises an external cover 700 .
  • the volume in which water is heated is defined between the shell and the member used to reduce the cross section area of the volume in which the water is heated.
  • the water storage tank is defined by sidewalls 710 , 712 .
  • the volume in which water is heated is defined between sidewalls 710 , 712 and sidewalls 740 , 742 .
  • the sidewalls 740 , 742 are a part of a member used for reducing the cross sectional area of the volume in which water is heated.
  • the water is heated in volume 730 defined between sidewall 710 of the shell and sidewall 740 of the member for reducing the cross section area of the volume in which water is heated.
  • the refrigerant coil 720 is positioned in volume 730 .
  • the water is heated along the refrigerant coil 720 in volume 730 and exits the volume 730 to the storage tank via an outlet tube 743 .
  • the outlet tube 743 is connected to a regulator 745 for regulating water flow rate between the volume 730 and the storage tank.
  • the regulator is connected to the storage tank via a regulator tube 748 .
  • the water is heated in volume 732 defined between sidewall 712 of the shell and sidewall 742 of the member for reducing the cross section area of the volume in which water is heated.
  • the refrigerant coil 722 is positioned in volume 732 .
  • the water is heated along the refrigerant coil 722 in volume 732 and its flow is limited by barrier 752 .
  • water from volume 732 exits the volume 732 via outlet tube 743 of volume 730 .
  • the heating device further comprises a vaporizer and a compressor at a zone 770 separated from the water storage tank.
  • the subject matter further discloses a method and system for regulating flow between a heating system and a water storage tank, according to exemplary embodiments of the subject matter.
  • the system and method of the subject matter allow heating a reduced amount of water, for example a “first shower” amount, at a reduced period of time, without the requirement to heat the entire water storage tank.
  • the method for regulating flow in a heating system comprises obtaining data related to temperature. Such data may be obtained by a thermometer.
  • the data related to temperature may be, for example, the temperature in the water storage tank, the temperature outside the water heating device and the like.
  • the desired temperature is a constant value and the system only detects the temperature of the water at the storage tank. In some other cases, the system detects the air temperature outside the water storage tank.
  • the method further comprises a step of regulating the flow rate of water entering the heat-pump condenser according to the data related to temperature.
  • the method may regulate the flow rate of water outputted from the condenser to the water storage tank.
  • a regulator may regulate the flow rate. Regulation may be increasing or decreasing the flow rate, according to the desired temperature.
  • the regulator may be positioned inside or outside the water storage tank.
  • the regulator may be a valve, a pump or another mechanical module used to regulate fluid flow desired by a person skilled in the art.
  • the valve may be a solenoid valve.

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