US3280898A - Hot-water system with axially parallel heat-exchanging tubes - Google Patents

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US3280898A
US3280898A US340911A US34091164A US3280898A US 3280898 A US3280898 A US 3280898A US 340911 A US340911 A US 340911A US 34091164 A US34091164 A US 34091164A US 3280898 A US3280898 A US 3280898A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28G—CLEANING OF INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL SURFACES OF HEAT-EXCHANGE OR HEAT-TRANSFER CONDUITS, e.g. WATER TUBES OR BOILERS
    • F28G3/00—Rotary appliances
    • F28G3/10—Rotary appliances having scrapers, hammers, or cutters, e.g. rigidly mounted
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L43/00—Bends; Siphons
    • F16L43/001—Bends; Siphons made of metal
    • F16L43/005—Return bends
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F22—STEAM GENERATION
    • F22B—METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
    • F22B37/00—Component parts or details of steam boilers
    • F22B37/02—Component parts or details of steam boilers applicable to more than one kind or type of steam boiler
    • F22B37/10—Water tubes; Accessories therefor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F22—STEAM GENERATION
    • F22D—PREHEATING, OR ACCUMULATING PREHEATED, FEED-WATER FOR STEAM GENERATION; FEED-WATER SUPPLY FOR STEAM GENERATION; CONTROLLING WATER LEVEL FOR STEAM GENERATION; AUXILIARY DEVICES FOR PROMOTING WATER CIRCULATION WITHIN STEAM BOILERS
    • F22D1/00—Feed-water heaters, i.e. economisers or like preheaters
    • F22D1/02—Feed-water heaters, i.e. economisers or like preheaters with water tubes arranged in the boiler furnace, fire tubes, or flue ways
    • 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
    • F24H1/00—Water heaters, e.g. boilers, continuous-flow heaters or water-storage heaters
    • F24H1/10—Continuous-flow heaters, i.e. heaters in which heat is generated only while the water is flowing, e.g. with direct contact of the water with the heating medium
    • F24H1/12—Continuous-flow heaters, i.e. heaters in which heat is generated only while the water is flowing, e.g. with direct contact of the water with the heating medium in which the water is kept separate from the heating medium
    • F24H1/14—Continuous-flow heaters, i.e. heaters in which heat is generated only while the water is flowing, e.g. with direct contact of the water with the heating medium in which the water is kept separate from the heating medium by tubes, e.g. bent in serpentine form
    • 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
    • F24H1/00—Water heaters, e.g. boilers, continuous-flow heaters or water-storage heaters
    • F24H1/22—Water heaters other than continuous-flow or water-storage heaters, e.g. water heaters for central heating
    • F24H1/40—Water heaters other than continuous-flow or water-storage heaters, e.g. water heaters for central heating with water tube or tubes
    • 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
    • F24H1/00—Water heaters, e.g. boilers, continuous-flow heaters or water-storage heaters
    • F24H1/48—Water heaters for central heating incorporating heaters for domestic water
    • F24H1/52—Water heaters for central heating incorporating heaters for domestic water incorporating heat exchangers for domestic water

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  • the present invention relates to hot water systems. More specifically, this invention is concerned with a tube joint or connection, particularly for interconnecting the axially parallel tubes of a hot water system, which may be combined in banks or groups for mounting in boilers.
  • Hot water systems of the type described above are installed in boilers for the purpose of obtaining hot water for industrial uses.
  • Another difficulty that must be considered in the design of such systems is the formation of dirt and scale deposits on the tube walls. Such deposits may become so heavy that the system can be cleaned only by forcing a boring tool through each tube. Cleaning the tubes in this way involves no major difiiculties as long as the tubes are accessible from either end. More work is required, if the tubes are accessible from one end only. In such a case a conventional tube bank has to be removed prior to cleaning.
  • the boiler water must be allowed to run out because the conventional tubes are interconnected by headers at one end in which sediments may form also, thereby obstructing the cross-sections of the water ways. To open up and clean the headers, they must be removed along with the banks of tubes.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide means for interconnecting the tubes in such a manner that they may be cleaned without difficulty.
  • Still another object of the invention is to interconnect the tubes of a hot water system in pairs in such a manner that little space is required by the tube banks in a direction perpendicular to the tubes axes.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide tube joints for interconnecting the tubes in pairs in parallel relationship.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide a tube joint in which the paths of a cleaning tool through the connected tubes partly overlap.
  • each remote end of a pair of parallel tubes integrally forms one-half of a return bend, thereby permitting the tubes to be interconnected as by welding without the use of separate tube joints or fittings, whereas the near ends are attached to the boiler wall and accessible.
  • the inner walls of the tube joint are inclined toward each other. That is, they converge toward the free end of the joint.
  • the center-to-center distance between the two tubes connected by the tube joint and the wall thickness of the tubes are so chosen that the center-to-center distance does not exceed three times the inner radius of a tube.
  • the tube joint of the invention has the advantage that the tubes may be arranged in closely spaced relationship, with little space required in a direction perpendicular to the parallel tubes axes. Moreover, both tubes and their connecting joint may be easily cleaned because of the special configuration of the latter.
  • a further advantage of the invention is that the length of the tubes may be increased over that available with conventional tubes, thereby permit-ting reduction of the number of tubes and, consequently, of the number of tube fittings required for interconnecting the near tube ends at the face of the boiler.
  • a bank of parallel tubes interconnected by tube joints of the invention may be cleaned without being removed from the boiler.
  • the inclined walls of the latter cause the boring tool to move radially in the joint toward the inside as the tool is forced through the joint, until the tool rod abuts against the tube wall.
  • sediments and incrustations deposited inside the joint may be removed without difiiculty.
  • FIGURE 1 shows a tube joint constructed in accordance with the invention, the view being in section on the plane defined by the axes of the joined tubes;
  • FIGURE 2 is a sectional view taken along line IIII of FIG. 1;
  • FIGURE 3 is a sectional view of a bank of parallel tubes mounted in a boiler
  • FIGURE 4 shows a plurality of tube fittings of the invention combined to form one unit
  • FIGURE 5 shows another embodiment of the invention in which the principle of the invention is reduced to practice without the use of fittings.
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-section of fitting joint 1.
  • the inner walls of fitting joint 1 which are perpendicular to the plane defined by the two tube axes have respective inclined portions 4 and 5 and converge toward a bottom portion 6 of the fitting 1 in such a manner that a part 4a, 5a of each portion 4, 5 is axially aligned with that inner wall portion 2a, 3a of the associated tube 2, 3 which is farthest removed from the other tube, whereas another part 4b, 5b of each portion 4, 5 is radially spaced from the corresponding first-mentioned part 4a, 5a toward the other wall portion 5, 4.
  • the centerto-center spacing A of the tubes 2, 3 does not exceed three times the inner radius of each tube 2, 3.
  • the radial spacing of the aligned parts 4a, 5a therefore is not more than five times the radius of the tubes 2, 3.
  • a boring tool is shown in different working positions, 7, 7, and 7".
  • position 7 the boring tool is shown to operate along the axis of tube 2, until it abuts against the inclined wall portion 4, whence it is forced aside and caused to traverse the fitting obliquely until arriving at position 7.
  • the diameters of the boring tool, of the tube 2, and of the tool stem 8, and the center-to-center distance A between tubes 2 and 3 are so chosen as to permit the tool to traverse the tube joint beyond the center line 9, as it arrives at its working position 7.
  • the working radius of the tool will extend beyond the center line 9, when the tool is in position 7", that is, when it is forced through tube 3.
  • the overlapping paths of the tool cause sediments and incrustations deposited inside the fitting to be removed until a clear passage of adequate flow section in the water ways of the fitting is formed, leaving at most a body of sediment 10 which does not materially impede flow.
  • FIG. 3 shows two pairs of identical cylindrical water tubes 2, 3 connected by respective joints 1 at their inner ends and having open outer ends sealed in a common tube sheet 11 so that the open orifices of the tubes communicate with a header 12 which is mounted on a boiler shell 13 and is thereby accessible from the outside. Only the tubes 2 of the illustrated pairs of water tubes are visible in the drawing. Access to the tubes 2, 3 for insertion of a cleaning tool 7 may be had by removing the cover of the header 12, but without removing the tube sheet 11, the tubes 2, 3, or their joints 1.
  • FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the invention in which a plurality of tube joints are integrally combined to form a block 14. Such an arrangement is particularly useful, when several pairs of parallel tubes are to be mounted side by side.
  • the block 14 has five pairs of openings, and an inner end of a tube 2, 3 is received in each opening.
  • FIG. shows a further embodiment of the inventionwhich differs from the embodiments described hereinbefore only in that the tube ends 15, 16 are bent and integrally sealingly connected by a weld 17 approximately in the axial plane of symmetry of the joined identical tubes.
  • the same V-shaped flow path is formed as shown in FIGS. 1-4, although the interconnection of the tubes is accomplished without the use of separate tube joints or fittings.
  • a hot water system comprising, in combination:
  • each tube having an open axial end adjacent the open end of the other tube and another axial end;
  • said joint having two internal walls transverse to the plane defined by the axes of said tubes, each of said walls having a first axial portion axially aligned with an inner wall portion of a respective one of said tubes farthest.
  • a system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said joint is a substantially V-shaped member formed with two juxtaposed openings, said other ends of said tubes being sealingly received in said openings.

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