Classifications

• • 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
  • F24H9/06—Arrangement of mountings or supports for heaters, e.g. boilers, other than space heating radiators
• • 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
  • F24H7/00—Storage heaters, i.e. heaters in which the energy is stored as heat in masses for subsequent release
  • F24H7/02—Storage heaters, i.e. heaters in which the energy is stored as heat in masses for subsequent release the released heat being conveyed to a transfer fluid
  • F24H7/0208—Storage heaters, i.e. heaters in which the energy is stored as heat in masses for subsequent release the released heat being conveyed to a transfer fluid using electrical energy supply
  • F24H7/0216—Storage heaters, i.e. heaters in which the energy is stored as heat in masses for subsequent release the released heat being conveyed to a transfer fluid using electrical energy supply the transfer fluid being air

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an electric storage heater made up of modular elements and comprising a single heating body.
• the three most commonly used energy sources are fuel oil, gas and electricity.
• the latter has many advantages such as flexibility, cleanliness, comfort, ease of adjustment and programming, low investment, etc., but its cost per kilowatt hour is significantly higher than for the other two energies.
• Patent N ° FR 91 08 640 presented by the same applicant, presents a radiator made up of several modular storage elements, each formed of three parts, an upper part with convection deflectors, a lower part supporting the element and a part central unit containing an elementary electric heating element contained in a double envelope limiting the temperature, the assembly being completed by a special element comprising the electrical supply, as well as a thermostat and a programmer.
• the device according to the present invention which consists of improvements made to the subject of the above patent, eliminates all these drawbacks.
• it makes it possible to obtain devices combining the advantages of electric convectors and space-saving storage radiators, of a particularly reasonable price and which can be installed anywhere, in particular in the places usually used for heating radiators. central classics.
• modular fin elements of the type used for central water heating, assembled to form a wall or mobile space-saving radiator with reduced power, the modular elements, each consisting of a single piece, preferably made of aluminum alloy, comprising a recess making it possible to house a single refractory brick equipped, with an internal electrical resistance and housed in said elements, one of these being adapted to play the role of supply unit with thermostat with bulb and power cord.
• FIG. 1 shows in perspective a radiator according to the invention made up of a series of elements assembled in line
• the FIGS. 2 to 4 show respectively, in perspective and on a different scale
• the three modular elements constituting a radiator namely: the terminal element, the current element and the electric power supply element
• FIG. 5 represents, in perspective, on a different scale, a special dowel for wall mounting the radiator.
• FIG. 6 shows, seen from the side of the radiator, a support chassis fitted with a pad or rollers
• FIG. 7 illustrates the arrangement of the heating body in a variant according to which the radiator is formed of two series of modular elements connected by sheets forming a box
• FIG. 8 is a vertical section passing between two modular elements, according to the arrows AA of figure 7,
• the device, Figures 1 to 6, consists of modular elements of three different types:
• the modular elements 1, 2, 3, in a single piece can be manufactured specially for the device which is the subject of this patent, or produced by machining from a single existing standard element intended for the mounting of water central heating radiators or steam, and are characterized by upper 5 and lower 6 tubular horizontal sections which can be joined together end to end and connected by a vertical hollow part 7, the latter being formed by two walls delimiting a passage between said tubular sections, and carrying a front blade 8 and a rear blade 9 between which are arranged fins 10 vertical.
• the modular elements 1, 2, 3 are preferably made of aluminum alloy.
• the mounting of the radiator is carried out by joining the upper 5 and lower 6 tubular sections together in the same manner as for hot water radiators, according to the technique known as "niplage".
• the current elements 2 and the terminal element 3 are provided with a recess consisting of cutouts 11 made in the walls of the vertical hollow part 7, and allowing the mounting of the heating body 4. These cutouts are made in the two walls to the current elements 2 and in the single internal wall for the terminal element 3, so as to close one end of the internal cavity thus created.
• the other end of this cavity is closed by the electrical power supply element 1, equipped with a mains connection cord, connection terminals for the heating body 4 and a bulb thermostat controlled by a button 12 accessible from the outside, the electrical equipment being protected from dust and humidity thanks to a sealed cover closing the access hatch 22 formed by a cutout made in the internal wall of the hollow part 7.
• the heating body 4, mounted in the internal cavity of the radiator is of rectangular shape and consists of a brick sealed by a coating of silicone, in which an electrical resistance is embedded.
• This brick is thin enough so that the distance between its faces and the external surface of the radiator prevents any possibility of overheating of the accessible metal parts, thus making it possible to dispense with a safety device cutting off the electrical supply.
• the radiator can be fixed to the wall by means of special dowels 13 (FIG. 5) comprising an annular groove in which the rear blades 9 of two contiguous modular elements will be inserted, or mounted on frames 14 provided with counter plates 23 supporting several modular elements, fixed to the lower tubular sections 6 using brackets 15 bolted, and fitted with pads 16 and / or rollers 17 ( Figure 6).
• dowels 13 FIG. 5
• frames 14 provided with counter plates 23 supporting several modular elements
• Radiators with a high accumulation capacity can be produced by arranging the heating body 4 between two series of modular elements 2 ′ without cutouts 11, connected by spacer plates 18 forming a box constituting the internal cavity in which is housed said heating element ( Figures 7 and 8).
• This consists either of a thin brick of parallelepiped shape in which an electrical resistance is embedded, or of cast iron plates trapping an armored resistance. It is caught between two thicker refractory bricks 19 playing the role of energy accumulator, and surrounded by blocks 20 of thermal insulator in cellular concrete or similar material providing empty spaces 21 in the upper part.
• the heating body will have a thickness of approximately 20 mm, and the refractory bricks 19 a thickness of the order of 80 mm.

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