WO2011004044A2 - Équipement pour l'exploitation d'eau potable gaspillée dans des installations domestiques - Google Patents

Équipement pour l'exploitation d'eau potable gaspillée dans des installations domestiques Download PDF

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WO2011004044A2
WO2011004044A2 PCT/ES2010/070460 ES2010070460W WO2011004044A2 WO 2011004044 A2 WO2011004044 A2 WO 2011004044A2 ES 2010070460 W ES2010070460 W ES 2010070460W WO 2011004044 A2 WO2011004044 A2 WO 2011004044A2
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Candelas Lopez Alarcon
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03B—INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER
    • E03B1/00—Methods or layout of installations for water supply
    • E03B1/04—Methods or layout of installations for water supply for domestic or like local supply
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03B—INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER
    • E03B1/00—Methods or layout of installations for water supply
    • E03B1/04—Methods or layout of installations for water supply for domestic or like local supply
    • E03B1/048—Systems for collecting not used fresh water
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03B—INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER
    • E03B7/00—Water main or service pipe systems
    • E03B7/04—Domestic or like local pipe systems
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/01—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks for combinations of baths, showers, sinks, wash-basins, closets, urinals, or the like
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
    • F24D17/00—Domestic hot-water supply systems
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
    • F24D17/00—Domestic hot-water supply systems
    • F24D17/0005—Domestic hot-water supply systems using recuperation of waste heat
    • F24D17/001—Domestic hot-water supply systems using recuperation of waste heat with accumulation of heated water
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
    • F24D17/00—Domestic hot-water supply systems
    • F24D17/0094—Recovering of cold water
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D20/00—Heat storage plants or apparatus in general; Regenerative heat-exchange apparatus not covered by groups F28D17/00 or F28D19/00
    • F28D20/0034—Heat storage plants or apparatus in general; Regenerative heat-exchange apparatus not covered by groups F28D17/00 or F28D19/00 using liquid heat storage material
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F27/00—Control arrangements or safety devices specially adapted for heat-exchange or heat-transfer apparatus
    • F28F27/02—Control arrangements or safety devices specially adapted for heat-exchange or heat-transfer apparatus for controlling the distribution of heat-exchange media between different channels
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
    • F24D2200/00—Heat sources or energy sources
    • F24D2200/16—Waste heat
    • F24D2200/20—Sewage water
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B30/00—Energy efficient heating, ventilation or air conditioning [HVAC]
    • Y02B30/18—Domestic hot-water supply systems using recuperated or waste heat
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/14—Thermal energy storage

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  • the invention refers to equipment for the use of wasted drinking water in domestic installations, contributing to the function to which notable advantages and novelty characteristics are destined, which will be recorded in detail later.
  • the object of the invention is focused on the development of equipment that, consisting of a set of elements coupled to the water installation of a dwelling, aims to take advantage of the wasted drinking cold water in said facilities for obtaining of hot water at the demanded temperature, allowing its use to supply appliances that consume drinking water for washing, such as washing machines and dishwashers as well as, additionally, to supply the consumption of the tank of one or more toilets.
  • the scope of the invention is part of the technical sector of the industry dedicated to the realization of water installations, particularly those of domestic type in private homes, whether floors, terraced houses detached houses or masts, in new construction or renovations.
  • the equipment for the use of wasted drinking water in domestic installations that the present invention proposes is configured as a remarkable novelty in its field, since according to its implementation, and in a restrictive way, they are achieved the objectives pursued by it satisfactorily, the characterizing details that make it possible fully developed below and conveniently included in the final claims accompanying the present specification.
  • the invention contemplates the installation of a device, which only requires minor modifications to the different hot water circuits installed in the kitchens and bathrooms of the house, with which we recover the fully potable water accumulated in the pipes between the heater system and their respective exits in the different sanitary components that the house has, as well as the water that, in said process does not reaches the indicated temperature when hot water is demanded (hereinafter "wasted water").
  • the object of the invention is to prevent, when the user demands hot water from any tap or outlet of the installation, observe that for several seconds what you receive is cold water, which without being able to avoid it is directed to the sewage network until the hot water appears.
  • These wasted waters are those recovered by the equipment proposed in the present invention, to supply the washing machines and dishwashers with potable water.
  • the system since it uses potable water, has the advantage, compared to other water use systems, of being designed to cancel at any time the inconvenience of defective drains, tightness, or rotting of accumulated wasted water, and therefore, It completely rules out the possibility of the existence of odors and the development of bacteria, fungi, viruses, etc., preventing the rejection of users and health authorities in similar systems due to unhygienic practices.
  • the recommended equipment comprises, on the one hand, an accumulation tank designed to collect and store waste water every time water is demanded warm to the installation, which has the following elements:
  • the recommended equipment has a temperature water selector system that is what allows the wasted water to be taken to the accumulation tank or, when it has reached the demanded temperature, to the corresponding tap in which said water has been demanded, being formed by another set of elements, essentially comprising the following: - FLOW SWITCH: whose mission is to detect the change in flow in the pipe caused by the opening or closing of the tap in demand of hot water. It will be in charge, therefore, of ordering the beginning and end of the process, which will be determined respectively by the opening and closing of the aforementioned tap.
  • DIGITAL THERMOSTAT whose task will be to measure the temperature of the water coming from any system that is used to heat sanitary water destined to cover the needs of the users of any type of housing.
  • the flow switch With the authorization of the flow switch, and after selecting a certain temperature, it will transmit an order to the solenoid valve (valve with solenoid), which will depend on whether the instantaneous temperature of the water in the pipe is lower or higher than indicated , to proceed to the opening or closing of the corresponding valve for the exit of the water through the tap or so that it is derived to another pipe.
  • valve with solenoid the solenoid valve
  • SOLENOID the task of which will be to facilitate the passage of water or obstruct it depending on the order received jointly by the flow switch and the thermostat.
  • the equipment will be equipped with at least two valves with solenoid, one that will have the initial position open and the other whose initial position will be closed.
  • the first one will be installed in the pipe that gives hot water access to the demanding tap and the second one will be located at the beginning of the pipe that will derive the water that has not reached the selected temperature as it passes through the thermostat to the storage tank , to be destined to the use of the utilities or own applications of the house.
  • the Set will be protected in a PVC box with access to the outside, embedded in the wall or screwed to it by means of the corresponding catches, and whose front will be grid to ventilate the solenoids of the valves thus avoiding their overheating and therefore the defective opening of the valves. All the connections between the copper pipe with the components of said assembly will be by means of flexible connections of dimensions to be determined.
  • Figure number 1. It shows a schematic representation of the set of elements that make up the equipment for the use of wasted drinking water in domestic facilities object of the invention, showing the disposition of the themselves in the water installation of a house to which it is intended.
  • Figure number 2. Shows in greater detail, a schematic sectional view of the accumulation tank and the different elements coupled thereto.
  • Figure number 3. Shows a schematic representation of the elements that make up the water selection system by temperature.
  • the recommended equipment (1) comprises, on the one hand, a waste water accumulation tank (2) every time hot water is demanded from the installation, which has the following elements :
  • Regulating valve (3) located inside the tank, not flooded by the water stored in it, connected to a single-seat threaded float (4) to allow the entry of drinking water from the direct network, and supply that which is not received from wasted water in certain cases.
  • - Registration cover (8) threaded in the upper part of the tank (2), allowing manual access to it, to replace the regulating valve (3) and the inner buoy (4), also facilitating its absolute cleaning in exceptional cases .
  • Drain that, optionally, can be connected to a second tank for use in the cisterns of toilets, such as the nurse tank described in P-200101084, which makes use of an electric pump directs this drinking water mixed with the post-wash water from washing machines to a storage tank to supply toilets cisterns.
  • the equipment incorporates a temperature-selectable water system that allows the waste water to be automatically transported to the accumulation tank (2) or to the tap (14) in which the hot water has been demanded, to which said selector system has:
  • a flow switch (15) to detect the change of flow in the pipe caused by the opening or closing of the tap (14) in demand of hot water, being in charge of ordering the start and the end of the process, determined respectively by the opening and closing of said tap (14 ).
  • a thermostat (16) preferably digital, whose task will be to measure the temperature of the water coming from the water heating system (7), which can be constituted by any conventional sanitary water system.
  • the flow switch (15) With the authorization of the flow switch (15), and after selecting a certain temperature, it will transmit an order to the solenoid valve, which will depend on whether the instantaneous temperature of the water in the pipe is lower or higher than the one indicated, to that the corresponding valve is opened or closed for the water to flow out of the tap (14) or for it to drift into another pipe.
  • the equipment will be equipped with at least two valves with solenoid, one that will have the initial position open and the other whose initial position will be closed.
  • the first valve (17) will be installed in the pipe that gives hot water access to the demanding tap (14), whose initial position will be opened, while the second valve (18) will be located at the beginning of the pipe that will derive the water that has not reached the selected temperature as it passes through the thermostat probe (16A) to the accumulation tank (2), this second valve (18) having a closed initial position. Once the process is finished and these valves cease to be electrically powered, they will return to their initial position.
  • the described set of elements that make up the temperature water selector system will be housed and protected inside a PVC box (19) with access to the outside, which will be conveniently embedded in the wall or screwed to it. by means of the corresponding catches, and whose front will be of grid to ventilate the solenoids of the valves thus avoiding overheating of the valves and therefore the defective opening of the valves, existing outside it, and conveniently connected to the thermostat probe (16A) , a temperature display and programmer of said thermostat (16B).
  • the described temperature water selector system that incorporates the recommended equipment has an operating warning system, formed by an acoustic and / or other light signal (with LED technology) (not shown), for example, for avoid leaving the tap open by mistake, after the water does not flow through it when the selected temperature is not reached, indicating that the assembly is in operation.
  • Said warning system will be activated when the second valve (18) is opened with solenoid, which is the one that gives way to the water that does not have the desired temperature as it passes through the thermostat probe (16A) and that is diverted to the tank ( 2), and cease it at the time that said valve is closed.
  • (7) conventional, allowing its reuse to supply appliances that consume water for washing, such as washing machines and dishwashers, or for other uses, comprises, at least one tank (2) for accumulation of wasted drinking water that is connected, on the one hand to a temperature water selector system capable of automatically driving waste water to said accumulation tank (2) or to the tap (14) in which the hot water has been demanded, said selector system being installed after the system water heater

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne un équipement pour l'exploitation d'eau potable gaspillée dans des installations domestiques. L'équipement comprend un réservoir (2) d'accumulation d'eau potable gaspillée et un système de sélection des eaux par température, installé après le système de chauffage d'eau (7) de l'installation, pouvant conduire l'eau vers ledit réservoir ou vers le robinet (14) de demande d'eau chaude. Le réservoir (2) comporte une vanne de régulation (3), un flotteur (4), un branchement direct au réseau (5), un branchement d'eau gaspillée (6) et un écoulement de trop-plein (9). Le système de sélection par température comprend un interrupteur de flux (15), une sonde thermostatique (16A) digitale, des électrovannes (17 et 18), dont l'une (17) est installée dans la canalisation qui amène l'eau chaude au robinet (14) demandeur, et l'autre (18) est installée au départ de la canalisation qui dérive l'eau vers le réservoir (2) d'accumulation.
PCT/ES2010/070460 2009-07-06 2010-07-05 Équipement pour l'exploitation d'eau potable gaspillée dans des installations domestiques WO2011004044A2 (fr)

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