WO2011113979A1 - Dispositivo para el suministro de agua con regulación de caudal y temperatura y métodos para su utilización - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a water supply system with flow and temperature regulation, of the type comprising a cold water inlet and a hot water inlet, and two solenoid valves for adjusting the cold water flow rates and hot water supplied by the respective inputs to a mixed water outlet, means for selecting by the user the flow rate and temperature of mixed water to be supplied and a control unit that acts on the solenoid valves according to the selection made by the user proportional by varying the flow rates of cold water and hot water, thus adjusting the flow rate and the temperature of mixed water supplied.
- thermostatic valves and in others of some motorized valves or proportional electrovalves that allow adjusting the flow rates of cold water and hot water necessary to get mixed water at a certain temperature.
- the proportional electrovalves are arranged in the inlet pipes of cold water and hot water, said pipes then being joined in a single supply conduit of the mixed water.
- This disposition supposes a first inconvenience of use, since it is necessary that the flows of cold water and hot water circulate with a certain distance through the common exit conduit until a homogeneous temperature of the mixed water is reached, so that the user will notice changes of temperature, due to a lack of homogenization of the temperature of the mixed water, especially when the tap or spout is close to the mixing zone.
- the control unit When the proportional solenoid valves are in a position close to the closing position, the water pressure at the inlet of the proportional solenoid valves is considerably higher than the pressure existing at the outlet of said proportional solenoid valves, and when the proportional solenoid valves must move a length high, the control unit provides them with a constant energy change, producing in both cases a destabilization of the proportional electrovalves and consequently an irregular variation of the temperature and flow rate of the mixed water obtained and, consequently, the loss of control exercised over the the temperature and the output flow of the system.
- the water supply device with regulation of flow and temperature object of the invention, has features that allow the stable supply of mixed water with a constant flow rate and temperature selected by the user, by making a mixture between cold water and hot water and a homogenization of said mixture.
- the arrangement of the flows coming from the mentioned mutually facing electrovalves and interconnected to a homogenization chamber allows a surrounding flow in the chamber making the mixed water temperature more homogeneous than in the mixing chambers of the prior art, in those that the temperature of hot water floats on the cold water and therefore a user notices the lack of homogeneity in the mixture.
- the present invention guarantees a stable displacement of the plungers of the proportional solenoid valves and a controlled variation of the flows supplied of cold water and hot water in any of the positions and paths of said proportional electrovalves.
- the device object of the present invention is of the type comprising a cold water inlet and a hot water inlet provided with respective adjustable solenoid valves by means of selection by the user of the flow rate and temperature of mixed water to be supplied and a unit of control for adjusting the flow rates of cold water and hot water supplied by the respective inputs, in which the device further comprises a mixer connected downstream of said solenoid valves and a mixed water outlet in which the inputs to said mixer coming from said electrovalves are mutually opposite.
- two inlets are defined in the mixer for the connection of cold water and hot water supplies and that are communicated through respective passages with channels arranged perimetrally around mutually opposite entrances, defined in the mixing body and in which are located solenoid solenoid valves provided with respective membranes associated by their central area by means of respective pistons or cores with the respective drive solenoids, displaceable in a controlled manner by a control unit, depending on the selection performed by the user.
- the pistons of said electrovalves are subjected to a force coming from a spring to guarantee their seal when the solenoid of the solenoid valve is not subjected to an electromagnetic field, that is, the electrovalves are preferably of the normally closed type.
- the incorporation of said spring to the piston mechanism allows the percentage of opening of said piston when the solenoid is subjected to a magnetic field is constant since the force coming from the piston is balanced to the force generated by the solenoid by action of the solenoid. magnetic field.
- the control unit of the device according to the present invention implements a positioning that involves a temporary ramp to modify the position of the solenoid valve reducing the hysteresis of the system.
- the mixer comprises, between the two mutually opposite entrances, a homogenization chamber arranged coaxially with the said mutually opposite entrances and in which the frontal collision of the incoming flows of cold water and hot water occurs and the homogenization of the temperature of the mixed water, said homogenization chamber being provided, in its intermediate zone, with an outlet for the supply of the mixed water.
- the frontal collision of the cold water and hot water flows inside the homogenization chamber favors its mixing, so that the mixed water leaves said homogenization chamber at a homogeneous temperature, and is ready for supply through a faucet or spout that can be very close to said homogenization chamber, without the user appreciate the usual temperature changes due to irregular mixing.
- the outlet defined, preferably equidistantly at each end of the homogenization chamber, comprises a retention disk with a hole of a size smaller than that of the outlet pipe to restrict the passage of water towards the outlet, guaranteeing the existence inside the homogenization chamber of a slight pressure for stabilization, linearity and robustness of the positioning of the cores or pistons of the proportional electrovalves in the selected work points, provided that there is flow through at least one of the solenoid proportional solenoid valves.
- control unit has a microcontroller, a computer program or the like through a positioning system, based on a matrix work map, and depending on the selection made by the user through a panel or control means performs the positioning of the pistons or cores of the proportional electrovalves to vary the temperature and the flow rate of the water supplied.
- the calibration of the device comprises the generation of an operation matrix comprising the steps of:
- the matrix is interpolated in such a way that all the elements corresponding to the same row are the pair of positions of the electrovalves to maintain the same flow at different temperatures.
- the matrix is interpolated in such a way that all the elements corresponding to the same row are the pair of positions of the electrovalves to maintain the same temperature at different flow rates.
- the step of establishing operation consists in selecting by means of selection the point of the matrix in which the device is intended to act.
- the establishment is carried out step by step adding a single unit in only one coordinate of the matrix and when transmitting the data of a cell of said matrix to the electrovalves these are opened or closed in correspondence to the value of the cell.
- control unit preferably transforms the signal coming from the matrix into electromagnetic signals on the solenoid of at least one of the solenoid valves to cause a movement of the piston.
- the cold water and hot water inlets are provided with respective flow meters and respective temperature probes. Said temperature and flow probes are preferably disposed upstream of the solenoid valve.
- the microprocessor based on the inlet temperatures of cold water and hot water, and the choice made by the user through a panel or selection means, performs a thermal calculation and determines the flow rates of cold water and hot water necessary to achieve the supply, through the outlet of the homogenization chamber, of the mixed water flow and temperature chosen by the user; by repositioning the pistons or cores of the proportional electrovalves to vary the temperature and the flow rate of the water supplied in the positions corresponding to the calculation made. Therefore, in this embodiment the system performs the thermal calculation based on the inlet temperatures of the cold water and hot water, adjusting the flow rates of cold and hot water to obtain mixed water with the flow rate and temperature chosen by the user.
- the measurements of minimum temperature, minimum flow rate, maximum temperature and maximum flow rate are made in at least one service point to determine the operating limits of the device and are stored in said device as limits of default operation.
- the values of minimum temperature, minimum flow rate, maximum temperature and maximum flow rate for at least two outputs are stored in the calibration stage and, depending on the maximum flow and temperature values, the user is informed of the operating limit conditions for each point. of service.
- at least one solenoid valve is opened in relation to the comparison of the calculated output parameters with the parameters established by the user.
- the method comprises the steps of:
- Figure 1 shows an elevation view of an embodiment of the system with the sectioned mixing body.
- Figure 2 shows a perspective view of the electrovalves mounted in opposite positions.
- Figure 3 shows the internal operation of a mixing electrovalve according to the present invention.
- Figure 4 corresponds to a device according to the present invention encapsulated showing the arrangement of its inputs and outputs.
- Figure 5 shows an exploded view of a device according to the present invention.
- Figure 6 shows the device of figure 5 with a partial assembly.
- Figure 7 shows a flow chart of the calibration procedure of the device of Figures 1-6.
- Figure 8 shows a flowchart of the operating procedure of the device of Figures 1-7.
- Figure 9 shows a second embodiment of a device according to the present invention that incorporates temperature and flow probes.
- Figure 10 shows the device of figure 8 installed in a connection according to the prior art.
- the water supply system with flow and temperature regulation comprises a mixing body or mixer -1- in which two inlets or inlets -2-, -3- are defined for the connection of cold water and hot water supplies.
- Said inlets -2-, -3- are communicated through separate passages -23-, -33- with channels -41-, -51- arranged perimetrally around each mouths -4-, -5- mutually facing, defined in the mixing body -1- and in which there are disposed proportional electrovalves -6-, -7- provided with respective membranes -61-, -71- associated by their central area by means of separate cores or pistons - 62-72- with the solenoids (not shown) of the respective solenoid valves.
- the mixing body -1- comprises between the two mouths -4-, -5- a homogenization chamber -8- arranged coaxially with said mouths -4-, -5- and in which the frontal impact of the flows occurs.
- Figure 3 shows the trajectories of water circulation through the interior of the system with dashed arrows, which illustrates that a circulating flow is generated in the homogenization chamber, which causes a first mixture between the water coming from the inlet -2- of cold water and the entrance -3- of hot water.
- the outlet -9- comprises a holding disc -10- with a hole -101- to restrict the passage of mixed water -AM- and guaranteeing the existence in the interior of the homogenization chamber -8- of a slight pressure for stabilization, linearity and robustness of positioning of the cores or pistons -62-, -72- of the proportional electrovalves -6-, -7- in the work points selected, provided that there is flow through at least one of the proportional solenoid valves -6-, -7- of solenoid.
- the arrangement of this retention hole -101- causes that in the outlet pipe a turbulence will be generated that would generate a second mixing, further reinforcing the homogenization.
- This retaining orifice is of a smaller diameter than the diameter of the outlet mouth -9-.
- the system comprises a control unit -11- responsible for controlling the operation of the system and for positioning the cores or pistons -62-, -72- independently in the appropriate positions to allow the step of certain flows of cold water -AF- and hot water -AC- and perform the supply of mixed water -AM- according to the parameters selected by the user in selection means -12- represented by a panel connected to said control unit -11-.
- Figure 4 shows an arrangement in which the mouth -3- of hot water inlet, the mouth -2- of cold water inlet, the outlet mouth -9- and two stuffing box -201-, -202- are shown. for the inputs of the selection and power supply means.
- a method for effecting regulation of the flow rate and temperature in a device according to the present invention comprises the calibration and subsequent operation based on an operation matrix. Said calibration procedure is illustrated in the flow chart of Figure 7.
- each row corresponds to a temperature and each column corresponds to a flow.
- the rows could correspond to flows and the columns to temperatures maintaining the same inventive concept.
- Each element of the matrix is composed of a pair of values and each value corresponds to a value related to the opening of each of the device's solenoid valves.
- the calibration is carried out, first, by determining the four values corresponding to the coordinates of two opposite ends of the matrix and then performing the calculation of the remaining elements.
- the cold water flow is increased until the minimum cold water flow -1001- is found, subsequently the minimum temperature required by the user is found with this minimum flow -1002-. Once this point is located, the data pair corresponding to the flow at this point are stored as an end element of the matrix.
- the solenoid valves are then repositioned until reaching the maximum temperature point with this minimum flow -1003-, then the flow rate is increased until the maximum flow rate is reached with the previously selected maximum temperature -1004-. Once this point is located, the data pair corresponding to the flow at this point is stored as an element at the opposite end of the previously stored end of the matrix.
- the proportional electrovalves -6-, -7- receive from the selection means -12- a temperature or flow rate user request.
- Said control unit modifies the matrix position corresponding to the new setpoint and positions the cores or pistons -62-, -72- of the solenoid valves -6-, -7- in the positions defined in the matrix to supply mixed water -AM- with the flow and temperature chosen by the user in the selection means.
- Figure 8 shows a flow chart of the operation of a device according to the present invention.
- the positions of the matrix corresponding to the rows e "Y" have been designated the positions of the matrix corresponding to the columns.
- the procedure starts -2001- when the device is turned on.
- the device can start at any position in the matrix previously defined by the user -2002-. This initial position is defined as the position of the matrix -2003-. Later it is determined if the user has pressed one of the control options available to him, these options are: increase of flow -2004-, decrease of flow -2006-, increase of temperature -2008-, decrease of temperature -2010-, shutdown of the device -2012-, among others. If the user requires a flow increase, the current position of the row -2005- is increased by one unit, if, on the other hand, the user requires a decrease in the flow rate, a decrease of one unit is made the current position of the row -2007 -
- control unit 11 Each time a change of position is made in the matrix -2003- the control unit according to the present invention repositions the electrovalves representing the variation of temperature or flow required by the user.
- the control unit 11 is an integrated circuit 110 disposed on the device and comprising a microprocessor.
- the displacement of the cores or pistons by the control unit is carried out by means of positioning control means of each one of the electrovalves of solenoid for mixing fluids, which apply the necessary energy to the respective solenoids progressively as described in the matrix described above.
- Figure 9 shows another example of embodiment, in which the device according to the present invention has temperature probes -21-, -31- and flow probes -22-, -32- in addition to previously described elements.
- the solenoid valves are operated based on the setpoint parameters accessed through the selection means and the parameters measured by the flow and temperature probes.
- the microprocessor performs an internal calculation and determines the positions in which the valves must be located to obtain the flow and temperature required by the user.
- the device according to the present invention requires a calibration process in which the maximum and minimum flow rate at the output of the device is defined.
- This calibration procedure is particularly advantageous when the device is implemented in an installation with multiple electrovalves disposed at service points that are fed from the output 9 of the device.
- the procedure consists of determining the maximum and minimum flow rates and temperatures for each of the outputs taking into account that the resistance Hydraulic in each of the outputs could be variable. Once the flow values are stored in each output, the control unit performs the exact calculations to maintain the energy balance independently of the variations in hydraulic resistance that the different service points may have.
- Figure 10 refers to a device according to the present invention installed in a conventional water installation.
- the device comprises, in addition to the above described, a power cable -120- and a cable -121- for the tactile interface.
- the devices may incorporate elements of industrial communication and / or internet, such as a communications card, in order to have direct accessibility and monitoring of the system and be able to remotely modify all the configuration values described above, being able to have a remote consumption display, turn off systems and configure the maximum temperatures in the control unit.
- a communications card such as a communications card
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