Supply pipe and pipe system for thermal energy network based on bilateral heat trade

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10344989-B2
Application number	US-201214440614-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2012
Priority date	Nov 8, 2012
Publication date	Jul 9, 2019
Grant date	Jul 9, 2019

Abstract

Provided are a supply pipe and a pipe system that may simultaneously accumulate a plurality of thermal energies having different temperatures in a thermal energy network based on bilateral heat trade. The supply pipe is driven by an operation system, supplies a thermal energy to a user or a heat source, and includes an external pipe, at least two internal pipes that are disposed inside the external pipe and accumulate a thermal energy having a predetermined temperature, and a filler that fills the external pipe inside which the at least two internal pipes are disposed, wherein the at least two internal pipes have thermal energies having different temperatures.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pipe system for a thermal network based on bilateral heat trade, the pipe system comprising:
a supply pipe that supplies a thermal energy to a user or a heat source;
a return pipe that brings back a surplus thermal energy from the user or the heat source;
an operation system that drives the supply pipe and the return pipe; and
a heat exchanger that is driven under the control of the operation system wherein the supply pipe comprises:
an external pipe;
a first internal pipe that is disposed inside the external pipe and accumulates a thermal energy having a first temperature;
a second internal pipe that is disposed inside the external pipe and accumulates a thermal energy having a second temperature that is different from the first temperature; and
a filler that fills the external pipe inside which the first and second internal pipes are disposed,

wherein the operation system drives the first internal pipe at a first operating pressure, and the second internal pipe at a second operating pressure that is different from the first operating pressure,
wherein the surplus thermal energy of the return pipe has a temperature lower than the first and second temperatures,
wherein the heat exchanger supplies the thermal energy having the first temperature or the thermal energy having the second temperature to the user,
wherein the heat exchanger performs heat exchange between at least two of the thermal energy having the first temperature, the thermal energy having the second temperature, and the surplus energy to obtain an exchanged thermal energy,
wherein the heat exchanger supplies the exchanged thermal energy to any one of the first internal pipe, the second internal pipe, and the return pipe.

2. The pipe system of claim 1 , wherein the operation system drives the return pipe at a third operating pressure that is lower than the first and second operating pressures.

3. The pipe system of claim 2 , wherein the first temperature is higher than the second temperature, and the first operating pressure is higher than the second operating pressure.

4. The supply pipe of claim 1 , wherein the filler is formed of a heat insulating material.

Assignees

• Korea Intitute Of Energy Res
• Korea Inst Energy Res

Inventors

• Im Yong Hoon
• Park Byung Sik
• Chung Dae Hun
• Kang Sae Byul
• Lee Jae Yong
• Lee Dong Hyun

Classifications

• F24D3/10 Primary

  Feed-line arrangements, e.g. providing for heat-accumulator tanks, expansion tanks {; Hydraulic components of a central heating system} · CPC title

• Y02E20/14

  Combined heat and power generation [CHP] · CPC title

• F16L59/143

  Pre-insulated pipes · CPC title

• F24D10/00 Primary

  District heating systems · CPC title

• Y02P80/14

  District level solutions, i.e. local energy networks · CPC title