Heat supply system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10544945-B2
Application number	US-201515544322-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 20, 2015
Priority date	Jan 20, 2015
Publication date	Jan 28, 2020
Grant date	Jan 28, 2020

Abstract

A heat supply system with a first temperature detection unit that detects a first temperature of hot water in a tank and a second temperature detection unit that detects a second temperature above the first temperature detection unit. When the first temperature is a first lower limit temperature or less, where a temperature increase operation by a combined heat and power supply device is permitted, a control device operates the combined heat and power supply device and flow state adjustment devices such that a heat medium circulates between the combined heat, power supply device, and hot water storage device. When the second temperature is a second lower limit temperature or less, where a temperature increase operation by a boiler device is permitted, the control device operates the boiler device and the flow state adjustment devices such that the heat medium circulates between the boiler device and hot water storage device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A heat supply system having a plurality of heat source devices that heat a heat medium, the heat supply system supplying the heat medium to a plurality of heat utilization devices that use heat being held by the heat medium,
wherein a first heat utilization device among the plurality of heat utilization devices is a hot water storage device having a tank that stores hot water, and the hot water storage device heats the hot water inside of the tank using heat held by the heat medium,
a second heat utilization device among the plurality of heat utilization devices is an indoor heating device that performs indoor heating using heat held by the heat medium,
a first heat source device among the plurality of heat source devices is a combined heat and power supply device that generates both heat and electricity,
a second heat source device among the plurality of heat source devices is a boiler device that heats the heat medium with combustion heat generated by burning a fuel,
the heat supply system comprising:
a heat medium return path where the heat medium at a relatively low temperature after heat has been used by each of the hot water storage device and the indoor heating device is caused to merge, and where that heat medium is supplied in parallel to each of the combined heat and power supply device and the boiler device; a heat medium outward path where the heat medium at a relatively high temperature after being heated by each of the combined heat and power supply device and the boiler device is caused to merge, and where that heat medium is supplied in parallel to each of the hot water storage device and the indoor heating device; a flow state adjustment device that adjusts a flow state of the heat medium in the heat medium return path and the heat medium outward path; and a control device that controls operation of the plurality of heat source devices and the flow state adjustment device;
a heat exchange unit is provided inside of the tank of the hot water storage device, and by the heat exchange unit exchanging heat between the hot water stored in the tank and the heat medium, the temperature of the hot water being stored inside of the tank is increased,
a hot water discharge path that allows the hot water being stored inside of the tank of the hot water storage device to flow out of the tank is connected to an upper portion of the tank, and a water supply path that allows water to be replenished according to the outflow of the hot water from the hot water discharge path to flow into the tank of the hot water storage device is connected to a lower portion of the tank,
a first temperature detection unit that detects the temperature of hot water being stored inside of the tank, and a second temperature detection unit that detects the temperature of hot water being stored inside of the tank above the location where the first temperature detection unit performs detection, are provided,
when a first temperature of the hot water detected by the first temperature detection unit is a first lower limit temperature or less, where a temperature increase operation by the combined heat and power supply device is permitted, the control device operates the combined heat and power supply device, and operates the flow state adjustment device such that the heat medium circulates between the combined heat and power supply device and the hot water storage device through the heat medium return path and the heat medium outward path,
when a second temperature of the hot water detected by the second temperature detection unit is a second lower limit temperature or less, where a temperature increase operation by the boiler device is permitted, the control device operates the boiler device, and operates the flow state adjustment device such that the heat medium circulates between the boiler device and the hot water storage device through the heat medium return path and the heat medium outward path, and
the first lower limit temperature is a temperature that is the second lower limit temperature or more.

2. The heat supply system according to claim 1 ,
wherein in one day, a temperature increase permitted time zone where a temperature increase operation of the hot water stored inside of the tank of the hot water storage device is permitted, and a temperature increase unpermitted time zone where a temperature increase operation is not permitted, are set,
in one day, a boiler permitted time zone where operation of the boiler device is permitted, and a boiler unpermitted time zone where operation of the boiler device is not permitted, are set,
in one day, a combined heat and power supply permitted time zone where operation of the combined heat and power supply device is permitted, and a combined heat and power supply unpermitted time zone where operation of the combined heat and power supply device is not permitted, are set,
when the current time is in the temperature increase permitted time zone and the combined heat and power supply permitted time zone, and the first temperature is the first lower limit temperature or less, the control device operates the combined heat and power supply device, and operates the flow state adjustment device such that the heat medium circulates between the combined heat and power supply device and the hot water storage device through the heat medium return path and the heat medium outward path, thereby executing a temperature increase operation by the combined heat and power supply device, and
when the current time is in the temperature increase permitted time zone and the boiler permitted time zone, and the second temperature is the second lower limit temperature or less, the control device operates the boiler device, and operates the flow state adjustment device such that the heat medium circulates between the boiler device and the hot water storage device through the heat medium return path and the heat medium outward path, thereby executing a temperature increase operation by the boiler device.

3. The heat supply system according to claim 2 ,
wherein in the temperature increase permitted time zone, in one day there is at least one individual temperature increase time zone that is continuous in time,
a partial time zone including the start time of one of the individual temperature increase time zones is set so as to overlap in time with the combined heat and power supply permitted time zone, and so as to not overlap in time with the boiler permitted time zone, and
a time zone after the partial time zone is set so as to overlap in time with the combined heat and power supply permitted time zone and the boiler permitted time zone.

4. The heat supply system according to claim 2 ,
wherein in the temperature increase permitted time zone, in one day there is at least one individual temperature increase time zone that is continuous in time, and
one of the individual temperature increase time zones is set so as to overlap in time with the combined heat and power supply permitted time zone, and so as to not overlap in time with the boiler permitted time zone.

5. The heat supply system according to claim 2 ,
wherein a room temperature detection unit that detects the temperature of air within a room to be heated by the indoor heating device is provided,
in one day, an indoor heating permitted time zone where operation of the indoor heating device is permitted, and an indoor heating unpermitted time zone where operation of the indoor heating device is not permitted, are set,
when the current time is in the indoor heating permitted time zone and the combined heat and power supply permitted time zone, and the temperature of the air detected by the room temperature detection unit is a third lower limit temperature or less, where an indoor heating operation using the combined heat

Assignees

• Osaka Gas Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shibata Yoshitaka

Classifications

• F24D3/082

  Hot water storage tanks specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• F24D2200/26

  Internal combustion engine · CPC title

• F24D2200/04

  Gas or oil fired boiler · CPC title

• Y02E20/14

  Combined heat and power generation [CHP] · CPC title

• F24D17/0036 Primary

  with combination of different kinds of heating means · CPC title