Heat exchanger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11054188-B2
Application number	US-201716072266-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2017
Priority date	Feb 5, 2016
Publication date	Jul 6, 2021
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021

Abstract

An embodiment of the present subject matter includes a heat exchange part having heating medium channels, through which heating medium flows, and combustion gas channels, through which combustion gas burned in a burner flows, adjacently disposed in alternation in the spaces between the plurality of plates, wherein the heat exchange part surrounds the outer sides of a central combustion chamber space, a plurality of the heat exchange parts are provided in a stacked structure, and the flow direction of the heating medium is unidirectional only in a part of the heating medium channels from among the heating medium channels provided in each layer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A heat exchanger comprising:
a plurality of heat exchange parts in which a heating medium channel (P 1 ), through which a heating medium flows, and a combustion gas channel (P 2 ), through which a combustion gas combusted in a burner flows, are alternately formed adjacent to each other in a space between a plurality of plates,
wherein each of the heat exchange parts is configured to surround a space of a combustion chamber (C) provided at a central portion of each heat exchange part, and the plurality of heat exchange parts are stacked together to form a stacked structure,
wherein:
a heating medium inlet and a heating medium outlet are respectively formed on two opposite sides of an upper portion of each of the plurality of heat exchange parts,
a blocking wall is provided between the heating medium inlet and the heating medium outlet disposed adjacent to each other in each of the plurality of heat exchange parts,
the plurality of heat exchange parts include three adjacently stacked heat exchange parts, namely, a first heat exchange part, a second heat exchange part, and a third heat exchange part, which are arranged such that a heating medium outlet formed on the first heat exchange part faces a heating medium inlet formed on a second heat exchange part, and a heating medium outlet formed on the second heat exchange part faces a heating medium inlet of the third heat exchange part,
the plurality of plates constituting each of the heat exchange parts are provided to be upright along a longitudinal direction and are stacked in a front-rear direction,
the combustion gas generated by the combustion of the burner is discharged through a lower portion of each of the heat exchange parts,
the heating medium channels (P 1 ) in the plurality of heat exchange parts are configured to allow the heating medium to flow in only one direction, and
a plurality of flanges each of which is formed to be bent at an edge of each of the plurality of plates, and a combustion gas pass-through unit (D) through which the combustion gas flowing in the combustion gas flow channel passes is formed at a part of an area of the edge of the plurality of plates in a state in which flanges of adjacent plates overlap, so that the combustion gas is distributed and discharged at a uniform flow rate through the combustion gas pass-through unit (D).

2. The heat exchanger of claim 1 , wherein each of the heating medium channels (P 1 ) of the plurality of heat exchange parts is formed to direct a flow of the heating medium in one direction, and the heating medium channels (P 1 ) of adjacently stacked heat exchange parts among the plurality of heat exchange parts are formed to direct flows of the heating medium in opposite directions.

3. The heat exchanger of claim 1 , wherein: the heating medium channels (P 1 ) are formed in series between the plurality of heat exchange parts, and the heating medium channels (P 1 ) are formed in parallel inside each of the plurality of heat exchange parts.

4. The heat exchanger of claim 1 , wherein:
the plurality of plates are formed by stacking a plurality of unit plates, wherein a first plate and a second plate are stacked in each of the plurality of unit plates,
a first flat surface ( 110 ) having a first opening (A 1 ) formed at a central portion thereof, a first protruding portion ( 120 ) formed to protrude from the first flat surface ( 110 ) to a front side and having sections being communicated in a circumferential direction, and a first flange ( 130 ) extending from an edge of the first flat surface ( 110 ) to a rear side are formed on the first plate, and
a second flat surface ( 140 ) having a second opening (A 2 ) formed at a central portion thereof to correspond to the first opening (A 1 ) in the front-rear direction and configured to be brought into contact with the first flat surface ( 110 ), a first recessed portion ( 150 ) formed to protrude from the second flat surface ( 140 ) to a rear side, having sections being communicated in a circumferential direction, and configured to form the heating medium channel (P 1 ) between the first protruding portion ( 120 ) and the first recessed portion ( 150 ), and a second flange ( 160 ) extending from an edge of the second flat surface ( 140 ) to the rear side and configured to be coupled to the first flange ( 130 ) of a unit plate which is disposed next to the second plate are formed on the second plate.

5. The heat exchanger of claim 4 , wherein:
through-holes (H 1 and H 3 ) located on one side and through-holes (H 2 and H 4 ) located on the other side for providing a heating medium connection channel to allow the heating medium to flow in one direction between adjacently stacked heat exchange parts,
blocked portions (H 1 ′ and H 3 ′) for inducing the heating medium flowing into the heating medium channel (P 1 ) through the through-holes (H 1 and H 3 ) located on the one side to flow to the through-holes (H 2 and H 4 ) located on the other side via a circumference of the combustion chamber (C) in one direction, and
blocked portions (HZ and H 4 ′) for inducing the heating medium flowing into the heating medium channel (P 1 ) through the through-holes (H 2 and H 4 ) located on the other side to flow to the through-holes (H 1 and H 3 ) located on the one side via the circumference of the combustion chamber (C) in an opposite direction are formed at one side of a portion of the heat exchange part.

6. The heat exchanger of claim 4 , wherein:
the first protruding portion ( 120 ) is configured with a first protruding piece ( 120 a ) and a second protruding piece ( 120 b ), which are alternately disposed along a circumferential direction and have different heights in the front-rear direction, and
the first recessed portion ( 150 ) is configured with a first recessed piece ( 150 a ) and a second recessed piece ( 150 b ), which are alternately disposed along the circumferential direction and have different heights in the front-rear direction.

7. The heat exchanger of claim 4 , wherein:
a plurality of first protrusions ( 121 ) protruding toward the heating medium channel (P 1 ) are formed at the first protruding portion ( 120 ), and
a plurality of second protrusions ( 151 ) protruding toward the heating medium channel (P 1 ) and being brought into contact with the plurality of first protrusions ( 121 ) are formed at the first recessed portion ( 150 ).

8. The heat exchanger of claim 4 , wherein:
a plurality of first protrusions ( 122 ) protruding toward the combustion gas channel (P 2 ) are formed on the first protruding portion ( 120 ), and
a plurality of second protrusions ( 152 ) protruding toward the combustion gas channel (P 2 ) and being brought into contact with the plurality of first protrusions ( 122 ) are formed on the first recessed portion ( 150 ).

9. The heat exchanger of claim 1 , wherein:
the heat exchanger serves as a sensible heat part ( 100 A) configured to heat the heating medium using sensible heat of the combustion gas which is generated by the combustion of the burner, and
a latent heat part ( 100 B), in which a latent heat part heating medium channel (P 3 ) through which the heating medium flows and a latent heat part combustion gas channel (P 4 ) through which the combustion gas having passed through the combustion gas channel (P 2 ) of the sensible heat part ( 100 A) flows are alternately formed adjacent to each other in a space between the plurality of plates, is integrally formed at one side of the sensible heat part ( 100 A).

10. The heat exchanger of claim 9 , wherein:
a heating medium connection channel is formed between the sensible heat part ( 100 A) and the latent heat part ( 100 B), a

Assignees

• Kyungdong Navien Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jeong Inchul
• Park Jun Gil

Classifications

• F28D20/02 Primary

  using latent heat · CPC title

• F24H9/13

  for water heaters · CPC title

• F28D9/0043

  the plates having openings therein for circulation of at least one heat-exchange medium from one conduit to another · CPC title

• F24H9/00

  Details · CPC title

• F24H9/0015

  in water channels · CPC title