Heat exchanger and hot water apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11287158-B2
Application number	US-201816177454-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 1, 2018
Priority date	Nov 21, 2017
Publication date	Mar 29, 2022
Grant date	Mar 29, 2022

Abstract

Provided are a heat exchanger capable of cooling a shell plate and having good assemblability and a hot water apparatus having the same. A primary heat exchanger includes a heat exchanging portion, a shell plate, and a shell pipe portion. The shell plate surrounds the heat exchanging portion. The shell pipe portion is for cooling the shell plate. The shell plate includes a front surface portion and a main body portion. The main body portion is installed on the front surface portion and is formed by bending one sheet of plate into a U shape. The shell pipe portion is bent in a U shape along an inner surface of the main body portion and installed on the inner surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat exchanger, comprising:
a heat exchanging portion;
a shell plate which surrounds the heat exchanging portion; and
a shell pipe portion which cools the shell plate,
wherein the shell plate comprises a front surface portion and a main body portion which is installed on the front surface portion and formed by bending one sheet of plate into a U shape,
the shell pipe portion is bent in a U shape and situated along an inner surface of the main body portion and is installed on the inner surface,
wherein the shell pipe portion comprises:
a first cooling pipe bent in a U shape;
a second cooling pipe bent in a U shape which are disposed side by side in a vertical direction; and
a third cooling pipe disposed to be parallel to the first cooling pipe and the second cooling pipe in the vertical direction, wherein the first cooling pipe is disposed above the second cooling pipe, and the third cooling pipe is disposed below the second cooling pipe; and

a first header member installed on the front surface portion, wherein water flows through the first cooling pipe and the second cooling pipe as a series of water flow paths via the first header member,
wherein one end of the first cooling pipe is connected to a water inlet portion, and the other end of the first cooling pipe is connected to the second cooling pipe via the first header member; and
a second header member installed on the front surface portion,
wherein the second header member has the same shape as the first header member.

2. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the inner surface of the main body portion comprises a recessed portion, and the recessed portion is formed to be fitted to the shell pipe portion.

3. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the main body portion comprises a back surface portion together with the front surface portion disposed to sandwich the heat exchanging portion, and a first side surface portion and a second side surface portion disposed to extend from both ends of the back surface portion toward the front surface portion,
the shell pipe portion comprises a back pipe portion installed on the back surface portion, a first side pipe portion installed on the first side surface portion, a first curved portion which connects the back pipe portion with the first side pipe portion, a second side pipe portion installed on the second side surface portion, and a second curved portion which connects the back pipe portion with the second side pipe portion,
the first curved portion is disposed with a first gap between the first curved portion and a first corner portion formed by the back surface portion and the first side surface portion, and
the second curved portion is disposed with a second gap between the second curved portion and a second corner portion formed by the back surface portion and the second side surface portion.

4. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein a center of the shell pipe portion is located further inside the main body portion than the inner surface of the main body portion.

5. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein
the first cooling pipe is connected in series to the second cooling pipe, and
each of the first cooling pipe and said second cooling pipe is installed to extend in a horizontal direction.

6. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the first header member comprises a first end connected to the first cooling pipe and a second end connected to the second cooling pipe, and
the first header member is inclined downward from the first end toward the second end.

7. The heat exchanger according to claim 6 , wherein the first header member is curved from the first end toward the second end.

8. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 ,
the second cooling pipe and the third cooling pipe form a series of water flow paths via the second header member.

9. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanging portion comprises a plurality of tins stacked on each other, and a plurality of fin pipes which pass through the plurality of fins, and
a linear expansion coefficient of a material of each of the plurality of fins and the shell plate is smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of a material of the plurality of fin pipes.

10. A hot water apparatus comprising:
the heat exchanger according to claim 1 ; and
a burner which generates a heating gas to be supplied to the heat exchanger.

Assignees

• Noritz Corp

Inventors

• Kondo Masaki
• Ohigashi Takeshi

Classifications

• F28D7/005 Primary

  the conduits for only one medium being tubes having bent portions or being assembled from bent tubes or being tubes having a toroidal configuration (F28D7/0008, F28D7/02, F28D7/04, F28D7/06, F28D7/14 take precedence) · CPC title

• F28D7/16

  the conduits being arranged in parallel spaced relation ({F28D7/0008 - F28D7/0058 take precedence}; F28D7/02 - F28D7/10 take precedence) · CPC title

• F24H1/145 Primary

  using fluid fuel · CPC title

• F24H1/40

  with water tube or tubes · CPC title

• F28D7/06

  the conduits having a single U-bend (F28D7/10 takes precedence){(F28D7/0016 and F28D7/0033 take precedence)} · CPC title