Smoke tube boiler

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11320173-B2
Application number	US-201716461605-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2017
Priority date	Dec 30, 2016
Publication date	May 3, 2022
Grant date	May 3, 2022

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a smoke tube boiler which can prevent leakage of mixed gas and exhaust gas through a gap between a mix chamber and an ignition bar assembly. To this end, the smoke tube boiler according to the present invention comprises: a mix chamber having a mixing space, in which a combustion gas and air are mixed, and a flat plate type burner, the mix chamber being disposed on the upper side of a combustion chamber; an ignition bar assembly assembled to pass through one side of the mix chamber and extending across the upper portion of the combustion chamber to the lower side of the flat plate type burner; and a sealing means for preventing the mixed gas in the mixing space and an exhaust gas in the combustion chamber from leaking to the outside through a gap between the mix chamber and the ignition bar assembly.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A smoke tube boiler comprising:
a mix chamber disposed on a combustion chamber and having a mixing space in which a combustion gas and air are mixed, and a flat plate type burner;
an ignition bar assembly configured to pass through one side portion of the mix chamber as assembled and extend in a downward direction from the flat plate type burner across an upper portion of the combustion chamber; and
a sealing member configured to block leakage of a mixed gas of the mixing space and an exhaust gas of the combustion chamber to the outside through a gap between the mix chamber and the ignition bar assembly,
wherein:
a mix chamber flange and a burner flange are provided at the one side portion of the mix chamber to meet each other to seal the mixing space; and
the ignition bar assembly passes through the mix chamber flange and the burner flange at a location spaced apart from the mixing space as assembled.

2. The smoke tube boiler of claim 1 , wherein the sealing member includes a first sealing member provided at a portion in which the mix chamber flange and the burner flange meet each other to prevent leakage of the mixed gas.

3. The smoke tube boiler of claim 2 , wherein an insulation material configured to block transfer of combustion heat generated from the combustion chamber is provided on the first sealing member.

4. The smoke tube boiler of claim 2 , wherein:
a coupling plate through which the ignition bar assembly passes to be coupled thereto is provided on the one side portion of the mix chamber; and
the sealing member includes a second sealing member provided between an upper portion of the one side portion of the mix chamber and the coupling plate to prevent leakage of the exhaust gas.

5. The smoke tube boiler of claim 4 , wherein a plurality of contact protrusions formed to protrude to the outside are formed at predetermined intervals on an outer side surface of the second sealing member.

6. The smoke tube boiler of claim 1 , wherein:
the ignition bar assembly includes an ignition bar and a flame sensing bar;
an ignition bar coupling plate through which the ignition bar passes to be coupled thereto and a flame sensing bar coupling plate through which the flame sensing bar passes to be coupled thereto are provided on the one side portion of the mix chamber; and
the sealing member are provided between the upper portion of the one side portion of the mix chamber and the ignition bar coupling plate and between the upper portion of the one side portion of the mix chamber and the flame sensing bar coupling plate.

7. The smoke tube boiler of claim 1 , comprising:
an outer cylinder provided at an edge of a tube through which the combustion gas passes the inside thereof to form an outer wall of a water tank in which a heat medium is accommodated at the outside of the tube; and
a lower plate having an end plate structure formed of a horizontal portion configured to support a lower end portion of the tube and form a bottom surface of the water tank, a vertical portion coupled to an outer side surface of a lower end portion of the outer cylinder, and a round portion configured to connect an outer end of the horizontal portion and a lower end portion of the vertical portion and formed in an outwardly convexly curved shape to disperse a water pressure of the heat medium.

8. The smoke tube boiler of claim 7 , wherein the vertical portion of the lower plate is fit-coupled to the outer side surface of the lower end portion of the outer cylinder.

9. The smoke tube boiler of claim 7 , wherein:
a flange part configured to extend in an outward direction by a predetermined length is formed on the vertical portion of the lower plate; and
the flange part and the outer side surface of the outer cylinder are coupled to each other by welding.

10. The smoke tube boiler of claim 7 , comprising:
a condensate collector provided under the lower plate to collect condensate generated from the lower plate; and
a leakage prevention member provided between an edge portion of the lower plate and an edge portion of the condensate collector to prevent leakage of the condensate.

11. The smoke tube boiler of claim 10 , wherein:
the leakage prevention member is provided in a shape which surrounds a lower portion of each of the round portion and the vertical portion of the lower plate; and
the condensate formed on the horizontal portion of the lower plate is blocked from moving in a lateral direction by a blockage of the leakage prevention member and drops in a downward direction.

12. The smoke tube boiler of claim 11 , wherein a sidewall of the condensate collector is provided to be located near a boundary between the horizontal portion and the round portion of the lower plate to guide dropping of the condensate.

13. The smoke tube boiler of claim 10 , wherein a contact protrusion configured to protrude toward an outer side surface of the lower plate is formed on an inner side surface of the leakage prevention member.

14. The smoke tube boiler of claim 13 , wherein a plurality of contact protrusions are formed at locations vertically spaced apart from the inner side surface of the leakage prevention member.

15. The smoke tube boiler of claim 13 , wherein:
a first flange part configured to extend in an outward direction from an upper end of a sidewall of the condensate collector to support a lower portion of the leakage prevention member is provided at the edge portion of the condensate collector; and
a fastening protrusion and a fastening groove fastened to each other at corresponding locations are provided at the leakage prevention member and the first flange part.

16. The smoke tube boiler of claim 15 , further comprising: an extending portion configured to extend in an upward direction from an outer end of the first flange part and come into close contact with an outer side surface of the leakage prevention member; and a second flange part configured to extend in an outward direction from an end of the extending portion at the edge portion of the condensate collector,
wherein a fitting protrusion and a fitting groove fitted to each other at corresponding locations are formed on an upper portion of the leakage prevention member and the second flange part to block the leakage of the condensate and fix a location of the leakage prevention member.

17. The smoke tube boiler of claim 10 , wherein an exhaust guide, having a plurality of punched holes formed therein so that the combustion gas which passes through the heat exchanger is uniformly distributed to the entire area of the condensate collector to be discharged, is provided in the condensate collector.

18. The smoke tube boiler of claim 17 , wherein a stair part configured to guide a flow of the combustion gas which passes through the exhaust guide to a drain port of the condensate is formed on a bottom surface of the condensate collector so that a drainage direction of the condensate and a flow direction of the combustion gas are the same in the condensate collector.

19. The smoke tube boiler of claim 1 , wherein the mix chamber includes a flat-shaped mix chamber body and the flat plate type burner is disposed on the combustion chamber in a horizontal direction.

20. The smoke tube boiler of claim 19 , wherein a separation space between a lower surface of the mix chamber body and an upper surface the flat plate type burner is formed in a flat disc shape.

21. The smoke tube boiler of claim 1 , further comprising a heat excha

Assignees

• Kyungdong Navien Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Jun Kyu
• Park Duck Sik
• Kim Jung Woo

Classifications

• F23D2900/14001

  Sealing or support of burner plate borders · CPC title

• F23D2203/102

  using perforated plates · CPC title

• F23D14/46

  Details · CPC title

• F24H9/02

  Casings; Cover lids; Ornamental panels · CPC title

• F24H9/14

  Arrangements for connecting different sections, e.g. in water heaters  (arrangements for connecting heaters to circulation pipes F24H9/12) · CPC title