Cartridge-type inline heater and system for controlling working fluid temperature using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9784471-B2
Application number	US-201213990871-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2012
Priority date	Nov 18, 2011
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cartridge-type inline heater including: a heat exchanging unit including a body part in which a mounting part is formed in a longitudinal direction, and swirl parts coiled in a spiral along the longitudinal direction of the body part, and configured to induce a flowing-in working fluid to flow along the swirl parts; and a heater inserted in a longitudinal direction of the heat exchanging part to heat the working fluid which is in contact with the heat exchanging unit.
Accordingly, the cartridge-type inline heater capable of heating the working fluid so as to have improved durability and uniform temperature distribution is provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cartridge-type inline heater, comprising:
a heat exchanging unit including a body part in which a mounting part is formed in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of swirl parts protruding from an external circumferential surface of the body part;
an exterior part accommodating the heat exchanging unit, the exterior part being a pipe through which a working fluid flows; and
a heater including a tube being in a cylindrical shape, and an electric heating wire inserted inside the tube, the heater mounted inside the mounting part and configured to heat the working fluid which is in contact with the heat exchanging unit but not with the heater,
wherein, the working fluid flows in a space between the heat exchanging unit and the exterior part,
the plurality of swirl parts is formed to be coiled in a spiral shape in a longitudinal direction of the external circumferential surface of the body part,
the exterior part is mounted to be spaced apart from the body part while surrounding the plurality of swirl parts,
the mounting part is formed in a cylindrical shape at a center of the body part while passing through the body part in the longitudinal direction, and has an interior diameter corresponding to an exterior diameter of the tube, and
an exterior surface of the tube is in contact with an internal surface of the mounting part, and
a flow pattern is formed on a surface of the swirl part which is in contact with the working fluid, the flow pattern being a repeated pattern which is inwardly depressed or outwardly protrudes from the surface of the swirl parts.

2. The cartridge-type inline heater of claim 1 , wherein:
the plurality of swirl parts is formed to be spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the body part, and
a fluid flowing path, through which the working fluid flows, is formed in a space between the adjacent swirls parts.

3. The cartridge-type inline heater of claim 2 , wherein:
the exterior part is mounted to be in close contact with the swirl parts so as to prevent the working fluid flowing inside any one fluid flowing path based on the swirl parts from flowing to an adjacent fluid flowing path.

Assignees

• Korea Mach & Materials Inst

Inventors

• Lee Jung Ho
• Lee Kong Hoon
• Yoon Seok Ho
• Kim Young

Classifications

• F24H1/16

  helically or spirally coiled · CPC title

• F24H1/10

  Continuous-flow heaters, i.e. heaters in which heat is generated only while the water is flowing, e.g. with direct contact of the water with the heating medium · CPC title

• H05B3/40 Primary

  Heating elements having the shape of rods or tubes (H05B3/62, H05B3/68, H05B3/78 take precedence) · CPC title

• F24H1/162 Primary

  using electrical energy supply · CPC title

• F24H9/20

  Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices · CPC title