Thermostatic condensing gas water heater and control method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9939172-B2
Application number	US-201214357158-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2012
Priority date	Nov 10, 2011
Publication date	Apr 10, 2018
Grant date	Apr 10, 2018

Abstract

A thermostatic condensing gas water heater, comprising a burner; a first heat exchanger ( 7 ), a second heat exchanger ( 4 ), a water inlet pipe ( 10 ), and a water outlet pipe ( 9 ) provided in succession along the flow direction of the burnt flue gas; a controller; and a water flow channel connecting the first heat exchanger ( 7 ) and the second heat exchanger ( 4 ) in parallel between the water inlet pipe ( 10 ) and the water outlet pipe ( 9 ), wherein flow control valves ( 3, 5 ) capable of adjusting the water flow distribution of the first heat exchanger ( 7 ) and the second heat exchanger ( 4 ) are provided on the water flow channel and controlled by the controller.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A thermostatic condensing gas water heater, comprising: a burner; a first heat exchanger, and a second heat exchanger provided in succession along the flow direction of the burnt flue gas; a water inlet pipe; a water outlet pipe; and a controller, the thermostatic condensing gas water heater further comprising: a water flow channel connecting the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger in parallel between the water inlet pipe and the water outlet pipe, wherein flow control valves for adjusting water flow distribution of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger are provided on the water flow channel and controlled by the controller;
wherein the controller acquires an outlet water temperature (Te) of the first heat exchanger and an outlet water temperature (Tc) of the second heat exchanger, reads a set temperature (Ts), and adjusts the flow control valves according to the outlet water temperature of the first heat exchanger and the outlet water temperature of the second heat exchanger, so that an outlet water temperature (To) of the water outlet pipe approaches the set temperature (Ts);
wherein the controller adjusts the flow control valves to increase water flow from the second heat exchanger to the water outlet pipe when the outlet water temperature (Te) of the first heat exchanger is less than both the outlet water temperature (Tc) of the second heat exchanger and the set temperature (Ts).

2. The thermostatic condensing gas water heater according to claim 1 , wherein the second heat exchanger is a housing-and-tube heat exchanger which enables its housing to be communicated with the water inlet pipe and the water outlet pipe, and enables the burnt flue gas to pass through a pipeline in the housing.

3. The thermostatic condensing gas water heater according to claim 1 , wherein the flow control valves comprise a first flow control valve provided in a water flow channel of the first heat exchanger and a second flow control valve provided in a water flow channel of the second heat exchanger, and the controller adjusts the first flow control valve and the second flow control valve according to a target flow proportion (βl=(Ts−Te)/(Tc−Te)) of the second heat exchanger, so that the outlet water temperature (To) of the water outlet pipe approaches the set temperature (Ts).

4. The thermostatic condensing gas water heater according to claim 3 , wherein the controller acquires the outlet water temperature (To) of the water outlet pipe, and adjusts the flow control valves in a predetermined step length according to an actual flow proportion (βs=(To−Te)/(Tc−Te)) of the second heat exchanger, so that the actual flow proportion (βs) approaches the target flow proportion (βl).

5. The thermostatic condensing gas water heater according to claim 1 , wherein the controller acquires the outlet water temperature (Te) of the first heat exchanger, the outlet water temperature (Tc) of the second heat exchanger, and the outlet water temperature (To) of the water outlet pipe by detecting temperature sensors provided on the first heat exchanger, the second heat exchanger and the water outlet pipe, respectively.

Assignees

• Smith Corp A O

Inventors

• Qiu Bu
• Bi Dayan
• Zhou Sujuan
• Zhang Shiping
• Wu Yuehua

Classifications

• F24H9/0005

  for water heaters · CPC title

• F24H9/2035

  using fluid fuel · CPC title

• Y02B30/102

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• F24H8/00 Primary

  Fluid heaters characterised by means for extracting latent heat from flue gases by means of condensation · CPC title

• F24H1/107

  using fluid fuel · CPC title