Disclosure of Invention
According to one aspect of the application, a heat exchanger includes an S-shaped jacket disposed at an upper and lower head for exchanging heat between at least two fluids. Wherein the inside of the S-shaped sleeve comprises at least a first and a second passage for the flow of a first and a second fluid, respectively, inside the S-shaped sleeve; the first fluid enters from the upper port of the S-shaped sleeve and flows out from the lower port of the S-shaped sleeve; the second fluid enters from the lower port of the S-shaped sleeve and flows out from the upper port of the S-shaped sleeve; and the first and second passages are separated from each other by a spiral intermediate heat transfer conduit.
In some embodiments, the heat exchanger is operable to open the lower port valve to allow the second fluid to drain out of the sleeve by the effect of gravity when not in operation.
In some embodiments, the first fluid may be a low temperature medium to be heated and the second fluid may be a high temperature heat transfer medium.
In some embodiments, the first fluid and the second fluid each comprise a medium of gas, liquid, and a mixture of gas and liquid.
In some embodiments, the S-shaped sleeve may further comprise an outer tube, which may be made of plastic or steel, may have a thickness in the range of 0.3-10.0mm, and may have a circular or square configuration.
In some embodiments, the spiral intermediate heat transfer conduit is made of steel or copper and has a thickness in the range of 0.2-5.0 mm.
Compared with the traditional heat exchanger, the novel sleeve type S-shaped structure heat exchanger of the application has the advantages that the upper falling difference is clean and smooth, the water is easily drained, and the S-shaped structure mode is convenient to install and disassemble, so that the fault rate and the repair rate of a unit can be reduced.
Detailed Description
In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only examples or embodiments of the application, from which the application can also be applied to other similar scenarios without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art. Unless otherwise apparent from the context, or otherwise indicated, like reference numbers in the figures refer to the same structure or operation.
As used in this application and the appended claims, the terms "a," "an," "the," and/or "the" are not intended to be inclusive in the singular, but rather are intended to be inclusive in the plural unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In general, the terms "comprises" and "comprising" merely indicate that steps and elements are included which are explicitly identified, that these steps and elements do not form an exclusive list, and that an apparatus may comprise other steps or elements.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a heat exchanger shown according to some embodiments of the present application. As shown in FIG. 1, the heat exchanger comprises an S-shaped sleeve arranged by the upper and lower fall. The S-jacket is used for heat exchange between at least two fluids. In some embodiments, the inside of the sigmoid sleeve comprises at least a first and a second passage for the flow of a first and a second fluid, respectively, inside said sigmoid sleeve. Wherein the first fluid enters from the lower port 101 of the S-shaped sleeve and exits from the upper port 102 of the S-shaped sleeve; the second fluid enters through the upper port 103 of the S-shaped sleeve and exits through the lower port 104 of the S-shaped sleeve.
In some embodiments, the first fluid may be a low temperature medium to be heated and the second fluid may be a high temperature heat transfer medium. Furthermore, the first fluid and the second fluid each comprise a medium of gas, liquid and a mixture of gas and liquid. In the actual use process, the first fluid can be domestic water with lower temperature to be used by a user, and needs to be heated by the heat exchanger to meet the requirement of the domestic water. The second fluid may be a high temperature medium for heat transfer, such as a high temperature gas, liquid, or gas-liquid mixture, depending on the type of heat source (e.g., air or water source) of the heat exchanger.
In some embodiments, when the water heater is not in operation and is in a low-temperature environment, because the vertical fall of the heat exchanger is large, the second fluid (water) is discharged out of the sleeve pipe only by opening the valve at the lower port through the gravity effect, and the problem that the water heater is frozen to be damaged at the low-environment temperature is solved.
Fig. 2 is a transverse cross-sectional view of a heat exchanger according to some embodiments of the present application. As shown in fig. 2, the S-shaped casing of the heat exchanger comprises a first channel (1), a second channel (2), a spiral intermediate heat transfer conduit (3) and an outer conduit (4). Wherein the first and second passages are separated from each other by a spiral intermediate heat transfer conduit. And the inner cavity surrounded by the spiral middle heat transfer pipeline (3) is a first channel (1), and the outer cavity surrounded by the spiral middle heat transfer pipeline (3) and the outer pipeline (4) is a second channel (2).
In some embodiments, the outer pipe (4) may be designed by using plastic material or steel material, the thickness may be designed to be in the range of 0.3-10.0mm, and the shape may be in a round/square structure mode. The spiral middle heat transfer pipeline (3) can be made of steel or copper, the thickness can be designed to be 0.2-5.0mm, and the outer wall of the spiral middle heat transfer pipeline is provided with a plurality of fins side by side.
FIG. 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a heat exchanger shown according to some embodiments of the present application. As shown in fig. 3, a first fluid (i.e., a low-temperature medium to be heated, such as water) flows through a first passage at the inside in the S-shaped sleeve; a second fluid (i.e., a high temperature heat transfer medium) flows through a second passage located outside in the S-shaped sleeve. The arrangement mode can ensure that the medium to be heated at low temperature can be surrounded by the heat transfer medium at high temperature and is heated uniformly.
The utility model relates to a heat exchanger has simple structure, save material, processing convenience, low in manufacturing cost, heat exchange efficiency height, energy consumption low grade advantage. In addition, the double-pipe heat exchanger with the S-shaped structure mode has large vertical fall and very clean water drainage, and the S-shaped structure mode is similar to a plate structure and is convenient to mount and dismount, so that the failure rate and the repair rate of the unit are reduced.
It is to be noted that different embodiments may produce different advantages, and in different embodiments, any one or combination of the above advantages may be produced, or any other advantages may be obtained.
Having thus described the basic concept, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the foregoing detailed disclosure is to be considered merely illustrative and not restrictive of the broad application. Various modifications, improvements and adaptations to the present application may occur to those skilled in the art, although not explicitly described herein. Such modifications, improvements and adaptations are proposed in the present application and thus fall within the spirit and scope of the exemplary embodiments of the present application.
Also, this application uses specific language to describe embodiments of the application. Reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment," "an embodiment," and/or "some embodiments" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with at least one embodiment of the present application is included in at least one embodiment of the present application. Therefore, it is emphasized and should be appreciated that two or more references to "an embodiment" or "one embodiment" or "an alternative embodiment" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, some features, structures, or characteristics of one or more embodiments of the present application may be combined as appropriate.
Moreover, those skilled in the art will appreciate that aspects of the present application may be illustrated and described in terms of several patentable species or situations, including any new and useful combination of processes, machines, manufacture, or materials, or any new and useful improvement thereon.
Similarly, it should be noted that in the preceding description of embodiments of the application, various features are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure aiding in the understanding of one or more of the embodiments. This method of disclosure, however, is not intended to require more features than are expressly recited in the claims. Indeed, the embodiments may be characterized as having less than all of the features of a single embodiment disclosed above.
Finally, it should be understood that the embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the principles of the embodiments of the present application. Other variations are also possible within the scope of the present application. Thus, by way of example, and not limitation, alternative configurations of the embodiments of the present application can be viewed as being consistent with the teachings of the present application. Accordingly, the embodiments of the present application are not limited to only those embodiments explicitly described and depicted herein.