EP1546611B1 - Manifold for central heating systems - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a manifold as defined in the preamble of claim 1 for central heating systems, which is known from US-A-4 770 341 .
- the present invention is very applicable to central heating systems and particularly suitable in connection with ground source heat pumps described for example in the Finnish patent application No. 20020407 .
- the said type of a manifold includes such boxlike constructions that it cannot be produced of cast iron.
- the said type of a manifold includes several welded seams, which are prone to corrosion.
- the said type of a manifold includes several sharp corners, such as cut off tube ends, which are likely to worsen flowing dynamics. This problem could easily be eliminated if the manifold body could be made of cast iron.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a manifold from which such disadvantages as mentioned above are removed and which is essentially smaller in height and length than the known solutions.
- the present invention also provides a manifold design which allows production by casting which is not only an economical mass production method but allows designs and forms that are most advantageous from the point of view of flowing dynamics.
- a manifold in accordance to the present invention is advantageous also in the sense that, thanks to the modular pump, the directions of the return and the flow pipes can freely be chosen according to the conditions at the site of the installation, this feature, however, is not likely to make the manifold prone to leaks in any measure.
- a manifold in which the communication channel is placed outside of the manifold body which, in case the manifold is part of a ground source heat pump in accordance to the Finnish patent application No. 20020407 , will offer the possibility to lead the heating circuit liquid to flow, when required, via the heat-accumulator to reduce the temperature of the heating circuit liquid down to a wanted level before it flows into the condenser of the ground source heat pump to remove the problem caused by the heating circuit liquid returning to the condenser of the ground source heat pump in too high a temperature.
- a manifold is provided which can be installed directly to the side of a tank or into a flow line by using a simple mounting flange.
- a manifold is provided which allows connecting it together with additional manifold modules of one or multiple heating circuits i.e. a manifold is provided which allows retrofitting of the heating system with new heating circuits. Such a connection, being a flange joint, is not prone to leaks.
- the manifold according to the present invention is characterized by what is presented in the characterization part of claim 1.
- Other embodiments of the invention are characterized by what is presented in the other claims.
- a pump 27 used in the present invention is shown in Fig. 1.
- the body of the pump 27 is a cast iron piece having a mounting flange 1 with a machined sealing surface 8 and boltholes 2 for fixing the pump at any of the mounting flanges 19 of the manifold 35.
- the pump housing 3 is formed by internal machining the body of the pump to match with the runner 9 of the pump 27.
- the pump motor 4 and the runner 9 can be a commercial standard product, such as Wilo or Grund- fors makes.
- the pump motor 4 is fixed at the pump housing 3 with its own fixing bolts and is sealed to the housing with original sealing elements 7 exactly the same way as it would be fixed and sealed to an original housing of the said pump manufacturer.
- the motor 4 and the runner 9 are therefore exchangeable parts and in service situations no other parts of the system need to be dismantled.
- Outlet port 6, which is in connection with the pump housing 3, is placed at the side of the pump housing 3.
- Fig. 2 one possible type of a return port adapter 28 used in the present invention is shown.
- the return port adapter 28 consists at least of a mounting flange 10 with mounting holes 11 and an aperture 13 in the middle of the flange 10.
- the return port adapter 28 has a pipe fitting 12 joined in the outer side of the flange 10 and in the middle of the flange so that the pipe fitting 12 covers the aperture 13.
- the pipe fitting 12 of this type is for example a bended tube forming an angle of 90°.
- the inner surface 14 of the mounting flange 10 is flat and forms a leak-proof surface.
- the external dimensions of the mounting flange 10 and the size and the position of its mounting holes 11 are identical with the corresponding parts of the pump 27 described in Fig.1. Therefore the pump 27 and the return port adapter 28 can freely be mounted at any of the fixing flanges 19 of the manifold 35 shown in Fig. 3 and the directions of the outlet port 6 of the pump 27 and the pipe fitting 12 of the return port adapter 28 can freely be chosen.
- Fig.3 the manifold 35 according to the present invention is shown with overlapping mounting flanges 19.
- the body 15 of the manifold 35 is a monoblock cast iron piece, which is economical in production from the point of view of flowing dynamics and from the point of view of mass-production.
- the mounting flanges 19 of the manifold are embossments at the body casting around the flow-openings 20, which are machined flat to be sealing surfaces and in which holes 17 for fixing bolts are drilled or tapped.
- the upper mounting flanges 19 form together with the flow-openings 20 flow ports 16 for flow-pipes.
- the pumps 27 are situated between the flow ports 16 and the flow-pipes.
- the lower mounting flanges 19 form together with the flow-openings 20 return ports 18 for return-pipes.
- the return port adapters 28 can be situated between the return ports 18 and the return-pipes.
- the flow ports 16 and return ports 18 have been arranged so that the incoming directions and/or positions of the flow-pipes and return-pipes to be connected to the manifold 35 are adjustable in connection with the installation of the manifold 35.
- a fitting 21, 22 for installing an automatic air-vent or measuring devices or alike.
- An external communication channel 23 is provided, which will return excessive flow back to the heat-source in the case that only a part of the heating circuits are simultaneously working.
- One end of the communication channel 23 is connected to the upper part of the lower chamber 25 of the manifold 35 and the other end to the upper chamber 26 of the manifold 35 so that a connection between the two chambers is formed.
- Fig.4 presents the design of the manifold 35 according to the present invention with overlapping mounting flanges with partial cross-section.
- the figure shows that the internal space of the manifold 35 is divided, with a horizontal wall 24, into two from each other separated chambers, which are the upper chamber 26 and the lower chamber 25. If necessary a hole with a non-return valve in the dividing wall 24 can be provided to function as a communication port between the two chambers 25, 26.
- Figs. 5 and 6 it is shown how the pumps 27 and return port adapters 28 can be installed on the manifold 35 when the manifold is equipped with the overlapping mounting flanges 19.
- the pumps 27 and the return port adapters 28 have been installed all in the same direction, whereas in Fig. 6 the pumps 27 and the return port adapters 28 have been installed in different directions.
- Fig. 7 presents the manifold 35 according to the present invention connected with one heat-source 33 and with five heating circuits 34.
- the heat-source 33 is installed on the flow ports 16 of the manifold 35 so that the heated water is brought from the heat-source 33 to the upper chamber 26 of the manifold 35 and the cooled water from the heating circuits 34 is returned to the heat-source 33 from the lower chamber 25 of the manifold 35.
- the mounting flanges 19, which are meant for fixing the pumps 27, are placed close to each other at the upper part of the face 29 of the manifold 35.
- the return ports adapters 28 are not at the face but are placed at the fixed positions at the bottom 30 of the manifold 35.
- the return-pipe is always behind the corresponding flow-pipe and do not take additional sideward space.
- the dimensions of the mounting flanges 19 are decisive for minimum distance between the flow-pipes, this solution therefore resulting with the shortest possible design of the manifold.
- Fig. 9 presents the manifold according to the present invention modified for use as a part of the ground source heat pump in accordance to the Finnish patent application No. 20020407 or with any other type of a ground source heat pump.
- the communication channel 23 is replaced with two pipe fittings 31 and 32 through which the excessive flow is led to flow via the preheating tank of the domestic hot water in order to lower the temperature of the liquid returning to the heat source, which is likely to improve the efficiency of the ground source heat pump.
- the body 15 of the manifold 35 can also be manufactured by welding from steel plate and the mounting flanges 19 can be replaced with steel profile forming flow-ports 16 and return ports 18.
- One advantageous embodiment of the invention is presented in Figs. 10 and 11.
- the manifold 35 is presented where the modular pump 27 can be replaced with a circulation pump 36 with axial intake such as Wilo type AC 20/5-0.
- the wall 24 dividing the body 15 of the manifold 35 into the two chambers can be installed in such a way that the communication port 23 is formed in the middle of the manifold 35 inside of it.
- the dividing wall 24 is made of two halves of equal length. These are fixed symmetrically inside of the manifold 35 one extending from the left end and the other from the right end of the manifold towards the middle of the manifold. The halves are made short so that they do not reach each other in the middle of the manifold but an opening is formed between their ends which opening forms the communication port 23. If the dividing wall 24, for its essential part, is installed to form an angle of 45 degrees with the horizontal line of the manifold, the pumps can be placed closer to each other and the manifold can be made even smaller and more compact.
- the communication port 23 can act in two ways and the manifold 35 can be used both as a manifold and as a mixer valve without any other moving parts than the pumps. In the known manifolds this is not possible as in them the communication port 23 is at one or another end of the body which makes stable mixing function impossible.
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- The present invention relates to a manifold as defined in the preamble of
claim 1 for central heating systems, which is known fromUS-A-4 770 341 . - The present invention is very applicable to central heating systems and particularly suitable in connection with ground source heat pumps described for example in the
Finnish patent application No. 20020407 - It is known to divide a central heating system up into independently controllable heating circuits by means of a manifold. In the known manifolds the fittings of the return pipe and the flow pipe of each heating circuit are placed side by side and the circulating pump of the circuit is installed at either of the pipes.
- This leads to a very long construction of the body of the manifold because ample space between the circulating pumps of two adjacent circuits must be reserved to allow installation of valves if such are required and to enable accomplishment of the installation work. Minimum total length of a 5-circuit manifold as per
US patent No. 6,092,734 including pumps and valves is 90 cm. A manifold assembly of this size can neither be installed within the frame of a standard sized ground source heat pump nor on top of a standard sized heating boiler. - In the above-mentioned manifold the fittings of the return pipes and the flow pipes are factory-mounted by welding them onto fixed positions of the manifold body. Therefore the position and the direction of the return pipes and the flow pipes are prefixed and can not be changed at the site of the installation which is often likely to lead to a complex piping causing additional plumbing work this being particularly true in cases of retrofitting as the construction of the site do not take the new technology into the account.
- The said type of a manifold includes such boxlike constructions that it cannot be produced of cast iron.
- The said type of a manifold includes several welded seams, which are prone to corrosion.
- The said type of a manifold includes several sharp corners, such as cut off tube ends, which are likely to worsen flowing dynamics. This problem could easily be eliminated if the manifold body could be made of cast iron.
- It is also known to manufacture a modular manifold as per
US patent No. 6,345,770 , which is suggested being suitable to be manufactured in both modular and monoblock versions. An individual module of this type of a manifold can be made of cast iron, but in such a case only one module will have 4 joints that have to be sealed by O-rings or similar sealing elements. A combined modular manifold of such type for 5 heating circuits will then have all 20 joints to be sealed. Such a solution is prone to leaks and its lifetime is limited. Otherwise there are similar problems as with the manifold as perUS patent No. 6,092,734 . The length of the manifold as perUS patent No. 6,345,770 can even be longer than that of the manifold as perUS patent No. 6,092,734 . - In all manifolds of above-mentioned types there is a common problem in case they are used in a heating system that is using ground source heat pump as the heat source. In a common situation that only a part of the heating circuits are in use at a time, the excess of the flow of the heating liquid is led to the return pipe i.e. back to the condenser of the ground source heat pump via the communication port of the manifold. This will increase the temperature of the refrigerant returning to the condenser, i.e. the condensing temperature of the refrigerant will increase, as it is the temperature of the into the condenser returning heating circuit liquid which is decisive for the condensing temperature in the first place. In a ground source heat pump increase of the condensing temperature leads to lower C.O.P. (Coefficient Of the Performance).
- An object of the present invention is to provide a manifold from which such disadvantages as mentioned above are removed and which is essentially smaller in height and length than the known solutions. The present invention also provides a manifold design which allows production by casting which is not only an economical mass production method but allows designs and forms that are most advantageous from the point of view of flowing dynamics.
- The object is solved by a manifold according to the characterising portion of
claim 1. - A manifold in accordance to the present invention is advantageous also in the sense that, thanks to the modular pump, the directions of the return and the flow pipes can freely be chosen according to the conditions at the site of the installation, this feature, however, is not likely to make the manifold prone to leaks in any measure.
- In the present invention a manifold is provided in which the communication channel is placed outside of the manifold body which, in case the manifold is part of a ground source heat pump in accordance to the
Finnish patent application No. 20020407 - And further, in the present invention a manifold is provided which can be installed directly to the side of a tank or into a flow line by using a simple mounting flange. And further, in the present invention a manifold is provided which allows connecting it together with additional manifold modules of one or multiple heating circuits i.e. a manifold is provided which allows retrofitting of the heating system with new heating circuits. Such a connection, being a flange joint, is not prone to leaks.
- Briefly and more exactly said, the manifold according to the present invention is characterized by what is presented in the characterization part of
claim 1. Other embodiments of the invention are characterized by what is presented in the other claims. - In the following the present invention will be described in detail by the aid of an embodiment example with reference to the attached drawings describing constructive details of the manifold and the modular pump according to the present invention wherein:
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- presents the front view, the side view, and the side view with partial cross-section of a pump in accordance to the present invention,
- Fig. 2
- presents the front view, the side view, and the cross-section of a return port adapter,
- Fig. 3
- presents a manifold according to the present invention with overlapping mounting flanges as seen from the side of the manifold,
- Fig. 4
- presents the design of the manifold according to the present invention with overlapping mounting flanges with partial cross-section as seen from the side of the manifold,
- Fig. 5
- presents the manifold according to the present invention as seen from the side of the manifold with overlapping mounting flanges and with pumps and return ports adapters installed in the same direction,
- Fig. 6
- presents the manifold according to the present invention as seen from the side of the manifold with overlapping mounting flanges and with pumps and return ports adapters installed in different directions,
- Fig. 7
- presents the manifold according to the present invention as seen from the side of the manifold and connected with one heat=source and with five heating circuits,
- Fig. 8
- presents another embodiment of the manifold according to the present invention as seen from the side of the manifold,
- Fig. 9
- presents a modified embodiment of the manifold according to the present invention as seen from the side of the manifold,
- Fig. 10
- presents yet another embodiment of the manifold in according to the present invention in cross section as seen from the front of the manifold, and
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- presents the manifold shown in Fig. 10 as seen from the front of the manifold, and installed with the pumps and connected the heating system.
- One type of a
pump 27 used in the present invention is shown in Fig. 1. The body of thepump 27 is a cast iron piece having amounting flange 1 with a machined sealing surface 8 andboltholes 2 for fixing the pump at any of themounting flanges 19 of themanifold 35. Thepump housing 3 is formed by internal machining the body of the pump to match with the runner 9 of thepump 27. Thepump motor 4 and the runner 9 can be a commercial standard product, such as Wilo or Grund- fors makes. Intake opening 5, which is centric to thepump housing 3 and to the sealing surface 8 and to theboltholes 2, extends into the space the liquid is taken in from. Thepump motor 4 is fixed at thepump housing 3 with its own fixing bolts and is sealed to the housing with original sealing elements 7 exactly the same way as it would be fixed and sealed to an original housing of the said pump manufacturer. Themotor 4 and the runner 9 are therefore exchangeable parts and in service situations no other parts of the system need to be dismantled.Outlet port 6, which is in connection with thepump housing 3, is placed at the side of thepump housing 3. - In Fig. 2 one possible type of a
return port adapter 28 used in the present invention is shown. Thereturn port adapter 28 consists at least of a mountingflange 10 with mountingholes 11 and anaperture 13 in the middle of theflange 10. In addition thereturn port adapter 28 has a pipe fitting 12 joined in the outer side of theflange 10 and in the middle of the flange so that the pipe fitting 12 covers theaperture 13. The pipe fitting 12 of this type is for example a bended tube forming an angle of 90°. Theinner surface 14 of the mountingflange 10 is flat and forms a leak-proof surface. - The external dimensions of the mounting
flange 10 and the size and the position of its mountingholes 11 are identical with the corresponding parts of thepump 27 described in Fig.1. Therefore thepump 27 and thereturn port adapter 28 can freely be mounted at any of the fixingflanges 19 of the manifold 35 shown in Fig. 3 and the directions of theoutlet port 6 of thepump 27 and the pipe fitting 12 of thereturn port adapter 28 can freely be chosen. - In Fig.3 the manifold 35 according to the present invention is shown with overlapping mounting
flanges 19. Thebody 15 of the manifold 35 is a monoblock cast iron piece, which is economical in production from the point of view of flowing dynamics and from the point of view of mass-production. The mountingflanges 19 of the manifold are embossments at the body casting around the flow-openings 20, which are machined flat to be sealing surfaces and in which holes 17 for fixing bolts are drilled or tapped. Theupper mounting flanges 19 form together with the flow-openings 20flow ports 16 for flow-pipes. Thepumps 27 are situated between theflow ports 16 and the flow-pipes. Correspondingly thelower mounting flanges 19 form together with the flow-openings 20return ports 18 for return-pipes. Thereturn port adapters 28 can be situated between thereturn ports 18 and the return-pipes. Theflow ports 16 and returnports 18 have been arranged so that the incoming directions and/or positions of the flow-pipes and return-pipes to be connected to the manifold 35 are adjustable in connection with the installation of the manifold 35. - At the upper side of the manifold 35 there is provided a fitting 21, 22 for installing an automatic air-vent or measuring devices or alike.
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external communication channel 23 is provided, which will return excessive flow back to the heat-source in the case that only a part of the heating circuits are simultaneously working. One end of thecommunication channel 23 is connected to the upper part of thelower chamber 25 of the manifold 35 and the other end to theupper chamber 26 of the manifold 35 so that a connection between the two chambers is formed. - Fig.4 presents the design of the manifold 35 according to the present invention with overlapping mounting flanges with partial cross-section. The figure shows that the internal space of the manifold 35 is divided, with a
horizontal wall 24, into two from each other separated chambers, which are theupper chamber 26 and thelower chamber 25. If necessary a hole with a non-return valve in the dividingwall 24 can be provided to function as a communication port between the twochambers - In Figs. 5 and 6 it is shown how the
pumps 27 and returnport adapters 28 can be installed on the manifold 35 when the manifold is equipped with the overlapping mountingflanges 19. In Fig. 5 thepumps 27 and thereturn port adapters 28 have been installed all in the same direction, whereas in Fig. 6 thepumps 27 and thereturn port adapters 28 have been installed in different directions. - Fig. 7 presents the manifold 35 according to the present invention connected with one heat-
source 33 and with fiveheating circuits 34. The heat-source 33 is installed on theflow ports 16 of the manifold 35 so that the heated water is brought from the heat-source 33 to theupper chamber 26 of the manifold 35 and the cooled water from theheating circuits 34 is returned to the heat-source 33 from thelower chamber 25 of the manifold 35. - In another embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 8 the mounting
flanges 19, which are meant for fixing thepumps 27, are placed close to each other at the upper part of theface 29 of the manifold 35. Thereturn ports adapters 28 are not at the face but are placed at the fixed positions at the bottom 30 of the manifold 35. In this case the return-pipe is always behind the corresponding flow-pipe and do not take additional sideward space. The dimensions of the mountingflanges 19 are decisive for minimum distance between the flow-pipes, this solution therefore resulting with the shortest possible design of the manifold. As thereturn ports adapters 28 differ from those mentioned earlier and are factory-mounted at the fixed positions, the variability of this manifold is not as good as that of the solution presented in figures 3 - 7, but it is suitable for applications in which available space is limited, as is the case with the ground source heat pumps or with central heating boilers or furnaces. - Fig. 9 presents the manifold according to the present invention modified for use as a part of the ground source heat pump in accordance to the
Finnish patent application No. 20020407 communication channel 23 is replaced with twopipe fittings - It is obvious to the person skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the example described above, but that it may be varied within the scope of the claims presented below.
- Thus, for example the
body 15 of the manifold 35 can also be manufactured by welding from steel plate and the mountingflanges 19 can be replaced with steel profile forming flow-ports 16 and returnports 18. One advantageous embodiment of the invention is presented in Figs. 10 and 11. In this embodiment the manifold 35 is presented where themodular pump 27 can be replaced with acirculation pump 36 with axial intake such asWilo type AC 20/5-0. Theflow ports 16 and returnports 18 of the manifold 35 are internally or externally threaded pipe-fittings and thepumps 36 are mounted directly to the corresponding ports by using the own fittings of the pumps. This solution enables free setting of the direction of the flow- and return=pipes within a sector of about 270 degrees. - In this embodiment the
wall 24 dividing thebody 15 of the manifold 35 into the two chambers can be installed in such a way that thecommunication port 23 is formed in the middle of the manifold 35 inside of it. In this case the dividingwall 24 is made of two halves of equal length. These are fixed symmetrically inside of the manifold 35 one extending from the left end and the other from the right end of the manifold towards the middle of the manifold. The halves are made short so that they do not reach each other in the middle of the manifold but an opening is formed between their ends which opening forms thecommunication port 23. If the dividingwall 24, for its essential part, is installed to form an angle of 45 degrees with the horizontal line of the manifold, the pumps can be placed closer to each other and the manifold can be made even smaller and more compact. - If the
communication port 23 is placed inside and in the middle of the manifold 35 and the flowing speed of the pumps is controlled, thecommunication port 23 can act in two ways and the manifold 35 can be used both as a manifold and as a mixer valve without any other moving parts than the pumps. In the known manifolds this is not possible as in them thecommunication port 23 is at one or another end of the body which makes stable mixing function impossible.
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- Manifold (35) for central heating systems comprising at least a manifold body (15), an upper chamber (26) of the manifold, a lower chamber (25) of the manifold, a dividing wall (24) between the two chambers (25, 26), flow ports (16) for pumps or flow-pipes and return ports (18) for return-pipes, characterized in that the flow ports (16) and return ports (18) have been arranged at the front face and at the both ends of the manifold body (15), and that the flow ports (16) and the return ports (18) have pipe-fittings (19a) or mounting flanges (19) with flow-openings (20) for mounting pumps (27, 36) with flow-pipes and return-pipes into the manifold (35).
- Manifold as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the flow ports (16) and the return ports (18) are sideways overlapping so that if the flow-pipes and the return-pipes are installed in the vertical position they are seen side by side in the front view of the manifold (35).
- Manifold as defined in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that in the dividing wall (24) there are one or more communication ports with non-return valves through which the difference of the pressure effecting in the chambers (25 and 26) is balanced.
- Manifold as defined in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that its chambers (25 and 26) are connected with an external communication channel (23).
- Manifold as defined in any of the preceding claims 1-3, characterized in that its chambers (25 and 26) are connected with two fittings (31 and 32), which allow the liquid flow led via a heat user unit.
- Manifold as defined in any of the preceding claims 2-5, characterized in that the pump (27) takes in the liquid through its mounting flange (1) in the direction which is parallel to the shaft of the motor of the pump.
- Manifold as defined in any of the preceding claims 2-6, characterized in that another manifold as defined in any of the preceding claims, prepared for serving one or more heating circuits, is connected to the first manifold (35) with the mounting flanges (19) at the end of the manifold.
- Manifold as defined at least in one of the preceding claims 2-7, characterized in that the pumps (27) at the face (29) of the manifold (35) and the mounting flanges (19) for the pumps (27) are placed at the upper part of the face (29) of the manifold and that the pumps (27) are connected with the upper chamber (26), and that corresponding return ports adapters (28) for the return-pipes are mounted at the fixed positions at the bottom (30) of the manifold (35), and that the said return ports adapters (28) are connected with the lower chamber (25) and seen from the front of the manifold (35) the corresponding flow- and return-pipes of each heating circuit are one after another.
- Manifold as defined at least in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the dividing wall (24) between the two chambers (25, 26) is made of two parts and is for its essential part set to form an angle of 45° with the body (15) of the manifold (35), and that the ends of the parts of the said dividing wall (24) do not extend to the mid of the manifold (24) but are left short to form an opening between them which forms the communication port (23).
- Manifold as defined at least in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that in the dividing wall (24) there are two or more openings, which form communication ports (2.3).
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