Electrode boiler system

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Solution Overview

Problem

Boiler systems using electricity face challenges in achieving both high thermal efficiency and electrical stability, limiting their convenience and effectiveness.

Innovation Solution

An electrode boiler device is designed with a heating part containing electrolyzed water, a body part for fluid overlap, and a heat dissipation part with insulating layers to enhance thermal efficiency and stability, including a configuration where the heat dissipation part is positioned between the heating and body parts to facilitate efficient heat transfer.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Object-affected harmful factors

If a boiler system uses electricity as the energy source, then environmental emissions are reduced, but thermal efficiency and electrical stability become difficult to secure

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveemissionsVSAvoidelectrical stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces electrolyzed water as an intermediary medium between the electrical energy source and the heating process. The electrolyzed water serves as a stable conductive medium that enables efficient heat generation through electrode immersion, while maintaining electrical stability and reducing direct electrical hazards. This intermediary approach allows the system to achieve both environmental benefits and operational reliability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If a boiler system uses electricity as the energy source, then environmental emissions are reduced, but thermal efficiency becomes difficult to secure

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveemissionsVSAvoidthermal efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent utilizes parameter changes in the water properties through electrolysis. By changing the electrical and chemical parameters of water through electrolysis, the system creates electrolyzed water with enhanced conductive and thermal properties. This parameter transformation enables more efficient heat transfer and energy utilization, improving thermal efficiency while maintaining the environmental advantages of electric heating

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Loss of energy

If heat dissipation part is added between heating part and body part, then thermal efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvethermal efficiencyVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The heat dissipation part is designed to serve multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as a thermal management component to improve thermal efficiency, provides structural support between the heating part and body part, and contributes to the overall mechanical integrity of the device. This multi-functionality approach allows the system to achieve improved thermal performance without proportionally increasing device complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The electrode boiler device improves user convenience by enhancing electrical stability and thermal efficiency, ensuring efficient heating of fluids and safe operation by reducing leakage currents through the use of insulating layers.

Implementation Method 1

an electrode part including a plurality of electrodes that are disposed in the heating part to overlap the fluid in the body part and formed to heat the electrolyzed water

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectJoule heating: Joule Heating

Implementation Method 2

a heat dissipation part disposed between the heating part and the body part

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThermal conduction: Conduction (thermal)

Implementation Method 3

the heat dissipation part may further include an insulating layer formed on one side facing the electrolyzed water

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThermal insulation: Thermal Insulation

Data Source

PatentUS20230341148A1Electrode boiler system
Publication Date: 2023.10.26 KIM NO EUL
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AI summary

An embodiment of the present disclosure discloses an electrode boiler device configured to heat a fluid, the electrode boiler device including a heating part formed such that electrolyzed water is disposed therein, a body part formed such that the fluid is disposed therein to overlap the electrolyzed water in at least one region, an electrode part including a plurality of electrodes that are disposed in the heating part to overlap the fluid in the body part and formed to heat the electrolyzed water, and a heat dissipation part disposed between the heating part and the body part.