Heat Collecting Pump Flow Guiding Element to Reduce Pressure Loss
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Solution Overview
Problem
The arrangement of a heating tube in a heat collecting pump leads to fluid efficiency loss, affecting operation performance.
Innovation Solution
A heat collecting pump design with a flow guiding element that divides the accommodation cavity into radially spaced fluid inlet and discharge channels, guided by a flow guiding portion to prevent interference between inflow and outflow, enhancing fluid efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If a heating tube is placed in the pump housing to heat water, then heating function is achieved, but fluid efficiency is reduced due to interference between water inflow and outflow
Solution Approach 1:
The pump housing internal space is segmented into distinct fluid inlet channel and fluid outlet channel using a flow guiding element. This segmentation prevents interference between incoming and outgoing water flows, maintaining fluid efficiency while accommodating the heating tube for temperature control function.
Solution Approach 2:
A flow guiding element is introduced as an intermediary component between the heating tube and the water flow paths. This element creates separated channels that guide water flow around the heating tube, preventing flow interference while allowing the heating tube to perform its heating function effectively.
2Temperature
If the heating tube is arranged in the pump housing, then heating capability is provided, but pressure and flow rate losses occur
Solution Approach 1:
The flow guiding element segments the pump housing into separate inlet and outlet channels, creating dedicated pathways for water flow. This segmentation prevents turbulence and pressure losses that would occur if water had to flow around the heating tube in an unguided manner, while still allowing the heating tube to heat the water effectively.
Solution Approach 2:
The flow guiding element utilizes the radial and axial dimensions of the pump housing to create three-dimensional flow paths. By guiding water flow in specific radial and axial directions, the system maintains pressure and flow rate while accommodating the heating tube in the available space without causing dimensional constraints on water flow.
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
Improves fluid efficiency by guiding water flow without interference, reducing pressure and flow rate losses, and ensuring effective discharge.
Implementation Method 1
a heating tube is typically placed in a pump housing, and water in the pump housing may be heated by means of the heating tube
Implementation Method 2
The drive device is connected to the housing and configured to drive a fluid to flow from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet
Data Source
AI summary
A heat collecting pump includes a housing with an accommodation cavity and having fluid inlet and outlet, a heating device disposed in the accommodation cavity and including a heating tube, a drive device connected to the housing and configured to drive a fluid to flow from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet, and a flow guiding element disposed in the accommodation cavity. The flow guiding element has an inner wall forming a fluid inlet channel in communication with the fluid inlet. A fluid discharge channel is formed between an outer wall of the flow guiding element and an inner wall of the accommodation cavity, and is in communication with the fluid inlet channel and the fluid outlet. The flow guiding element includes a flow guiding portion and a water inlet portion. The heating tube is sleeved on and spaced apart from the water inlet portion.