Integrated Heating Water Flow Control for Space-Saving Hot Water Heating
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing indoor heating systems require separate apparatuses for heating air and hot water, leading to increased installation costs, space requirements, and inefficiencies in achieving target temperatures for both heating and hot water functions.
Innovation Solution
A heating system that integrates a hot water heating flow path with a heating water supply flow path, allowing heated water from the heating water supply flow path to heat hot water stored in a tank, thereby enabling simultaneous indoor heating and hot water heating while optimizing flow rates and valve operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate air heating apparatus and hot water heating apparatus are used, then heating function and hot water function can be provided, but installation costs increase and space for installation is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the air heating apparatus and hot water heating apparatus into a single integrated system. The heating water supply flow path is coupled with the hot water heating flow path, allowing one apparatus to perform both air heating and hot water heating functions, thereby reducing installation costs and space requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The heating apparatus is designed with multi-functionality to perform both air heating and hot water heating operations. By integrating the hot water heating flow path into the heating water supply flow path, the system can simultaneously or alternatively provide both heating functions through a single apparatus
2Device complexity
If both heating function and hot water function are provided through integrated system, then space utilization is improved and costs are reduced, but heating performance and hot water temperature do not reach target values
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs dynamic control of flow rates through valves to optimize heating performance. The controller adjusts the flow rates of heating water through the heat exchanger and hot water through the hot water heating flow path based on operational requirements, enabling the system to maintain target temperatures for both air heating and hot water heating
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes operational parameters (flow rates, valve opening degrees) to optimize performance. By dynamically adjusting the flow rates of heating water and hot water through different flow paths, the system achieves target temperatures for both heating functions simultaneously
3Productivity
If both indoor heating operation and hot water heating operation are performed simultaneously, then efficiency is increased, but temperature control becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback control where the controller monitors temperatures and flow rates, and adjusts valve opening degrees accordingly. This feedback mechanism enables the system to maintain target temperatures for both air heating and hot water heating even when operating simultaneously, simplifying temperature control
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
This integrated system improves space utilization, reduces costs, and enhances efficiency by allowing both indoor heating and hot water heating to be performed simultaneously while maintaining target temperatures for air and water.
Implementation Method 1
a first heat exchanger that generates the heating water by exchanging heat between exhaust gas burned in a burner and the water
Implementation Method 2
a second heat exchanger that generates heated air by exchanging heat between the heating water generated by the first heat exchanger and air
Implementation Method 3
a hot water heating apparatus that heats hot water stored in a hot water tank using the heating water supplied from a hot water heating flow path coupled to one point on the heating water supply flow path
Data Source
AI summary
A heating system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a water heating apparatus that supplies heating water for indoor heating, a hot water heating apparatus that heats hot water using the heating water, and a controller that controls a heating operation by controlling a flow rate of at least one of the heating water supply flow path and the hot water heating flow path according to an operation mode, wherein, when operating in a heating and hot water mode, the controller opens both the heating water supply flow path and the hot water heating flow path to control both indoor heating and hot water heating to be performed and adjusts flow rates at which the water is supplied to the heating water supply flow path and the hot water heating flow path according to control priority of an indoor heating operation and a hot water heating operation.