Method for individually adjusting output water temperature in a device comprising multiple outlets
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional water recycling devices are costly, require frequent maintenance, and are often adapted solely for single applications, lacking in cost-effectiveness, ease of installation, customizability, and adaptability for multiple uses.
Innovation Solution
A water recirculating device with multiple outlets, each equipped with flow restriction and mixing valves, a recirculating path with a flow path divider to separate heating and non-heating paths, and a heating arrangement, allowing for independent temperature adjustment of output water through user-controlled mixing valves, along with a water treatment arrangement and stand-by path for closed-loop operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a water recirculating device is designed for single application, then it can be simpler in structure, but it lacks adaptability for multiple uses
Solution Approach 1:
The water recirculating device is designed with multiple outlets (first water outlet, second water outlet) that can serve different applications simultaneously. The system uses a common heating arrangement and water collecting arrangement that serves multiple outlets, making the device universal for various uses while maintaining relatively simple structure through shared components.
Solution Approach 2:
The device divides the water distribution into separate outlets with individual flow restriction valves and mixing valves at each outlet. This segmentation allows independent control for different applications while the overall system remains integrated through the shared recirculating path and heating arrangement.
2Reliability
If conventional water recycling devices are used, then water purification and recycling can be achieved, but they require frequent maintenance and major modifications to existing water infrastructure
Solution Approach 1:
The device combines the water collection, heating, and recirculation functions into a single integrated system. The water collecting arrangement collects water from multiple outlets and returns it to the recirculating path, merging multiple functions that would otherwise require separate systems and infrastructure modifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is designed to be self-contained with internal water recirculation and heating capabilities, reducing dependence on external water infrastructure. The closed-loop recirculating path allows the system to serve itself by recycling water internally, minimizing the need for external modifications and reducing maintenance requirements.
3Ease of manufacture
If a single heating arrangement serves multiple outlets, then cost-effectiveness is improved, but individual temperature control for each outlet becomes challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses dynamic mixing valves at each outlet that can adjust the ratio of heated water to unheated water in real-time. This allows each outlet to independently control its temperature by dynamically adjusting the mixing ratio, even though they share a common heating arrangement, making the system both cost-effective and easily operable.
Solution Approach 2:
The mixing valves act as intermediaries between the single heating arrangement and multiple outlets. Each mixing valve blends heated water from the common heating arrangement with unheated water to achieve the desired temperature for each specific outlet, enabling individual temperature control without requiring separate heating systems.
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
Enables cost-effective, customizable, and adaptable water recycling with independent temperature control for multiple applications, reducing maintenance needs and enhancing responsiveness to user input.
Implementation Method 1
a heating arrangement; wherein the heating arrangement is arranged in the heating path
Implementation Method 2
the first mixing valve is configured to mix water from the heating path having the first temperature and water from the non-heating path having the second temperature in order to form first temperature regulated water
Implementation Method 3
mix water from the heating path having the first temperature and water from the non-heating path having the second temperature in order to form first temperature regulated water
Data Source
AI summary
The present inventive concept relates to a water recirculating device (100) comprising: a heating arrangement (120); and a flow path divider (122) placed in a water recirculating path (116) upstream from the heating arrangement (120), wherein the flow path divider (122) is arranged to divide the water recirculating path (116) into a heating path (124) and a non-heating path (126); and wherein a first mixing valve (106) is configured to mix water from the heating path (124) having a first temperature and water from the non-heating path (126) having a second temperature in order to form first temperature regulated water, and wherein a second mixing valve (112) is configured to mix water from the heating path (124) having the first temperature with water from the non-heating path (126) having the second temperature in order to form second temperature regulated water.