Radiator with Multiple Riser Pipes for Flexible Connection Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing central connection radiators lack sufficient variability in connection options, making them less adaptable to different installation geometries and requiring a larger inventory of models, which complicates installation and can lead to inefficient heating fluid routing and increased pressure losses.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating multiple riser pipes that provide direct connections for alternative flow and return paths, allowing for flexible routing of heating fluid and reducing the need for complex connections, thereby enhancing adaptability and reducing pressure losses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple alternative connection fittings are provided for variable connection options, then connection variability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The radiator is divided into separate functional modules: a central connection fitting with its own riser pipe, and alternative connection fittings with their own separate riser pipes. Each connection option is segmented into independent components that can be selectively used based on installation requirements, reducing the complexity of integrating multiple connection types into a single complex structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The radiator design incorporates multiple alternative connection fittings (first alternative, second alternative, etc.) that provide universal adaptability to different installation geometries. Each alternative connection fitting serves as a multi-functional element that can replace the central connection or work in conjunction with it, allowing a single radiator model to serve multiple connection configurations without requiring complex internal routing.
2Adaptability or versatility
If heating fluid is routed through the middle of the radiator, then connection variability is improved, but pressure losses increase
Solution Approach 1:
Separate riser pipes are introduced as intermediary elements that provide direct vertical pathways for heating fluid from alternative connection fittings to the heating plates. These riser pipes act as mediators that eliminate the need for heating fluid to travel through the middle of the radiator, thereby reducing pressure losses while maintaining connection variability. The riser pipes serve as efficient conduits that directly connect the alternative connections to the heating elements.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a transverse connection is provided between central and alternative attachments, then connection variability is improved, but structural complexity and space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The transverse connection between central and alternative attachments is extracted and eliminated from the design. Instead of providing a physical connecting structure between different connection types, the patent allows each connection fitting to operate independently with its own riser pipe. This extraction of the unnecessary transverse connection simplifies the overall structure, reduces manufacturing complexity, and frees up space within the radiator while maintaining full connection variability through the alternative connection options.
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 design increases connection variability, simplifies manufacturing, reduces the number of required radiator models, ensures optimal heat output without performance loss, and minimizes internal leakage risks by routing heating fluid directly upwards, thus improving thermodynamic efficiency and reducing space requirements.
Implementation Method 1
the heating fluid does not have to take a detour via the middle of the radiator
Implementation Method 2
regardless of which of the flow connections the hot flow water flows in through, this is necessarily via the respective riser pipe always directed upwards
Data Source
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AI summary
Radiator (1) with at least one heating panel (2, 3), in particular with a first room-side heating panel (2) facing the room to be heated and a second wall-side heating panel (3), - wherein a connecting piece (8, 9) designed as a connection point is connected in each of the lateral, upper end regions of the radiator (1) or the heating panel(s) (2, 3), into which a valve (10) for regulating the flow of the heating fluid coming from the first supply connection (5) into the heating panel(s) (2, 3) and a shut-off or sealing component (11) for preventing the entry of heating fluid into the heating panel(s) (2, 3) and for preventing flow can be inserted or is inserted, - wherein a first connection set (4a) designed as a center connection with a first supply connection (5) and a first return connection (6) is provided, - wherein a connection set (4a) is connected to the first connection set (4a) connected,A first distribution assembly (7a) with a defined first riser pipe (12a) is provided, which establishes a direct, in particular the only, connection for the heating fluid flowing in via the first supply connection (5) from the first connection assembly (4a) to the connecting pieces (8, 9), - wherein at least a second alternative connection assembly (4b) with a second alternative supply connection (13) and optionally a second alternative return connection (14) is provided, - wherein a second distribution assembly (7b) connected to the second alternative connection assembly (4b) with a defined second riser pipe (12b) is provided, which establishes a direct, in particular the only, connection for the heating fluid flowing in via the second alternative supply connection (13) from the second alternative connection assembly (4b) to the connecting pieces (8, 9).