HEAT EXCHANGER AND HEAT SOURCE DEVICE

• US 20190323778A1
• Filed: 03/07/2019
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rinnai Corporation
• Original Assignee: Rinnai Corporation
• Inventors: OJIRO, Takashi
• Granted Patent: US 10,876,795 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 26/29 Constructional details of the coolers, e.g. pipes, plates, ribs, insulation or materials
• CPC Class Codes: F24H 1/12 in which the water is kept separate from the heating medium
• CPC Class Codes: F28D 21/0003 the heat being recuperated from exhaust gases F28D21/0014 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F28D 21/0007 Water heaters
• CPC Class Codes: F28D 9/0043 the plates having openings therein for circulation of at least one heat-exchange medium from one conduit to another
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 3/086 having one or more openings therein forming tubular heat-exchange passages

Abstract

A heat exchanger disposed on a downstream side of a gas flow passage of combustion exhaust gas ejected from a burner comprising a plurality of heat exchange units stacked in a gas flow passage direction of the combustion exhaust gas, an inlet pipe, and an outlet pipe, wherein the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe are provided so as to protrude from a most downstream heat exchange unit located on a most downstream side of the gas flow passage of the combustion exhaust gas toward the downstream side of the gas flow passage of the combustion exhaust gas.

Claims

1. A heat exchanger disposed on a downstream side of a gas flow passage of combustion exhaust gas ejected from a burner and connected to an inlet pipe for allowing a fluid to be heated to flow in and an outlet pipe for allowing the fluid to be heated to flow out,

the heat exchanger comprising a stacked body formed by stacking a plurality of heat exchange units in a gas flow passage direction of the combustion exhaust gas,

wherein each of the plurality of heat exchange units includes:

an internal space in which the fluid to be heated flows,

a plurality of gas vents penetrating the internal space in a non-communicating state and through which the combustion exhaust gas passes,

at least one inlet port for allowing the fluid to be heated to flow into the internal space, and

at least one outlet port for allowing the fluid to be heated to flow out from the internal space,

wherein the internal spaces of adjacent heat exchange units communicate with each other via the outlet port of one heat exchange unit and the inlet port of another heat exchange unit, and

the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe are provided so as to protrude from a most downstream heat exchange unit located on a most downstream side of the gas flow passage of the combustion exhaust gas, among the plurality of heat exchange units constituting the stacked body, toward the downstream side of the gas flow passage of the combustion exhaust gas.

2. The heat exchanger according to claim 1,

wherein at least the most downstream heat exchange unit, among the plurality of heat exchange units constituting the stacked body, has an outflow path penetrating the internal space in a non-communicating state and communicating with the outlet pipe,

at least a most upstream heat exchange unit located on a most upstream side of the gas flow passage of the combustion exhaust gas, among the plurality of heat exchange units constituting the stacked body, constitutes a burner side-heat exchange block, and

at least the one outlet port of the heat exchange unit constituting the burner side-heat exchange block, among the plurality of heat exchange units constituting the stacked body, communicates with the outflow path.

3. The heat exchanger according to claim 2,

wherein the burner side-heat exchange block includes the most upstream heat exchange unit and at least a second heat exchange unit of a second layer adjacent to the most upstream heat exchange unit, and

the outflow path penetrates the internal space of the most downstream heat exchange unit and internal spaces of intermediate heat exchange units located between the burner side-heat exchange block and the most downstream heat exchange unit in a non-communicated state, and communicates with the outlet pipe.

4. The heat exchanger according to claim 2,

wherein each of the heat exchange units has two heat exchange plates being superimposed to form the internal space therebetween,

the outflow path is formed by a joint body of at least one burring hole provided at one heat exchange plate and another heat exchange plate.

5. The heat exchanger according to claim 4,

wherein each of the heat exchange plates has a substantially oval shape, a substantially elliptical shape, or a substantially circular shape.

6. The heat exchanger according to claim 1,

wherein the burner has a downward combustion surface,

the stacked body is disposed below the burner, and

the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe are provided so as to protrude from a lowermost heat exchange unit which is the most downstream heat exchange unit located on the most downstream side of the gas flow passage of the combustion exhaust gas toward a lower side which is the downstream side of the gas flow passage of the combustion exhaust gas.

7. A heat source device comprising:

the heat exchanger according to claim 1,

a combustion chamber provided between the burner and the heat exchanger, and

a winding pipe wound around an outer surface of a peripheral wall of the combustion chamber,

wherein an upstream end and a downstream end of the winding pipe respectively communicate with the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe in such a manner that the fluid to be heated flows in the winding pipe.

8. A heat source device comprising:

the heat exchanger according to claim 1,

a combustion chamber provided between the burner and the heat exchanger, and

a winding pipe wound around an inner surface of a peripheral wall of the combustion chamber,

wherein an upstream end and a downstream end of the winding pipe communicate with the internal space of a most upstream heat exchange unit located on a most upstream side of the gas flow passage of the combustion exhaust gas in such a manner that the fluid to be heated flows in the winding pipe.

9. A heat source device comprising:

the heat exchanger according to claim 6, and

a drain receiver provided below the heat exchanger,

wherein the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe extend downward through a bottom surface of the drain receiver,

the drain receiver has a drain discharge port for discharging drain dripping from the heat exchanger to an outside, and

the bottom surface of the drain receiver has an inclined surface inclined downward from penetrating portions of the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe toward the drain discharge port.