Hot water supply system
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1. A hot water supply system operated by linking plural water heaters, comprising:
- system controllers centralizing controls of a group of water heaters, andhost system controllers centralizing controls of a group of system controllers,wherein said host system controllers are disposed hierarchically so that the controllers may be finally centralized in a single highest host system controller, and the highest host system controller controls the operation of individual water heaters through the lower system controllers,wherein said lower system controllers to which water heater are connected are designed to increase or decrease the number of operating units of a group of water heaters under the control depending on the tapping request, while the highest host system controller controls the number of operating units of water heaters in the entire system by increasing or decreasing the number of operating units of lower system controllers andwherein said highest system controller controls to determine the operation stopping timing of the water heaters centralized by one lower system controller, depending on the number of operating units of water heaters centralized by other lower system controllers.
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A hot water supply system operated by linking plural water heaters. A system controller is provided in every specific number of water heaters for centralizing controls thereof. A host system controller is further provided in every specific number of the system controllers for centralizing controls thereof, and finally the controls are centralized in one highest system controller. In this configuration, therefore, the highest system controller controls the operation of individual water heaters by way of the lower system controllers.
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29 Claims
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1. A hot water supply system operated by linking plural water heaters, comprising:
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system controllers centralizing controls of a group of water heaters, and host system controllers centralizing controls of a group of system controllers, wherein said host system controllers are disposed hierarchically so that the controllers may be finally centralized in a single highest host system controller, and the highest host system controller controls the operation of individual water heaters through the lower system controllers, wherein said lower system controllers to which water heater are connected are designed to increase or decrease the number of operating units of a group of water heaters under the control depending on the tapping request, while the highest host system controller controls the number of operating units of water heaters in the entire system by increasing or decreasing the number of operating units of lower system controllers and wherein said highest system controller controls to determine the operation stopping timing of the water heaters centralized by one lower system controller, depending on the number of operating units of water heaters centralized by other lower system controllers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A hot water supply system operated by linking plural water heaters, comprising:
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system controllers centralizing controls of a group of water heaters, and host system controllers centralizing controls of a group of system controllers, wherein said host system controllers are disposed hierarchically so that the controllers may be finally centralized in a single highest host system controller, and the highest host system controller controls the operation of individual water heaters through the lower system controllers, wherein said lower system controllers to which water heaters are connected are designed to increase or decrease the number of operating units of a group of water heaters under the control depending on the tapping request, while the highest host system controller controls the number of operating units of water heaters in the entire system by increasing or decreasing the number of operating units of lower system controllers and wherein said highest system controller controls to prohibit the adjustment of flow rate of the water heaters centralized by one lower system controller, depending on the number of operating units of water heaters centralized by other lower system controllers.
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16. A hot water supply system operated by linking plural water heaters, comprising:
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system controllers centralizing controls of a group of water heaters, and host system controllers centralizing controls of a group of system controllers, wherein said host system controllers are disposed hierarchically so that the controllers may be finally centralized in a single highest host system controller, and the highest host system controller controls the operation of individual water heaters through the lower system controllers, wherein said highest system controller has means for detecting at least one of trouble of remote controller connected to the system controllers and communication failure with the remote controller, and the highest system controller controls to fix the hot water supply temperature of all water heaters of the system at a specified temperature when one of these troubles are detected by said detecting means.
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17. A hot water supply system operated by linking plural water heaters, comprising:
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system controllers centralizing controls of a group of water heaters, and host system controllers centralizing controls of a group of system controllers, wherein said host system controllers are disposed hierarchically so that the controllers may be finally centralized in a single highest host system controller, and the highest host system controller controls the operation of individual water heaters through the lower system controllers, wherein said highest system controller has means for detecting at least one of trouble of the lower system controllers and communication failure with the lower system controllers, and the highest system controller controls to exclude the abnormal lower system controller having trouble or communication failure when one of these troubles are detected by said detecting means, and to control the number of operating units of water heaters by using the remaining lower system controllers.
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18. A hot water supply system operated by linking plural water heaters, comprising:
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system controllers centralizing controls of a group of water heaters, and host system controllers centralizing controls of a group of system controllers, wherein said host system controllers are disposed hierarchically so that the controllers may be finally centralized in a single highest host system controller, and the highest host system controller controls the operation of individual water heaters through the lower system controllers, wherein said lower system controllers have means for detecting at least one of trouble of the highest system controller and communication failure with the highest system controller, and the lower system controllers control to instruct all connected water heaters to ban combustion and stop tapping when one of these troubles are detected by said detecting means.
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19. A hot water supply system operated by linking plural water heaters, comprising:
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system controllers centralizing controls of a group of water heaters, and host system controllers centralizing controls of a group of system controllers, wherein said host system controllers are disposed hierarchically so that the controllers may be finally centralized in a single highest host system controller, and the highest host system controller controls the operation of individual water heaters through the lower system controllers, wherein said lower system controllers have means for detecting at least one of trouble of the highest system controller and communication failure with the highest system controller, and the lower system controllers control to fix the hot water supply temperature of all connected water heaters at a specified temperature when one of these troubles are detected by said detecting means.
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20. A hot water supply system operated by linking plural water heaters, comprising:
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system controllers centralizing controls of a group of water heaters, and host system controllers centralizing controls of a group of system controllers, wherein said host system controllers are disposed hierarchically so that the controllers may be finally centralized in a single highest host system controller, and the highest host system controller controls the operation of individual water heaters through the lower system controllers, wherein said water heaters have means for detecting at least one of trouble of the lower system controllers and communication failure with the lower system controllers, and the water heaters control to ban combustion and stop tapping when one of these troubles are detected by said detecting means.
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21. A hot water supply system operated by linking plural water heaters, comprising:
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system controllers centralizing controls of a group of water heaters, and host system controllers centralizing controls of a group of system controllers, wherein said host system controllers are disposed hierarchically so that the controllers may be finally centralized in a single highest host system controller, and the highest host system controller controls the operation of individual water heaters through the lower system controllers, wherein said highest system controller, when data held for control of number of operating units of water heaters is lost, requests the lower system controllers to transmit the control data held in the lower system controllers, and controls to execute the process of restoring the system in the state before loss of data on the basis of the data transmitted from the lower system controllers according to this transmission request.
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22. A hot water supply system operated by linking plural water heaters, comprising:
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system controllers centralizing controls of a group of water heaters, and host system controllers centralizing controls of a group of system controllers, wherein said host system controllers are disposed hierarchically so that the controllers may be finally centralized in a single highest host system controller, and the highest host system controller controls the operation of individual water heaters through the lower system controllers, wherein said highest system controller, when data held for control of the number of operating units of water heaters is lost, requests the lower system controllers to transmit the control data held in the lower system controllers, and controls to execute the process of restoring the system in the state before loss of data on the basis of the data transmitted from the lower system controllers according to this transmission request, and wherein said lower system controllers are designed to receive power supplies from any one of the water heaters connected to these system controllers.
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23. A hot water supply system operated by linking plural water heaters, comprising:
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system controllers centralizing controls of a group of water heaters, and host system controllers centralizing controls of a group of system controllers, wherein said host system controllers are disposed hierarchically so that the controllers may be finally centralized in a single highest host system controller, and the highest host system controller controls the operation of individual water heaters through the lower system controllers, wherein said highest system controller has display means for displaying the information of water heaters and/or other system controllers, and wherein said highest system controller communicates with the water heaters connected to the lower system controllers to check for trouble in the condition of input of a specific trigger, and controls to display the information specifying the corresponding water heater in the display means when information of trouble is returned from any water heater. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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24. A hot water supply system operated by linking plural water heaters, comprising:
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system controllers centralizing controls of a group of water heaters, and host system controllers centralizing controls of a group of system controllers, wherein said host system controllers are disposed hierarchically so that the controllers may be finally centralized in a single highest host system controller, and the highest host system controller controls the operation of individual water heaters through the lower system controllers, wherein said highest system controller has display means for displaying the information of water heaters and/or other system controllers wherein said display means is provided in a remote controller Inc. in the highest system controller, and wherein said highest system controller communicates with the water heaters connected to the lower system controllers to check for trouble in the condition of input of a specific trigger, and controls to display the information specifying the corresponding water heater in the display means when information of trouble is returned from any water heater.
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27. A hot water supply system operated by linking plural water heaters, comprising:
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system controllers centralizing controls of a group of water heaters, and host system controllers centralizing controls of a group of system controllers, wherein said host system controllers are disposed hierarchically so that the controllers may be finally centralized in a single highest host system controller, and the highest host system controller controls the operation of individual water heaters through the lower system controllers, wherein said highest system controller, when data held for control of the number of operating units of water heaters is lost, requests the lower system controllers to transmit the control data held in the lower system controllers, and controls to execute the process of restoring the system in the state before loss of data on the basis of the data transmitted from the lower system controllers according to this transmission request, wherein said lower system controllers are designed to recieve power supplies from any one of the hot water heaters connected to the system controllers, and wherein said highest system controller controls to specify a defective water heater from the water heaters connected to the lower system controllers in the condition of input of a specific trigger, and operate the specified water heater by setting this specified water heater as the first water heater to be operated at the beginning of tapping.
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28. A hot water supply system operated by linking plural water heaters, comprising:
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system controllers centralizing controls of a group of water heaters, and host system controllers centralizing controls of a group of system controllers, wherein said host system controllers are disposed hierarchically so that the controllers may be finally centralized in a single highest host system controller, and the highest host system controller controls the operation of individual water heaters through the lower system controllers, wherein said highest system controller, when data held for control of the number of operating units of water heaters is lost, requests the lower system controllers to transmit the control data held in the lower system controllers, and controls to execute the process of restoring the system in the state before loss of data on the basis of the data transmitted from the lower system controllers according to this transmission request, wherein said lower system controllers are designed to receive power supplies from any one of the hot water heaters connected to the system controllers, wherein said highest system controller controls to specify a defective water heater from the water heaters connected to the lower system controllers in the condition of input of a specific trigger, and operate the specified water heater by setting the specified water heater as the first water heater to be operated at the beginning of tapping, and wherein said highest system controller main body or its remote controller has operating means for generating the specific trigger.
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29. A hot water supply system operated by linking plural water heaters, comprising:
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system controllers centralizing controls of a group of water heaters, and host system controllers centralizing controls of a group of system controllers, wherein said host system controllers are disposed hierarchically so that the controllers may be finally centralized in a single highest host system controller, and the highest host system controller controls the operation of individual water heaters through the lower system controllers, wherein said highest system controller has at least two trouble alarm means, and controls to change over these trouble alarm means depending on the status of trouble of the water heaters, wherein said trouble alarm means are changed over depending on the degree of trouble of water heaters and wherein said highest system controller judges the degree of trouble by comparing the possible tapping capacity value by the normally operating water heaters and the actual operating capacity value obtained from the past results, and controls to judge to be a major trouble when the actual operating capacity value exceeds the possible tapping capacity value, and judge to be a minor trouble otherwise.
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