Regulation valve

• US 8,596,296 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2009
• Issued: 12/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meibes System-Technik GmbH (Aalberts NV)
• Original Assignee: Broen A/S (Aalberts NV)
• Inventors: Rasmussen, Christian Bo
• Primary Examiner(s): LEE, KEVIN L
• Application Number:
  US12/989,734
• Publication Number:
  US 20110186147A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,678 Days
• Field of Search: 137/315.04, 137/501, 137/637.2, 137/315.11, 137/505.25, 137/613, 137/551, 137/552
• US Class Current: 137/613
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 1/526 for limiting the maximum flow rate, using a second valve
• CPC Class Codes: F24D 19/1015 using a valve or valves
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/599 Pressure regulating type valve
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/6011 Assembling, disassembling, or removing cartridge type valve [e.g., insertable and removable as a unit, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/8175 Plural
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/87917 Flow path with serial valves and/or closures

Abstract

A regulating valve of the type preferably used for dynamic regulation of fluid-borne systems, such as central heating systems in housing and industrial buildings or cooling facilities, where the control valve is provided with a valve housing with an inlet and an outlet, where a valve insert with an orifice is provided in the valve housing by which the flow in the regulating valve can be regulated, and where additionally there are detectors for detecting either supply pressure or discharge pressure and another pressure, respectively. The regulating valve is provided with a modular valve insert which at least includes a differential pressure regulator, a venturi, a throttle device and a coupling member for an actuator, where the various modules have interacting joining means. A valve insert may thus be built up of respective modules, where the modules are selected individually with the most suitable specifications for the individual task. It is thus not required to make as many different combinations of valve inserts since they are combined modularly according to need.

Claims

1. A regulating valve used for dynamic regulation of fluid-borne systems, where a control valve is provided with a valve housing with an inlet and an outlet, where a modular valve insert with an orifice means is provided in the valve housing by which the flow in the regulating valve can be regulated, and where additionally there are detecting means for detecting either supply pressure or discharge pressure and another pressure, respectively, wherein the modular valve insert is comprised of at least a differential pressure regulator module, a venturi module, and a coupling member module for an actuator, where the modules are made with interacting joining means.

2. Regulating valve according to claim 1, wherein the valve housing of the regulating valve is provided with an inlet communicating with more than one opening in the valve insert, where these openings are distributed around the periphery of the valve insert.

3. Regulating valve according to claim 1, wherein the orifice means is provided with a pre-settable opening by which the maximum flow in the orifice means is regulated.

4. Regulating valve according to claim 1, wherein the venturi module of the modular valve insert is provided with one or more openings that communicate with the detecting means for detecting a fluid pressure for direct flow measurement.

5. Regulating valve according to claim 1, wherein the valve insert is made of one or more different plastic materials.

6. Regulating valve according to claim 1, wherein the modules of the valve insert are each provided with its own identification.

7. Regulating valve according to claim 6, wherein the identification comprises at least one of a color code and an RFID-tag.

8. Regulating valve according to claim 5, wherein said plastic materials comprise Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS) or Polyphthalamide (PPA).