Prefabricated heat-insulation panel with two hot water flow paths

• US 9,285,125 B2
• Filed: 09/21/2009
• Issued: 03/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ha Rim Kim, Hi Gon Lee
• Original Assignee: Ha Rim Kim, Hi Gon Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Hi Gon, Kim, Ha Rim
• Primary Examiner(s): Tompkins, Alissa
• Assistant Examiner(s): Decker, Phillip E
• Application Number:
  US13/120,426
• Publication Number:
  US 20110168794A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,367 Days
• Field of Search: 237/69
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 11/04 made of rubber or flexible plastics
• CPC Class Codes: F24D 3/125 Hydraulic pipe connections
• CPC Class Codes: F24D 3/142 integrated in prefab construction elements
• CPC Class Codes: F28D 1/035 with U-flow or serpentine-flow inside the conduits F28D1/0341 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 21/066 for domestic or space-heating systems
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 2210/10 Particular layout, e.g. for uniform temperature distribution
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 30/00 Energy efficient heating, ventilation or air conditioning [HVAC]

Abstract

A prefabricated heat-insulation panel has two hot water flow paths installed separately inside a panel, with primary and secondary connection parts provided in the panel and connected to a boiler or allowing hot water to circulate to adjacent panels. A polybutene layer with rosin as an activator is formed on the inner surface of the hot water supply pipe made of thermoplastic elastomer, and reduces the diameter and the length of the hot water supply pipes installed in the panel and the panel thickness and minimizes the boiler load.

Claims

1. Prefabricated heat-insulation panels with two hot water flow paths, comprising:

a plurality of panels arranged at an installation surface;

first and second hot water supply pipes installed to provide at least one pair of hot water flow paths at an inner side of each said panel, with hot water being supplied from a boiler;

first and second connection parts provided at a corner at each said panel for connecting the first hot water supply pipes of adjacent panels with each other and for connecting the second hot water supply pipes of adjacent panels with each other, the connected first hot water supply pipes and the connected second hot water supply pipes being connected to the boiler, respectively;

a plurality of connection members arranged at said respective first and second connection parts for interconnecting the respective first hot water supply pipes of the adjacent panels with one another and interconnecting the respective second hot water pipes of the adjacent panels with one another; and

a hot water supply fitting member and a hot water retrieval fitting member which each connect respective ends of each of the first and second hot water supply pipes to the boiler, for thereby forming different hot water flow paths, wherein

said supply fitting and retrieval fitting members each have a Y-shaped configuration arranged in a plane of fluid flow through the respective pipes to both channel and divide hot water flow from the boiler between the first and second hot water pipes and combine flow exiting from the first and second hot water pipes and channel the same back to the boiler at respective connection parts located at corners of respective panels,

said first and second hot water supply pipes are made of thermoplastic elastomer of rubber material and each have a polybutene layer with a rosin as an activator on an inner surface thereof,

said panels each comprise

a metal plate on a upper side thereof,

a polyurethane foam on one side of the metal plate and in which the first and second hot water pipes are embedded directly at the metal plate at regular intervals, and

an anti-moisture sheet on a lower side of the polyurethane foam opposite the metal plate and spaced from the pipes.

2. Prefabricated heat-insulation panels with two hot water flow paths according to claim 1, wherein said first and second hot water supply pipes each have a thickness of 2˜

4 mm, and the thickness of the polybutene layer is 0.3˜

0.7 mm.

3. Prefabricated heat-insulation panels with two hot water flow paths according to claim 2, wherein said first and second hot water supply pipes each have a thickness of about 3 mm, and the thickness of the polybutene layer is about 0.5 mm.

4. Prefabricated heat-insulation panels with two hot water flow paths according to claim 1, wherein said first and second hot water supply pipes are arranged in parallel in a zigzag form in the interior of the panel.

5. Prefabricated heat-insulation panels with two hot water flow paths according to claim 1, wherein said first and second hot water supply pipes are connected such that the hot water flow directions between the first and second connection parts are different from each other.

6. Prefabricated heat-insulation panels with two hot water flow paths according to claim 1, wherein said first and second connection parts are disposed at diagonal corners of each said panel.

7. Prefabricated heat-insulation panels with two hot water flow paths according to claim 1, additionally comprising covers arranged for detachably covering said first and second connection parts and being detachably fixable to a respective panel.

8. Prefabricated heat-insulation panels with two hot water flow paths according to claim 1, wherein the metal plate is made of Galvalume steel.

9. Prefabricated heat-insulation panels with two hot water flow paths according to claim 1, wherein the metal plate also covers side portions of the polyurethane foam extending between the opposite sides thereof on which the anti-moisture sheet and the metal plate are located.

10. Prefabricated heat-insulation panels with two hot water flow paths according to claim 9, wherein said connection parts are each formed with an opening or open groove through said metal plate extending along the side portions of the polyurethane foam, to expose ends of the first and second hot water supply pipes from a respective panel to the outside.

11. Prefabricated heat-insulation panels with two hot water flow paths according to claim 1, wherein the first and second hot water pipes are separately embedded to be spaced from one another within the polyurethane foam extending therebetween.

12. Prefabricated heat-insulation panels with two hot water flow paths according to claim 1, wherein said connection parts are each formed with an opening or open groove to expose ends of the first and second hot water supply pipes from a respective panel to the outside.

13. Prefabricated heat-insulation panels with two hot water flow paths according to claim 12, additionally comprising covers arranged for detachably covering said openings or open grooves of said first and second connection parts and being detachably fixable to the respective panel.

14. Prefabricated heat-insulation panels with two hot water flow paths according to claim 1, wherein said first and second hot water supply pipes are connected such that the hot water flow directions between the first and second connection parts are the same.

15. Prefabricated heat-insulation panels with two hot water flow paths according to claim 1, wherein said first and second connection parts are disposed at opposite corners of a side of each said panel.

16. Prefabricated heat-insulation panels with two hot water flow paths according to claim 1, wherein at least two of said panels are of different size and/or shape from one another.

17. Prefabricated heat-insulation panels with two hot water flow paths according to claim 1, wherein said supply fitting and retrieval fitting members each have the Y-shaped configuration arranged to immediately channel hot water flow from the boiler to hot water pipes of adjacent panels and receive flow exiting hot water pipes of adjacent panels and channel the same back to the boiler.