Pressure independent control valve

• US 9,784,375 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2015
• Issued: 10/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens Schweiz AG (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Schweiz AG (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Hagmann, Stefan
• Primary Examiner(s): Arundale, R. K.
• Application Number:
  US14/695,254
• Publication Number:
  US 20150308579A1
• Time in Patent Office: 900 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 15/02 with guided rigid valve members
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 7/0106 the sensing element being a flexible member, e.g. bellows, diaphragm, capsule
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/7788 Pressures across fixed choke

Abstract

A pressure independent control valve contains a valve body with an inlet, an outlet and a flow channel coupling the inlet to the outlet. A hollow piston is arranged in a seat in the valve body, such that the hollow piston is configured to move. The hollow piston has an enclosure, such that the pressure independent control valve maintains different fluid pressures in the flow channel and inside the hollow piston. The pressure independent control valve contains a chamber and a biasing member to urge the hollow piston towards the chamber. The chamber is in fluid communication with the inlet and with the inside of the hollow piston, such that the valve applies substantially the same pressure inside the annular channel, at the inlet and inside the hollow piston.

Claims

1. A pressure regulated valve, comprising:

a valve body having at least one inlet, at least one outlet, at least one flow channel coupling said at least one inlet to said at least one outlet, and at least one chamber in fluid communication with said at least one inlet, the pressure regulated valve configured to apply substantially a same pressure at said at least one inlet and inside said at least one chamber;

at least one displaceable element separating said at least one chamber from said at least one flow channel, said at least one displaceable element having a flexible diaphragm connecting to said valve body, said at least one displaceable element being displaceable to increase a volume of said at least one chamber and to narrow said at least one flow channel such that said at least one displaceable element lowers a throughput of fluid through said at least one flow channel; and

at least one biasing member being disposed inside said at least one chamber, said biasing member being configured to urge said at least one displaceable element such that said at least one biasing member urges a volume of said at least one chamber to decrease and a volume of said flow channel to increase, for increasing the throughput of the fluid through said flow channel.

2. The pressure regulated valve according to claim 1, wherein said at least one displaceable element has a connected surface, said at least one displaceable element configured to separate said at least one chamber and said at least one flow channel by means of said connected surface.

3. The pressure regulated valve according to claim 1,

wherein said valve body has a seat;

and

further comprising at least one throttle, said at least one throttle disposed in said seat in said valve body and said seat for said at least one throttle is disposed at a distance from said at least one displaceable element.

4. The pressure regulated valve according to claim 1, wherein:

said valve body having at least one passageway formed therein; and

said at least one chamber has at least one reservoir and said at least one reservoir and said at least one inlet are in fluid communication through said at least one passageway.

5. The pressure regulated valve according to claim 1, wherein said flexible diaphragm is a flexible rolling diaphragm made of at least one of a rubber, a fabric coated rubber, a biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate, polyester film or a metal foil.

6. The pressure regulated valve according to claim 5, wherein said flexible diaphragm is impermeable to a fluid flow, such that said flexible diaphragm prevents a fluid flow between said at least one chamber and said at least one flow channel.

7. The pressure regulated valve according to claim 1, wherein said valve body has a seat and said at least one displaceable element is movably disposed in said seat in said valve body.

8. The pressure regulated valve according to claim 1, further comprising a guide element, said at least one biasing member surrounds said guide element.

9. The pressure regulated valve according to claim 8, wherein said at least one displaceable element is a piston and said at least one biasing member is at least partially disposed inside said piston.

10. The pressure regulated valve according to claim 1, further comprising a bearing minimizing at least one of friction or hysteresis in between said at least one displaceable element and a corresponding seat in said valve body.

11. The pressure regulated valve according to claim 10, wherein said bearing is selected from the group consisting of a friction-type bearing and a ball-type bearing.

12. The pressure regulated valve according to claim 1, wherein:

the regulated valve is a pressure independent control valve; and

said at least one biasing member is at least one helical spring.

17. A heating, air-conditioning, ventilation system, comprising:

a pressure regulated valve according to claim 1.

13. A pressure regulated valve, comprising:

a valve body having at least one passageway formed therein, at least one inlet, at least one outlet, at least one flow channel coupling said at least one inlet to said at least one outlet, and at least one chamber in fluid communication with said at least one inlet, said at least one chamber having at least one reservoir and said at least one reservoir and said inlet being in fluid communication through said at least one passageway, the pressure regulated valve configured to apply substantially a same pressure at said at least one inlet and inside said at least one chamber;

at least one displaceable element separating said at least one chamber from said at least one flow channel, said at least one displaceable element having a flexible diaphragm connecting to said valve body, said at least one displaceable element being displaceable to increase a volume of said at least one chamber and for narrowing said at least one flow channel such that said at least one displaceable element lowers a throughput of fluid through said at least one flow channel;

said at least one displaceable element having a wall separating said at least one reservoir from a remainder of said at least one chamber, said wall having at least one aperture formed therein and said at least one reservoir and said remainder of said at least one chamber being in fluid communication through said at least one aperture in said wall; and

at least one biasing member configured for urging said at least one displaceable element such that said at least one biasing member urges a volume of said at least one chamber to decrease and a volume of said at least one flow channel to increase, for increasing the throughput of the fluid through said at least one flow channel.

14. The pressure regulated valve according to claim 13, wherein said at least one biasing member is disposed inside said at least one chamber.

15. A pressure regulated valve, comprising:

a valve body having at least one inlet, at least one outlet, at least one flow channel coupling said at least one inlet to said at least one outlet, and at least one chamber in fluid communication with said at least one inlet, the pressure regulated valve configured to apply substantially a same pressure at said at least one inlet and inside said at least one chamber;

at least one displaceable element separating said at least one chamber from said at least one flow channel, said at least one displaceable element having a flexible diaphragm connecting to said valve body, said at least one displaceable element being displaceable to increase a volume of said at least one chamber and to narrow said at least one flow channel such that said at least one displaceable element lowers a throughput of fluid through said at least one flow channel;

at least one biasing member configured for urging said at least one displaceable element such that said at least one biasing member urges a volume of said at least one chamber to decrease and a volume of said flow channel to increase, for increasing the throughput of the fluid through said flow channel;

a guide element, said at least one biasing member surrounding said guide element;

an adjusting bolt; and

a telescopic stem connected to said guide element, said telescopic stem further connected to said valve body through said adjusting bolt.

16. The pressure regulated valve according to claim 15, wherein said at least one biasing member is fixated to said guide element, such that said telescopic stem is configured to modify a bias applied to said at least one biasing member by adjusting said adjusting bolt.