Vapor injecting ice and hot water generating device
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InventorWei-Ming Chang
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A vapor injecting ice and hot water generating device is disclosed. The Laffer nozzles are used as main working elements. When vapor from the vapor boiler flows through the Laffer nozzle; the suction end of the Laffer nozzle has a negative pressure so as to remove the latent heat of cycling water in the evaporator connected to the suction end. Thereby, the temperature of the water is reduced continuously to a preset value; then the water is sent to the ice water adjusting tank for being used. Another, the vapor passing through the Laffer nozzle enters into the condenser. The condensed water has a temperature lower than that of the vapor flowing down from a top of the condenser for condensing the vapor. The condensed hot water is collected to the cycling condensing water storage tank to be sent to the hot water adjusting tank for being used. By above mentioned structure, power is saved.
A vapor injecting ice and hot water generating device capable of producing ice and hot water at the same time comprising:
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Domestic hot-water supply systems: using heat pumps
Producing ice: by partially evaporating water in a vacuum
Food processing, e.g. use of renewable energies or variable speed drives in handling, conveying or stacking: food storage or conservation, e.g.…
Domestic- or space-heating systems
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The present invention relates to an ice and hot water generating device, and particularly to a vapor injecting ice and hot water generating device, wherein the devices for making ice water and hot water are integrated as an integral body so as to save power and cost.
The present invention provides a vapor injecting ice and hot water generating device. The vapor injecting ice and hot water generating device is capable of producing ice and hot water at the same time. The device comprises a main condenser system, an auxiliary condensing system, a heat supply system, an ice water sypply system; detecting and control elements.
The main condenser system is formed by an evaporator and a condenser; a plurality of Laffer nozzles being installed between the evaporator and the condenser; a suction end of each nozzle being connected to the evaporator; and an output end of each nozzle being connected to the condenser; and a middle throat being smaller than the two ends. The auxiliary condensing system including a plurality of auxiliary condensees, a plurality of auxiliary Laffer nozzles and a muffler. The heat supply system including a vapor boiler, an electromagnetic valve, a vapor cooler, a three phase control valve, and a vapor container. The ice water supply system comprising a refrigerating water storage tank; an ice water water adjusting tank, and a hot water adjusting tank. The auxiliary water system including an auxiliary water tank, a water storage tank and a filter; and detecting and control elements including a pressure meter; a pressure transducer, a temperature monitor, a temperature signal transmitter, a level detecting controller, a level control valve, a manometer, and a check valve.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the process of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the operation of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the process of the refrigerating water cycling flow of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, the flow diagram of the present invention is illustrated and further referring to other drawings of the present invention. It is known that the present invention is formed by a main condenser system 1, an auxiliary condenser 2, an heat supply system 3, a ice water supply system 4, a hot water supply system 5, and an auxiliary water system 6. The main condenser system 1 is formed by an evaporator 12, a condenser 13, and a plurality of Laffer nozzles 11 between the evaporator 12 and the condenser 13. The suction end 111 of the nozzle is connected to the evaporator 12 (referring to FIG. 2). The outlet end 113 thereof is connected to be upon the condenser 13. The middle throat 112 is smaller the gap between the two ends. The pipe of the evaporator 12 is installed with an pressure meter B and a pressure transducer C. The auxiliary condensing system 2 is formed by a plurality of auxiliary condensers 21, a plurality of auxiliary Laffer nozzles 11, and mufflers 23. The auxiliary Laffer nozzles 22 and the auxiliary condensers 21 are serially connected indirectly and a distal end thereof is connected to a muffler 23. The heat supply system 3 is formed by a vapor boiler 31, an electromagnetic valve 32, a vapor cooler 33, a three phase control valve 34, and a vapor container 35. The electromagnetic valve 32 serves to control the flowing of the vapor boiler 31. The vapor cooler 33 serves to separate the condensing water from vapor and then guides the water to a condensing water cycling storage tank 51. The three phase control valve 34 serves for controlling the flow of vapor according to the use of the system (making ice and hot water at the same time or only making hot water). The ice water supply system 4 is formed by a refrigerating water storage tank 41, an ice water adjusting tank 42 and a heat exchanger 43. A temperature monitor D, a temperature signal transmitter E, and a level detecting controller F are installed in each of the ice water adjusting tank 42 and the refrigerating water storage tank 41. Thereby, the refrigerating water cycling pumps 411 between the refrigerating water storage tank 41 and the heat exchange 43 and the ice water heat exchange cycling pump 421 between the cooling water adjusting tank 42 and the heat exchanger 43 can be opened and closed automatically. There are two refrigerating water cycling pumps 411 which are arranged in parallel. One is used as a standby pump for updating as the other one is damaged. The refrigerating water cycling pump 411 is installed with a manometer G for measuring pressures. The hot water supply system 5 is formed by a cycling condensing water storage tank 51 and hot water adjusting tank 52. The cycling condensing water storage tank 51 is installed with a temperature monitor D, a temperature signal transmitter E, a level detecting controller F, and a vapor coil pipe 512. The hot water adjusting tank 52 has a level control valve H. By above components, the hot water supplying pump 521 between the condensing water cycling pump 511 and the hot water supplying pump 521 can open and close automatically. Each of the condensing water cycling pump 511 and hot water supplying pump 521 has two set which are arranged in parallel. One is used as a standby pump for updating as the other one is damaged. The condensing water cycling pump 511 and hot water supplying pump 521 are installed with a manometer G for measuring pressures. The auxiliary water system 6 is formed by an auxiliary water tank, 61, a water storage tank 63 and a filter 62. The auxiliary water tank 61 has a level detecting controller F. The water storage tank 63 is installed with a level control valve H. By above components, the system can acquire auxiliary water at any time for being used by detecting and control elements, such as the pressure meter B, pressure transducer C, temperature monitor D, temperature signal transmitter E, level detecting controller F, level control valve H, manometer G, control valves A, A1 to A4 and check valve N.
The vapor injecting ice and hot generating device may produce ice water and hot water at the same time. The whole system may be divided into an ice water manufacturing portion and a hot water manufacturing portion.
For the ice water manufacturing portion, in the operation starts, water of normal temperature is filled into a refrigerating water storage tank 41 of a ice water supply system 4 to a preset level. Then the refrigerating water cycling pump 411 is actuated. When the cooled water of normal temperature passes through the heat exchanger 43 and the evaporator 12 of the main condenser system 1 and then returns to the refrigerating water storage tank 41 so as to form a cycling water flow (referring to FIG. 3). Next, the vapor boiler 31 is actuated, so that the vapor boiler 31 of the water supply system WS may manufacture vapor until the vapor pressure in the vapor boiler 31 until 0.9 Mpa so as to actuate the electromagnetic valve 32. Then vapor passes through the vapor cooler 33, three phase control valve 34, vapor container 35 and then enters into the pipes. The condensed water in this section is fed back to the system through the vapor cooler 33. Thereby, the efficiency of vapor can be sustained. Thereby, vapor passes through the each vapor pipes, the vapor container 35 and the control valve A and then enters into the Laffer nozzle 11 and the auxiliary Laffer nozzle 22. When vapor passes through the throat 112 of the nozzle, since the diameter of the pipe reduced, the vapor is compressed. When the vapor passes through the throat 112 of the nozzle, the pipe becomes larger abruptly. As a result, the vapor flow expands rapidly to be near sound speed. As a result, the suction end 111 of the Laffer nozzle 11 has a negative pressure of about 100 Torr (about 13 Kpa). Thereby, the evaporator 12 connected to the air inlet channel of the Laffer nozzle 11 has the effect of sucking air. As a result, the latent heat of the refrigerating water cycling flow can be removed rapidly. Thus, the refrigerating water cycling flow is evaporated. Then the water temperature of the refrigerating water cycling flow is reduced continuously. This process continues so that the refrigerating water cycling flow achieves a temperature of about 5° C. or more lower temperature (the primary object is to manufacture ice water of 5° C. and hot water, and thus, the temperature monitor D and the temperature signal transmitter E of the ice water supply system 4 is adjusted to 5° C. which is a preset temperature of ice water). After the refrigerating water cycling flow has achieved the preset temperature, the ice water heat exchange cycle 421 is actuated so that the water in the ice water adjusting tank 42 is transferred. The water passes through the heat exchange 43 to heat exchange with the refrigerating water cycling flow until the water in the ice water adjusting tank 42 is reduced to a preset temperature. If the water in the ice water adjusting tank 42 is consumed, the level detecting controller F will open or close the level control valve H so as to control the inlet flow of the water of the auxiliary water system 6.