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US 2023/0139832 A1Published application
Water heater receiving humidified air
AssigneeKyungdong Navien Co., Ltd.
InventorsSuk Chul KWAK, In Soo HWANG
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Abstract
A water heater according to the present invention includes: a heating unit that includes a burner provided to cause a combustion reaction from air and fuel, and that is provided to generate heated water by using heat generated by the combustion reaction; and a humidifier unit that generates water steam by evaporating water using a combustion gas generated by the combustion reaction and discharged from the heating unit, and provides the water steam together with the air to the burner.
Claims15
A water heater comprising:
- a heating part including a burner configured to cause a combustion reaction from air and a fuel, and configured to generate heating water by using heat generated through the combustion reaction;
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- a humidification part configured to generate steam by steaming water by using a combustion gas generated through the combustion reaction and discharged from the heating part, and to provide the steam, together with the air, to the burner.
A water heater comprising:
- a heating part including a burner configured to cause a combustion reaction from air and a fuel, a heating water heat exchanger configured to receive sensible heat and latent heat from a combustion gas generated through the combustion reaction to generate heating water by heating water, and a hot water heat exchanger configured to generate hot water by exchanging heat between the heating water and direct water;
- a humidification part configured to generate steam by steaming water by using the combustion gas, and through which the air passes;
- a water discharge pipeline configured to discharge condensate generated through condensation of the combustion gas;
- an air supply pipeline connecting the humidification part and the heating part to provide the air that passed through the humidification part, together with steam generated by the humidification part, to the burner;
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- an intermediate pipeline connecting the humidification part and the heating part to deliver the combustion gas to the humidification part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.