EP0067552B1 - Chaudière domestique - Google Patents

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EP0067552B1
EP0067552B1 EP19820302568 EP82302568A EP0067552B1 EP 0067552 B1 EP0067552 B1 EP 0067552B1 EP 19820302568 EP19820302568 EP 19820302568 EP 82302568 A EP82302568 A EP 82302568A EP 0067552 B1 EP0067552 B1 EP 0067552B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24B—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES FOR SOLID FUELS; IMPLEMENTS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH STOVES OR RANGES
    • F24B1/00—Stoves or ranges
    • F24B1/18—Stoves with open fires, e.g. fireplaces
    • F24B1/183—Stoves with open fires, e.g. fireplaces with additional provisions for heating water
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23H—GRATES; CLEANING OR RAKING GRATES
    • F23H3/00—Grates with hollow bars
    • F23H3/02—Grates with hollow bars internally cooled
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23H—GRATES; CLEANING OR RAKING GRATES
    • F23H2900/00—Special features of combustion grates
    • F23H2900/03021—Liquid cooled grates

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  • This invention relates to domestic water boilers.
  • Conventional fire grates for solid fuels such as coal comprise simply a grating for supporting the coal, the grating enabling the coal to burn freely with good access of air, and enabling ash to drop between the grating into an ash bin.
  • Such grates are usually incorporated in fire arrangements such as to be surrounded on all but one side by fire bricks or similar ceramic materials in order to project heat forward into the room in which the grate is located. Fumes from solid fuel burning in the grate are carried upwards through a flue and out into the atmosphere via a chimney.
  • the grate is conventionally located adjacent a water container, and heat exchange between the fire and water in the container takes place over a large generally flat surface.
  • the hot water tank of such a system may be located at the back or sides of a fire grate, and be provided with a cold water inlet, and hot water outlet to the radiators and hot water storage point.
  • To secure a good heat exchange in such a system, that is to provide efficient heating of the water there must be a large surface area which is common to the fire and to the tank.
  • the fires generally used in such a system have to be extremely hot and also large.
  • since it is necessary for a large fire to be generated before water heating commences there is not usually a rapid response between the lighting of a fire on the grate and plentiful supply of hot water.
  • a solid fuel grate either open or closed, may be designed to yield a rapid and efficient heating of water for domestic purposes; where the fires required are not necessarily extremely hot; and where a relatively small fire volume will give good and efficient water heating.
  • a boiler has been proposed in GB-A-1518585 in which straight horizontal hollow fire bars or tubes interconnects the interior of two water containers. There is no shaping of the tubes to encourage water flow along them.
  • DE-C-165,060 discloses an industrial fire grate comprising curved water-carrying tubes, but this is a totally different application to that of the present invention, and there is no evidence that the shape of these tubes encourages water flow in the embodiment disclosed.
  • GB-A-1 532 542 discloses a domestic grate in which straight water-carrying fire bars are inclined, water flowing through the bars from the lower to the higher ends.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide, in a domestic water boiler comprising opposed water containers the interiors of which are interconnected by hollow tubes which carry water and support a fire, a shape and/or arrangement of the tubes such that, when the boiler is in use, water heated in the tubes by conduction from the source of heat through the walls of the tubes will flow from the tubes into one of the two containers, said heated water being replaced in the tubes by cooler water from the other container.
  • a domestic water boiler comprising opposed water containers the interiors of which are interconnected by hollow tubes for carrying water, the tubes together constituting a grate for retaining solid fuel between the opposed water containers such that, when the boiler is in use, combustion of solid fuel supported by the tubes causes ready heating of water in the tubes by virtue of the proximity of the tubes to the source of heat, characterised in that one end of the tubes is higher than the other end and both ends of the tubes are higher than are the tubes at a substantially central region of the grate.
  • a domestic water boiler comprising opposed water containers the interiors of which are interconnected by hollow tubes for carrying water, the tubes together constituting a grate for retaining solid fuel between the opposed water containers such that, when the boiler is in use, combustion of solid fuel supported by the tubes causes ready heating of water in the tubes by virtue of the proximity of the tubes to the source of heat, characterised in that the tubes have a larger internal cross-section at one end that at the other end.
  • a domestic water boiler according to the invention may be, for example, a wrap round boiler.
  • water passing through the tubes of the grate is heated and then carried into the boiler where a large volume of heated water may be stored for later use, or for pumping around a central heating radiator system.
  • Water flow through the tubes is provided by the specific shape and/or arrangement of the tubes, some examples of which are given hereinafter.
  • the grate comprises a curved base which is formed from the hollow tubes, these tubes preferably being of substantially square section, for example 20 mm square, and formed from steel.
  • the grate may have further tubes or other structural elements which form a front to the grate, but as is common with conventional grates, there may be no front bar.
  • the grate is shaped to suit the fitting of an all night burner so as to present a cosmetic appearance.
  • An all night burner may comprise a shield with louvred air spaces to give controlled burning of solid fuel in the grate, and to prevent the solid fuel carried on the grate tubes from falling into the room in which the grate is located.
  • Conventional means may be provided for adjusting the air spaces and hence controlling the burning characteristics of the grate.
  • a flue to take away the fumes from the burning material. It is a feature of the invention that water in the tubes comprising the grate is heated at the best possible place, namely at the point of the fire.
  • the grate is used in conjunction with a boiler, which may be in the form of a wrap round boiler, with the grate itself essentially disposed centrally of the boiler sections.
  • a boiler which may be in the form of a wrap round boiler, with the grate itself essentially disposed centrally of the boiler sections.
  • a grate may comprise a solid fuel carrying base of hollow tubes which presents to the user a fireplace of dimension 14" (355.6 mm).
  • the volume of the boiler depends of course on the use to which the boiler is put. Thus if the water is intended for use in a central heating system, then the volume of the boiler depends on the number and size of the radiators which make up the system.
  • one section or side of the wrap round boiler may contain an inlet and outlet to serve as a storage section for a gravity fed cylinder tank. The other section may serve as the hot water source for a central heating system.
  • the grate need not be constituted entirely of hollow tubes, that is other structural elements may also be included to provide particular features of strength and appearance.
  • the grate includes hollow tubes through which water may pass and which together constitute a bed for carrying the solid fuel.
  • a typical grate and wrap round boiler arrangement may be some 18" (457.2 mm) high by 34" (863.6 mm) wide, with a side section of the boiler disposed on each side of a 14" (355.6 mm) grate.
  • the balance of the width dimension in a preferred embodiment, is taken up by insulating material which may be integral with the boiler or placed around the boiler and secured in position e.g. with sand and cement. As insulation there may be used, for example, rocksill retained in asbestos cloth.
  • the grate itself may be some 6" (152.4 mm) above the bottom of the arrangement so as to allow a means for collecting ash from the burnt solid fuel to be included under the grate.
  • the depth of the grate may be for example 10" (254 mm), and the grate may incorporate some six or more hollow tubes, preferably eight hollow tubes of 20 mm square section to permit direct water heating at the seat of the fire. Many other dimensions are of course possible, and indeed are preferred for certain uses.
  • a boiler according to the invention may of course be provided with a cold water inlet at the bottom and a hot water outlet at the top.
  • each side section of a wrap round boiler has an inlet and an outlet.
  • One side may deliver hot water to a domestic cylinder and the other side for example to central heating radiators.
  • the hot water circulation in such a central heating system may be natural, i.e. a gravity system, or the system may include an electric pump.
  • the hollow tubes comprising the grate are curved, sweeping upwardly away from what is in use the seat of the fire. This permits the water heated in the tubes by the fire to rise naturally (by virtue of the density difference between hot and cold water) into a side section of the boiler. It is a preferred development that the curved tubes extend into the side sections with the extension and height being more pronounced into one side than into the other. This facilitates the natural flow of water through the pipes with relatively cold water entering from one side section to replace heated water which is continuously delivered to the other side section.
  • the side sections of such a wrap round boiler are of course connected via a rear section which passes across the back of the grate.
  • the grate itself is generally designated 1, and is seen to be arranged in conjunction with a wrap round boiler comprising a pair of side sections 3 and 5 communicating through a rear section 4, and a further section 12, all for containing water.
  • Each side section is provided with a cold water inlet pipe 7 and a hot water outlet pipe 9.
  • Disposed between the side sections 3, 5 and in front of the rear section 4 and arranged above the grate 1 is a flue-defining boiler section 12 with a front face 11, the flue being integral with the boiler for collecting and removing fumes generated by solid fuel which is burnt in the grate.
  • the flue has an inlet 6 and an upper outlet 8.
  • the grate 1 comprises a plurality of square section hollow tubes 13, only three of which are shown, for clarity.
  • the square section hollow tubes 13 are curved, each having a first end 13a projecting into the side section 5, and a second end 13b projecting into the side section 3; the ends 13b project further and higher than the ends 13a, and so in use of the grate a flow of water in the boiler is promoted.
  • the hot water formed in the boiler naturally reaches the upper levels and is delivered into a central heating system via one of the pipes 9.
  • the other pipe 9 delivers hot water into a domestic cylinder.
  • the ends 13a may be removed so that the tubes 13 terminate flush with the boiler wall at this particular end.
  • the grate 1 in fact comprises eight square section hollow tubes 13 arranged to constitute a base upon which in use the solid fuel is burnt.
  • the heat generated by the burning solid fuel heats water carried in the tubes and, as explained previously, this water then passes into the boiler.
  • the boiler includes a structural strengthening member or stay 10 to give it rigidity during construction of the fireplace.
  • the thickness of the tube walls and of the boiler walls may be a constant 6 mm. This thickness provides the required mechanical strength for these components, but it will be appreciated that if this thickness could be reduced at least in parts, this would improve heat transfer from the fire into the water.
  • One way of achieving such a reduction in thickness in a generally 6 mm thick boiler is to provide thinner, for example 3 mm thick, cheek plates to provide a substantial part of the side boiler walls which are adjacent to the fire and into which run the end regions of the tubes 13.
  • the main part of the boiler could be a permanent fixture in a chimney breast, while the tubes 13 together with the cheek plates could form a separate replaceable unit.
  • Each cheek plate would be bolted to an under lapping inner periphery of the corresponding side boiler wall with a graphite washer and paste being provided between the outer periphery of the cheek plate and the under- lapping inner periphery of the corresponding side boiler wall so that the join between the two is watertight.
  • the thinner cheek plates will have portions directly adjacent to the fire and heat transfer here will be greatly improved. If necessary the cheek plates could be reinforced with reinforcing ribs.
  • a thin heat transfer plate could be provided in a similar manner in the boiler wall 11, just above the flue inlet 6.
  • water flow in the hollow grate tubes can be provided in tubes which are shaped and/or arranged differently from those which have been so-far described and/or illustrated.
  • Grate tubes may be provided which are straight and horizontal and which have a larger internal cross-section at one end than at the other end. Water, when heated in such a tube, will tend to expand and flow towards the tube end with the larger internal cross-section.
  • All the described and illustrated embodiments of the invention have the advantage that a flow of water is provided through the fire grate members themselves.
  • the seat of the fire is by far its hottest part, and so the best heating effect takes place on water in the tubes 13 as opposed to the heating effect on the water in the wrap-around boiler.
  • the tubes 13 were horizontal tubes with constant internal cross section and with no additional means of providing water flow through them, the heated water in the tubes could not flow effectively through the tubes.
  • the extreme heat at the seat of the fire would produce hot spots in the material of the tubes, and the tubes would soon burn away.
  • a continual flow of water through the tubes avoids hot spots developing and thus prolongs grate life. When the time does come to replace a grate according to the present invention, this can easily be done if the grate is coupled into replaceable cheek plates as described previously.
  • a plate may be welded for supporting a throat closure plinth brick when the boiler plus grate is installed in a brick fire-place.
  • the presence of that throat closure plinth brick improves the draft in the boiler flue therefore giving a better control of air through the fire bed.

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1. Chaudière à eau domestique comprenant des réservoirs à eau opposés (3, 5), dont les intérieurs sont reliés entre eux par des tubes creux (13) pour transporter de l'eau, les tubes (13) constituant ensemble une grille (1) pour retenir du combustible solide entre les réservoirs à eau opposés (3, 5), de telle façon que lorsque la chaudière est en cours d'utilisation, la combustion de combustible solide soutenu par les tubes (13) provoque un chauffage rapide de l'eau dans les tubes (13) en raison de la proximité des tubes (13) par rapport à la source de chaleur, caractérisée en ce qu'une extrémité des tubes (13) est plus élevée que l'autre extrémité et en ce que les deux extrémités des tubes (13) sont plus élevées que les tubes (13) ne le sont en une région sensiblement centrale de la grille (1).
2. Chaudière à eau domestique suivant la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que l'extrémité plus élevée des tubes (13) s'avance à l'intérieur du réservoir (3) associé.
3. Chaudière à eau domestique suivant la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que les deux extrémités des tubes (13) s'avancent à l'intérieur de leurs réservoirs respectifs associés (3), (5).
4. Chaudière suivant les revendications 1, 2 ou 3, caractérisée en ce que les tubes (13) sont courbés pour former une grille concave (1) pour recevoir le combustible solide.
5. Chaudière à eau domestique, comprenant des réservoirs à eau opposés (3, 5), dont les intérieurs sont reliés entre eux par des tubes creux (13) pour transporter de l'eau, les tubes (13) constituant ensemble une grille (1) pour retenir du combustible solide entre les réservoirs à eau opposés (3, 5), de telle façon que lorsque la chaudière est en cours d'utilisation, la combustion de combustible solide soutenu par les tubes (13) provoque un chauffage rapide de l'eau dans les tubes (13) en raison de la proximité des tubes (13) par rapport à la source de chaleur, caractérisée en ce que les tubes (13) ont une section transversale intérieure plus grande à une extrémité qu'à l'autre.
6. Chaudière suivant la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que les tubes (13) sont sensiblement rectilignes.
7. Chaudière suivant la revendication 5 ou 6, caractérisée en ce que les tubes (13) sont sensiblement horizontaux.
8. Chaudière suivant l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que les tubes (13), ensemble avec les plaques dans lesquelles les extrémités des tubes (13) s'étendent, constituent un ensemble remplaçable dans la chaudière.
9. Chaudière suivant l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant une plaque de transfert de chaleur relativement mince dans une paroi de la chaudière qui fait face à la grille (1) ou à une région située au-dessus de celle-ci.
10. Chaudière suivant l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que la chaudière est une chaudière enveloppante et en ce que les réservoirs à eau opposés (3, 5) sont des sections latérales de la chaudière.
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