US20200080729A1 - Refilling device for a hydronic heating system and method of operating - Google Patents

Refilling device for a hydronic heating system and method of operating Download PDF

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US20200080729A1
US20200080729A1 US16/561,648 US201916561648A US2020080729A1 US 20200080729 A1 US20200080729 A1 US 20200080729A1 US 201916561648 A US201916561648 A US 201916561648A US 2020080729 A1 US2020080729 A1 US 2020080729A1
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Jasa Zdenek
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Steffen Raule
Josef Hladky
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  • the present patent application relates to a refilling device for a hydronic heating system and to a method of operating the refilling device.
  • the product leaflet “NK300SE-SO, Refilling combination with heatwater treatment unit and softening cartridge, ENOH-1560GE23 R0117, Honeywell GmbH, year 2017” discloses a refilling device for a hydronic heating system.
  • the refilling device known from that product leaflet is a combination of two separate sub-devices, namely of a refilling combination known from the product leaflet “NK300S, Refilling combination, ENOH-1556GE23 R0117, Honeywell GmbH, year 2017” and of a heatwater treatment unit known from the product leaflet “VE300S, Heatwater treatment unit, ENOH-1564GE23 R0117, Honeywell GmbH, year 2017”.
  • the refilling combination and the heatwater treatment unit each have a separate housing.
  • the housing of the refilling combination has an inlet port and an outlet port.
  • the housing of heatwater treatment unit has also an inlet port and an outlet port.
  • the housing of the refilling combination accommodates two manually actuated shut-off-valves, a backflow preventer, a pressure reducing valve and a pressure gauge.
  • the housing of the heatwater treatment unit provides a connection socket for a softening and/or demineralization cartridge and accommodates another manually actuated shut-off-valve.
  • the heatwater treatment unit has a controller to simplify exchange of the softening and/or demineralization cartridge.
  • DE 20 2014 103 898 U1 discloses a heatwater treatment unit having a housing accommodating two manually actuated shut-off-valves, a system separator having two backflow preventers, a pressure reducing valve and a flow meter.
  • the refilling device for a hydronic heating system is defined in the claim 1 .
  • the refilling device comprises a monolithic housing providing an inlet port, an outlet port, a middle section providing a flow channel for water extending between the inlet port and the outlet port and a connection socket for a softening and/or demineralization cartridge.
  • the refilling device is connectable to a water supply pipe of a water supply system through said inlet port.
  • the refilling device is connectable to a water supply pipe of a hydronic heating system through said outlet port.
  • the refilling device according to the invention further comprises an inlet shut-off-valve at least partially accommodated within said monolithic housing downstream of said inlet port.
  • the refilling device further comprises an automatically actuated outlet shut-off-valve at least partially accommodated within said monolithic housing upstream of said outlet port.
  • the refilling device further comprises a system separator having backflow preventers at least partially accommodated within said monolithic housing.
  • the refilling device further comprises at least a conductivity or TDS sensor and a flow meter all at least partially accommodated within said monolithic housing.
  • the refilling device further comprises a controller mounted to said monolithic housing. Said controller receives signals from the conductivity or TDS sensor and from the flow meter. The controller processes said signals received from said sensors to automatically control the operation of the refilling device.
  • the refilling device provides a high degree of automatization.
  • the signals provided by the conductivity or TDS sensor and by the flow are used to automatically control the operation of the refilling device.
  • the refilling device according to the invention further comprises a pressure sensor at least partially accommodated within said monolithic housing, wherein the controller receives signals also from the pressure sensor, and wherein the controller processes also the signals received from the pressure sensor to automatically control the operation of the refilling device.
  • a pressure sensor at least partially accommodated within said monolithic housing, wherein the controller receives signals also from the pressure sensor, and wherein the controller processes also the signals received from the pressure sensor to automatically control the operation of the refilling device.
  • the pressure sensor measures the pressure within the outlet port through which the refilling device is connectable to the water supply pipe of the hydronic heating system.
  • the controller receives said pressure signal from the pressure sensor.
  • the controller controls the operation of the refilling device on basis of said pressure signal is such a way that the controller automatically opens the automatically actuated outlet shut-off-valve when the said pressure signal from the pressure sensor is below a threshold, and automatically closes the automatically actuated outlet shut-off-valve when the said pressure signal from the pressure sensor is above the threshold. Refilling of the hydronic heating system can be automated.
  • the refilling device according to the invention further comprises a temperature sensor at least partially accommodated within said monolithic housing, wherein the controller receives signals also from the temperature sensor, and wherein the controller processes also the signals received from the temperature sensor to automatically control the operation of the refilling device.
  • a temperature sensor at least partially accommodated within said monolithic housing, wherein the controller receives signals also from the temperature sensor, and wherein the controller processes also the signals received from the temperature sensor to automatically control the operation of the refilling device.
  • a first conductivity or TDS sensor is at least partially accommodated within said monolithic housing downstream of said inlet shut-off-valve and upstream of said system separator.
  • the temperature sensor is at least partially accommodated within said monolithic housing downstream of said inlet shut-off-valve, preferably between the backflow preventers of the system separator.
  • the controller determines from the signal provided by the first conductivity or TDS sensor and preferably from the signal provided by the temperature sensor the hardness and/or mineralization of the water upstream of the connection socket.
  • a second conductivity or TDS sensor is at least partially accommodated within said monolithic housing downstream of said connection socket for the softening and/or demineralization cartridge and upstream of said automatically actuated outlet shut-off-valve.
  • the controller determines from the signal provided by the second conductivity or TDS sensor and preferably from the signal provided by the temperature sensor the hardness and/or mineralization of the water downstream of the connection socket. On basis of the determined hardness and/or mineralization of the water upstream of the connection socket and downstream of the connection socket the controller may automatically control the operation of the refilling device.
  • the controller may automatically close the automatically actuated outlet shut-off-valve on basis of the hardness and/or mineralization of the water upstream of the connection socket and/or on basis of the hardness and/or mineralization of the water downstream of the connection socket.
  • Refilling of the hydronic heating system can be further automated.
  • a softening and/or demineralization cartridge is connected to said connection socket.
  • the softening and/or demineralization cartridge has a RFID or NFC tag storing data about the softening and/or demineralization cartridge.
  • the controller receives said data from said RFID or NFC tag.
  • the controller determines from the signal provided by flow meter the amount of water refilled into the hydronic heating system as a function of time.
  • the controller determines a leakage the hydronic heating system if the amount of refilled water in a defined time period is above a threshold.
  • a leakage controller may automatically close the automatically actuated outlet shut-off-valve. Refilling of the hydronic heating system can be further automated.
  • the method of operating the refilling device is defined in claim 16 .
  • FIG. 1 a detail of a hydronic heating system having a refilling device according to the present application
  • FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the refilling device
  • FIG. 3 shows a side view of the refilling device
  • FIG. 4 shows a cross section of the refilling device.
  • FIG. 1 shows a detail of a hydronic heating system 10 having a refilling device which is used to automatically refill the hydronic heating system 10 with water, namely heating water, provided by a water supply system 12 and to treat, namely soften and/or demineralize, the water provided by the water supply system before filling the same into the hydronic heating system 10 .
  • the hydronic heating system 10 comprises a burner 13 to heat the heating water, a supply pipe 14 to provide the heated heating water to radiators 15 and a return pipe 16 to return the heating water from the radiators 15 back to the burner thereby providing a closed heating loop.
  • the refilling device 11 is connected to a water supply pipe 17 of the hydronic heating system 10 and to a water supply pipe 18 of the water supply system 12 .
  • the water supply system 12 provides drinking water to water consumers like a water tap 19 or a shower 20 .
  • the refilling device 11 has a monolithic housing 21 providing an inlet port 22 , an outlet port 23 , a middle section 24 providing a flow channel for water extending between the inlet port 22 and the outlet port 23 , and a connection socket 25 for a softening and/or demineralization cartridge 26 .
  • the refilling device 11 is connectable to the water supply pipe 18 of the water supply system 12 through said inlet port 22 .
  • the refilling device is connectable to the water supply pipe 17 of a hydronic heating system 10 through said outlet port 23 .
  • the refilling device 11 further has an inlet shut-off-valve 27 accommodated within said monolithic housing 21 downstream of said inlet port 22 .
  • the inlet shut-off-valve 27 is preferably manually actuated.
  • the refilling device 11 further has an automatically actuated outlet shut-off-valve accommodated within said monolithic housing 21 upstream of said outlet port 23 .
  • the automatically actuated outlet shut-off-valve 28 is preferably a solenoid valve.
  • the refilling device 11 further has a system separator 29 having two backflow preventers 30 , 31 accommodated within said monolithic housing 21 , namely an inlet backflow preventer 30 and an outlet backflow preventer 31 .
  • the system separator 29 prevents that water flows back from the hydronic heating system into the water supply system 12 .
  • the two backflow preventers 30 , 31 are connected in series. The water must flow through both backflow preventers.
  • the refilling device 11 has at least a one conductivity or TDS sensor 32 , 33 and a flow meter 35 all accommodated within said monolithic housing 21 .
  • the refilling device 11 has a first conductivity or TDS sensor 32 , a second conductivity or TDS sensor 33 , a temperature sensor 34 , a flow meter 35 and a pressure sensor 36 all accommodated within said monolithic housing 21 .
  • the inlet shut-off-valve 27 is accommodated within said monolithic housing 21 immediately downstream of said inlet port 22 .
  • the system separator 29 having the two backflow preventers 30 , 21 is accommodated within said monolithic housing 21 downstream of said inlet shut-off-valve 27 .
  • connection socket 25 for the softening and/or demineralization cartridge 26 is provided by said monolithic housing 21 downstream of said system separator 29 .
  • the automatically actuated outlet shut-off-valve 28 is accommodated within said monolithic housing 21 downstream of said connection socket 25 for the softening and/or demineralization cartridge 26 .
  • the pressure sensor 36 is accommodated within said monolithic housing 31 downstream of said automatically actuated outlet shut-off-valve 28 and upstream of said outlet port 23 .
  • the flow meter 35 (which is only partially visible in FIG. 4 ) is positioned in the region of or within said connection socket 25 for the softening and/or demineralization cartridge 26 .
  • the first conductivity or TDS sensor 32 is accommodated within said monolithic housing 21 downstream of said inlet shut-off-valve 27 and up-stream of said system separator 29 .
  • the temperature sensor 34 is accommodated within said monolithic housing 21 downstream of said manually actuated outlet shut-off-valve 27 , preferably between the two backflow preventers 30 , 31 of the system separator 29 .
  • the second conductivity or TDS sensor 33 is accommodated within said monolithic housing 21 downstream of said connection socket 25 for the softening and/or demineralization cartridge 26 and upstream of said automatically actuated outlet shut-off-valve 28 .
  • the refilling device 11 further has a controller 37 mounted to said monolithic housing 21 .
  • the controller 37 receives signals from the respective conductivity or TDS sensor 32 , 33 , preferably from the temperature sensor 34 , from the flow meter 35 and preferably from the pressure sensor 36 .
  • the controller 37 processes said signals received from said sensors 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 to automatically control the operation of the refilling device 11 .
  • the pressure sensor 36 measures the pressure within the outlet port 23 through which the refilling device 11 is connectable to the water supply pipe 17 of the hydronic heating system 10 .
  • the controller 37 receives said pressure signal from the pressure sensor 36 .
  • the controller 37 controls the operation of the refilling device 11 on basis of said pressure signal in such a way that the controller 37 automatically opens the automatically actuated outlet shut-off-valve 28 when the said pressure signal from the pressure sensor 36 is below a threshold, and automatically closes the automatically actuated outlet shut-off-valve 28 when the said pressure signal from the pressure sensor 36 is above the threshold.
  • the refilling is automated by the controller 23 which automatically opens and closes the outlet shut-off-valve 28 on basis of the signal of the pressure sensor 36 . No manual refilling is necessary.
  • the inlet shut-off-valve 27 may be permanently opened.
  • the controller 37 determines from the signal provided by the first conductivity or TDS sensor 32 and preferably from the signal provided by the temperature sensor the hardness and/or mineralization of the water upstream of the connection socket 25 , so the hardness and/or mineralization of the water which still need to be treated by the softening and/or demineralization cartridge 26 .
  • the controller 37 determines from the signal provided by the second conductivity or TDS sensor 33 and preferably from the signal provided by the temperature sensor 34 the hardness and/or mineralization of the water downstream of the connection socket 25 , so the hardness and/or mineralization of the water which has been treated by the softening and/or demineralization cartridge 26 .
  • This value is preferably compensated on basis of the temperature value provided by the temperature sensor 34 .
  • the hardness of the water may be determined from the value provided by the TDS sensor only, meaning without temperature compensation.
  • the conductivity or TDS sensors 32 , 33 should be noted regarding the use of the conductivity or TDS sensors 32 , 33 . If a cartridge 26 is used which can provide demineralization of the water, a changing mineralization of the water can be determined by the use of said TDC sensors positioned upstream and downstream of the cartridge 26 . However, if a cartridge 26 is used which does not provide demineralization of the water but softening of the water only, then the electrical conductivity of the water will not be changed because the number of ions in the water causing the electrical conductivity is not changed by the softening cartridge.
  • the controller 37 automatically closes the automatically actuated outlet shut-off-valve on basis of the hardness and/or mineralization of the water upstream of the connection socket 25 and/or on basis of the hardness and/or mineralization of the water downstream of the connection socket 25 .
  • the controller 37 may automatically close the outlet shut-off-valve 28 if the hardness and/or mineralization of the water downstream of the connection socket is not within a defined range.
  • a softening and/or demineralization cartridge 26 is connected to the connection socket 25 of the housing 11 .
  • the softening and/or demineralization cartridge 26 has a RFID or NFC tag 38 storing data about the softening and/or demineralization cartridge 26 , e.g. data about type and/or size and/or capacity of the cartridge 26 .
  • the controller 37 receives said data from said RFID or NFC tag 28 .
  • the controller 37 processes said data received from said RFID or NFC tag 28 to automatically control the operation of the refilling device 11 .
  • the controller 37 determines from the hardness and/or mineralization of the water upstream of the connection socket 25 and from the said data received from said RFID or NFC tag 38 a nominal amount of water which can be softened and/or demineralized by the softening and/or demineralization cartridge 26 .
  • the controller 37 determines from the signal provided by the flow meter 25 an actual amount of water which has been softened and/or demineralized by the softening and/or demineralization cartridge 26 .
  • the controller 37 may automatically generate a warning signal if the difference between said nominal amount and said actual amount becomes smaller than a threshold.
  • the controller 37 may show that warning massage on a display of the controller 37 in order to initiate a replacement of the softening and/or demineralization cartridge 26 . Further on, the controller 37 may automatically close the outlet shut-off-valve 28 when the difference between said nominal amount and said actual amount becomes smaller than a threshold.
  • the difference between said nominal amount and said actual amount corresponds to the remaining capacity of the softening and/or demineralization cartridge 26 .
  • the controller 37 may send the remaining capacity of the softening and/or demineralization cartridge 26 to the RFID or NFC tag 38 for storage within the RFID or NFC tag 38 .
  • controller 37 may determine from the data received from said RFID or NFC tag 38 if the correct type of softening and/or demineralization cartridge 26 is used.
  • the controller 37 may automatically close the automatically actuated outlet shut-off-valve 28 .
  • the controller 37 determines from the signal provided by flow meter 35 the amount of water refilled into the hydronic heating system 11 as a function of time. E.g. frequency of refilling and the amount of the refilled water is monitored as a function of time. The controller 37 determines a leakage in the hydronic heating system 11 if the amount of refilled water in a defined time period is above a threshold. The controller 37 may automatically close the outlet shut-off-valve if a leakage is detected and may generate a warning signal.
  • the above leakage detection will avoid flooding or any other damage to the heating system or to a property.
  • Monitoring the frequency of refilling and measuring the amount of refilled water allows leakage detection without any additional leakage sensor.
  • the above leakage detection may be accomplished by setting thresholds for the refilled amount of water.
  • a threshold for one refilling cycle and a threshold for longer period of time e.g. one week or one month may be used.
  • any other refilling may be stopped immediately and a warning message may be generated.
  • the flow meter 35 integrated in the refilling device 11 is used for measuring the amount of refilled water.
  • long term data analysis may be performed. Analysis of the refilling frequency and the amount of water during each refilling cycle may be done and if an increasing trend in any of those two parameters is recognized, a warning message will be generated.
  • the controller 37 is adapted to transmit data to and to receive data from a data cloud. Through said data cloud the data may be provided to a cell phone of a customer.
  • the customer may receive the above warning massages through the cell phone and may then e.g. order a replacement for a softening and/or demineralization cartridge 26 .
  • Remote monitoring and/or preventive maintenance and/or predictive maintenance of the refilling device 11 may be provided through said cloud connectivity and data transfer functionality.
  • refilling device 11 All elements of refilling device 11 are accommodated by or mounted to one single monolithic housing 21 providing a compact solution for residential and light commercial buildings where such a refilling device is used. Refilling of the hydronic heating system is automated by the refilling device 11 .
  • the controller 37 the refilling device 11 receives signals from the conductivity or TDS sensor 32 , 33 , from the temperature sensor 34 , from the flow meter 35 and from the pressure sensor 36 .
  • the controller 37 processes said signals received from said sensors 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 to automatically control the operation of the refilling device 11 .
  • automated detection of hardness and/or mineralization of the untreated water eliminates user input for raw water type.
  • providing data by RFID or NFC tag 38 eliminates user input for cartridge type.

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