Apparatus for conditioning water supplied to a water heater tank
Abstract
Abstract THE WATER SUPPLY MAIN IS CONNECTED TO THE INLET OF A FIRST CLOSE TANK CONTAINING WATER-CONDITIONING MATERIAL. THE OUTLET OF THE FIRST TANK IS CONNECTED TO THE INLET OF A SECOND CLOSED TANK, THE OUTLET OF WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE INLET OF THE HEATER TANK. THE SECOND TANK IS DIMENSIONED TO CONTAIN A VOLUME OF WATER EXCEEDING THE EXPANSION IN VOLUME OF THE INITIALLY COLD WATER IN THE HEATER TANK WHEN IT IS RAISED TO A PREDETERMINED TEMPERTURE THE INLET AND OUTLET OF THE SECOND TANK ARE LOCATED OR ARRANGED AS NOT TO DISRUPT THE STRATIFICATION OF THE WATER IN THE SECOND TANK UPON THE BACKFLOW FROM THE HEATER TANK WHEREBY HIGH TEMPERATURE BACKFLOW FROM THE HEATER TANK DOES NOT ENTER THE FIRST TANK CONTAINING THE CONDITIONING MATERIAL.
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- 👤 Samuel J Moore
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