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High temperature regenerator of an absorption type hot and cold water generator and absorption type hot and cold water generator

Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1994-01-14
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Granted: 1995-07-25
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Expires: 2014-01-14
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Abstract

Abstract A high temperature regenerator of an absorption type hot and cold water generator and an absorption type hot and cold water generator capable of preventing corrosion from occurring by preventing local overheating at the heat transfer surface of the high temperature regenerator and capable of being miniaturized. The high temperature regenerator includes an outer case, an inner case, a plurality of solution pipes, a burner, a solution flow-in pipe, and a gas/liquid separation plate. The inner case is inside the outer case, and a solution is kept between the cases, with the inner case being submerged within this solution. The burner is mounted on the side of the outer case in such a way that heat can be supplied through the inner case, with the inside of the inner case serving as a combustion chamber. A plurality of solution pipes, through which the upper and lower portions of the inner case are connected, are disposed downstream of the combustion chamber, and the inside of each of the solution pipes is filled with the solution. The horizontal cross section of each of the solution pipes is elliptical, and two or more of the solution pipes are disposed so that the straight line portions in the elliptical shape become parallel to each other. The sections between the solution pipes serve as a combustion gas passage.

Inventors

  • 👤 Akira Nishiguchi
  • 👤 Tomihisa Ohuchi
  • 👤 Shigeo Sugimoto
  • 👤 Michihiko Aizawa
  • 👤 Takao Naruse
  • 👤 Yasuo Uraki

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
F; F25; F25B; F25B47/00; F25B47/003; F24; F24H; F24H1/00; F24H1/22; F24H1/40; F24H1/24; F24H1/26; F24H1/44; F25B33/00; F28; F28F; F28F1/00; F28F1/10; F28F1/12; F28F1/124; F25B2309/00; F25B2309/003; F25B2333/00; F25B2333/002; F25B2333/003; F28F2240/00; Y; Y02; Y02B; Y02B30/00; Y02B30/62; Y10; Y10S; Y10S165/00; Y10S165/009

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 208 words
A high temperature regenerator of an absorption type hot and cold water generator comprising: an outer case; an inner case; a plurality of solution pipes; a liquid chamber for holding a solution being formed in a section between the outer case and the inner case; a combustion chamber through which a combustion gas for heating the solution flows being formed inside the inner case; and said plurality of solution pipes being arranged downstream of the combustion gas flow inside said combustion chamber, wherein each of said plurality of solution pipes is vertically connected to said liquid chamber so that the inside of each of the solution pipes is filled with a solution and the solution does not enter the space of the combustion chamber outside said solution pipes, a cross of each of said plurality of solution pipes is flat with respect to the flow of said combustion gas, wherein the solution in the solution pipes is heated by a convective heat transfer such that the solution flows vertically, and wherein said cross section of each of said solution pipes is shaped as part of an ellipse in the upstream portion along the flow of said combustion gas, and a part of a rectangle in the downstream portion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 208 words
A high temperature regenerator of an absorption type hot and cold water generator comprising: an outer case; an inner case; a plurality of solution pipes; a liquid chamber for holding a solution being formed in a section between the outer case and the inner case; a combustion chamber through which a combustion gas for heating the solution flows being formed inside the inner case; and said plurality of solution pipes being arranged downstream of the combustion gas flow inside said combustion chamber, wherein each of said plurality of solution pipes is vertically connected to said liquid chamber so that the inside of each of the solution pipes is filled with a solution and the solution does not enter the space of the combustion chamber outside said solution pipes, a cross of each of said plurality of solution pipes is flat with respect to the flow of said combustion gas, wherein the solution in the solution pipes is heated by a convective heat transfer such that the solution flows vertically, and wherein said cross section of each of said solution pipes is shaped as part of an ellipse in the upstream portion along the flow of said combustion gas, and a part of a rectangle in the downstream portion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 29 words
A high temperature regenerator of an absorption type hot and cold water generator according to claim 1, wherein heat transfer fins are disposed on each of said solution pipes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 47 words
A high temperature regenerator of an absorption type hot and cold water generator according to claim 1, wherein heat transfer fins whose height increases gradually from upstream toward downstream along the direction of the flow of said combustion gas are disposed on each of said solution pipes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 71 words
A high temperature regenerator of an absorption type hot and cold water generator according to claim 1, wherein heat transfer fins each of which is divided into a plurality of portions in the combustion gas flow direction are disposed on each of said solution pipes and wherein a fin pitch thereof is varied so as to decrease from upstream toward downstream along the direction of the flow of said combustion gas.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 87 words
A high temperature regenerator of an absorption type hot and cold water generator according to claim 1, wherein heat transfer fins each of which is divided into a plurality of portions in the combustion gas flow direction, the respective divided heat transfer fins being formed to be integral in the corrugated plate shape, are disposed on each of said solution pipes and wherein a fin pitch thereof is varied so as to decrease from upstream toward downstream along the direction of the flow of said combustion gas.

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