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TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE FOR FLUIDS
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present application relates generally to a control device, and
particularly to a temperature
control device for fluids.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Fossil fuels are consumptive energy sources. Currently, owing to the
development of the
human society, the supply of fossil fuels cannot meet the demand and people
face energy crisis. In
addition, the process of acquiring fossil fuels tend to damage the ecology. In
the process of
industrial applications, the generated pollution should be extra processed for
avoiding excessive
damages to the natural environment. For example, the greenhouse effect is a
serious problem
threatening the environment of the earth. Given the requirement in
environmental protection as
well as the drawbacks of the fossil fuels in procurement and application, how
to acquire renewable
energy or reduce usage of fossil fuels has become a critical subject
worldwide.
Moreover, according to the prior art, after the fossil fuels are burned, the
generated exhaust
can be exhausted to the exterior environment. The reuse by further process of
the exhaust is not
considered. Thereby, if the exhaust can be processed, in addition to
substantially reducing the
pollution threatening the environment of the earth, the energy regenerated by
the exhausted can be
further applied to other fields and thus achieving complete utilization of
fossil fuels.
Accordingly, to improve the problems described above, the present application
provides a
temperature control device for fluids for reducing the usage of fossil fuels,
heating liquids
effectively, as well as reprocessing the exhaust generated by fossil fuels.
SUMMARY
An objective of the present application is to provide a temperature control
device for fluids,
which comprises regenerative members disposed in a first accommodating space
for thermal
conduction and heating for fluids. By replacing the heating method of heating
fluids directly in the
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burner according to the prior art, the heating time can be shortened, the
pollution exhausted during
the heating process can be reduced, and the consumption of the fuels for
heating can be lowered.
Another objective of the present application is to provide a temperature
control device for
fluids, which uses regenerative members for processing the hear exhaust in the
air control device.
Then the heated air can be reused to generate cooled air for additional
applications.
To achieve the above objectives and effects, the present application discloses
a temperature
control device for fluids, which comprises:
a furnace, including a first accommodating space and a second accommodating
space, the
first accommodating space disposed on one side of the furnace, and the second
accommodating space disposed on the other side of the furnace;
a fluid pipe, surrounding the outside of the first accommodating space;
a plurality of regenerative members, disposed in the first accommodating
space;
a burner, disposed in the second accommodating space; and
an air control device, disposed on one side of the furnace;
where the burner heats the first accommodating space to store heat in the
plurality of
regenerative members and conduct the thermal energy to the fluid pipe for
outputting a
heated liquid; the plurality of regenerative members further generate heated
air and transport
the heated air to the air control device; and the air control device replaces
the heated air and
outputs cooled air.
In addition, the present application discloses a temperature control device
for fluids, which
comprises:
a furnace, including a first accommodating space, a second accommodating
space, and an
opening, the first accommodating space disposed on one side of the furnace,
the second
accommodating space disposed on the other side of the furnace, and the opening
disposed between and communicating with the first accommodating space and the
second accommodating space;
a fluid pipe, surrounding the outside of the first accommodating space;
a regenerative member, disposed in the first accommodating space, and
including a breach
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corresponding to the opening;
a burner, disposed in the second accommodating space; and
an air control device, disposed on one side of the furnace;
where the burner heats the regenerative member at the breach through the
opening to store
heat in the regenerative member and conduct the thermal energy to the fluid
pipe for
outputting a heated liquid; the regenerative member further generates heated
air and
transports the heated air to the air control device; and the air control
device replaces the
heated air and outputs cooled air.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 shows a first structural schematic diagram of the temperature control
device for fluids
according the first embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 2 shows a second structural schematic diagram of the temperature control
device for fluids
according the first embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 3 shows a first operational schematic diagram of the temperature control
device for fluids
according the first embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 4 shows a second operational schematic diagram of the temperature control
device for fluids
according the first embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 5 shows a third operational schematic diagram of the temperature control
device for fluids
according the first embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 6 shows a structural schematic diagram of the temperature control device
for fluids according
the second embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 7 shows a first structural schematic diagram of the temperature control
device for fluids
according the third embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 8 shows a second structural schematic diagram of the temperature control
device for fluids
according the third embodiment of the present application; and
FIG. 9 shows a structural schematic diagram of the temperature control device
for fluids according
the fourth embodiment of the present application.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
In order to make the structure and characteristics as well as the
effectiveness of the present
application to be further understood and recognized, the detailed description
of the present
application is provided as follows along with embodiments and accompanying
figures.
Please refer to FIG. 1, which shows a first structural schematic diagram of
the temperature
control device for fluids according the first embodiment of the present
application. As shown in
the figure, the temperature control device 1 for fluids according to the
present application
comprises: a furnace 10, including a first accommodating space 100 and a
second accommodating
space 102, the first accommodating space 100 disposed on one side of the
furnace 10, and the
second accommodating space 102 disposed on the other side of the furnace 10; a
fluid pipe 12,
surrounding the outside of the first accommodating space 100; a plurality of
regenerative members
14, disposed in the first accommodating space 100; a burner 16, disposed in
the second
accommodating space 102; and an air control device 18, disposed on one side of
the furnace 10;
where the burner 16 heats the first accommodating space 100 to store heat in
the plurality of
regenerative members 14 and conduct the thermal energy to the fluid pipe 12
for outputting a
heated liquid 120; the plurality of regenerative members 14 further generate
heated air 140 and
transport the heated air 140 to the air control device 18; and the air control
device 18 replaces the
heated air 140 and outputs cooled air 180.
Please refer to FIG. 2, which shows a second structural schematic diagram of
the temperature
control device for fluids according the first embodiment of the present
application. As shown in
the figure, the temperature control device 1 for fluids further comprises a
base 20 and one or more
water storage tank 22. The furnace 10 is disposed on one side of the inside of
the base 20. The air
control device 18 is disposed on the other side of the inside of the base 20.
The water storage tank
22 is disposed on one side of the base 20 and communicates with the fluid pipe
12 for storing the
heated liquid 120.
The material of the above regenerative member 14 is a mineral having heat
storage capability
and selected from the group consisting od activated aluminum oxide, copper,
and iron.
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The burner 16 described above is combustion equipment, such as a gas stove,
adopting natural
gas or organic compounds (for example, methanol) as the burning material.
Nonetheless, the
present application is not limited to the examples.
The air control device 18 described above can be a cooling system (for
example, an air
conditioner) formed by evaporator, condenser, compressor, and throttle. The
purpose is to absorb
the heat of the heated air 140 through the evaporator, the condenser, the
compressor, and the
throttle, respectively. Then the heated air 140 is compressed and vaporized to
form the cooled air
180, which is supplied to other equipment for application.
Please refer to Figures 3 to 5, which show a first, a second, and a third
operational schematic
diagram of the temperature control device for fluids according the first
embodiment of the present
application. As shown in FIG. 3, first, the burner 16 is started in the second
accommodating space
102 and performs combustion and heating operation below the first
accommodating space 100. At
this moment, after the regenerative members 14 disposed in the first
accommodating space 100 is
heated, heat is generated in the first accommodating space 100. Meanwhile,
since the fluid pipe 12
surrounds and contacts the outside of the first accommodating space 100, the
first accommodating
space 100 can be used to conduct the heat generated by the regenerative
members 14 to the fluid
pipe 12 for heating the liquid (not shown in the figure) transported inside
the fluid pipe 12 to form
the heated liquid 120.
Next, as shown in FIG. 4, after the liquid inside the fluid pipe 12 becomes
the heated liquid
120 by contacting the conducted heat, the heat liquid 120 can be transported
to the water storage
tank 22 for storage. Alternatively, if there is no further application at
present, the heated liquid 120
can be placed in the fluid pipe 12 as well. Afterwards, as shown in FIG. 5,
the regenerative
members 14 disposed in the first accommodating space 1 can generate the heat
air 140 after heating.
Then the air control device 18 communicating with the first accommodating
space 100 can receive
the heated air 140 for further utilization. When the air control device 18
acquires the heated air
140, it can process the heated air 140 using its structure to produce the
cooled air 180. The air
control device 18 can be connected to other equipment as well for transporting
the produced cooled
air 180 to other equipment or to an indoor space for air conditioning.
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Accordingly, the operations of the temperature control device 1 for fluids
according to the
present application own the following advantages:
1. The heat-storage mineral material of the regenerative members 14 owns
the effect of storing
heat rapidly. Thereby, the burner 16 heats the regenerative members 14 in the
first
accommodating space 100. Compared to heating fluid by double boiling according
to the
prior art, the present application can shorten the heating time significantly.
2. Thank to the reduced heating time, the exhausted pollution and the
consumption of fuels are
further reduced. Then the temperature control on the fluids can be performed
in an energy-
saving manner.
3. The exhaust air (the heated air 140) heated by the regenerative members
14 can be further
processed by the air control device 18. The heated air 140 can be reused to
produce the
cooled air 180 for additional applications.
Please refer to FIG. 6, which shows a structural schematic diagram of the
temperature control
device for fluids according the second embodiment of the present application.
As shown in the
figure, the difference between the temperature control device 1 for fluids
according to the second
embodiment and the first embodiment is that the temperature control device 1
for fluids according
to the second embodiment further a processor 24 and one or more sensor 26. The
processor 24 is
disposed on the other side of the base 20. The sensor 26 is connected
electrically to the processor
24 and disposed in the first accommodating space 100. It senses the
temperature of the first
accommodating space 100 to produce sensing data 260. The processor 24 turns on
or turns off the
burner 16 according to the sensing data 260. The processor 24 can be a
computer; the sensor 26
can be a temperature sensor.
The operation of the second embodiment according to the present application is
identical to
that of the first embodiment. Thereby, only the difference will be described
in the following. The
purpose of disposing the sensor 26 in the first accommodating space 100 is to
sense the temperature
of the first accommodating space 100. Thereby, during operation, new sensing
data 260 will be
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transmitted to the processor 24 continuously. The processor 24 stores a
standard value for the
heating temperature of the first accommodating space 100. When the processor
24 receives the
sensing data 260 and judges that the temperature of the first accommodating
space 100 has reached
the standard value (or above the standard value), the burner 16 is first
turned off for avoid
overheating. Likewise, when the processor 24 receives the sensing data 260 and
judges that the
temperature of the first accommodating space 100 is lower than the standard
value or when the
temperature of the heated liquid 120 in the fluid pipe 12 has not been heated
to the predetermined
value, the burner 16 can be restarted for heating the first accommodating
space 100. The operation
continues according to the above rules.
Please refer to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, which show a first and a second structural
schematic
diagram of the temperature control device for fluids according the third
embodiment of the present
application. As shown in the figures, the temperature control device 1 for
fluids according to the
present application comprises: a furnace 10, including a first accommodating
space 100, a second
accommodating space 102, and an opening 104, the first accommodating space 100
disposed on
one side of the furnace10, the second accommodating space 102 disposed on the
other side of the
furnace 10, and the opening 104 disposed between and communicating with the
first
accommodating space 100 and the second accommodating space 102; a fluid pipe
12, surrounding
the outside of the first accommodating space 100; a regenerative member 14',
disposed in the first
accommodating space 100, and including a breach 142' corresponding to the
opening 104; a burner
16, disposed in the second accommodating space 102; and an air control device
18, disposed on
one side of the furnace 10; where the burner 16 heats the regenerative member
14' at the breach
142' through the opening 104 to store heat in the regenerative member 14' and
conduct the thermal
energy to the fluid pipe 12 for outputting a heated liquid 120; the
regenerative member 14' further
generates heated air 140' and transports the heated air 140' to the air
control device 18; and the air
control device 18 replaces the heated air 140' and outputs cooled air 180.
The operation of the third embodiment according to the present application is
identical to that
of the first embodiment. Thereby, only the difference will be described in the
following. The
difference between the temperature control device 1 for fluids according to
the third embodiment
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of the present application and the one according to the first embodiment is
that for an opening 104
is disposed between the first and second accommodating spaces 100, 102 in the
third embodiment.
Thereby, while the burner 16 heats the regenerative member 14', the flame
entering the breach
142' through the opening 104 can approach the regenerative member 14' more
closely and hence
accelerating the heating operation of the regenerative member 14'. In
addition, the regenerative
member 14' includes the breach 142' corresponding to the opening 104. As shown
in FIG. 8, the
regenerative member 14' is a hollow cylindrical structure. Thereby, the breach
142' just
corresponds to the opening 104 of the furnace 10. When the burner 16 burns,
the flame enters the
opening 104 and the breach 142' for heating. According to the third
embodiment, the number of
the regenerative member 14' is only one with the size identical to the first
accommodating space
100. Alternatively, the size can be slightly smaller than the first
accommodating space 100. The
present application is not limited to the sizes.
Please refer to FIG. 9, which shows a structural schematic diagram of the
temperature control
device for fluids according the fourth embodiment of the present application.
As shown in the
figure, the difference between the temperature control device 1 for fluids
according to the fourth
embodiment and the first embodiment is that the temperature control device 1
for fluids according
to the fourth embodiment further includes a thermal processor 28 disposed
inside base 20 and one
side of the furnace 10. The thermal processor 28 includes a first pipe 280 and
a second pipe 282.
The first pipe 280 is connected to the air control device 18 and the second
pipe is connected to the
water storage tank 22.
According to the fourth embodiment of the present application, the air control
device 18 does
not communicate with the first accommodating space 100 of the furnace 18 and
the fluid pipe 12
does not communicate with the water storage tank 22. Instead, the furnace 10
communicates with
the thermal processor 28. The fluid pipe 12 transports the heated liquid 12 to
the thermal processor
28. The heated air 140 is also transported to the thermal processor 28 via
related pipes (not shown
in the figure). The thermal processor 28 processes the heated liquid 120 and
the heated air 140
such that the heated air 140 transported to the air control device 18 via the
first pipe 280 is
maintained at an appropriate temperature, and the heated liquid 120
transported to water storage
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tank 22 via the second pipe 282 is maintained at an appropriate temperature.
To elaborate, the
heated liquid 120 transported to the thermal processor 28 is moved by the
related pipes of the
thermal processor 28. By using the thermal conduction property of the pipes,
partial thermal energy
of the heated liquid 120 is exhausted to the external environment. Then the
heated liquid 120 with
lowered temperature is transported to the water storage tank 22 via the second
pipe 282. Likewise,
the heated air 140 transported to the thermal processor 28 is moved by the
related pipes of the
thermal processor 28. By using the thermal conduction property of the pipes,
partial thermal energy
of the heated air 140 is exhausted to the external environment. Then the
heated air 140 with
lowered temperature is transported to the air control device 18 via the first
pipe 280.
Since the temperatures of the heated liquid 120 and the heated air 140
transported by the
furnace 10 are high, the thermal processor 28 is used to reprocess the heated
air 140 such that the
temperature of the heated air 140 transported to the air control device 18 is
acceptable and thus
extending the lifetime of the air control device 18. Likewise, the thermal
processor 28 reprocesses
the heated liquid 120 such that the temperature of the heated liquid 120
transported to the water
storage tank 22 is acceptable to users and thus the users can use the heated
liquid 120 stored in the
water storage tank 22 directly.
In the embodiments described above, the surface of the regenerative members
14, 14' can
include a plurality of holes (not shown in the figures). By using the
structural design of the holes,
the heat-storage efficiency of the regenerative members 14, 14' can be
enhanced effectively. In
addition, the shape of the regenerative members 14, 14' can be designed
corresponding to the first
accommodating space 100, for example, circles or polygons such as hexagons,
octagons, triangles,
and squares. According to the users' requirements, multiple or single
regenerative members 14, 14'
can be disposed in the first accommodating space 100.
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