| 发明名称 | Electronic mixing valve in standard hot water heater | ||
| 摘要 | A hot water heater includes a hot water tank having a cold water inlet line and a hot water outlet line, an electronically controlled mixing valve fluid coupled to the cold water inlet line and the hot water outlet line and mixed output line and a controller operatively coupled to the mixing valve. A temperature sensor is operatively coupled to the mixed output line and the controller, the controller being operative in response to the sensor to detect a temperature of the water in the mixed output line, compare a setpoint temperature to the detected temperature of the water in the mixed output line, and regulate a flow of one or both of cold water from the cold water input line and hot water from the hot water output line through the electronically controlled mixing valve to maintain the detected temperature at the setpoint temperature. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US9244466(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2016.01.26 |
| 申请号 | US201313893858 | 申请日期 | 2013.05.14 |
| 申请人 | General Electric Company | 发明人 | DuPlessis Samuel;Zimmer Thomas |
| 分类号 | G05D23/13;F24H9/20;F24D17/00;F24D19/10 | 主分类号 | G05D23/13 |
| 代理机构 | Dority & Manning, P.A. | 代理人 | Dority & Manning, P.A. |
| 主权项 | 1. A hot water heater system comprising: a hot water tank having a heater, a cold water inlet line, and a hot water outlet line; an electronically controlled mixing valve fluidly coupled to the cold water inlet line and the hot water outlet line; a mixed output line from the electronically controlled mixing valve; a controller operatively coupled to the electronically controlled mixing valve; a temperature sensor operatively coupled to the mixed output line and the controller, the controller being operative in response to the sensor to: detect a temperature of water in the mixed output line;compare a setpoint temperature of a desired hot water temperature output to the detected temperature of the water in the mixed output line; andregulate a flow of one or both of cold water from the cold water input line and hot water from the hot water output line through the electronically controlled mixing valve to maintain the detected temperature of the water in the mixed output line at the setpoint temperature; and stop a flow of water from the mixed output line if a decrease in the detected temperature is not detected within pre-determined time period. | ||
| 地址 | Schenectady NY US | ||