U.S. patent application number 11/716747 was filed with the patent office on 2008-09-18 for steam heating system with new steam baseboard.
Invention is credited to John Yuming Liu.
Application Number | 20080223947 11/716747 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 39761658 |
Filed Date | 2008-09-18 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080223947 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Liu; John Yuming |
September 18, 2008 |
Steam heating system with new steam baseboard
Abstract
This new invention of steam heating system is derived from my
new steam baseboards. This new system combines the merits from hot
water heating system and traditional steam heating system, but
without the shortcoming. We can control the temperature of each
room or every floor. This system is easy to apply for large
apartment buildings. This system has several zone valves to control
the steam flow. The zone valve will be controlled by thermostats.
The returned condensation water will be pushed by John's effect.
There is no need for the returned water pipes. The new steam
baseboard is made of copper. The heat transfer is much faster than
the traditional cast iron radiator. The room temperature is much
faster to reach.
Inventors: |
Liu; John Yuming; (Fresh
Meadows, NY) |
Correspondence
Address: |
John Yuming Liu
69-57, 180 St.
Fresh Meadows
NY
11365
US
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Family ID: |
39761658 |
Appl. No.: |
11/716747 |
Filed: |
March 12, 2007 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
237/9R |
Current CPC
Class: |
F24D 1/00 20130101; Y02B
30/00 20130101; Y02B 30/16 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
237/9.R |
International
Class: |
F24D 1/00 20060101
F24D001/00 |
Claims
1. Steam baseboard with zone valves and thermostats for each
floor.
2. Steam baseboard heating at basement is provided.
3. Apply the John's pipes to quiet the noise generated from the
condensation water. The returned water pipes is not needed here.
Description
[0001] This invention is related with steam heating system. The
traditional steam heating systems have the boiler, and cast iron
radiators. The distribution of heat is very slow and limited. It is
single zone type for the whole house or buildings and not enough to
provide the heating for the entire buildings. It is common for the
first floor too hot and open the window, but the second floor is
very cold. The tenants complain that the owner does not supply
enough heat for the buildings. My new design in steam heating
system will solve this kind of the heating problem. The old system
has the returned water pipes which will be omitted in my new
design. The distribution of heat is central for the entire
buildings. This new system is distributive with one inch pipe for
each area (each apartment)
[0002] This boiler is designed as FIG. 1. G is a gas regulator. C
consists of flame control, boiler temperature control and exhaust
flame control. T is for thermostats. Z is zone valves. LWC is low
water cut off. There is a transformer to provide the 24 V to drive
zone valve. P is pressure gauge and provides the control settled
between 2 psi and 10 psi. In this design, we have 3'' pipes out of
the boiler. After the 3'' pipe, we have many 1'' pipes connected.
We have 6 pipes for 1.sup.st floor front, 1.sup.st floor rear,
2.sup.nd floor front, 2.sup.nd floor rear, attic and basement.
Associated with the above, we have zone valve, and thermostat. Each
1'' pipe can have up to 3 or more steam baseboards. There is
pressure relief valve set at 15 psi. We also have 2 John's pipes
(3/4'' pipes) at this example for 3'' pipe. With those John's
pipes, the noise generated from condensation water can be
eliminated. The boiler has low water cutoff device which will
associate with automatic water feed. The bottom water level is set
at 2' (ft) and low water cutoff is set at 2' 2''. The top water
level is set at 3' 6''. The basement heating pipes is set at 4'
6''. At the beginning, the boiler is turned on. Steam will fill up
the whole pipes. Any thermostat reaches the setting temperature,
then the associated zone will be closed, therefore no steam will be
provided. Any thermostat is not reached the setting temperature,
the boiler remains activated. Then pressure gauge will maintain the
pressure for the boiler around 5 psi (roughly 2 psi and 10 psi). If
all the thermostats reach the setting temperature, the boiler is
deactivated. No steam will be provided for this system. Each floor
will reach the setting temperature. The whole building is warm
according to the setting. The boiler is activated. The steam
baseboard is made of copper. See FIG. 1.
[0003] The advantage of this design are the following.
[0004] 1. no noise from the condensation water because applying
John's pipes.
[0005] 2. the heating process is very fast. And heat transfer is
much better the old radiators (cast iron)
[0006] 3. Steam can reach to any part of the buildings without
using pump.
[0007] 4. Each floor has its own setting temperature.
[0008] 5. Basement has the chance to get heat from boiler with own
temperature setting.
[0009] 6. Each 1'' pipe arises from 3'' pipe has its zone valve and
thermostat with several John's steam baseboard.
[0010] This new design of steam heating system is combined the
merits of both hot water heating system and traditional steam
heating system, but without the shortcomings of both. We do not use
the returned water pipes and pump. The steam carries more heat than
hot water at 212 F. There is water moving noise in hot water
system. There are no heat transfer because of the air bubble in the
hot water current. The air bubble inside the pipes will stop the
current to flow. There is no such problem in this steam heating
system. The heat distribution will be provided every part of the
buildings (every floor, every room) by individual thermostat and
zone valve. The old steam heating system can not be represented by
one thermostat. Steam baseboards in steam heating system can be
acted as hot water baseboards. Therefore This steam heating system
can replace the hot water heating system with much less copper. The
heating transfer is much better in steam heating system. This new
design is superior to hot water heating system and traditional
steam heating system. With respect to the above description then,
it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for
the parts of the invention, to include variations in size,
materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly
and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in
the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in
the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be
encompassed by the present invention. Therefore, the foregoing is
considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention.
Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily
occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the
invention to the exact construction and operation shown and
described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and
equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the
invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
[0011] FIG. 1. New design of Steam Heating System with zone valves
and steam baseboards to replace the traditional radiators
[0012] This new design heating system consists of a steam boiler
with 6 zones and each zone has 1'' steam pipe to supply steam for
heat. Each zone will be controlled by thermostat at each floor.
Thermostat reaches the setting and then the zone is close and stop
to supply the steam. If temperature is below the setting, then the
zone is open to supply the steam and activate the boiler. Pressure
gauge will maintain the steam pressure around 5 psi (between 2 psi
and 10 psi). Also pressure relief valve is setting at 15 psi. The
steam pressure is under 15 psi. In order to stop noise from the
condensation water the John's pipes is applied here. Each zone has
1 to several Steam baseboards. Steam baseboard is designed by John
Liu, which is emitted heat very fast and no noise will be
generated. Steam baseboard is similar to hot water baseboard which
is pretty, light, and heat transfer is much better than the cast
iron radiator.
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