A condensing combustion apparatus comprising: an upward combustion burner (20); a sensible-heat exchanger (40) which absorbs sensible combustion heat generated by the burner (20); and a latent-heat exchanger (50) which absorbs latent heat of steam included in a combustion gas which has passed the sensible-heat exchanger (40), wherein the sensible-heat exchanger (40) and the latent-heat exchanger (50) have the same lateral widths and are configured as fin-tube heat exchangers having common structures, and wherein a flow path through which the combustion gas, which has passed the sensible-heat exchanger (40), flows upward is formed on one side portion of the latent-heat exchanger (50), a flow path through which the combustion gas, which has passed the one side portion of the latent-heat exchanger (50), flows downward corresponding to a direction in which condensed water falls is formed on a middle portion of the latent-heat exchanger (50), and a flow path through which the combustion gas, which has passed the middle portion of the latent-heat exchanger (50), flows upward and discharges is formed on another side portion of the latent-heat exchanger (50).

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a heat exchanger, which is a plate-type having a plurality of plates stacked and welded together, allowing material and processing costs to be reduced by decreasing the areas on which welding material is applied during production while assuring welding quality. The present invention comprises: a heat exchange part having heating medium channels, through which heating medium flows, and combustion gas channels, through which combustion gas burned in a burner flows, adjacently disposed in alternation in the spaces between the plurality of plates; a first welding part in which the outer edges of a pair of plates forming the heating medium channel are welded together; a second welding part in which the plates forming the combustion gas channel, between the plates forming the heating medium channel, are welded to the outer edges of the plates forming the heating medium channel to form; and a guide part for guiding the welding material molten solution of the first welding part into moving to the second welding part.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a heat exchanger, which is a plate-type having a plurality of plates stacked and welded together, allowing material and processing costs to be reduced by decreasing the areas on which welding material is applied during production while assuring welding quality. The present invention comprises: a heat exchange part having heating medium channels, through which heating medium flows, and combustion gas channels, through which combustion gas burned in a burner flows, adjacently disposed in alternation in the spaces between the plurality of plates; a first welding part in which the outer edges of a pair of plates forming the heating medium channel are welded together; a second welding part in which the plates forming the combustion gas channel, between the plates forming the heating medium channel, are welded to the outer edges of the plates forming the heating medium channel to form; and a guide part for guiding the welding material molten solution of the first welding part into moving to the second welding part.

A heat exchanger includes front and back walls forming a flue gas space such that a fluid flowing through a channel formed in the front and back walls can exchange heat with flue gas in the flue gas space, in use. The front wall includes a lower portion extending along the back wall, and an upper portion extending upwardly from an upper end of the lower portion and outwardly away from the back wall to form a combustion space of a flammable gas between the upper portion and the back wall. A length of the upper portion along a longitudinal direction thereof is longer than a length of the lower portion along a longitudinal direction thereof.

A heat exchanger includes front and back walls forming a flue gas space such that a fluid flowing through a channel formed in the front and back walls can exchange heat with flue gas in the flue gas space, in use. The front wall includes a lower portion extending along the back wall, and an upper portion extending upwardly from an upper end of the lower portion and outwardly away from the back wall to form a combustion space of a flammable gas between the upper portion and the back wall. A length of the upper portion along a longitudinal direction thereof is longer than a length of the lower portion along a longitudinal direction thereof.

A round plate heat exchanger of the present invention has a heat exchange part in which heat medium flow paths and combustion gas flow paths are formed so as to be alternatingly adjacent to each other in a space among a plurality of plates, wherein the plurality of plates forming the heat exchange part are formed by stacking a plurality of unit plates comprising a first plate and a second plate stacked therein, the plurality of heat medium flow paths are formed to be spaced from each other between the first plate and the second plate of the unit plate, a heat medium connection flow path is formed in a part of the region of the heat medium flow paths located adjacent to each other, and the combustion gas flow path is formed between the second plate of the unit plate, located at one side of the unit plate, among the unit plates, which are stacked adjacent to each other, and the first plate of the unit plate, located at the other side of the unit plate.

A heat exchanger according to the present invention comprises a heat exchange portion in which heating water flow paths where heating water flows through a space between a plurality of plates, hot water flow paths through which hot water flows, and combustion gas flow paths are adjacently and alternatingly formed, wherein the heat exchange portion comprises: a heating sensible heat portion, which surrounds the outside of a combustion chamber and comprises an area on one side of the plates, for heating the heating water using the sensible heat of the combustion gas generated by combustion of the burner; a heating latent heat portion, which comprises a partial area on the other side of the plates, for heating the heating water using the latent heat of water vapors in the combustion gas which has completed heat exchanging in the heating sensible heat portion; and a hot water latent heat portion, which comprises the remaining area on the other side of the plates, for heating direct water using the latent heat of water vapors in the combustion gas which has passed through the heating latent heat portion.

A heat exchanger according to the present invention comprises a heat exchange portion in which heating water flow paths where heating water flows through a space between a plurality of plates, hot water flow paths through which hot water flows, and combustion gas flow paths are adjacently and alternatingly formed, wherein the heat exchange portion comprises: a heating sensible heat portion, which surrounds the outside of a combustion chamber and comprises an area on one side of the plates, for heating the heating water using the sensible heat of the combustion gas generated by combustion of the burner; a heating latent heat portion, which comprises a partial area on the other side of the plates, for heating the heating water using the latent heat of water vapors in the combustion gas which has completed heat exchanging in the heating sensible heat portion; and a hot water latent heat portion, which comprises the remaining area on the other side of the plates, for heating direct water using the latent heat of water vapors in the combustion gas which has passed through the heating latent heat portion.

A heat exchanger according to the present invention comprises a heat exchange portion in which heating medium flow paths, where a heating medium flows through a space between a plurality of plates, and combustion gas flow paths through which a combustion gas combusted in a burner flows are adjacently and alternatingly formed, wherein the heat exchange portion comprises a sensible heat portion, which surrounds the outside of a combustion chamber and comprises an area on one side of the plates, for heating the heating medium using the sensible heat of the combustion gas generated by combustion of the burner, and a latent heat portion, which comprises an area on the other side of the plates, for heating the heating medium using the latent heat of water vapors in the combustion gas which has completed heat exchanging in the sensible heat portion, wherein a connection passage for the heating medium is formed between the sensible heat portion and the latent heat portion, the latent heat portion comprises a heating medium inlet through which the heating medium is introduced, and a plurality of latent heat portion heating medium flow paths which are formed between the plurality of plates and communicate with the heating medium inlet in parallel, and wherein the sensible heat portion comprises a heating medium outlet through which the heating medium is discharged, and a plurality of sensible heat portion heating medium flow paths which are formed between the plurality of plates and are connected serially between the latent heat portion heating medium flow paths and the heating medium outlet.

A heat exchanger according to the present invention comprises a heat exchange portion in which heating medium flow paths, where a heating medium flows through a space between a plurality of plates, and combustion gas flow paths through which a combustion gas combusted in a burner flows are adjacently and alternatingly formed, wherein the heat exchange portion comprises a sensible heat portion, which surrounds the outside of a combustion chamber and comprises an area on one side of the plates, for heating the heating medium using the sensible heat of the combustion gas generated by combustion of the burner, and a latent heat portion, which comprises an area on the other side of the plates, for heating the heating medium using the latent heat of water vapors in the combustion gas which has completed heat exchanging in the sensible heat portion, wherein a connection passage for the heating medium is formed between the sensible heat portion and the latent heat portion, the latent heat portion comprises a heating medium inlet through which the heating medium is introduced, and a plurality of latent heat portion heating medium flow paths which are formed between the plurality of plates and communicate with the heating medium inlet in parallel, and wherein the sensible heat portion comprises a heating medium outlet through which the heating medium is discharged, and a plurality of sensible heat portion heating medium flow paths which are formed between the plurality of plates and are connected serially between the latent heat portion heating medium flow paths and the heating medium outlet.