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 including more than one fluid conductor, each of the fluid conductors is configured to receive a distinct flow of fluid and heat from only one heat source, wherein the coils are configured to be interleaved to form a structure of a single-sized lumen in which the heat source is disposed.

A heat transfer tube of a heat exchanger is provided with a first and a second annular convex portions of which outer diameters are partially expanded. The first annular convex portion is positioned on an inner face side of a side plate portion of a case of the heat exchanger and is engaged with a circumferential edge portion of a first hole portion provided for the side plate portion, or the first annular convex portion contacts under pressure with an inner circumferential face of the first hole portion. The second annular convex portion is positioned on an outer face side of a header constituting member and is engaged with a circumferential edge portion of a second hole portion. Thus the side plate portion, the heat transfer tube, and a header are relatively fixed by a simple means.

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 (3) having a temperature sensor (16) detecting a temperature of a water passage (300) including heat-transfer pipes (32), (33), a connecting portion (34), an inlet pipe (11), and an outlet pipe (12), and a sensor bracket (6), wherein the sensor bracket (6) is joined and fixed to the connecting portion (34) in a state in which at least a part of a base portion (60) of the sensor bracket (6) forming a mounting surface of the temperature sensor (16) is in surface contact with a planar portion (340) provided in the connecting portion (34), and the temperature sensor (16) is secured to a joint portion (600) of the base portion (60) joined and fixed to the planar portion (340).

Disclosed herein is a heat exchanger for the recovery of waste heat. The heat exchanger includes: a bottom plate configured such that an exhaust gas inlet is formed therethrough; a top plate configured such that an exhaust gas outlet is formed therethrough at a location opposite that of the exhaust gas inlet; a first side plate configured such that a plurality first side through holes is formed therethrough; a second side plate configured such that a plurality of second side through holes is formed therethrough at locations opposite those of the first side through holes; a third side plate and a fourth side plate configured to connect the first side plate and the second side plate; and a plurality of heat exchange tubes formed as titanium material tubes, and configured to connect parallel between the first side through holes and the second side through holes.

The present invention relates to a heat exchanger enabling the reduction of the number of components constituting the heat exchanger, the simplification of the coupling structure thereof, and also, the decrease of combustion gas flow resistance and the minimization of noise and vibration generation, the heat exchanger being provided with a heat exchange unit having heating medium flow channels through which a heating medium flows and combustion gas flow channels through which combustion gas combusted in the burner flows to be alternately formed and adjacent to each other in spaces between a plurality of plates, wherein the heat exchange unit comprises: a sensible heat unit which surrounds the outer side of a combustion chamber, is formed of one side area of the plates, and heats the heating medium by using sensible heat of combustion gas generated by the combustion of the burner; and a latent heat unit which is formed of the other side area of the plates, and heats the heating medium by using latent heat of water vapor included in combustion gas that has finished undergoing heat exchange in the sensible heat unit, wherein bent flange units are formed on the edges of the plurality of plates, and in a state where the flange units of neighboring plates overlap, certain areas among the edges of the plurality of plates have formed thereon combustion gas pass-through units having combustion gas flowing through the combustion gas flow channels pass therethrough.

The present description discloses a combustion type water heater that heats water by burning fuel. The combustion type water heater includes: a burner that generates combustion gas by burning the fuel; a heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the water passing through on an inside of the heat exchanger and the combustion gas flowing on an outside of the heat exchanger, an exhaust pipe that discharges the combustion gas after the heat exchange in the heat exchanger as exhaust gas; an exhaust gas temperature detector that detects a temperature of the exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust pipe as an exhaust gas temperature; a clog degree detector that detects a degree of clog in the exhaust pipe; and a scale buildup determiner that determines whether or not scale has built up inside the heat exchanger based on the exhaust gas temperature and the degree of clog in the exhaust pipe.

The heat exchanger wherein each end of a plurality of heat transfer tubes is connected to an end wall of a bulging portion provided at a side wall of a case, an open edge of a header is fitted onto the bulging portion, and a chamber connecting with each heat transfer tube is formed. For jointing the header to the side wall, an inner circumferential end of the open edge of the header is formed as a first curved surface with a convex section, an outer face of the circumferential wall of the bulging portion is formed as a second curved surface with a concave section, the first curved surface and the second curved surface contact each other, and the surface-contact portion and the area therearound are welded. The number of the members is reduced, the structure is simplified, and the production cost of the heat exchanger is reduced.