Device and principle of operation of various types of water heaters
With the growth of the welfare of the nation, an increasing number of people make a choice in favor of private houses and cottage settlements, providing a greater degree of comfort than close city apartments. Moving to a new place, they usually face a number of tasks that did not arise earlier, due to the nature of such a life. The principle of operation of the boiler - this is one of a number of issues that simply need to know the responsible owners of suburban real estate, because not all cottage villages have boiler rooms and central heating.
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Key differences between different types of heaters
As a rule, the issues of home heating are solved individually by each owner.Therefore, it is simply necessary to know the device of the storage water heater or the device of the indirect heating boiler. And here, as in any other area of life, there are a number of characteristic features on this and the other side. Let's talk about devices of various types of boilers for water heating.
To date, there are several types of devices that form the market. Each of them is selected depending on the tasks to be solved.
Flow through
This type of electric water heater is installed in places where there is no need to have ready hot water supply, and its consumption is not very large. In itself, the device of such a water heater is a set of thin channels, interleaved by heating elements. Heating of water occurs at the time of its flow through them. Thus, these devices effectively consume energy, but are not designed to work with large cubic meters of water, or consume more power. In this case, there is a strong power consumption.
Accumulative
The principle of operation of the storage type water heater is that water accumulates in a special tank, as it rises upwards, while cold water is supplied to the lower part of the tank. Strictly speaking, storage water heater is the most common option among such products. After all, his device implies that there is always a certain supply of hot water at the ready. It is usually placed next to the shower, positioned vertically on the wall.
Accumulative water heater Termeks with a volume of 80 liters allows you to take a shower without fear of swimming in cold water, because the volume of the tank is impressive enough.
Indirect heating
And finally, it is impossible not to mention how the indirect heating boiler works. Its device is somewhat similar to a flowing water heater, and rather represents hybrid of the first two types of devices. A coil is installed inside this type of equipment, and the water is heated directly during the movement along this element. This type of device allows you to heat a larger volume at a greater speed, while without power waste. This is its main advantage over the first two types of heaters.
The principle of operation of the cumulative boiler
Let us dwell in more detail on how the cumulative electric boiler works.On the features of the connection is to say that the heater should be put separate branch and separate machineas the working device has rather big power consumption. On the cross section of conductors also should not save.
As for water quality: like any open type heater, it is rather capricious to the amount of lime. So it is best to put a filtration system in front of the heating system; this will greatly increase the service life.
The water is heated as follows.
- After connecting to the water supply system and the electrical network at home, the boiler is supplied with a voltage and water pressure.
- Water entering the tank starts to heat up. This process takes some time, after its completion a significant amount of hot water is collected in the tank.
- In the process of consumption in the boiler is constantly flowing new water for heating. While the hot water rises, the cold starts to heat up.
Thus, without making a strong consumption of hot water, you can get it uniform heating throughout the use of the device.
Choosing the best device
Starting to choose a heater for your home, you must, above all, start from an understanding of the volume of water to be heated. Will the boiler stand next to the sink, shower, or maybe we are talking about a bathroom or a heating system? The larger the volume, the larger the heater tank should be. Indeed, for a large family it is extremely important that in the morning there is enough water for everyone. Hot water is the element of comfort to which we are accustomed, and its lack is acutely felt. Therefore, you should not save on this issue, because it is not very comfortable to wait in your mansion while the water in the boiler heats up.
Worth and in advance decide on the manufacturer, because each company has its own design features.
- Thus, the device Ariston water heater is a design with an open element for heating water. The weak sides include high demands on water quality, and the undoubted advantage is the rapid heating of large volumes.
- And the device of the water heater of the company Termeks distinguishes, first of all, the larger size of the heating element with the consumption of the same power, reducing the heating time of the required volume.
In addition, it is best to advance allocate space for heater in the process of designing the interiors of the premises. An excellent solution would be to remove the bulky tank behind the partition, which will later receive a decorative finish. But you should not sew up the device tightly, perhaps in the future it will need access. The ideal solution would be to build a separate small room with a filtration system and water heating in the house.