公开(公告)号：US06722632B2

公开(公告)日：2004-04-20

申请号：US10179691

申请日：2002-06-24

申请人： Thomas M. Kenny ,  Peter Hoynash ,  Vincent F. Pettinato ,  Bruce S. Mitchell

发明人： Thomas M. Kenny ,  Peter Hoynash ,  Vincent F. Pettinato ,  Bruce S. Mitchell

IPC分类号： F16K3112

CPC分类号： G05D23/022 ,  F16T1/02 ,  F16T1/10 ,  F16T1/34

摘要： A valve for automatically modulating fluid flow includes a flexible flow adjustment member having a variable diameter passage therethrough and an outer surface and a shell surrounding at least a portion of the outer surface and creating a void between the shell and the outer surface. The shell is in contact with the flow of fluid. A thermally reactive material that expands when heated and contracts when cooled is a substantially non-volatile heat transfer liquid that does not undergo a phase change in use and contains inert particulate filler within the void and is in contact with the outer surface of the flexible flow adjustment member. The thermally reactive material exerts pressure on the adjustment member in response to heating the thermally reactive material to cause the passage to narrow and relieves pressure thereon in response to cooling the thermally reactive material to permit the passage to widen.

摘要翻译： 用于自动调节流体流动的阀包括柔性流量调节构件，其具有穿过其的可变直径通道，外表面和外壳围绕外表面的至少一部分并在外壳和外表面之间产生空隙。 壳体与流体流接触。 在加热时膨胀并在冷却时收缩的热反应性材料是基本上不挥发的传热液体，其在使用中不会发生相变，并且在空隙内包含惰性颗粒填料并且与柔性流的外表面接触 调整成员。 热反应性材料响应于加热热反应性材料而对调节构件施加压力，以使得通道变窄并响应于冷反应性材料而减轻其上的压力以允许通道变宽。

公开(公告)号：US06409147B1

公开(公告)日：2002-06-25

申请号：US09592821

申请日：2000-06-13

申请人： Thomas M. Kenny ,  Peter Hoynash ,  Vincent F. Pettinato ,  Bruce S. Mitchell

发明人： Thomas M. Kenny ,  Peter Hoynash ,  Vincent F. Pettinato ,  Bruce S. Mitchell

IPC分类号： F16K3112

CPC分类号： G05D23/022 ,  F16T1/02 ,  F16T1/10 ,  F16T1/34

摘要： A valve for automatically modulating a flow of fluid. The valve includes a flexible flow adjustment member having a variable diameter passage therethrough and an outer surface and a shell surrounding at least a portion of the outer surface and creating a void between the shell and the outer surface. The shell is in contact with the flow of fluid. The valve further includes a thermally reactive material that expands when heated and contracts when cooled. The thermally reactive material is within the void and is in contact with the outer surface of the flexible flow adjustment member. The thermally reactive material exerts pressure on the flexible flow adjustment member in response to a heating of the thermally reactive material to cause the variable diameter passage to close and to relieve pressure thereon in response to a cooling of the thermally reactive material to permit the variable diameter passage to open. The flow of condensate is permitted to pass through the variable diameter passage at an average temperature that generally parallels the average temperature of saturated steam within the steam system within a range of about 0 to 40 percent. The average maximum temperature of condensate flow permitted to pass through the variable diameter passage differs from the average minimum temperature of condensate flow permitted to pass through the variable diameter passage by up to about 25 degrees Fahrenheit.

摘要翻译： 用于自动调节流体流量的阀。 阀包括柔性流量调节构件，其具有穿过其的可变直径通道，外表面和壳体围绕外表面的至少一部分并在外壳和外表面之间产生空隙。 壳体与流体流接触。 阀还包括热反应性材料，其在加热时膨胀并且在冷却时收缩。 热反应性材料在空隙内并且与柔性流量调节构件的外表面接触。 响应于热反应性材料的加热，热反应性材料对柔性流量调节构件施加压力，以使可变直径通道闭合并响应于热反应性材料的冷却而减轻其上的压力，以允许可变直径 通行开放。 允许冷凝物流通过可变直径通道，其平均温度通常与蒸汽系统内饱和蒸汽的平均温度平行在大约0至40％的范围内。 允许通过可变直径通道的冷凝水流的平均最高温度与允许通过可变直径通道高达约25华氏度的冷凝物流的平均最低温度不同。