Hydraulically opened cone vertical tube diffuser with slanted anti-siphon hole
Abstract
A diffuser for a water heater fill tubes having a tube wall with an outside diameter. The diffuser includes an elongated flexible diffuser body for positioning at the outlet end of the fill tube. The diffuser body has a sealing end for sealing with an outside surface of the fill tube wall closest to the inlet end of the fill tube, and an open end for positioning at an end closest to the outlet end of the fill tube. The open end has a diameter larger than an outside diameter of the tube wall, thereby creating an diffuser water outlet opening between the diffuser body and the tube wall for redirecting radial water flow emanating from the fill tube water outlet opening(s) toward the diffuser outlet opening. A fill tube assembly for a water heater, a water heater, and a method for heating water are also disclosed.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 2222364
- Patent Number(s):
- 11768012
- Application Number:
- 17/193,344
- Assignee:
- UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 03/05/2021
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Rendall, Joseph D., Gluesenkamp, Kyle R., Gehl, Anthony C., and Atchley, Jerald A. Hydraulically opened cone vertical tube diffuser with slanted anti-siphon hole. United States: N. p., 2023.
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Rendall, Joseph D., Gluesenkamp, Kyle R., Gehl, Anthony C., & Atchley, Jerald A. Hydraulically opened cone vertical tube diffuser with slanted anti-siphon hole. United States.
Rendall, Joseph D., Gluesenkamp, Kyle R., Gehl, Anthony C., and Atchley, Jerald A. Tue .
"Hydraulically opened cone vertical tube diffuser with slanted anti-siphon hole". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2222364.
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author = {Rendall, Joseph D. and Gluesenkamp, Kyle R. and Gehl, Anthony C. and Atchley, Jerald A.},
abstractNote = {A diffuser for a water heater fill tubes having a tube wall with an outside diameter. The diffuser includes an elongated flexible diffuser body for positioning at the outlet end of the fill tube. The diffuser body has a sealing end for sealing with an outside surface of the fill tube wall closest to the inlet end of the fill tube, and an open end for positioning at an end closest to the outlet end of the fill tube. The open end has a diameter larger than an outside diameter of the tube wall, thereby creating an diffuser water outlet opening between the diffuser body and the tube wall for redirecting radial water flow emanating from the fill tube water outlet opening(s) toward the diffuser outlet opening. A fill tube assembly for a water heater, a water heater, and a method for heating water are also disclosed.},
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year = {Tue Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2023},
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