Abstract: A device for managing a temperature according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a conversion controller that estimates an indoor set temperature based on a temperature of air returned from a target zone and an operating time of a state converter, and controls a state conversion amount of the state converter by comparing the estimated indoor set temperature with the temperature of the returned air, and a heat exchanger for varying the temperature of the returned air and providing the air whose temperature is varied to the target zone.

Abstract: An air heating apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an expansion tank that stores water, a water heater that receives heat from a combustion gas generated by a combustion reaction and heats the water, a heating heat exchanger that receives the water heated by the water heater and exchanges heat between the water and air discharged for heating, a fan that delivers the air to the heating heat exchanger, a circulation supply flow path that is formed to connect the expansion tank, the water heater, and the heating heat exchanger and guides the water in the expansion tank via the water heater to the heating heat exchanger, a hot water tank in which hot water is stored, and a hot water heating flow path.

Abstract: A device for managing a temperature according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a conversion controller that estimates an indoor set temperature based on a temperature of air returned from a target zone and an operating time of a state converter, and controls a state conversion amount of the state converter by comparing the estimated indoor set temperature with the temperature of the returned air, and a heat exchanger for varying the temperature of the returned air and providing the air whose temperature is varied to the target zone.

Abstract: Disclosed is a water softening system includes a first and a second filter unit that selectively performs any one of a removable mode discharging soft water including less ionic material than a source water, and a recycling mode of discharging reclaimed water including more ionic material than the source water, a first and a second supply passage that supplies the source water to the first and the second filter unit, a first and a second discharge passage that discharges the soft water or the reclaimed water from the first and the second filter unit, a first recovery passage part that guides at least a portion of the reclaimed water in the first discharge passage to the second supply passage, and a second recovery passage part that guides at least a portion of the reclaimed water in the second discharge passage to the first supply passage.

Abstract: An ion removal kit according to the present invention comprises: a kit case; a filter unit, which is provided inside the kit case, receives raw water from a main flow path for supplying the raw water to a water-requiring place so as to remove, through electrodeionization, at least some of ionic substances included in the received raw water, thereby discharging soft water containing less ionic substances than raw water; a filter flow path which is provided inside the kit case; and a control part which is provided inside the kit case and which controls the filter unit.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present subject matter includes: a plurality of sockets connected to a plurality of hoses through which hot water is supplied and returned, and formed in a detachable structure; and clips provided outside the plurality of sockets with a clearance to support the plurality of sockets so as to have a degree of freedom.

Abstract: A recirculation valve includes a housing including a hot water fluid passage which is used to allow the hot water to flow through, a cold water fluid passage to allow the cold water to flow through, and a recirculation fluid passage to allow the hot water in the hot water fluid passage to flow into the cold water fluid passage, a water pressure plate provided to close the recirculation fluid passage when the cold water or the hot water is used, and to open the recirculation fluid passage when the cold and hot waters are not used, and a bimetal plate configured to open the recirculation fluid passage as the bimetal plate is spaced apart from a recirculation opening and to close the recirculation fluid passage by making contact with the recirculation opening, and positioned downstream of the recirculation opening in a direction in which the hot water flows.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for detecting an unusual condition of a gas appliance, and a water heating device. The method for detecting the unusual condition of the gas appliance equipped with a heat generator including a burner to which gas is supplied as a fuel includes a first step of obtaining a required heating value that the burner has to output to create a predetermined state, a second step of obtaining an indicated heating value corresponding to a control value transmitted to the heat generator for control of the heat generator in the predetermined state, and a third step of determining whether the gas is unusually used, based on the required heating value and the indicated heating value.

Abstract: Provided is a soft-water system which connects to a main channel for supplying raw water to a place of consumption, removes at least a part of an ionic material contained in the raw water supplied through the main channel, and supplies soft water containing less ionic material than the raw water to the place of consumption. The soft-water system includes: a filter portion which receives supplied water derived from raw water, removes at least a part of an ionic material contained in the supplied water on the basis of electric power, and discharges first soft water containing less ionic material than the supplied water; and a storage portion which receives and stores the first soft water and discharges second soft water derived from the stored first soft water, wherein at least one of the first soft water and the second soft water is supplied to a place of consumption.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a warm water recirculating valve using a direct water supply tube and, more particularly, to a warm water recirculating valve provided between a warm water supply tube (13) installed in an existing housing and a direct water supply tube (14) in order to recirculate warm water, the warm water recirculating valve comprising: a housing (110) having warm water channels (111, 112) formed therein and connected to the warm water supply tube (13), having direct water channels (114, 115, 116) formed therein and connected to the direct water supply tube (14), and having a recirculating channel (113) formed therein and connected between the warm water channels (111, 112) and the direct water channels (114, 115, 116); and a water pressure plate (140) provided in the direct water channels (114, 115, 116) so as to generate a differential pressure such that, when warm water is recirculated, the recirculating channel (113) is opened by pressure of the recirculated warm water and, when direct

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fuel cell system in which fuel or air supplied to a burner is preheated using an anode gas having a high temperature discharged from a heat exchange type reformer or an anode off-gas having a high temperature discharged from a fuel cell stack, thus enhancing operation efficiency of the burner.

Abstract: Provided is a method for measuring the temperature at each location of a pipe in a hot water supply system comprising a water heater, a pipe, and outlets, the method comprising checking for a temperature of a first point (TP1), which is upstream of the outlet, a temperature of a second point (TP2), which is downstream of the outlet and an outdoor temperature (TA), and confirming a length (L) of the pipe from the first point to the second point, then measuring a temperature of the pipe located at a distance of x away from the first point.

Abstract: A recirculation valve includes a housing including a hot water fluid passage which is used to allow the hot water to flow through, a cold water fluid passage to allow the cold water to flow through, and a recirculation fluid passage to allow the hot water in the hot water fluid passage to flow into the cold water fluid passage, a water pressure plate provided to close the recirculation fluid passage when the cold water or the hot water is used, and to open the recirculation fluid passage when the cold and hot waters are not used, and a bimetal plate configured to open the recirculation fluid passage as the bimetal plate is spaced apart from a recirculation opening and to close the recirculation fluid passage by making contact with the recirculation opening, and positioned downstream of the recirculation opening in a direction in which the hot water flows.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a warm water recirculating valve using a direct water supply tube and, more particularly, to a warm water recirculating valve provided between a warm water supply tube (13) installed in an existing housing and a direct water supply tube (14) in order to recirculate warm water, the warm water recirculating valve comprising: a housing (110) having warm water channels (111, 112) formed therein and connected to the warm water supply tube (13), having direct water channels (114, 115, 116) formed therein and connected to the direct water supply tube (14), and having a recirculating channel (113) formed therein and connected between the warm water channels (111, 112) and the direct water channels (114, 115, 116); and a water pressure plate (140) provided in the direct water channels (114, 115, 116) so as to generate a differential pressure such that, when warm water is recirculated, the recirculating channel (113) is opened by pressure of the recirculated warm water and, when direct

Abstract: Provided is a connector assembly for hose connection of a hot water mat in which leakage of water may be prevented as plugs and sockets are normally assembled to each other even when degrees of parallelism of the plugs do not coincide with each other. To achieve the above-described objective, a connector assembly for hose connection of a hot water mat of the present invention includes: a plurality of sockets connected to a plurality of hoses through which hot water is supplied and returned, and formed in a detachable structure; and clips provided outside the plurality of sockets with a clearance to support the plurality of sockets so as to have a degree of freedom.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel cell system in which fuel or air supplied to a burner is preheated using a high-temperature burner off-gas (BOG) discharged from the burner to thus enhancing operation efficiency of the burner.

Abstract: Provided is a method for measuring the temperature at each location of a pipe in a hot water supply system comprising a water heater, a pipe, and outlets, the method comprising checking for a temperature of a first point (TP1), which is upstream of the outlet, a temperature of a second point (TP2), which is downstream of the outlet and an outdoor temperature (TA), and confirming a length (L) of the pipe from the first point to the second point, then measuring a temperature of the pipe located at a distance of x away from the first point.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a solid oxide fuel cell system including a coating layer, in which a coating layer having excellent durability at high temperatures is formed on surfaces of parts and pipes disposed inside a high-temperature box of a solid oxide fuel cell to prevent oxidation due to high temperatures or chromium volatilization due to high temperatures. The solid oxide fuel cell system including a coating layer includes a high-temperature box, a burner, a heat exchanger, and a stack disposed within the high-temperature box, a plurality of pipes as gas transfer passages among the burner, the heat exchanger, and the stack, and a coating layer formed on surfaces of the burner, the heat exchanger, and the pipe to prevent oxidation due to high temperatures and chromium volatilization due to high temperatures.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a combustion device for improving a turndown ratio, which is capable of stably implementing a combusted state in a low-output load region by improving a turndown ratio of a burner. To this end, the present invention provides the combustion device having a premixing chamber (300) which is connected to an air supply tube (100) and a gas supply tube (200), and which has a space for premixing air and gas provided therein, wherein the space for premixing the air and gas supplied from the air supply tube (100) and the gas supply tube (200) is divided into multiple stages of a venturi structure in the premixing chamber (300), and the discharging direction of the gas discharged inside the premixing chamber (300) through the gas supply tube (200) is formed in parallel to the flow direction of the gas supplied inside the premixing chamber (300) through the air supply tube (100).

Abstract: A hot water supply apparatus of the present invention includes: a direct water inlet pipe into which direct water is introduced; a heat exchanger for heating direct water introduced through the direct water inlet pipe with combustion heat of a burner; a hot water supply pipe for discharging the hot water heated in the heat exchanger; a bypass pipe connected between the direct water inlet pipe and the hot water supply pipe so as to mix a part of the direct water introduced through the direct water inlet pipe with the hot water discharged through the hot water supply pipe; and a pressure reducing valve provided on the bypass pipe and configured to reduce the pressure of water passing through the inside of the bypass pipe to supply the water to the hot water supply pipe when hot water is supplied.