(19)
(11) EP 1 094 279 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/03

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.04.2001 Bulletin 2001/17

(21) Application number: 00203601.0

(22) Date of filing: 17.10.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F24D 17/00, F24D 3/08
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 19.10.1999 NL 1013341

(71) Applicant: Heatex B.V.
9482 TW Tynaarlo (NL)

(72) Inventor:
  • Willemsen, Johannes Albertus Hendrikus
    9482 RZ Tynaarlo (NL)

(74) Representative: Prins, Adrianus Willem et al
Vereenigde, Nieuwe Parklaan 97
2587 BN Den Haag
2587 BN Den Haag (NL)

   


(54) Management of heated water in a storage boiler with anti-Legionella provisions


(57) A storage boiler having a hot water reservoir (1, 101), a tap water supply (6, 106), communicating with the reservoir (1, 101), for supplying tap water, and a tap water discharge (7, 107), communicating with the reservoir (1, 101), for delivering heated tap water from the reservoir (1, 101), further comprising water displacement provisions (10-15, 106, 107, 110, 111, 115, 116, 120-123, 130) (9, 109) for displacing water present in the reservoir (1, 101) within the reservoir (1, 101). By displacing water from one place to another place in the reservoir, Legionella growth in water that is relatively cool for a long time in the reservoir is controlled. Also described is a method utilizing this principle.






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