Method and arrangement for heating buildings having an infrared heating system

Abstract

A method and a configuration for heating buildings has an infrared heating system containing a radiant tube disposed in a first building, particularly in a hall, to which a gas heated by a furnace is supplied at a first end. A second end of the radiant tube is in a flow connection with a heat exchanger that is subjected to the heated gas after the gas leaves the radiant tube. A radiator or tap water dispenser is disposed in a second building that is connected to the heat exchanger via lines in order to emit the thermal energy absorbed by the heat exchanger in the second building in the form of convection heat or heated tap water.

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         19 . A method for heating buildings using an infrared heating system containing a radiant tube in a first building, which comprises the steps of:
 supplying at a first end of the radiant tube a heated gas heated by a burner, a second end of the radiant tube is in fluid communication with a heat exchanger, to which the heated gas is supplied after it leaves the radiant tube; and   providing, in a second building, one of a heating body and an industrial water dispenser connected to the heat exchanger via lines for giving off in the second building thermal energy received by the heat exchanger in a form of one of heat of convection and heat of heated industrial water.   
     
     
         20 . The method according to  claim 19 , which further comprises connecting the heat exchanger to a buffer storage tank for a coolant via a first coolant supply and return line, and thermal energy stored in the buffer storage tank is given off in the second building in a form of one of heat of convection and heat of heated industrial water. 
     
     
         21 . The method according to  claim 19 , which further comprises providing the radiant tube with a blower which conveys the heated gas through the heat exchanger and out of the radiant tube. 
     
     
         22 . The method according to  claim 21 , which further comprises disposing the blower upstream of the heat exchanger. 
     
     
         23 . The method according to  claim 21 , which further comprises connecting the second end of the radiant tube to the blower via a supply line which is thermally insulated with respect to the environment. 
     
     
         24 . The method according to  claim 21 , which further comprises disposing a throttle valve, which can be used to vary an amount of the heated gas guided through the radiant tube, downstream of the blower. 
     
     
         25 . The method according to  claim 19 , which further comprises selecting a size of the heat exchanger such that a temperature of the heated gas in the heat exchanger drops into a condensation range of the heated gas. 
     
     
         26 . The method according to  claim 19 , which further comprises providing the heat exchanger with a bypass line, via which the heated gas can be guided past the heat exchanger. 
     
     
         27 . The method according to  claim 19 , which further comprises connecting further radiant tubes of further infrared heating systems to the heat exchanger via a common, thermally insulated manifold for heating one of the first building and further buildings. 
     
     
         28 . The method according to  claim 19 , wherein the first building is a hall. 
     
     
         29 . A configuration, comprising:
 an infrared heating system disposed in a first building, said infrared heating system having a burner and a radiant tube with a first end to which a gas which is heated by said burner is supplied at said first end;   a heat exchanger, to which the heated gas is supplied after it leaves said radiant tube;   lines; and   a heating unit selected from the group consisting of a heating body and an industrial water dispenser disposed in a second building, said heating unit being in fluid communication with said heat exchanger via said lines for giving off in the second building thermal energy received by said heat exchanger in a form of one of heat of convection and heat of heated industrial water.   
     
     
         30 . The configuration according to  claim 29 ,
 further comprising a buffer storage tank; and   wherein said heat exchanger is connected, via one of said lines being a first coolant supply and return line, to said buffer storage tank being connected to said heating unit via other ones of said lines for giving off in the second building the thermal energy stored in said buffer storage tank.   
     
     
         31 . The configuration according to  claim 29 , further comprising a blower associated with said radiant tube for conveying the heated gas through said heat exchanger and out of said radiant tube. 
     
     
         32 . The configuration according to  claim 31 , wherein said blower is disposed upstream of said heat exchanger. 
     
     
         33 . The configuration according to  claim 31 , further comprising a supply line and a second end of said radiant tube is connected to said blower via said supply line which is thermally insulated with respect to the environment. 
     
     
         34 . The configuration according to  claim 31 , further comprising a throttle valve for varying an amount of the heated gas guided through said radiant tube, said throttle valve disposed downstream of said blower. 
     
     
         35 . The configuration according to  claim 29 , wherein a size of said heat exchanger is such that a temperature of the heated gas in said heat exchanger is reduced into a condensation range of the heated gas. 
     
     
         36 . The configuration according to  claim 29 , wherein said heat exchanger has a bypass line, via which the heated gas can be guided past said heat exchanger. 
     
     
         37 . The configuration according to  claim 29 , further comprising:
 a common, thermally insulated manifold; and   additional infrared heating systems having additional radiant tubes connected to said heat exchanger via said common, thermally insulated manifold for heating one of the first building and other buildings.