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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2018
Paloma Co., Ltd, Aichi, JP;
Makoto Takeuchi, Aichi, JP;
Wataru Nakanishi, Aichi, JP;
PALOMA CO., LTD., Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A water heater includes a plurality of stages of burners, a water supply pipe, a hot water outlet pipe, a heat exchanger, a passing water quantity control unit, a temperature detection unit, and an operation control unit. The operation control unit, upon confirmation that a predetermined start condition of a passing water restriction is satisfied at a start of a hot water supply, performs the output hot water temperature control by calculating a target flow rate that causes no switching or a minimum count of switching of the combustion stages of the burners and configuring the passing water quantity control unit to have the target flow rate. The operation control unit, upon confirmation that a predetermined release condition of the passing water restriction is satisfied, executes the passing water control in which the passing water quantity is returned to the predetermined water quantity by gradually releasing the passing water restriction.