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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2020
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Heewoong Park, Seoul, KR;
Jeongseob Shin, Seoul, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Provided is a hot water supply tank including: a case forming an appearance of the hot water supply tank; a heating container accommodating a fluid and having an inner side treated with anticorrosive; a heater installed on an outer side of the heating container and transferring heat to the fluid; and a heat insulator interposed between the case and the heater, wherein in a predetermined volume of the heating container, a ratio at which a performance of the heater to transfer heat (hereinafter, heat transfer performance) is maximized (hereinafter, optimum ratio) among the ratios of side height to bottom diameter of the heating container (hereinafter, aspect ratios) is determined by whether the heater is installed on the bottom as well as side of the heating container, and determined based on an area of the heating container occupied by the heater (hereinafter, heat transfer area).