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20080196432 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air conditioning apparatus has plural indoor units having: plural heat exchangers; and flow controllers respectively corresponding to the heat exchangers. In each of the indoor units, one heat exchanger is used as a condenser, and another heat exchanger is used as an evaporator, thereby causing the indoor unit to perform a temperature and humidity controlling operation. An indoor unit(s) which is not set to perform the temperature and humidity controlling operation may be caused to perform a heating operation or a cooling operation. Capacity controls on the condensers and the evaporators are performed by corresponding flow controllers. Gas refrigerants ejected from plural heat exchangers serving as evaporators are joined together, and then distributed to plural heat exchangers serving as condensers. | 08-21-2008 |
20080245087 | System for controlled fluid heating using air conditioning waste heat - A system is disclosed which utilizes air conditioning waste to heat a second fluid such as swimming pool water. The second condenser for pool water heating is connected in parallel with the air conditioning condenser. An accumulator is connected between the condensers and the expansion valve to absorb fluctuations in refrigerant level due to different operating conditions caused by the pool water heating, thereby ensuring that liquid refrigerant is always supplied to the expansion valve. A controller reads the ambient air temperature at the air conditioning condenser and reads the air conditioning system condensing pressure and uses an algorithm to compute ambient air fan speed at the air conditioning condenser based on these two inputs to maintain a consistent heated pool water temperature. | 10-09-2008 |
20080276638 | Heat pump with forced air heating regulated by withdrawal of heat to a radiant heating system - A heat pump system is disclosed that utilizes a variable speed hydronics pump to selectively divert heat energy from a forced air heating system to a hydronics radiant heating system. By actively controlling the speed of the withdrawal of heat, the temperature of the forced air output may be maintained while maximizing the amount of heat delivered by the efficient hydronics system. The heat pump system also actively controls the blower of the forced air system. To reduce the frequency of the compressors cycling on and off, a tank may be used to store and dispense heat if the hydronics system is not of sufficient size. | 11-13-2008 |
20090199581 | HEAT PUMP WATER HEATER OUTDOOR UNIT AND HEAT PUMP WATER HEATER - To provide a heat pump water heater outdoor unit and heat pump water heater capable of preventing reduction in heating/hot water supply ability even at a low ambient temperature. A heat pump water heater outdoor unit, in which a compressor, a water heat exchanger, a first expansion valve, and an air heat exchanger are connected with piping, includes a first internal heat exchanger provided between the water heat exchanger and the first expansion valve and used for heat exchange between a refrigerant flowing between the water heat exchanger and the first expansion valve and a refrigerant flowing between the air heat exchanger and the compressor, an injection circuit branching off at a point between the first internal heat exchanger and the first expansion valve and to inject the refrigerant into the compressor through a second expansion valve; and a second internal heat exchanger for heat exchange between the refrigerant flowing between the first internal heat exchanger and the first expansion valve and the refrigerant flowing between the second expansion valve and the compressor in the injection circuit. | 08-13-2009 |
20090241573 | Refrigerant cycle device - A subcool condenser having a condensation heat exchange portion, a receive portion and a supercool heat exchange portion is used as an outdoor heat exchanger that functions as a radiator in a cooling operation mode so that COP in the cooling operation mode is increased. In contrast, in a heating operation mode, a refrigerant bypass device that causes the refrigerant to flow so as to bypass the supercool heat exchange portion is provided so that pressure loss generated in the refrigerant flowing through the outdoor heat exchanger is decreased. Thereby, driving force of a compressor can be decreased and COP in the heating operation mode can be improved. | 10-01-2009 |
20090249809 | Compositions Comprising A Fluoroolefin - The present invention relates to compositions for use in refrigeration, air-conditioning, and heat pump systems wherein the composition comprises a fluoroolefin and at least one other component. The compositions of the present invention are useful in processes for producing cooling or heat, as heat transfer fluids, foam blowing agents, aerosol propellants, and fire suppression and fire extinguishing agents. | 10-08-2009 |
20090255285 | Compositions Comprising A Fluoroolefin - The present invention relates to compositions for use in refrigeration, air-conditioning, and heat pump systems wherein the composition comprises a fluoroolefin and at least one other component. The compositions of the present invention are useful in processes for producing cooling or heat, as heat transfer fluids, foam blowing agents, aerosol propellants, and fire suppression and fire extinguishing agents. | 10-15-2009 |
20090277203 | DEVICE FOR HEATING, COOLING AND PRODUCING DOMESTIC HOT WATER USING A HEAT PUMP AND LOW-TEMPERATURE HEAT STORE - A heating device includes a low-temperature heat store thermally coupled to a heat pump. The heat store is a buried pocket containing a permeable material and water. A high heat exchange capacity is thus achieved by exploiting both the high specific heat of the water and the high latent heat of liquefaction of the water contained in the heat store. | 11-12-2009 |
20100050675 | HEAT PUMP SYSTEM - A heat pump system has a single heat source unit connected to at least one load unit to heat water to a high temperature. A hot water supply system | 03-04-2010 |
20100064709 | HEAT PUMP ASSEMBLY - Heat pump assembly for seasonal balancing of temperatures in buildings, includes a heat pump ( | 03-18-2010 |
20100064710 | SELF CONTAINED WATER-TO-WATER HEAT PUMP - A self-contained water-to-water heat transfer system is provided that mixes hot water produced by a heat exchange with cold output fluid expelled from the heat pump to make source fluid. More specifically, in order to reduce the fluid flow rate required within a heat pump and substantially prevent freezing of evaporator coils within the heat pump, source water fed into the heat pump is taken from a mixture of the output hot water that was generated in the heat pump and the cool water exiting the heat pump. The system alleviates the need to employ a ground loop outside of a structure that is required by traditional geothermal heating systems. | 03-18-2010 |
20100077779 | AIR-SOURCE HEAT PUMP - An air source heat pump wherein heat is extracted from air at ambient temperature in an evaporator ( | 04-01-2010 |
20100115978 | HEAT PUMP SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PUMPING LIQUIDS - A heating system with a heat pump uses as a source of heat energy of a water, which consists of at least one integral and/or connected tubing ( | 05-13-2010 |
20100132390 | VARIABLE FOUR PIPE HEATPUMP CHILLER - The invention is a 4 pipe geothermal heatpump heater/chiller device. It includes modular elements each having controllers on every module. A master controller may determine how many modules need to be in heating or cooling mode. The controlling of the modules and the switched four pipe arrangement would allow for any number of the modules to be running alternately in either heating or cooling mode at the same time. In between each module would be a spacer having isolation valves on the input and output side of the load side of each module. The valves would open and close depending on however many modules were desired to be in heating and or cooling mode, respectively. It may be also that a module is redundant, which can then be switched back and forth from either heating and or cooling mode, while the other modules themselves are left in their respective modes. | 06-03-2010 |
20100154451 | Refrigerating Apparatus - An optional unit ( | 06-24-2010 |
20100192607 | AIR CONDITIONER/HEAT PUMP WITH INJECTION CIRCUIT AND AUTOMATIC CONTROL THEREOF - Heating equipment, including a first heat exchanger, a compressor, a second heat exchanger, and a first expansion valve that decompresses a refrigerant flowing from the second heat exchanger to the first heat exchanger, are connected so as to circulate the refrigerant. A third heat exchanger provides heat of the refrigerant flowing from the second heat exchanger to the first heat exchanger to the refrigerant flowing from the first heat exchanger toward the compressor. An injection circuit merges part of the refrigerant flowing from the second heat exchanger to the first heat exchanger with the refrigerant that is sucked by the compressor. An injection expansion valve is installed in the injection circuit and decompresses the refrigerant flowing in the injection circuit. A fourth heat exchanger is installed in the injection circuit to supply heat of the refrigerant flowing from the second heat exchanger toward the first heat exchanger to the refrigerant flowing in the injection circuit. | 08-05-2010 |
20100199695 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air conditioning apparatus includes a plurality of heat source apparatuses having heat source apparatus side heat exchangers and compressors, one or a plurality of indoor units having flow rate control devices and indoor unit side heat exchangers, at least two main pipes for performing connection-piping between a plurality of heat source apparatuses and one or a plurality of indoor units, a tubular distributor for branching the refrigerant from the main pipe flowing from the inlet to a plurality of outlets to distribute into a plurality of heat source apparatuses, and connection piping for connecting the plurality of heat source apparatuses and distributor respectively. Among a plurality of heat source apparatuses, the distributor is fixedly disposed at a specified position and in a specified direction against one heat source apparatus. | 08-12-2010 |
20100229582 | Refrigeration System - A refrigerant circuit ( | 09-16-2010 |
20100229583 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - A refrigeration cycle apparatus ( | 09-16-2010 |
20100236266 | Geothermal Heating and Cooling System - A closed loop geothermal heat exchange system for providing energy efficient cooling during the warmer seasons and baseline heating during the colder season that in one preferred embodiment is comprised of a heat exchanger unit, a circulating pump and a connection to a community water supply by means of upstream and down stream piping. The up stream supply pipe is connected to the community water supply on the system side of the water metering device. Water would flow from the supply side connection by means of water main system pressure to the input side of a heat exchanger through a turbulence-inducing fixture or fixtures that would increase the thermal transfer between the heat exchanger and the water. The output side of the exchanger is connected to the input side of a small booster pump, which supplies additional pressure to the return pipe which may also be configured into a venturi to assist the return water flow and is connected to community water system downstream from the supply connection. | 09-23-2010 |
20100281900 | ARRANGEMENT ADAPTED FOR ENERGY TRANSFORMATION - The present invention encompasses an arrangement adapted for energy transformation under the utilisation of an oscillating gas volume gathered in a space, where the reciprocal oscillating movement of the gas volume within said space is sustained by an energy supplying device and where a gas compression caused by the oscillation makes for the creation of an elevated temperature within all or parts of said gas volume and where a gas decompression caused by the oscillation makes for the creation of reduced temperature within all or parts of said gas volume. There are connected to said space one or more first valve-related means, where said first valve-related means is controllably actuable by a control unit in order to supply or extract to or from said space thermal energy during a compression stage for said gas volume. There are further connected to said space one or more second valve-related means where said second valve-related means is controllably actuable by the control unit in order to supply or extract to or from said space thermal energy during a decompression stage for said gas volume. Said control unit is adapted to briefly permit actuation of said first valve-related means and said second valve-related means within mutually discrete time intervals. | 11-11-2010 |
20100281901 | Air conditioner for vehicle - In an air conditioner for a vehicle, in a heating operation for heating a vehicle compartment, when heating capacity is obtained by flowing a coolant through an inside of an indoor heat exchanger, the coolant flows directly in the inside of the indoor heat exchanger to heat air to be supplied to the vehicle compartment. In contrast, when the heating capacity is not obtained by flowing the coolant through the inside of the indoor heat exchanger, the coolant flows through a first water-refrigerant heat exchanger and a refrigerant in a heat pump cycle circulates so that heat of the coolant is absorbed by the refrigerant in the first water-refrigerant heat exchanger, and the air is heated in the indoor heat exchanger by using heat of the refrigerant that has absorbed the heat of the coolant. | 11-11-2010 |
20100319378 | HOT-WATER STORAGE TYPE HOT-WATER SUPPLY DEVICE AND HOT-WATER STORAGE TYPE HEATING AND HOT-WATER SUPPLY DEVICE - A hot-water storage type hot-water supply device includes a heat pump unit ( | 12-23-2010 |
20100326111 | PLANT FOR PRODUCING SANITARY HOT WATER - The invention relates to a plant for producing sanitary hot water, that comprises a water heater including a tank ( | 12-30-2010 |
20110005255 | Vehicular air-conditioning system - A vehicular air-conditioning system provided with a vapor compression type refrigerating machine improved in practicality, provided with a vapor compression type refrigeration cycle | 01-13-2011 |
20110016898 | HEATER - A heater for a room heating system includes a heating element, a housing having the heating element disposed therein, a thermal distribution fluid inlet into the housing, a thermal distribution fluid outlet from the housing, and at least one safety feature connection. The housing is arranged to contain thermal distribution fluid as the thermal distribution fluid follows a flow path from the thermal distribution fluid inlet to the thermal distribution fluid outlet and over the heating element. The at least one safety feature connection includes a passage through the housing. | 01-27-2011 |
20110030405 | HEAT SOURCE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An object is to provide a heat source system capable of realizing energy saving. In a heat source system including: a chilled-water main control heat pump ( | 02-10-2011 |
20110056227 | HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM OF PLANT USING HEAT PUMP - Disclosed is a heat recovery system of a plant using a heat pump that absorbs some heat energy wasted from a condenser of the plant. The heat recovery system is constructed such that water condensed by the condenser is supplied to a service water heater via condensate pumps. A heat pump is installed between the condensate pumps and the service water heater for receiving the condensed water and the coolant. Some of the condensed water and the coolant, having passed through the heat pump, are supplied to a coolant inlet port of the condenser, and the remaining portions are supplied to the service water heater. The condensed water supplied to the service water heater is heated by a three way valve through which service water heating steam is supplied. Some of the steam is directly recovered to the condenser via a combustion air heater. | 03-10-2011 |
20110061413 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air conditioning apparatus includes a heat source unit, a first utilization unit, a second utilization unit, a refrigerant communication pipe and a control section. The heat source unit includes a heat source side compressor, a heat source side heat exchanger and a heat source side expansion mechanism. The first utilization unit includes a first utilization side compressor, a first utilization side heat exchanger and a first utilization side expansion mechanism. The second utilization unit includes a second utilization side compressor, a second utilization side heat exchanger and a second utilization side expansion mechanism. The control section is configured to control the first utilization side compressor and the first utilization side expansion mechanism in accordance with operation load of the first utilization unit, and to control the second utilization side compressor and the second utilization side expansion mechanism in accordance with operation load of the second utilization unit. | 03-17-2011 |
20110088421 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A heat source-side refrigerant circuit A including a compressor | 04-21-2011 |
20110100043 | AIR CONDITIONING/VENTILATING SYSTEM - The ventilating air-conditioning system includes an air supply fan; an exhaust fan; a compressor; a first heat exchanger heat-exchanging between outdoor air sent from the air supply fan and a refrigerant; an expansion mechanism; a second heat exchanger heat-exchanging between air in a sanitary space sent by the exhaust fan and a refrigerant; and a refrigerant circuit piped so that a refrigerant circulates in order of the compressor, first heat exchanger, expansion mechanism, and second heat exchanger, or in order of the compressor, second heat exchanger, expansion mechanism, and first heat exchanger. The system heats or cools an indoor space while ventilating a sanitary space by transferring heat between the first heat exchanger and second heat exchanger through a refrigerant. | 05-05-2011 |
20110146317 | Bi-directional cascade heat pump system - A multi-mode, bi-directional cascade heat pump system, according to some examples, includes at least two chillers each being part of a unidirectional refrigerant circuit. The system includes heat exchangers each of which are dedicated to operate as just a condenser or as just an evaporator, regardless of the system's operating mode. In some modes, a secondary fluid transfers heat between the condenser of one chiller and the evaporator of another chiller before the fluid returns to a secondary fluid source such as, for example, a geothermal borefield or a conventional water source. In some embodiments, fluid is withdrawn from a borefield by way of a pump having a speed that varies to maintain a desired fluid temperature and/or a desired heat transfer rate at the borefield. The heat pump system includes means for minimizing flow through the borefield and for minimizing unnecessary mixing of relatively high and low temperature fluid. | 06-23-2011 |
20110146318 | Air Conditioning System Comprising A Support For Constituent Components Of Said System - The invention relates to an air conditioning device ( | 06-23-2011 |
20110154841 | Generator-heat pump composite device - A generator-heat pump composite device comprises an internal combustion engine, a transmission device, clutches, a heat pump and a generator, wherein the internal combustion engine is connected to the heat pump and the generator via the transmission device and the clutches, respectively. The fuel for the internal combustion engine may be natural gas or biogas, and the heat pump may be a mechanical vapor compression heat pump. When the internal combustion engine is in operation, the heat pump and/or the generator can be selectively driven by engagement or disengagement of the clutches, for selectively generating electricity and/or cold and heat. | 06-30-2011 |
20110167855 | REFRIGERANT HEATING APPARATUS ASSEMBLY AND AN ATTACHING STRUCTURE THEREOF - A refrigerant heating apparatus assembly includes a copper inner pipe inserted into a magnetic outer pipe and an induction heating coil. The copper inner pipe is expanded such that an outer diameter of the copper inner pipe enlarges and thereby is mated to an interior of the magnetic outer pipe. The copper inner pipe is configured to form part of a refrigerant piping of a refrigerant circuit. The induction heating coil is mounted to an outer circumference of the magnetic outer pipe. | 07-14-2011 |
20110197610 | Air Conditioner and Pool Heater Dual System - An air conditioner and pool heater dual system, functioning as a combination air conditioner and water heater having a heat exchanger that includes a refrigerant-to-water heat exchanger, a gas compressor, and at least one evaporator coil. The dual system is capable of heating a pool and refrigerating a house simultaneously using only one compressor. | 08-18-2011 |
20110197611 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COOLING AND WARMING - A method for cooling and warming: a refrigerant circuit ( | 08-18-2011 |
20110209491 | REVERSIBLE SYSTEM FOR RECOVERING OF HEAT ENERGY BY SAMPLING AND TRANSFER OF CALORIES FROM ONE OR MORE MEDIA INTO ONE OR MORE OTHER SUCH MEDIA - A reversible system for recovery of heat energy by sampling and transfer of calories from one or more media into one or more other media of any type. The innovation is a new principle of refrigeration operation that makes it possible—with a nonreversible plate exchanger, a reversible plate exchanger, and a finned battery on an outside air circuit—to implement the following functions:
| 09-01-2011 |
20110239673 | WATER HEATER CONTAINING A PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL - An appliance includes a water heater storage tank, a heating assembly configured to heat water within the water heater storage tank, and a heat exchange device disposed within the heat storage unit in a fixed relationship relative to a position of the heating assembly. The heat exchange device includes a hollow object and a phase change material within the hollow object. | 10-06-2011 |
20110252820 | Heat Pump Water Heater - A heat pump water heater includes a heat pump which generates a hot refrigerant and a water tank for water to be heated. The water tank includes a surrounding wall which is preferably cylindrical and a bottom portion. An inner sleeve is located in the bottom portion of the water tank, and is spaced from the bottom portion and an adjacent portion of the surrounding wall of the water tank, whereby a passageway is provided about the inner sleeve. The inner sleeve also includes an opening at a bottom thereof. A circulation system puts the heated refrigerant in a heat exchange relationship with the water in the passageway, causing heating of the water therein and, due to natural convection, movement of the heated water to a higher position in the water tank and a resultant flow of cooler water into the passageway through the bottom opening of the inner sleeve. | 10-20-2011 |
20110252821 | MODULAR CHILLER UNIT WITH DEDICATED COOLING AND HEATING FLUID CIRCUITS AND SYSTEM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SUCH UNITS - A modular heating and cooling unit comprising an independent set of headers for each of the heating a cooling loads and the source. A bank of these modular units provides a system that is capable of incremental simultaneous heating and cooling and redundancy. Valves in the internal piping of the unit eliminate the need for valves in the headers between units. This substantially reduces the overall footprint of the unit. Because of the parallel flow between the heat exchangers and the heating and cooling load, the modules can be operated in cooling mode and heating mode in any order. | 10-20-2011 |
20110283728 | SCALE DEPOSITION DEVICE AND WATER HEATER - Provided is a water heater, which allows efficient deposition of a scale component dissolved in water so as to reduce adhesion of the scale to a heat-transfer channel. The water heater includes: scale deposition means including a tank, an anode and a cathode provided in the tank so as to be opposed to each other, and a first power supply for applying a voltage between the anode and the cathode, the scale deposition means depositing a scale component dissolved in water retained in the tank; a heat-transfer channel provided at downstream of the scale deposition means, for guiding the water; and a heat source for heating the water by heat exchange in the heat-transfer channel, in which the scale deposition means includes oxygen-gas supplying/dissolving means for supplying an oxygen gas to a water feed pipe for feeding the water to the tank and dissolving the oxygen gas in the water. | 11-24-2011 |
20110296861 | HEAT PUMP SYSTEM - A heat pump system includes a heat source unit, a discharge refrigerant communication tube, a liquid refrigerant communication tube, a gas refrigerant communication tube, a first usage unit and a second usage unit. The first usage unit has a first usage-side heat exchanger capable of functioning as a radiator of the heat-source-side refrigerant introduced from the discharge refrigerant communication tube. The first usage unit is capable of performing operation in which an aqueous medium is heated by radiation of the heat-source-side refrigerant in the first usage-side heat exchanger. The second usage unit has a second usage-side heat exchanger capable of functioning as an evaporator of the heat-source-side refrigerant introduced from the liquid refrigerant communication tube. The second usage unit is capable of performing operation in which an air medium is cooled by evaporation of the heat-source-side refrigerant in the second usage-side heat exchanger. | 12-08-2011 |
20120006042 | Tank Flow Center For Closed Loop Geothermal System - A closed loop geothermal system has a fluid circulation loop that includes in series: a heat pump, a ground loop heat exchanger, a tank flow center and a circulation pump. The tank flow center includes a tank, a first valve, a second valve and a tank bypass line all mounted in a common housing. The tank may include a refill inlet that opens through a top surface of the housing. A cap may be attached to close the refill inlet. The tank flow center has the regular geothermal operation configuration, a system flush configuration, and a refill configuration. The tank flow center may be elevated above the circulation pump a distance to produce a water column that is greater than a minimum cavitation avoidance head pressure for the circulation pump. | 01-12-2012 |
20120023990 | HYBRID ELECTRIC WATER HEATER WITH EXTERNAL DISCHARGE DUCTING - A duct adapter system directs air flow relative to a hybrid water heater. The duct adapter system includes a collar adapted to surround a vent of a hybrid water shroud. The collar couples to standard duct pipe to extend ductwork to a heat pump portion of the hybrid water heater. A boost fan may be included in the system for boosting air flow to or from a remote location. The duct adapter system is adapted to deliver a warm air supply to the heat pump from the remote location, or deliver the cool discharge air from the heat pump water heater to a remote location. | 02-02-2012 |
20120060534 | HEAT PUMP WATER HEATER - A heat pump water heater that includes a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator. The condenser is in a heat exchange relationship with a water storage tank and includes a heat exchange coil with a first section and a second section. The first section has a first flow area. The second section has a second flow area that is less than the first flow area and the second section is downstream from the first section. The compressor, the condenser, the expansion device, and the evaporator are connected in series. | 03-15-2012 |
20120060535 | HEAT PUMP WATER HEATER WITH EXTERNAL INLET TUBE - A heat pump water heater system includes a water storage tank and a sealed heat pump cycle with a compressor, a condenser or gas cooler, an evaporator, and a refrigerant. The condenser/gas cooler is disposed in a heat exchange relationship with at least a portion of the water storage tank for heating water within the tank. The tank includes an outlet through which hot water is discharged, and a cold water inlet that is disposed so as to introduce cold water into the tank at a location of a bottommost portion of the condenser/gas cooler. The cold water introduced into the tank is not pre-heated by hot water in the tank so as to establish a thermodynamically efficient temperature differential between the cold water and hot water in the tank. | 03-15-2012 |
20120085114 | REFRIGERANT CIRCUIT OF AN HVAC SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a refrigerant circuit and a process for operation of the refrigerant circuit of an HVAC system of a vehicle, particularly an electric or hybrid vehicle. The refrigerant circuit includes a primary circuit with a compressor, a heat exchanger for heat transmission between the refrigerant and the environment, a collector, a first expansion member, a heat exchanger for supply of heat from the fresh air to be conditioned of the vehicle interior to the refrigerant and a heat exchanger arranged switched in parallel to the heat exchanger. Further, the refrigerant circuit is provided with a secondary train that extends starting from a tapping point positioned between the compressor and the heat exchanger up to a connection point and is provided with a heat exchanger for heat transmission from the refrigerant to the fresh air to be conditioned for the vehicle interior, and a subsequent control valve. | 04-12-2012 |
20120090341 | WATER HEATER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A water heater includes one or a plurality of heat pumps that heat tap water or return water from a hot water supply part, a circulation line that supplies hot water heated in the heat pumps to the hot water supply part, and introduces the return water from the hot water supply part to the heat pumps, an incoming water pipe that joins to between the hot water supply part in the circulation line and the heat pumps and supplies the tap water, a circulation pump that returns the return water to the heat pumps and circulates the return water through the circulation line, and a control unit that controls operation or stop of the circulation pump according to driving operation time or elapsed stop time by linking a combustion process of the heat pumps. | 04-19-2012 |
20120137716 | AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE UTILIZING TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIATION OF EXHAUSTED GAS TO EVEN TEMPERATURE OF EXTERNAL HEAT EXCHANGER - This invention relates to a cooling/heating air conditioning device for regulating temperature, which pumps an airflow exhausted from a space in an air conditioning object such as inside of a room or vehicle to the external through the external heat exchanger disposed at the external of the air conditioning object such as outside of the room or vehicle so as to equalize the temperature of the fluid flowing through the internal of the external heat exchanger by means of the temperature difference between the internal and external of the air conditioning object for achieving an energy saving effect. | 06-07-2012 |
20120144853 | SYMMETRICAL INTERMEDIATE STORAGE MEANS FOR HEAT PUMPS WITH CYCLICAL DRAINAGE INTO A MAIN SYSTEM - Heat pumps and refrigerating machines operate optimally if the temperature difference of the connected heat sources and heat sinks is as small. If this is not the case, there are two negative effects: At a high spread, increased dissipation occurs in the condensers and evaporators. In order to increase spread, the heat return flow is frequently mixed with the heat pump flow. For this purpose, hydraulic separators and overflow valves are employed. This results in highly dissipative mixing of heat carrier medium with differing temperatures. Using a pair of intermediate storage means, the dissipation that occurs can be drastically reduced. The low spread of the heat pump is adjusted to the high spread of the remaining system. The COP of the system is substantially improved. With heat pumps, the improvement ranges from about 5% to 20%. | 06-14-2012 |
20120180513 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - To provide an air-conditioning apparatus capable of achieving energy saving. | 07-19-2012 |
20120198879 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus including an outdoor unit having a compressor compressing a refrigerant and a heat source side heat exchanger exchanging heat between the refrigerant and air; a plurality of indoor units having use side heat exchangers exchanging heat between a heat medium that flows therein and air; and a relay unit disposed between the outdoor unit and the indoor units, the relay unit exchanging heat between the refrigerant conveyed from the outdoor unit and the heat medium flowing in the indoor units, in which the relay unit includes a main relay unit that is connected to the outdoor unit with two pipings and a sub relay unit that is connected to the main relay unit with three pipings. | 08-09-2012 |
20120204588 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus in which a heat source unit and a relay unit are connected by two pipings, and in which a hot water supply function can be readily added. The relay unit includes a connection circuit between a first branching unit and a second connecting piping that is capable of connecting a water heat exchanger that exchanges heat between a refrigerant and water. | 08-16-2012 |
20120216558 | Packaged HVAC System For Indoor Installation - A pre-packaged air conditioning system for providing heating, cooling, ventilation and energy recovery, the system comprising: an energy recovery ventilator, condenser, condenser fan, compressor, expansion device, flow reversing valve, evaporator and evaporator fan; an inlet for providing outside air to the evaporator, the inlet for extending beyond a wall of a host structure; and an exhaust duct for exhausting air outside of the host structure, the exhaust duct for extending beyond a wall to the host structure; wherein the energy recovery ventilator, condenser, condenser fan, compressor, evaporator and evaporator fan are housed within a single envelope configured for installation inside the host structure. | 08-30-2012 |
20120227431 | HEAT PUMP SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A heat pump system including a water-cooled type heat exchanger, which is a heat supply means, mounted on a first bypass line bypassing a second indoor heat exchanger to collect waste heat of vehicle electric devices to thereby enhance a heating efficiency of the heat pump system. The heat pump system for a vehicle includes: a branch line for connecting a refrigerant circulation line of the second indoor heat exchanger and the first bypass line with each other; a second bypass line, which bypasses an outdoor heat exchanger; and a control part that controls a flow of the indoor air to be introduced into an air-conditioning case, whereby the heat pump system can minimize influences of the outdoor air of low temperature even when the outdoor temperature is below zero, enhance the operation and the heating performance of the heat pump system by collecting waste heat of the vehicle electric devices and heat sources of the indoor air, and increase the mileage of the vehicle by minimizing operation of an electric heater. | 09-13-2012 |
20120260689 | Device for Climate Control of Greenhouses - The invention relates to a device for controlling the climate in a greenhouse, comprising a first heat exchanger ( | 10-18-2012 |
20120297808 | HEAT PUMP SYSTEM - A refrigerant circuit includes a compressor, a heat source-side heat exchanger, and a usage-side heat exchanger capable of heating an aqueous medium. An aqueous medium circuit includes a circulation pump and the usage-side heat exchanger, and is connected to aqueous medium devices. An auxiliary heat source is provided at an outlet side of the usage-side heat exchanger in the aqueous medium circuit to further heat the aqueous medium. A heating capability computation unit computes a heating capability of the aqueous medium devices based on an operating state quantity of constituent devices or refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant circuit. A circulation flow rate computation unit computes a circulation flow rate of the aqueous medium based on an outlet/inlet temperature difference and the heating capability. A prediction unit predicts an outlet temperature of the aqueous medium in the auxiliary heat source based on the circulation flow rate and heat source capability information. | 11-29-2012 |
20120304677 | HEAT PUMP HYDRONIC HEATER - The heat pump hydronic heater of the invention includes a heat pump circuit and a hot water tank circuit, the heat pump circuit and the hot water tank circuit are accommodated in one casing | 12-06-2012 |
20130025311 | MOTOR VEHICLE REFRIGERANT CIRCUIT WITH A REFRIGERATION SYSTEM CIRCUIT AND A HEAT PUMP CIRCUIT - A fluid conditioning system includes a refrigeration circuit and a heat pump circuit. The refrigeration circuit includes a heat exchanger and an evaporator. The heat pump circuit includes a condenser, a chiller serially connected to the evaporator, and a first expansion member in fluid communication with the chiller, wherein the heat pump circuit is configured to utilize heat from ambient air and a cooling agent circuit for heating a passenger compartment of a vehicle. | 01-31-2013 |
20130025312 | HEAT PUMP AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A heat pump air conditioning system for a vehicle, wherein the system can efficiently use electric power and a discharge temperature can be set to an optimal level. During dehumidifying-heating operation in which air for air conditioning passes through a fourth heater exchanger after passing through a third heat exchanger, a first blower and a second blower are cooperatively operated by adjusting, according to the voltage supplied to the first blower, the voltage supplied to the second blower. When the discharge temperature of the air for air conditioning flowing from a first heat exchanger is higher than a first predetermined temperature and the rotational speed of a refrigerant compressor is minimum, the cooperative operation between the first blower and the second blower is stopped and the electric power to the second blower is adjusted to lower the discharge temperature to a level lower than a second predetermined temperature. | 01-31-2013 |
20130047654 | HEAT PUMP HOT WATER APPARATUS - According to a heat pump hot water apparatus of the invention, the hot water tank | 02-28-2013 |
20130061623 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit of a refrigeration cycle through which a refrigerant that transits in a supercritical state is allowed to flow, and a flow dividing device that divides the flow of a high-pressure liquid refrigerant in a subcritical state into two or more parts. The flow dividing device is configured such that the device is oriented substantially in the horizontal direction or substantially upward in the vertical direction relative to the direction of flow of the refrigerant in a liquid state. With such a configuration, the flow of refrigerating machine oil is equally divided, thus offering high energy saving while keeping heat-medium conveyance power at a low level without reducing the heat exchanging performance. | 03-14-2013 |
20130074540 | DEVICE FOR PREPARING HOT WATER, IN PARTICULAR FOR DOMESTIC APPLICATIONS - A device which is used for preparing hot water, in particular for domestic applications, by recovering heat from waste water, preferably waste water from a sink and/or a dishwasher or washing machine includes a heat pump having an evaporator and a condenser, and a waste water container which collects the waste water. The waste water container is placed in thermal contact with the evaporator and constructed as a cylindrical hollow body with a waste water inlet and a waste water outlet. A hot water reservoir is in thermal contact with the condenser. Accommodated in the hollow body of the waste water container is an agitating apparatus, and a valve is provided at the waste water outlet to cut a flow of waste water through the waste water outlet. | 03-28-2013 |
20130145788 | DEVICE FOR PREPARING HOT WATER BY RECOVERING HEAT FROM WASTE WATER - A device for preparing hot water by recovering heat from waste water includes a heat pump which has a compressor and an evaporator. The evaporator supplies thermal energy to a hot water reservoir which is disposed above the compressor. At least one heat pipe thermally connects the hot water reservoir to the compressor of the heat pump and is constructed to dissipate waste heat produced during operation of the compressor to the hot water reservoir. | 06-13-2013 |
20130192286 | HIGH EFFICIENCY ENERGY TRANSFER FROM WASTE WATER TO BUILDING HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS - Disclosed are self-cleaning waste water nitration devices suitable for generating thermal water for use in heat pump systems. Also disclosed are methods for continuously generating filtered thermal water from waste water. Further disclosures pertain to systems for automatically generating heating capacity or cooling capacity from a waste water source. Methods for producing and transporting filtered thermal water from a waste water source to a heat pump are also disclosed in which the filtered thermal water can be used for heating, cooling, or both. | 08-01-2013 |
20130192287 | OUTDOOR HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONER INCLUDING THE SAME - An outdoor heat exchanger in cooling operation includes: a first header pipe into which a refrigerant compressed by a compressor flows; a first heat exchanging unit connected with the first header pipe and allowing a refrigerant to exchange heat with the air; a bypass pipe through which the refrigerant exchanging heat in the first heat exchanging unit flows; a first distribution pipe connected with the bypass pipe; a distribution pipe check valve that is disposed in the first distribution pipe and preventing the refrigerant exchanging heat in the first heat exchanging unit from passing through the first distribution pipe; a second header pipe into which the refrigerant passing through the bypass pipe flows; a second heat exchanging unit connected with the second header pipe and allowing a refrigerant to exchange heat with the air; and a second distribution pipe through which the refrigerant exchanging heat in the second heat exchanging unit passes. | 08-01-2013 |
20130199231 | HEAT MEDIUM RELAY UNIT AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH SAME - Obtained is a heat medium relay unit capable of having improved serviceability and an air-conditioning apparatus equipped with the heat medium relay unit. | 08-08-2013 |
20130247604 | REVERSING VALVE - A reversing valve comprising a valve body having an internal cavity therein and an input port, output port and first and second reversing ports. A baffle is located within the internal cavity and is configured to rotate around a pivot point within the internal cavity. At least one electromagnet is coupled to the valve body. The electromagnet is configured to cause the baffle to rotate in one of the clockwise direction or counter-clock wise direction when a voltage is applied to the electromagnet. | 09-26-2013 |
20130298585 | APPLIANCE HAVING NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE - An appliance is provided including a noise reduction device to reduce noise generated within a main body of the appliance. The noise reduction device may include a sound absorbing plate having a plurality of sound absorbing holes and a resonance member, one side of which is open and having a hollow portion, so that noise generated by a drive of the appliance passes through the noise reduction device, in order to efficiently reduce noise in the appliance and achieve an increase of internal capacity, a decrease in weight, and a reduction in manufacturing costs for the appliance. | 11-14-2013 |
20130305760 | HEAT PUMP DEVICE, HEAT PUMP SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THREE-PHASE INVERTER - An object of the present invention is to efficiently heat a refrigerant retained in a compressor. An inverter control unit generates six drive signals corresponding to the respective switching elements of the inverter, and outputs the generated drive signals to the corresponding switching elements of the inverter to cause the inverter to generate a high-frequency AC voltage. Particularly, the inverter control unit generates a drive signal having a switching pattern A for turning on all the three switching elements on a positive voltage side or a negative voltage side of the inverter, and subsequent thereto, generates a drive signal having a switching pattern B for turning on two switching elements of the three switching elements and turning off one switching element thereof. | 11-21-2013 |
20130319029 | VEHICLE THERMAL SYSTEM - A vehicle thermal system includes a heat pump system in which a compressor, a first refrigerant switching unit configured to switch a flowing direction of a refrigerant, an outdoor heat exchanger, a first flow rate control unit, a second flow rate control unit, and a heat pump intermediate heat exchanger are connected in order, and which has a bypass circuit including a third flow rate control unit between the first flow rate control unit and the second flow rate control unit, a heat pump indoor heat exchanger, and a second refrigerant switching unit configured to switch between a discharge side of the compressor and an suction side of the compressor. The heat pump system has the refrigerant flowing therein and a heat medium circuit in which a liquid pump, a cooling heat exchanger, a heat medium indoor heat exchanger and a heat medium intermediate heat exchanger are sequentially connected. | 12-05-2013 |
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20140013785 | COGENERATION SYSTEM - In a cogeneration system | 01-16-2014 |
20140013786 | STEAM GENERATION SYSTEM - There is provided an efficient steam generation system capable of reducing a temperature difference in heat to be drawn by a heat pump. A first heat pump ( | 01-16-2014 |
20140033755 | Geothermal Rail Cooling and Heating System - A Geothermal Rail Cooling and Heating System is a reversible system process that accelerates heat transfer between the steel rail used in railway track and the adjacent earth. It is comprised of the Rail Heat Exchangers specially shaped to fit tightly inside the rail web, a refrigerant cycling on its physical condensing and evaporative characteristics, a mechanical and power supply system, and an underground tubing loop system for heat dissipation or absorption. When the railroad track undergoes a range of temperature changes that results in rapid rail expansion, it may cause track buckling or sun kink. Upon detection of such occurrence, the system responds with cooling effect to slow down expansion, and simultaneously reduce the risk of track failure. By switching the direction of refrigerant flow utilizing the system built-in reversing valve, the function is alternated for the evaporator and condenser to enable heating instead of cooling. | 02-06-2014 |
20140060102 | MILD AMBIENT VEHICULAR HEAT PUMP SYSTEM - A vehicular heat pump system for controlling the temperature of a passenger compartment and vehicle battery is provided. The heat pump system may include a cooling mode and a heating mode. The components of each of the respective heating and cooling circuits may include: a compressor, an AC condenser, a heat pump condenser, a cabin evaporator, a heat pump evaporator, a receiver/dryer, a plurality of expansion devices, and a plurality of flow control valves. The use of multiple evaporators and condensers eliminates the need to reverse the direction of refrigerant flow upon a change in operating mode; therefore, the position of the low-pressure side of the system remains constant in all operating modes. The low-pressure side of the system is not cooled with ambient air, minimizing the complexity of the system and eliminating the need to interrupt heating mode in order to de-ice the outside heat exchanger. | 03-06-2014 |
20140075978 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AN EFFICIENT SURFACE EVAPORATION AND FOR AN EFFICIENT CONDENSATION - An evaporator or a condenser includes a surface on which the operating liquid is arranged. Further, turbulence generators are provided to generate turbulences in the operating liquid located on the operating surface. In the condenser, alternatively or additionally, a laminarizer is present to make the vapor stream laminar provided by the compressor. On the evaporator side, the evaporation efficiency is increased and, on the condenser side, the condenser efficiency is increased, which may be used for a substantial reduction in size without loss of power of these components, in particular for a heat pump for heating a building. | 03-20-2014 |
20140137589 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a first refrigerant flow switching device, a plurality of intermediate heat exchangers, a first expansion device, and a heat-source-side heat exchanger, through all of which a refrigerant circulates and all of which in combination form a refrigeration cycle; and a heat medium circuit including the plurality of intermediate heat exchangers, a pump, and a plurality of use-side heat exchangers, through all of which a heat medium circulates. The air-conditioning apparatus further includes a heat medium energy storage that is connected to the heat medium circuit and stores the heat medium; and an intra-storage heat exchanger that is connected to the refrigerant circuit and heats or cools the heat medium in the heat medium energy storage by using the heat-source-side refrigerant supplied thereto. | 05-22-2014 |
20140238063 | SANITATION COMPARTMENT FOR RECOVERING THE HEAT FROM HOT WASTEWATER DURING BATHING - A sanitation compartment capable of preheating the clean, cold water from the mains, for use in the bath, using, residual heat present in wastewater. The water used in the bath is collected from the cabinet, passing via the drain and is conveyed to the collector vessel and transferred to a heat exchanger. Clean, cold water from the mains circulates through the heat exchanger, where it is preheated on receiving heat from the wastewater present within the collector vessel. | 08-28-2014 |
20140245770 | REFRIGERANT CHARGE MANAGEMENT IN A HEAT PUMP WATER HEATER - Heat pumps that heat or cool a space and that also heat water, refrigerant management systems for such heat pumps, and methods of managing refrigerant charge. Various embodiments remove idle refrigerant from a heat exchanger that is not needed for transferring heat by opening a refrigerant recovery valve and delivering the idle refrigerant from the heat exchanger to an inlet port on the compressor. The heat exchanger can be isolated by closing an electronic expansion valve, actuating a refrigerant management valve, or both. Refrigerant charge can be controlled by controlling how much refrigerant is drawn from the heat exchanger, by letting some refrigerant back into the heat exchanger, or both. Heat pumps can be operated in different modes of operation, and various components can be interconnected with refrigerant conduit. Some embodiments deliver refrigerant gas to the heat exchanger and drive liquid refrigerant out prior to isolating the heat exchanger. | 09-04-2014 |
20140290296 | HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM - A heat exchange system includes a first heat exchanger that radiates heat of at least a cooling cycle, a cooler circuit in which a coolant for a heat-emitting device flows, a plurality of heat exchangers that are connected to the cooler circuit and radiate heat of the coolant, and a blower that sends air to the first heat exchanger and the plurality of heat exchangers to cool. The plurality of heat exchangers are arranged in a blowing direction of the blower, and separately radiate heat of the cooler circuit. The heat exchanger, which is disposed on the windward side, of the plurality of heat exchangers is thermally connected to the first heat exchanger, and the heat exchanger disposed on the windward side radiates heat by itself and also radiates heat through the first heat exchanger. | 10-02-2014 |
20140298843 | DIRECT EXCHANGE HEAT PUMP WITH GROUND PROBE OF IRON ANGLED AT 25 DEGREES OR LESS OR OTHER MATERIAL ANGLED AT 4 DEGREES OR LESS TO THE HORIZONTAL - Disclosed is a ground probe heat pump system including a direct exchange heat exchanger installed in the earth at a nearly horizontal angle. The ground probe includes separate flow paths for a working fluid allowing the working fluid to directly exchange heat energy with the ground. Also disclosed are methods of installing multiple probes and heat pump systems in various arrangements separately or in conjunction with existing heating and cooling systems. Included are embodiments of the ground probe which are predominantly iron configured to be inserted through a below-ground level structure such as a basement wall by pounding or otherwise applying pressure to the ground probe. | 10-09-2014 |
20140318166 | MOISTURE REMOVAL SYSTEM - A moisture removal system comprises a plurality of coils each capable of operation as either a condenser or evaporator, and a switching mechanism to cycle the functionality of the coils. The system may cycle the functionality of the coils to alleviate frost development on any one coil and thus speed a moisture removal process. | 10-30-2014 |
20140326011 | HOT WATER SUPPLY APPARATUS ASSOCIATED WITH HEAT PUMP - A hot water supply apparatus associated with a heat pump is provided. The hot water supply apparatus performs a hot water supply operation using a high temperature refrigerant that has been discharged from a compressor, and simultaneously performs an indoor heating operation using a two-stage refrigerant cycle. This allows the apparatus to supply hot water while simultaneously providing heating/cooling to an indoor space. | 11-06-2014 |
20140326012 | HOT WATER SUPPLY APPARATUS ASSOCIATED WITH HEAT PUMP - A hot water supply apparatus associated with a heat pump is provided. The hot water supply apparatus may employ a cascade heat pump including a two-stage cycle to perform a hot water supply operation. Refrigerants flowing through a heat side heat exchanger and a usage side heat exchanger may be heat-exchanged with water. Thus, the hot water supply operation may be continuously performed, without a defrosting operation, and hot water supply performance and heating performance may be improved. | 11-06-2014 |
20140326013 | HOT WATER SUPPLY APPARATUS ASSOCIATED WITH HEAT PUMP - A hot water supply apparatus associated with a heat pump is provided. The hot water supply apparatus may employ a cascade heat pump including a two-stage cycle to perform a hot water supply operation. Refrigerants flowing through a heat side heat exchanger and a usage side heat exchanger may be heat-exchanged with water. Thus, the hot water supply operation may be continuously performed, without a defrosting operation, and hot water supply performance and heating performance may be improved. | 11-06-2014 |
20140326014 | HOT WATER SUPPLY APPARATUS ASSOCIATED WITH HEAT PUMP - A hot water supply apparatus associated with a heat pump is provided. The hot water supply apparatus may employ a cascade heat pump including a two-stage cycle to perform a hot water supply operation. Refrigerants flowing through a heat side heat exchanger and a usage side heat exchanger may be heat-exchanged with water. Thus, the hot water supply operation may be continuously performed, without a defrosting operation, and hot water supply performance and heating performance may be improved. | 11-06-2014 |
20150052927 | REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - A refrigeration apparatus includes a multistage compression mechanism, a heat-source-side main heat exchanger, at least one heat-source-side sub heat exchanger, a usage-side heat exchanger, a switching mechanism, an expansion mechanism and a refrigerant piping group. The refrigerant piping group connects the multistage compression mechanism, the switching mechanism, the heat-source-side main heat exchanger, the heat-source-side sub heat exchanger, the expansion mechanism and the usage-side heat exchanger so that during the heating operation, the heat-source-side main heat exchanger and the heat-source-side sub heat exchanger are connected in series. | 02-26-2015 |
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20150114018 | VISCOUS HEATER FOR HEAT PUMP SYSTEM - An air-conditioning system for a vehicle includes a heat pump system to heat the vehicle. A viscous heater is disposed within the heat pump system to supplement the heat pump system during a heat mode of the air-conditioning system. | 04-30-2015 |
20150114019 | HEAT PUMP SYSTEM USING LATENT HEAT - A heat pump system is disclosed comprising a heat-exchanger extracting latent heat from liquid stored in a reservoir, thereby forming an ice slurry. The heat pump also includes a device for delivering the heat to a heat consumer. The heat pump system includes a random input of extrinsic liquid into the reservoir and a device for removing ice slurry stored in the reservoir outward the system. | 04-30-2015 |
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