Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low energy refrigerator heat source
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Application No.: US15861768Application Date: 2018-01-04
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Publication No.: US10591200B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Patrick J. Boarman
- Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Agency: Nyemaster Goode, P.C.
- Main IPC: F25B27/00
- IPC: F25B27/00 ; F25D21/12 ; F25C5/20 ; F25C5/08 ; F25C1/24 ; F25D11/02

Abstract:
A refrigerator is provided that includes a low energy refrigerator heat source. The refrigerator includes a heat source positioned at a source of latent heat. The heat source harvested heat from the source of latent heat and stores said heat in a fluid within that heat reservoir or heat exchanger. The warmed fluid is then supplied via a fluid pathway to an application requiring a heat output. Thus, the heat reservoir provides heat to the application without use of an energy-consuming device, which reduces the energy consumption of the refrigerator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180128536A1 LOW ENERGY REFRIGERATOR HEAT SOURCE Public/Granted day:2018-05-10
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