Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated demand water heating using a capacity modulated heat pump with desuperheater
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Application No.: US16539956Application Date: 2019-08-13
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Publication No.: US11592215B2Publication Date: 2023-02-28
- Inventor: Robert R. Brown
- Applicant: WaterFurnace International, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Fort Wayne
- Assignee: WaterFurnace International, Inc.
- Current Assignee: WaterFurnace International, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Fort Wayne
- Agency: Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
- Agent Thomas E. Williams
- Main IPC: F25B30/02
- IPC: F25B30/02 ; F25B41/35 ; F25B39/04 ; F25B39/02 ; F25B13/00 ; F25B29/00 ; F25B40/04 ; F24H4/02

Abstract:
A heat pump system provides at least six modes of heating, cooling, and/or domestic water heating operation, where domestic water heating may occur concurrently with heating or cooling a space in a structure. The heat pump system comprises a desuperheater positioned downstream of the compressor and operable as a desuperheater, a condenser or an evaporator, a source heat exchanger operable as either a condenser or an evaporator, a load heat exchanger operable as either a condenser or an evaporator, a reversing valve positioned downstream of the desuperheater heat exchanger and configured to alternately direct refrigerant flow from the desuperheater heat exchanger to one of the load heat exchanger and the source heat exchanger and to alternately return refrigerant flow from the other of the load heat exchanger and the source heat exchanger to the compressor, and an expansion valve positioned between the load heat exchanger and the source heat exchanger.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200072510A1 INTEGRATED DEMAND WATER HEATING USING A CAPACITY MODULATED HEAT PUMP WITH DESUPERHEATER Public/Granted day:2020-03-05
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