Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heat pump with water heating
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Application No.: US14758756Application Date: 2012-12-31
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Publication No.: US09885504B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Liang Xu , Yuqing Du , Jun Wang , Jing Lei , Chungang Wang , Guangyu Shen
- Applicant: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Piscataway
- Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Piscataway
- Agency: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/CN2012/088123 WO 20121231
- International Announcement: WO2014/101225 WO 20140703
- Main IPC: F25B30/02
- IPC: F25B30/02 ; F25B13/00 ; F25B47/02

Abstract:
Heat pump systems and methods for providing chilled/hot liquid for air-conditioning and domestic hot-water, are provided. The heat pump systems include a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger and a third heat exchanger (e.g., a hot-water heat exchanger) that share at least one expansion valve disposed at a downstream position of the hot-water heat exchanger. The at least one expansion valve is disposed between the hot-water heat exchanger and the first and second heat exchangers. The heat pump systems can provide six operation modes, including a cooling mode, a heating mode, a water-heating mode, a heat-recovery mode, a simultaneous heating and water heating mode, and a defrost mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150338139A1 HEAT PUMP WITH WATER HEATING Public/Granted day:2015-11-26
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