Combined ambient-air and earth exchange heat pump system

Refrigeration – Automatic control – Selective heating or cooling

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621964, 62200, 622387, 62260, 237 2B, F25B 2702

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054618762

ABSTRACT:
An improved combined ambient-air and earth exchange heat pump system includes a subterranean heat exchanger and an ambient-air heat exchanger, both refrigerant-based, which are adapted to be selectively operated individually, serially or in parallel for heating and cooling purposes. The system also includes a compressor, a dynamic load heat exchanger, a reversing valve for converting the system from heating to cooling and vice versa, storage for excess refrigerant including an accumulator, an optional preheat exchanger, a regulating assembly with bleed port arrangement, a bypass mechanism for repetitive start-up attempts, and a lost charge device. A control center is provided to automatically activate the ambient-air heat exchanger to assist the subterranean heat exchanger after thermal stressing about the latter, to automatically deactivate the ambient-air heat exchanger for ambient conditions below a preset temperature, to increase or decrease the number of tubes used by the subterranean heat exchanger, and to optionally maintain the flow of refrigerant through the subterranean heat exchanger in the same direction during both the heating mode and the cooling mode.

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