Heating systems – Automatic control – Heat source is a reverse cycle refrigerating system or heat...
Patent
1997-06-09
1999-11-16
Wayner, William
Heating systems
Automatic control
Heat source is a reverse cycle refrigerating system or heat...
165140, 622386, G05D 2300, F25B 2700
Patent
active
059841982
ABSTRACT:
Heat pump apparatus for heating liquid, such as water, includes a refrigerant circuit and a water circuit, a refrigerant-to-water heat exchanger and an air-to-refrigerant heat exchanger operably disposed in heat exchange relationship with a air fluid stream of a systemically separate primary source of space conditioning. A compressor is provided for circulating the refrigerant between the two heat exchangers and a water pump is provided for circulating the water to be heated through the refrigerant-to-water heat exchanger. A tank is also provided for storing the heated water. The tank has an electrically resistive heating element operably associated therewith. A control circuit is provided for normally enabling operation of the heat pump and disabling the heating element in response to a demand for liquid heating. However, in response to selected conditions, such as a low outdoor air temperature condition, the control circuit disables the heat pump and enables the heating element in response to a demand for water heating.
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Bennett Gregory S.
Carr Thomas J.
Chapin Merlin K.
Hamad Nabil G.
Lennox Manufacturing Inc.
McCord W. Kirk
Wayner William
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