Flue gas heat pump

Patent · Tue Apr 28 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6485851

Bussjager, R C

A heating system is described comprising: a cabinet having an inlet, an outlet, and an air passage extending therebetween; a gas combustion means in the cabinet for providing a heating fluid; a heat exchanger means in the air passage for delivering a flow of the heating fluid therethrough, and including an intake opening connected to the gas combustion means and an exhaust opening; an inducer means in the cabinet and connected to the exhaust opening for drawing the flow of heating fluid through the heat exchanger means; a blower means in the air passage for circulating a flow of air to be conditioned through the inlet and the air passage across the heat exchanger means and through the outlet; and a heat pump means in the cabinet for transferring heat therein. The heat pump means include a first heat exchanger in the air passage and adjacent the inlet for transferring heat with the flow of air to be conditioned, and a second heat exchanger in the cabinet and at the exhaust opening of the heat exchanger means for transferring heat with the flow of heating fluid.

• Assignee: Carrier Corp., Syracuse, NY
• Patent Number(s): US 4660761
• OSTI ID: 6485851
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
421000* -- Engineering-- Combustion Systems
AIR FLOW
BLOWERS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CIRCULATING SYSTEMS
COMBUSTION
ENERGY RECOVERY
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENERGY TRANSFER
EXHAUST SYSTEMS
FLUE GAS
FLUID FLOW
FLUIDS
GAS FLOW
GAS HEAT PUMPS
GASEOUS WASTES
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT PUMPS
HEAT RECOVERY
HEAT TRANSFER
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
HEATING SYSTEMS
INTAKE STRUCTURES
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
OXIDATION
RECOVERY
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WASTES