Indoor unit for electric heat pump

Patent · 01 January 1984

OSTI ID:865012

Draper, Robert ^[1]; Lackey, Robert S ^[2]; Veyo, Stephen E ^[3]; Humphrey, Joseph R ^[4]

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1. Churchill, PA
2. Pittsburgh, PA
3. Murrysville, PA
4. Grand Rapids, MI

An indoor unit for an electric heat pump is provided in modular form including a refrigeration module 10, an air mover module 12, and a resistance heat package module 14, the refrigeration module including all of the indoor refrigerant circuit components including the compressor 36 in a space adjacent the heat exchanger 28, the modules being adapted to be connected to air flow communication in several different ways as shown in FIGS. 4-7 to accommodate placement of the unit in various orientations.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Patent Number(s): US 4449376
• OSTI ID: 865012
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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