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Title: Heat pump system

Abstract

An air heating and cooling system for a building includes an expansion-type refrigeration circuit and a heat engine. The refrigeration circuit includes two heat exchangers, one of which is communicated with a source of indoor air from the building and the other of which is communicated with a source of air from outside the building. The heat engine includes a heat rejection circuit having a source of rejected heat and a primary heat exchanger connected to the source of rejected heat. The heat rejection circuit also includes an evaporator in heat exchange relation with the primary heat exchanger, a heat engine indoor heat exchanger, and a heat engine outdoor heat exchanger. The indoor heat exchangers are disposed in series air flow relationship, with the heat engine indoor heat exchanger being disposed downstream from the refrigeration circuit indoor heat exchanger. The outdoor heat exchangers are also disposed in series air flow relationship, with the heat engine outdoor heat exchanger disposed downstream from the refrigeration circuit outdoor heat exchanger. A common fluid is used in both of the indoor heat exchangers and in both of the outdoor heat exchangers. In a first embodiment, the heat engine is a Rankine cycle engine. Inmore » a second embodiment, the heat engine is a non-Rankine cycle engine.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Cleveland, OH
  2. Fedhaurn, FL
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Consolidated Natural Gas Service Co., Inc., Columbus, Ohio (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
863468
Patent Number(s):
4178772
Assignee:
Consolidated Natural Gas Service Company, Inc. (Cleveland, OH)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02G - HOT GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F24 - HEATING F24D - DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS
DOE Contract Number:  
EY-76-C-02-2883
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
heat; pump; air; heating; cooling; building; expansion-type; refrigeration; circuit; engine; exchangers; communicated; source; indoor; outside; rejection; rejected; primary; exchanger; connected; evaporator; exchange; relation; outdoor; disposed; series; flow; relationship; downstream; common; fluid; embodiment; rankine; cycle; non-rankine; rankine cycle; heat rejection; cycle engine; indoor air; rejected heat; refrigeration circuit; outdoor heat; indoor heat; heat engine; heat pump; heat exchange; heat exchanger; air flow; heat exchangers; series air; primary heat; exchange relation; flow relationship; air heating; type refrigeration; expansion-type refrigeration; /62/165/

Citation Formats

Swenson, Paul F, and Moore, Paul B. Heat pump system. United States: N. p., 1979. Web.
Swenson, Paul F, & Moore, Paul B. Heat pump system. United States.
Swenson, Paul F, and Moore, Paul B. Mon . "Heat pump system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/863468.
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abstractNote = {An air heating and cooling system for a building includes an expansion-type refrigeration circuit and a heat engine. The refrigeration circuit includes two heat exchangers, one of which is communicated with a source of indoor air from the building and the other of which is communicated with a source of air from outside the building. The heat engine includes a heat rejection circuit having a source of rejected heat and a primary heat exchanger connected to the source of rejected heat. The heat rejection circuit also includes an evaporator in heat exchange relation with the primary heat exchanger, a heat engine indoor heat exchanger, and a heat engine outdoor heat exchanger. The indoor heat exchangers are disposed in series air flow relationship, with the heat engine indoor heat exchanger being disposed downstream from the refrigeration circuit indoor heat exchanger. The outdoor heat exchangers are also disposed in series air flow relationship, with the heat engine outdoor heat exchanger disposed downstream from the refrigeration circuit outdoor heat exchanger. A common fluid is used in both of the indoor heat exchangers and in both of the outdoor heat exchangers. In a first embodiment, the heat engine is a Rankine cycle engine. In a second embodiment, the heat engine is a non-Rankine cycle engine.},
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