Patent Grant
11946669
The embodiments herein relate generally to heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems.
Prior to embodiments of the disclosed invention, air source and ground source heat pumps were separate and competing devices. Current ground source heat pumps were not scalable in the market due to the installation time required to complete the ground heat exchanger.
Air source heat pumps performed poorly at peak blocks loads when heating or cooling and added demand on the electrical power system. Ground or water source systems, while reducing electrical demand, were not easily installed due to the need to install the ground heat exchanger or a cooling tower and a boiler. Embodiments of the disclosed invention solve these problems
A polymodal heat pump is configured heat domestic water and bidirectionally move heat between ambient air and beneath a ground surface. The polymodal heat pump has a compressor, with a compressor intake and a compressor discharge. A receiver and accumulator are joined to the compressor discharge is connected. A first reversing valve is joined to the receiver and accumulator and the compressor intake. A first coil is joined to the first reversing valve with a second motorized valve. A geothermal heat exchanger is joined to the first reversing valve with a third motorized valve. A second coil is joined to the first reversing valve with a fourth motorized valve. A first electronic expansion valve is joined to the second coil. A second electronic expansion valve is joined to the first coil through the first electronic expansion valve.
A third electronic expansion valve is connected to a line between the first electronic expansion valve and the second electronic expansion valve. The first coil is part of an outdoor air handling unit, and the second coil is part of an indoor air handling unit; in order to transfer heat between the first coil, the second coil and a ground water source proximate the geothermal heat exchanger.
The detailed description of some embodiments of the invention is made below with reference to the accompanying figures, wherein like numerals represent corresponding parts of the figures.
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The second coil is joined to a first electronic expansion valve EEV1. The first electronic expansion valve EEV1 is joined to the first coil a second electronic expansion valve EEV2. The first coil is part of an outdoor air handling unit, and the second coil is part of an indoor air handling unit. The ground heat exchanger is connected to a line between the first electronic expansion valve EEV1 and the second electronic expansion valve EEV2 with a third electronic expansion valve EEV3.
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As used in this application, the term “a” or “an” means “at least one” or “one or more.”
As used in this application, the term “about” or “approximately” refers to a range of values within plus or minus 10% of the specified number.
As used in this application, the term “substantially” means that the actual value is within about 10% of the actual desired value, particularly within about 5% of the actual desired value and especially within about 1% of the actual desired value of any variable, element or limit set forth herein.
All references throughout this application, for example patent documents including issued or granted patents or equivalents, patent application publications, and non-patent literature documents or other source material, are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entireties, as though individually incorporated by reference, to the extent each reference is at least partially not inconsistent with the disclosure in the present application (for example, a reference that is partially inconsistent is incorporated by reference except for the partially inconsistent portion of the reference).
A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever.
Any element in a claim that does not explicitly state “means for” performing a specified function, or “step for” performing a specified function, is not to be interpreted as a “means” or “step” clause as specified in 35 U.S.C. § 112, 116. In particular, any use of “step of” in the claims is not intended to invoke the provision of 35 U.S.C. § 112, 116.
Persons of ordinary skill in the art may appreciate that numerous design configurations may be possible to enjoy the functional benefits of the inventive systems. Thus, given the wide variety of configurations and arrangements of embodiments of the present invention the scope of the invention is reflected by the breadth of the claims below rather than narrowed by the embodiments described above.
This application claims benefit to United States Provisional Patent Application 63/249,209 entitled “Polymodal Heat Pump System The utility of a polymodal heat pump that provides indoor space conditioning, heats domestic water and bi-directionally moves heat between the outside air and an ambient temperature loop and or a ground heat exchanger using a refrigerant circuit,” filed on Sep. 28, 2021. The U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 63/249,209 is incorporated herein by reference.
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