HEAT PUMP WATER HEATER
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240328672A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18555967

    申请日:2021-06-28

    发明人: Naoya TAKEDA

    摘要: A heat pump water heater includes a heat pump unit a hot water storage tank including a high temperature part and a low temperature part; a water inlet pipe for supplying water from the low temperature part to the heat pump unit; a heat storage unit that absorbs heat from water flowing through the water inlet pipe and stores the heat; a first branch valve provided between the low temperature part and the heat storage unit to switch a flow path in the water inlet pipe; and a first bypass pipe connecting a part between the heat storage unit and the heat pump unit to the first branch valve.

    Recreational vehicle heating system

    公开(公告)号:US11850916B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-26

    申请号:US17646214

    申请日:2021-12-28

    摘要: A recreational vehicle heating system comprises: a heating medium heater, a hot water supply heat exchanger, a heating medium circuit including a pump and a waste heat exchanger, and a heating medium tank compartmented by vertical partitions configured to allow for the heating medium flow over the partitions from one compartment to another in a sequential order, the hot water supply heat exchanger being arranged in one of the tank compartments, while the other tank compartments are part of heating medium circuits each including a pump and a waste heat exchanger. The first tank compartment in said sequential order is connected, via a conduit, to the heating medium heater, while the last tank compartment in said sequential order is configured to allow for the heating medium flow over to the conduit for the heating medium transfer by a pump via the heater to the first compartment.

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT REDUCED ENERGY AND WATER USAGE

    公开(公告)号:US20240044549A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-08

    申请号:US18264368

    申请日:2022-02-07

    发明人: Peter KONOWALCZYK

    摘要: Provided is a method of controlling a supply of heated water from a source including a heating appliance (301) to a plurality of water outlets (302, 303) remote from the heating appliance, the method comprising: detecting a demand for water from a first water outlet (302), identifying the demand as likely to be associated with the first water outlet (302) and setting to a first target water temperature value, associated with the first outlet, a target water temperature for the temperature at which water is supplied; detecting a demand for water from a second water outlet (303), identifying the demand as likely to be associated with the second water outlet, and resetting to a second target water temperature value, associated with the second outlet, the target water temperature at which water is supplied; wherein the demand is associated with an outlet based on a detected flow characteristic. Also provided is a hot-water supply installation having a plurality of controllable outlets, the installation including: a source of hot-water with an outlet having a controllable outflow temperature; a flow measurement device to provide data on water flow between the source and the plurality of controllable outlets; a temperature sensor to detect the outflow temperature; a memory storing parameters linking flow data to outlet identity, and associating each of the plurality of controllable outlets with a respective target temperature; a processor operatively connected to the memory, the flow measurement device, and the first temperature sensor; the processor being configured: in the event that one of the plurality of controllable outlets is opened, to determine based on a detected flow characteristic which of the plurality of controllable outlets has been opened, and then based on that determination to control the outflow temperature of the source, in accordance with stored parameters for the determined one of the controllable outlets; and in the event that another of the plurality of controllable outlets is opened, to determine which another of the plurality of controllable outlets has been opened, and then based on that determination to control the outflow temperature of the source, in accordance with stored parameters for the determined another of the controllable outlets.