Abstract:
Module for heat transfer (1) between a public heating network (2) and a heating facility (3) comprising at least one independent heat generation source (4), said module (1) comprising a heat exchanger (5) connected to two fluid circuits and wherein a first fluid of the public heating network (2) transmits thermal energy to a second fluid of the heating facility (3), said module (1) being characterised in that it comprises reversible means for inverting ad hoc the direction of heat transfer of the thermal energy between the two fluid circuits, a first direction of heat transfer for transmitting, in the heat exchanger (5), the thermal energy of the first fluid to the second fluid, and a second direction of heat transfer for transmitting, in the heat exchanger (5), the thermal energy of the second fluid to the first fluid.
Abstract:
A heating installation comprising: • a main thermal power generation source comprising a first heat exchanger (2) connected to two fluid circuits and wherein a first fluid of a primary circuit (3) is capable of transmitting thermal power to a second fluid of a secondary circuit (4); • at least one storage vessel (5) allowing a temporary storage of the second fluid, the storage vessel (5) and said first heat exchanger (2) being hydraulically arranged in parallel; • at least one secondary heat generation source (6) enabling to transmit thermal power to the second fluid stored in the storage vessel (5); • distribution means (7) enabling to direct all or part of the flow of the second fluid into the storage vessel (5) and/or into said first heat exchanger (2); said installation being characterized in that it comprises: • a second heat exchanger (12) hydraulically connected in series with the first heat exchanger (2), said second heat exchanger (12) being arranged down¬ stream of the first heat exchanger (2) along the direction of circulation of the second fluid; • a return pipe (13) allowing the flow of the second fluid coming from the storage vessel (5) to pass through the said second heat exchanger (12).
Abstract:
Method of controlling a variable delivery pump (2) fitted to a heating system(1) comprising: a heat exchanger (3) connected to two circuits of fluids (4, 5), said variable delivery pump (2) making it possible to vary the flow-rate of the first fluid inside the heat exchanger (3); a return loop (6) on the primary circuit (4) allowing the first fluid reaching the input (7) of the heat exchanger (3) to mix with a portion of the first fluid coming from the output (8) of the exchanger (3); a first temperature sensor (S1) measuring a temperature (T1) of the second fluid coming from the secondary circuit (5); a second temperature sensor (S3) measuring a temperature (T3) of the first fluid coming from a primary circuit (4); a control unit (9) electrically connected to said first and second temperature sensors (S1, S3), said sensors (S1, S3) generating electrical signals as functions of the temperatures (T1) and (T3) and constituting electrical input signals of the control unit (9).
Abstract:
Heating plant (1, 11, 21, 31, 41, 51) for the production of domestic hot water, said plant comprising a first heat exchanger (2, 12, 22, 32, 42, 52) connected to two fluid circuits and in which a first fluid of a primary circuit (3, 13, 23, 33, 43, 53) transmits heat energy to a second fluid of a secondary circuit (4, 14, 24, 34, 44, 54) constituted by the domestic hot water characterized in that said primary circuit (3, 13, 23, 33, 43, 53) comprises: a main heat energy production source (5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55) and a secondary heat energy production source (6, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56), said main and secondary sources being arranged hydraulically in series, the secondary source (6, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56) being arranged upstream of the main source (5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55); a by-pass pipe (8, 18, 28, 38, 48, 58) of the secondary source arranged hydraulically in parallel relative to the secondary source (6, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56); a three-port valve (7, 17, 27, 37, 47, 57) capable of selectively directing the first fluid into the secondary source (6, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56) or into the by-pass pipe (8, 18, 28, 38, 48, 58); and in that the heating plant (1, 11, 21, 31, 41, 51) comprises a control unit (10, 20, 30) for controlling the three-port valve (7, 17, 27, 37, 47, 57).