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US 11,635,236 B2Granted
Optimization sensor and pool heater utilizing same and related methods
AssigneeIntermatic Incorporated
InventorsZachary Lowe, Charles Murphy
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Abstract
An operational efficiency apparatus comprising a sensor connected to a heat transfer system to detect efficiency of system and a display electrically connected to the sensor for indicating efficiency of the system based on data detected from the sensor.
Claims15
An operational efficiency apparatus comprising:
- a sensor connected to a heat transfer system to detect efficiency of the heat transfer system;
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- a display electrically connected to the sensor and including a first and second light to indicate a current operating efficiency of the heat transfer system, the first light illuminating while the heat transfer system continues to operate when the data from the sensor indicates the heat transfer system is currently operating at a desired efficiency, the second light illuminating while the heat transfer system continues to operate when the data from the sensor indicates the heat transfer system is not currently operating at the desired efficiency.
A pool heat pump apparatus comprising:
- a housing defining an inner opening;
- a compressor disposed within the inner opening and connected to a refrigerant system having a high pressure side and a low pressure side;
- a heat exchanger disposed within the inner opening within which at least a portion of the refrigerant system is disposed for heating fluid entering at a fluid inlet and discharging the heated fluid at a fluid outlet;
- at least one fan for circulating air through the apparatus;
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- an operational efficiency apparatus connected to the pool heat pump apparatus and having a first sensor monitoring a pressure associated with the high pressure side of the refrigerant system on a first side of an expansion valve of the refrigerant system and a second sensor monitoring a pressure associated with the lower pressure side of the refrigerant system on a second side of the expansion valve, and the operational efficiency apparatus displaying on a display data relating to the efficiency of the operation of the pool heat pump apparatus, wherein the display is at least one light which the operational efficiency apparatus illuminates while the pool heat pump apparatus continues to operate to indicate that the operational efficiency apparatus has determined the refrigerant system is operating at an undesired pressure.
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A pool heat pump apparatus comprising:
- a pool heat pump housing defining an inner opening;
- a compressor disposed within the inner opening and connected to a refrigerant system;
- a heat exchanger disposed within the inner opening within which at least a portion of the refrigerant system is disposed for heating fluid entering at a fluid inlet and discharging the heated fluid at a fluid outlet;
- at least one fan for circulating air through the apparatus;
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- an operational efficiency indicator connected to the pool heat pump housing and providing a real-time indication of the operational efficiency of the pool heat pump, the operation efficiency indicator including:
- at least one sensor for monitoring pressure associated with the apparatus;
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- at least one light that illuminates on a real-time basis as the pool heat pump continues to operate to indicate when the operational efficiency of the pool heat pump apparatus is efficient operation such that service is not needed;
- and inefficient operation such that service is needed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.