System and method for capturing waste heat in an HVAC system
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorsLok Sudhir Katikala, Srinivasa Reddy Pilli, Kanna Selvakani
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Abstract
A system and method of providing power to at least one component within a gas furnace, the method including operating a gas furnace to produce thermal energy; operating a waste heat assembly to extract the thermal energy from the gas furnace; operating the waste heat assembly to convert the extracted thermal energy to electrical energy; operating the waste heat assembly to transmit the electrical energy to at least one component of the gas furnace.
Claims18
A heating apparatus for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, the heating apparatus comprising:
- a gas furnace comprising:
- a burner assembly;
- at least one heat exchanger operably coupled to the burner assembly;
- a coupling box operably coupled to the at least one heat exchanger;
- and
- a waste heat assembly disposed adjacent to the coupling box, wherein heat from the coupling box radiates across a thermal air gap to the waste heat assembly, and the waste heat assembly is configured to convert a portion of heat generated by the coupling box to electrical energy.
A method of providing power to at least one component of a heating apparatus for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, the heating apparatus comprising a gas furnace, the method comprising:
- operating the gas furnace;
- operating a waste heat assembly disposed adjacent to a coupling box of the gas furnace to convert a portion of heat generated by the coupling box to electrical energy;
- and
- operating the waste heat assembly to transmit the electrical energy to the at least one component of the heating apparatus for the HVAC system, wherein heat from the coupling box radiates across a thermal air gap to the waste heat assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.