Combined cooling, heating, and power system
AssigneeCopeland Corporation
InventorsAndrew M. Welch, Brian R. Butler
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AssigneeCopeland Corporation
InventorsAndrew M. Welch, Brian R. Butler
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A heating system of a building includes: a solar heater configured to receive sunlight and to at least one of absorb heat into a refrigerant and augment heat absorbed into the refrigerant; a compressor configured to compress the refrigerant that vaporized via absorption of heat; a first heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the refrigerant to water; an expansion valve configured to reduce at least one of a temperature and a pressure of the refrigerant after the transfer of heat from the refrigerant to water; a second heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from water output from the first heat exchanger to air passing the second heat exchanger before flowing into the building; a pump configured to pump the water from the solar heater to the second heat exchanger; and a blower configured to blow air past the second heat exchanger and into the building.
A heating system of a building, the system comprising:
A heating method for a building, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.