Hybrid heating and cooling system
AssigneeSeeley International Pty Ltd
InventorsSteven Slayzak, Robert William Gilbert, Clinton Nero Leonardis, Nathan Grant Budarick, James Allan Beare, Andrew Paul Kumnick, Jack Henry Arney
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Abstract
A hybrid heating and cooling system, the system comprising an indirect-direct evaporative cooler (IDEC) subsystem; a heat pump subsystem; and a mixing plenum located between and in fluid communication with the IDEC subsystem and the heat pump subsystem, the mixing plenum being configured to mix a flow of fluid from the IDEC subsystem and a flow of fluid from the heat pump subsystem. The IDEC subsystem and the heat pump subsystem are independently operable to achieve a plurality of heating and/or cooling modes of operation.
Claims19
A hybrid heating and cooling system, the system comprising:
- an indirect-direct evaporative cooler (IDEC) subsystem;
- a heat pump subsystem;
- and
- a mixing plenum located between and in fluid communication with the IDEC subsystem and the heat pump subsystem, the mixing plenum being configured to mix a flow of fluid from the IDEC subsystem and a flow of fluid from the heat pump subsystem,
- the IDEC subsystem and the heat pump subsystem being independently operable and operable in parallel.
A method of providing heating and/or cooling to a room, the method comprising:
- operating a hybrid heating and cooling system in any of a plurality of modes of operation, the hybrid heating and cooling system including:
- an indirect-direct evaporative cooler (IDEC) subsystem;
- a heat pump subsystem;
- and
- a mixing plenum located between and in fluid communication with the IDEC subsystem and the heat pump subsystem, the mixing plenum being configured to mix a flow of fluid from the IDEC subsystem and a flow of fluid from the heat pump subsystem,
- the IDEC subsystem and the heat pump subsystem being independently operable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.