Energy recovery system
OwnerSherwin Lewisinventor
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Abstract
An energy recovery system for a pre-existing condenser unit is provided. The energy recovery system provides a casing housing a coil fin, an external water source fluidly coupled to the coil fin, and the casing directly connected to the pre-existing condenser unit so that latent heat output from the pre-existing condenser unit interfaces with the coil fin for heating the external water by way of heat transfer. The energy recovery system is self-activating by electrically coupling a transformer of the energy recovery system to a power source of the pre-existing condenser.
Claims2
An energy recovery system for a pre-existing condenser unit, the energy recovery system comprising:
- a casing housing a coil fin;
- an external water source fluidly coupled to the coil fin;
- the casing directly connected to the pre-existing condenser unit so that latent heat output from the pre-existing condenser unit interfaces with the coil fin so that the coil fin heats the external water;
- clamps directly connecting the casing to the pre-existing condenser unit;
- a transformer electrically powering the coil fin;
- an air temperature sensor configured to sense temperature of the latent heat output;
- a temperature sensor configured to sense temperature of the external water source;
- a water inlet through which the external water source enters the coil fin;
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- a valve operatively associated with the water inlet;
- wherein the control panel is configured to bypass, by way of the valve, fluid coupling of said water to the coil fin if a temperature of the external water is greater than or equal to a temperature of the latent heat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.