US 12,747,602 B2 · Valve manifold for a pool environment control system

Abstract

A pool environment control system including a reheat branch including a reheat soft-start electronic solenoid valve configured to fluidly couple to a compressor, a reheat primary electronic solenoid valve configured to fluidly couple to the compressor, and a reheat check valve fluidly coupled to the reheat soft-start electronic solenoid valve and the reheat primary electronic solenoid valve, the reheat check valve configured to provide fluid communication with a reheat system. The pool environment control system further including an air-cooled condenser (ACC) branch including an ACC soft-start electronic solenoid valve fluidly coupled to the compressor, an ACC primary electronic solenoid valve fluidly coupled to the compressor, and an ACC check valve fluidly coupled to the ACC soft-start electronic solenoid valve and the ACC primary electronic solenoid valve, the ACC check valve configured to provide fluid communication with an ACC system.

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Dependent claims

A pool environment control system comprising:

a reheat branch including
a reheat soft-start electronic solenoid valve configured to fluidly couple to a compressor,
a reheat primary electric solenoid valve configured to fluidly couple to the compressor, and
a reheat check valve fluidly coupled to the reheat soft-start electronic solenoid valve and the reheat primary electric solenoid valve;
and
an air-cooled condenser (ACC) branch including
an ACC soft-start electronic solenoid valve fluidly coupled to the compressor,
an ACC primary electric solenoid valve fluidly coupled to the compressor, and
an ACC check valve fluidly coupled to the ACC soft-start electronic solenoid valve and the ACC primary electric solenoid valve, the ACC check valve configured to provide fluid communication with an ACC system.

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A multi-mode valve manifold comprising:

a primary rail configured to fluidly couple to an upstream isolation valve;
a soft-start rail configured to fluidly couple to the upstream isolation valve;
a reheat branch including
a reheat soft-start electronic solenoid valve fluidly coupled to the soft-start rail,
a reheat primary electric solenoid valve fluidly coupled to the primary rail, and
a reheat isolation valve coupled to the reheat soft-start electronic solenoid valve and the reheat primary electric solenoid valve;
a heat reclaim branch including
a reclaim soft-start electronic solenoid valve fluidly coupled to the soft-start rail,
a reclaim primary electric solenoid valve fluidly coupled to the primary rail, and
a reclaim isolation valve coupled to the reclaim soft-start electronic solenoid valve and the reclaim primary electric solenoid valve and configured to selectively provide fluid flow to a heat reclaim system;
and
an air-cooled condenser (ACC) branch including
an ACC soft-start electronic solenoid valve fluidly coupled to the soft-start rail,
an ACC primary electric solenoid valve fluidly coupled to the primary rail, and
an ACC isolation valve coupled to the ACC soft-start electronic solenoid valve and the ACC primary electric solenoid valve and configured to selectively provide fluid flow to an ACC system.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Valve manifold for a pool environment control system

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Abstract

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