Ground heat fire-abatement sprinkler system
OwnerRobert Mancini, Gino DiRezze +1inventors
InventorsRobert Mancini, Gino DiRezze, William John Welch
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Abstract
A fire-abatement sprinkler system is made economically more attractive by inclusion of a ground-loop heat exchanger. When a fire-abatement condition is not present, a pump circulates fluid through the ground heat exchanger, a portion of the supply and feed pipes of the sprinkler system, and at least one heat pump to permit energy to be transferred from/to the ground to/from the building housing the sprinkler system in order to alter the temperature therein and afford a payback of the installation costs.
Claims3
In a fire-abatement sprinkler system for use in a building, the system including a supply line, a feed line suspended by a ceiling of a building for feeding fluid to a plurality of sprinkler heads, the supply line including a connection to a water line through an alarm-activating check valve, and a secondary supply connection including a Siamese connection for fire fighters to access, the improvement comprising a ground heat circulation loop connected to the supply line said ground heat circulation loop including
- a) at least one circulation pump for circulating fluid through said circulation loop;
- b) a subterranean ground exchange heat loop;
- c) at least one heat pump in said circulation loop to transfer heat energy from/to the circulating fluid thereby using the heat energy to modify a temperature within the building;
- whereby an installer of a fire-abatement sprinkler system can be provided a payback.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.