Modular heat exchange system
AssigneeHelmut Werner PROVOST
InventorMARCEL STROOBANTS
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Abstract
A modular heat exchange system for use in a central heat exchange installation in buildings, including at least one heat exchange element equipped for exchanging heat between environmental air and a fluid which is conducted through the heat exchange element. The heat exchange element has a predetermined first shape with opposite lateral sides. At least one non-heat-exchange add-on element, equipped for adding a given additional functionality to the system, has a predetermined second shape with a complementary lateral side to one of the opposite lateral sides of the heat exchange element.
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A modular heat exchange system for use in central heat exchange installations in buildings, comprising
- at least one heat exchange element equipped for exchanging heat between environmental air and a fluid which is conducted through the heat exchange element, said heat exchange element having a predetermined first shape with opposite lateral sides, and
- at least one non-heat-exchange add-on element, equipped for adding a given additional functionality to the system, having a predetermined second shape with a complementary lateral side to one of the opposite lateral sides of the heat exchange element, such that when the heat exchange element and the add-on element are fixed adjacent each other with said complementary sides facing each other, the first shape of the heat exchange element continues into the second shape of the add-on element.
A central heat exchange installation in a building, comprising
- a central heating unit for heating a fluid,
- a central cooling unit for cooling said fluid,
- a selection mechanism for selecting between the central heating unit and the central cooling unit,
- a plurality of heat exchange systems in a plurality of rooms of said building,
- ducts extending between said central units and said plurality of heat exchange systems for conducting said fluid from said central units towards each of said heat exchange systems.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.