Heat pump with independent subcooler circuit
OwnerLuther D. Albertsoninventor
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An improved reversible cycle heat pump system incorporating powered subcooling to increase heating capacity by over 50 percent over conventional heat pump technology without imposing a performance penalty; wherein over 21 percent is attributable to evaporator capacity gained by subcooling, over 21 percent is attributable to recovery and utilization of sensible heat energy removed as a by-product of subcooling, and over 8 percent is attributable to recovery and utilization of sensible heat energy resulting from the conversion of electric energy to mechanical work, heat of compression, and mechanical heat of friction. The powered subcooling improvement is also easily installed as original equipment, or retrofitted to existing heat pump systems.
A heat pump system having both a heating and a cooling mode comprising:
A heat pump system having both a heating and a cooling mode comprising:
A method of retrofitting an existing heat pump system operating in the heating mode to more efficiently heat an enclosed space, the heat pump system having a primary condenser, a primary evaporator, a primary expansion device, and a primary compressor coupled together to form a primary closed refrigeration circuit for circulating a primary refrigerant, comprising:
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