# US 2014/0156102 A1 · Device for the hybrid heating of a fluid of a tank > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0156102 A1 - Document ID: US20140156102A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/075,821 - Filed: 2013-11-08 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-08 - Assignees: Poolstar - Applicants: Poolstar - Inventors: Raphael ELBAZ; Georges AMSELLEM - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140156102A1 ## CPC - F24H 9/2021: {Storage heaters} - F24H 1/102: {with resistance} - F24H 1/185: {using electric energy supply (F24H1/201 takes precedence)} - F24H 1/54: Water heaters for bathtubs or pools; Water heaters for reheating the water in bathtubs or pools - F24H 4/02: Water heaters - F24H 4/04: Storage heaters - F24H 9/2014: {using electrical energy supply} - F24H 15/156: Reducing the quantity of energy consumed; Increasing efficiency - F24H 15/174: Supplying heated water with desired temperature or desired range of temperature - F24H 15/215: before heating - F24H 15/258: Outdoor temperature - F24H 15/281: Input from user - F24H 15/37: of electric heaters - F24H 15/38: Control of compressors of heat pumps - F24H 15/395: Information to users, e.g. alarms - F24H 15/421: using pre-stored data - F24H 15/45: remotely accessible - G05D 23/19: characterised by the use of electric means {(G05D23/1393 takes precedence)} - E04H 4/129: {Systems for heating the water content of swimming pools (solar collectors using pools F24S10/17, F24S10/10; by solar radiation F24S20/02)} - F24H 2250/00: Electrical heat generating means - F24H: FLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEAT-GENERATING MEANS, e.g. HEAT PUMPS, IN GENERAL (steam generation F22) - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) ## Abstract The invention relates to a system comprising a hybrid heating device (PAC-H) for a fluid contained in a remote tank (SP), comprising a fluid inlet (Wi) for receiving the fluid from the tank, first and second internal heating means for said fluid, control means co-operating with said first and second internal heating means, and a fluid outlet (Wo) for returning said heated fluid. Said control means activate alternately or simultaneously the first and second internal heating means according to a setpoint and/or a predetermined operating parameter of the hybrid heating device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Hybrid heating device for a fluid contained in a remote tank comprising a fluid inlet for receiving fluid from the tank, a first internal heating means for said fluid, control means co-operating with said first internal heating means and a fluid outlet for returning said heated fluid, the device wherein it also comprises a second internal heating means, said control means being also suited for co-operating with said second internal heating means and for activating alternately or simultaneously the first and second internal heating means according to a setpoint and/or predetermined operating parameter of the device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Hybrid heating device according to claim 1, comprising a housing incorporating the first and second internal heating means as well as the control means. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) Hybrid heating device according to claim 1, wherein the first internal heating means is an air-water heat pump, whose compressor co-operates with the control means. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) Hybrid heating device according to claim 1, wherein the second internal heating means is an electric exchanger. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) Hybrid heating device according to claim 1, wherein the fluid inlet supplies with fluid the first internal heating means, which supplies in turn the second internal heating means, which co-operates with the fluid outlet. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) Hybrid heating device according to claim 1, wherein the first and second internal heating means co-operate with the control means via a control bus. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) Hybrid heating device according to claim 1, wherein the setpoint is a temperature setpoint of the fluid of the tank, said device comprising or communicating with a setpoint interface to determine said setpoint, said setpoint interface co-operating with control means of the device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) Hybrid heating device according to claim 1, comprising measurement or safety means co-operating with the control means, the latter being suitable for activating alternately or simultaneously the first and second internal heating means according to information supplied by said measurement or safety means in addition to the setpoint and/or the predetermined operating parameter of the device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) Hybrid heating device according to claim 8, wherein the measurement or safety means comprise a sensor for measuring the temperature of the fluid received by the fluid inlet. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) Hybrid heating device according to claim 8, wherein the measurement or safety means comprise a sensor for measuring the ambient air temperature. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) Hybrid heating device according to claim 1, wherein the control means comprise a processing unit comprising or co-operating with memory means recording the predetermined operating parameter of the device and/or a computer program consisting of one or several program instructions, whose respective interpretations or executions by the processing unit actuate the implementation of command-generating process for activating the first and second internal heating means. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) Hybrid heating device according to claim 1, wherein the control means comprise a combinatorial logic circuit translating a wired logic implementing a command-generating process for activating the first and/or second internal heating means. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) Hybrid heating device according to claim 12, wherein the control means comprise or co-operate with memory means for recording the predetermined operating parameter of the device. ### Claim 14 Process for generating commands for activating an internal heating means of a hybrid heating device comprising a fluid inlet for receiving fluid from the tank, a first internal heating means for said fluid, control means co-operating with said first internal heating means and a fluid outlet for returning said heated fluid, the device wherein it also comprises a second internal heating means, said control means being also suited for co-operating with said second internal heating means and for activating alternately or simultaneously the first and second internal heating means according to a setpoint and/or predetermined operating parameter of the device, said process being implemented by the control means of said hybrid heating device, wherein it comprises one or several iterations comprising respectively a stage for reading a setpoint and/or a predetermined operating parameter and a stage for controlling the activation of an internal heating means according to said setpoint and/or said parameter. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) Process according to claim 1, wherein the setpoint is a temperature setpoint of the fluid of the tank, said device comprising or communicating with a setpoint interface to determine said setpoint, said setpoint interface co-operating with control means of the device; wherein the measurement or safety means comprise a sensor for measuring the temperature of the fluid received by the fluid inlet; and, wherein the stage for controlling the activation of an internal heating means comprises a stage for reading the value of the temperature of the fluid received by the fluid inlet, a stage for comparing said measured temperature to the setpoint, a stage for triggering the first heating means if said measured temperature is less than said setpoint. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) Process according to claim 14, wherein the measurement or safety means comprise a sensor for measuring the ambient air temperature, the predetermined operating parameter comprising a predetermined value of the ambient air temperature below which the output of the first heating means is insufficient and for which the stage for controlling activation of an internal heating means comprises a prior stage for reading the value of the measurement of the ambient air temperature, the stage for triggering the first heating means not being executed unless said measured value of the ambient air temperature is greater than said predetermined value, and if not the stage for controlling activation of an internal heating means comprising a stage for actuating the second heating means. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) Process according to claim 15, wherein the stage for controlling activation of an internal heating means comprises a stage for recording in the memory means the value of the measured temperature of the fluid received by the fluid inlet. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) Process according to claim 14, wherein the predetermined operating parameter of the device comprises a frequency of iterations, said process comprising a plurality of iterations triggered respectively according to said frequency. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) Process according to claim 17, wherein the predetermined operating parameter also comprises an established value for a sudden temperature drop, and for which the stage for controlling the activation of an internal heating means simultaneously actuates the first and second internal heating means if the value of the measured temperature of the fluid received by the fluid inlet is less than that recorded during a preceding iteration decreased by said established value for the sudden temperature drop. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) Process according to claim 14, when the hybrid heating device also conforms with, the measurement or safety means comprise a sensor for measuring the temperature of the fluid received by the fluid inlet, the predetermined operating parameter comprising a predetermined value of the temperature of the fluid from the tank below which the integrity of the first heating means is jeopardized, for which the stage for controlling the activation of an internal heating means actuates the second internal heating means as soon as the temperature of the fluid received at the fluid inlet (Wi) is roughly equal to said predetermined value. ### Claim 21 (depends on 14) Non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer program comprising one or more program instructions that can be interpreted or executed respectively by the processing unit of a hybrid heating device for a fluid contained in a remote tank comprising a fluid inlet for receiving fluid from the tank, a first internal heating means for said fluid, control means co-operating with said first internal heating means and a fluid outlet for returning said heated fluid, the device wherein it also comprises a second internal heating means, said control means being also suited for co-operating with said second internal heating means and for activating alternately or simultaneously the first and second internal heating means according to a setpoint and/or predetermined operating parameter of the device, and whose interpretation or execution by said unit actuates the implementation of a command-generating process according to claim 14. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) System comprising a tank containing a fluid to be heated, a remote heating device co-operating with said tank by means of an intake conduit for drawing fluid from the tank and carrying said fluid to a fluid inlet of the heating device and a delivery conduit for carrying said heated fluid from a fluid outlet of the heating device toward the tank, a pump whose action creates a flow of said fluid within the intake conduits and delivery conduits, wherein the heating device is a hybrid heating device according to claim 1. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) System according to claim 22, wherein the control means comprise a processing unit comprising or co-operating with memory means recording the predetermined operating parameter of the device and/or a computer program consisting of one or several program instructions, whose respective interpretations or executions by the processing unit actuate the implementation of command-generating process for activating the first and second internal heating means, whose processing unit implements a command-generating process for the first and/or second internal heating means of the hybrid heating device, being implemented by the control means of said hybrid heating device, wherein it comprises one or several iterations comprising respectively a stage for reading a setpoint and/or a predetermined operating parameter and a stage for controlling the activation of an internal heating means according to said setpoint and/or said parameter.