Heat pump and method for pumping heat in a free cooling mode
AssigneeEfficient Energy GmbH
InventorsHolger SEDLAK, Oliver KNIFFLER
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Abstract
A heat pump includes an evaporator with an evaporator inlet and an evaporator outlet; a compressor for compressing operating liquid evaporated in the evaporator; and a condenser for condensing evaporated operating liquid compressed in the compressor, wherein the condenser includes a condenser inlet and a condenser outlet, wherein the evaporator inlet is connected to a return from a region to be heated, and wherein the condenser inlet is connected to a return from a region to be cooled.
Claims18
A heat pump, comprising:
- an evaporator with an evaporator inlet and an evaporator outlet;
- a compressor for compressing operating liquid evaporated in the evaporator;
- and
- a condenser for condensing evaporated operating liquid compressed in the compressor, wherein the condenser comprises a condenser inlet and a condenser outlet,
- wherein the evaporator inlet is connected to a return from a region to be heated, and
- wherein the condenser inlet is connected to a return from a region to be cooled.
A method for pumping heat with a heat pump comprising an evaporator with an evaporator inlet and an evaporator outlet, a compressor for compressing operating liquid evaporated in the evaporator, and a condenser for condensing evaporated operating liquid compressed in the compressor, wherein the condenser comprises a condenser inlet and a condenser outlet, comprising:
- introducing operating liquid from a return from a region to be heated into the evaporator inlet;
- and
- introducing operating liquid from a return from a region to be cooled into the condenser inlet.
A method for producing a heat pump, comprising:
- providing an evaporator with an evaporator inlet and an evaporator outlet, a compressor for compressing operating liquid evaporated in the evaporator;
- and a condenser for condensing evaporated operating liquid compressed in the compressor, wherein the condenser comprises a condenser inlet and a condenser outlet;
- connecting the evaporator inlet to a return from a region to be heated;
- and
- connecting the condenser inlet to a return from a region to be cooled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.