Load shifting using flow control assembly in heat pump integrated with thermal energy storage
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorsChaojie Wang, Guangyu Shen, Hui Zhai, Mark Makwinski
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Abstract
Described herein is a heat pump including an outdoor unit and an indoor unit (IDU), a thermal energy storage (TES) module, and a flow control assembly. The flow control assembly includes a check valve assembly fluidically coupled to the outdoor unit, and a selective flow assembly fluidically coupled to the check valve assembly and in selective fluidic communication with the IDU and/or the TES module, where the selective flow assembly is configured to selectively direct a fluid between at least one of, the IDU and/or the TES module and the check valve assembly.
Claims20
A heat pump comprising:
- an outdoor unit (ODU);
- an indoor unit (IDU);
- a thermal energy storage (TES) module;
- and
- a flow control assembly comprising:
- a check valve assembly fluidically coupled to the ODU;
- and
- a selective flow assembly fluidically coupled to the check valve assembly and in selective fluidic communication with the IDU and/or the TES module, wherein the selective flow assembly is configured to selectively direct a fluid between the check valve assembly and at least one of:
- the IDU and/or the TES module.
A flow control assembly fluidically coupled to an outdoor unit (ODU), an indoor unit (IDU), and/or a thermal energy storage (TES) module, the flow control assembly comprising:
- a check valve assembly fluidically coupled to the ODU;
- and
- a selective flow assembly fluidically coupled to the check valve assembly and in selective fluidic communication with the IDU and/or the TES module, wherein the selective flow assembly is configured to selectively direct a fluid between the check valve assembly and at least one of:
- the IDU and/or the TES module.
A method for operating a heat pump, the method comprising:
- providing an outdoor unit (ODU), an indoor unit (IDU), a thermal energy storage (TES) module, and a flow control assembly;
- and
- controlling, by a controller, the flow control assembly to selectively direct a fluid between the ODU and at least one of:
- the IDU and/or the TES module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.