Hot water station
AssigneeEnvola GmbH
InventorAlexander SCHECHNER
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Abstract
A hot water station provides hot drinking water, the hot water station including: a water inlet to which a hot water line can be connected; a water outlet for providing hot water, to which a pipe or a fitting can be connected; and a water reservoir which is coupled between the water inlet and the water outlet and is designed to store water, wherein the water reservoir includes a heat exchanger having a primary circuit which is designed for water to flow therethrough and a secondary circuit which has phase change material that is designed to store thermal energy as latent heat from hot water in the primary circuit and to release thermal energy, which has been stored as latent heat, into cold water in the primary circuit.
Claims15
A hot water station (50, 51, 52) for providing hot drinking water, said hot water station comprising:
- a water inlet (55) to which a hot water line can be connected;
- a water outlet (57) for providing hot water, to which a pipe or a fitting can be connected;
- and a water reservoir (60) which is coupled between the water inlet (55) and the water outlet (57) and is designed to store water, wherein the water reservoir (60) comprises a heat exchanger (64) having a primary circuit (100) which is designed for water to flow therethrough and a secondary circuit (200) which has phase change material that is designed to store thermal energy as latent heat from hot water in the primary circuit (100) and to release thermal energy, which has been stored as latent heat, into cold water in the primary circuit (100).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.