Method and apparatus for redistributing heat within a room
OwnerSiegfried Vinzinventor
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Abstract
A method of redistributing heat within a room or for operating a heating system for a dwelling, working or assembly room, together with apparatus therefor, wherein at least one heat pump is employed to extract heat from air of the room on the expansion side (cold side) of the heat pump and to re-emit on the compression side (hot side) of the heat pump the heat to the room in the form of radiation from at least one heat radiation member. The heat exchange may take place directly between the working fluid of the heat pump and the air and the heat radiation member or indirectly employing secondary heat medium circuits containing, for example, water.
Claims15
A method of redistributing heat within a room by employing at least one heat pump which is adapted to obtain heat on an expansion side from a supply of heat and to deliver such heat on its compression side to a medium to be heated, comprising the steps of:
- recirculating the air of the room through channels between boundary surfaces of the room and radiation members disposed adjacent said boundary surfaces back into the room, and removing heat exclusively from the recirculating air of the room with said heat pump and simultaneously delivering it back to the room by said radiation members.
A method for operating a heating system for at least one room and having at least one heat pump as a means for transferring heat from a supply of heat and adapted to obtain heat from an available heat supply on its expansion side and to deliver such heat on its compression side to a medium to be heated, comprising the steps of delivering heat to a room by radiating members disposed adjacent the boundary surfaces of the room, and obtaining said heat directly or by an intermediate heat carrier means so as to reduce the temperature of the air in the room by circulating the air of the room through channels formed between said boundary surfaces and said radiating members back into said room.
Apparatus for operating a heating system having at least one heat pump and comprising at least one primary heat exchanger means associated with the expansion side of said heat pump for obtaining heat from air of a room and for transmitting said heat obtained to the expansion side of the heat pump, said heat exchanger means being situated in the room which is to be heated, at least one surface heat radiating primary heat exchanger means associated with the heat pump on the compression side thereof and disposed adjacent a boundary surface of the room for receiving heat from the compression side of the heat pump and for delivering such heat substantially in the form of heat radiation to the said room, and means for bringing the air of the room into heat exchange relationship with the primary heat exchanger and returning said air back into the room after removal of heat therefrom.
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