Method and apparatus for heating a large building
OwnerGeorge Martinez, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for utilizing heated water from an air conditioning condenser to heat water used to control temperatures in a large building including a heat exchanger connected to an air conditioner condenser for receiving water heated by the air conditioner condenser and transmitting said water from said heat exchanger to a cooling tower, the heat exchanger also having connected thereto a liquid circuit means for circulating hot water to heating coils located in the building, the heat exchanger effecting a heat exchanger between the hot water received from the condenser and the water to be utilized for heating the building.
Claims10
A method for conserving energy in the operation of a heating and air conditioning system in a large building, the air conditioning system having a condenser and the building having heating coils therein which are heated by hot water comprising:
- a. directing water heated by the condenser of the air conditioner to a heat exchanger,
- b. directing water supplied to heating coils in the building to said heat exchanger,
- c. effecting a heat exchange between said water heated by said air conditioner condenser and said water supplied to said heating coils,
- d. directing said water heated by said condenser from said heat exchanger to a cooling tower,
- e. returning water from said cooling tower to said condenser,
- f. directing reheat water from said heat exchanger to said heating coils in said building and flowing said reheat water therethrough, and
- g. returning said reheat water from said heating coils to said heat exchanger.
An apparatus for conserving energy in a large building having an air conditioner utilizing a condenser and having heating coils therein which are heated by hot water comprising:
- a. condenser means,
- b. cooling tower means,
- c. heat exchanger means,
- d. heating coils means,
- e. means for conveying water heated by said condenser means to said heat exchanger means,
- f. means for conveying water heated by said condenser means from said heat exchanger means to cooling tower means,
- g. means for conveying water cooled by said cooling tower to said condenser means,
- h. means for conveying water heated by said heat exchanger means to said heating coil means, and
- i. means for conveying water from said heating coil means to said heat exchanger means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.