Heat exchanger liquid refrigerant defrost system
OwnerDaniel J. Birgeninventor
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A heat exchanger liquid refrigerant defrost system disclosed herein specifically designed to defrost the coil subsystems used on an outdoor heat exchanger used on a building heat pump unit or combination heat pump/air condition unit. The outdoor heat exchanger contains at least two coil subsystems each including having a first secondary bypass check valve, a secondary liquid line, a bypass solenoid, a suction solenoid, and a metering device. During use, the flow of warm liquid refrigerant through the coil subsystems is selectively controlled to defrost the coil subsystem one chamber at a time. The other coil subsystems continue to exchange heat and warm the building. When all of the coils systems are sequentially defrosted, all of the coil subsystems may operate in a heating mode or begin the defrost cycle again. Two important benefits of the system over a conventional heat exchanger are the amount of energy required to defrost the coil subsystem is reduced and a supplemental heat source is not needed.
A method for maintaining the production of heat on an indoor heat exchanger connected to an outdoor heat exchanger that uses cool vapor refrigerant to produce heat for the indoor heat exchanger while selectively defrosting the outdoor heat exchanger, said method comprising the following steps;
A heat exchange liquid defrost system used with a building heat exchange system, that includes a compressor, an indoor heat exchange coil system, a main liquid conduit connected between said compressor and said indoor heat exchange coil system, at least one metering device connected to said main liquid refrigerant line and at least one control valve connected to said main liquid refrigerant line to control the direction of flow of liquid refrigerant through said heat exchange system, said heat exchange liquid defrost system comprising:
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