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US 8,978,744 B2Granted
Hot-water storage type hot-water supply device and hot-water storage type heating and hot-water supply device
AssigneeDaikin Industries, Ltd.
InventorsHideo Chikami, Yuuichi Kita, Kyouji Araya, Takashi Tsuchino
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Abstract
A hot-water storage type hot-water supply device includes a heat pump unit (1) for heating water, a hot-water storage tank (21) for storing hot water heated by the heat pump unit (1), and a hot-water supplying heat exchanger (22) placed so as to extend roughly entirely in a vertical direction thereof and which receives water from a lower side thereof and discharges hot water from an upper side thereof.
Claims11
A hot-water storage hot-water supply device comprising:
- a heat pump unit for heating water;
- a hot-water storage tank for storing hot water heated by the heat pump unit;
- a hot-water supplying heat exchanger including a pipe which is placed in the hot-water storage tank so as to extend substantially entirely in a vertical direction thereof and which receives water from a lower side thereof and discharges hot water from an upper side thereof;
- a hot-water temperature sensor detecting a temperature of water heated by the heat pump unit;
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- a boil-up three-way valve an input side of which is connected to the heat pump unit, one output side of which is connected to a lower portion of the hot-water storage tank to flow water from the input side into the lower portion of the hot-water storage tank so as to be merged into water filled within the hot-water storage tank, and another output side of which is connected to an upper portion of the hot-water storage tank to flow water from the input side into the upper portion of the hot-water storage tank so as to be merged into water filled within the hot-water storage tank,
- wherein the boil-up three-way valve is configured to flow water from the input side to the another output side connected to the upper portion of the hot-water storage tank when the detected temperature of water heated by the heat pump unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined temperature, and to flow water from the input side to the one output side connected to the lower portion of the hot-water storage tank when the detected temperature of water heated by the heat pump unit is less than the predetermined temperature.
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