1556 results about "Heat pump water heater" patented technology

A heat pump water heater and systems and methods for its control are disclosed. The systems are configured to heat water within a water storage tank of a heat pump water heater wherein a controller within the system is operatively connected to a plurality of heat sources including at least one electric heating element and a heat pump and sensors in order to selectively energize one of the plurality of heat sources. The controller is configure to process data representative of the temperature of water within the tank near the top of the water storage tank, and rate of water flowing out of the water storage tank, in order to automatically selectively energize the heat sources. The selection of heat sources by the controller is determined by a mode of operation selected by the user and the data processed by the controller in view of the selected mode of operation.

Systems and methods for controlling a heat pump water heater (HPWH) are disclosed. The systems include an interface for accepting a user input and configured to indicate a mode of operation, and indicate at least one error condition when an error condition exists. The systems are operative to diagnose various failure conditions and as advise a user that maintenance may be needed and to adjust operation for varying environmental or other external conditions.

A heat pump water heater has a tank portion, an electric heating structure for adding electrical heat to water stored in the tank, and a heat pump for adding refrigerant heat to the tank water. A control system associated with the water heater has three user-selectable heating modes for heating the tank water during a given heating demand cycle—a first mode that initially heats the tank water with refrigerant heat while the electric heat is locked out for a first predetermined period before supplementing the refrigerant heat if necessary, a second mode similar to the first mode but with a longer electric heat lockout period, and a third mode in which only the electric heat is utilized to satisfy a tank water heating demand. Illustratively, the heat pump is disposed in a compact component arrangement on the top end of the water heater tank.

In a heat-pump water heater, a control unit has a heat-radiation determining means for determining a heat radiation from refrigerant to outside air in an air heat exchanger based on a water temperature flowing into a water heat exchanger, and the control unit selectively performs a general cycle operation and a bypass operation in accordance with a determination result of the heat-radiation determining means. That is, when the water temperature flowing into the water heat exchanger is lower than 60° C., the general cycle operation is performed. On the other hand, when the water temperature is equal to or higher than 60° C., the bypass operation is performed.

In a heat-pump water heater with a super-critical refrigerant cycle, a valve open degree of a decompression valve is controlled to control a pressure of high-pressure side refrigerant so that a temperature difference between refrigerant flowing out from the water-refrigerant heat exchanger and water flowing into a water-refrigerant heat exchanger is set in a predetermined temperature range. Thus, the pressure of high-pressure side refrigerant in the super-critical refrigerant cycle can be controlled, thereby suitably adjusting heat-exchange performance of an internal heat exchanger, and restricting the temperature of refrigerant discharged from the refrigerant compressor from being uselessly increased.

To provide a heat pump water heater outdoor unit and heat pump water heater capable of preventing reduction in heating / hot water supply ability even at a low ambient temperature. A heat pump water heater outdoor unit, in which a compressor, a water heat exchanger, a first expansion valve, and an air heat exchanger are connected with piping, includes a first internal heat exchanger provided between the water heat exchanger and the first expansion valve and used for heat exchange between a refrigerant flowing between the water heat exchanger and the first expansion valve and a refrigerant flowing between the air heat exchanger and the compressor, an injection circuit branching off at a point between the first internal heat exchanger and the first expansion valve and to inject the refrigerant into the compressor through a second expansion valve; and a second internal heat exchanger for heat exchange between the refrigerant flowing between the first internal heat exchanger and the first expansion valve and the refrigerant flowing between the second expansion valve and the compressor in the injection circuit.

The invention relates to a flue gas total-heat recovery device of a gas boiler, belonging to the thermotechnical field. In the invention, the temperature of the flue gas exhausted by the gas boiler can be reduced to lower than 40 DEG C by a gas-water heat exchanger and a mixing cooler, then the cooled flue gas is directly supplied for an air-source heat pump water heater for generating the hot water, and the sensible heat and the latent heat in the flue gas can be totally recovered. Most CO2 and NOx in the flue gas can be absorbed by condensed water in the cooling process, thereby reducing the emission of harmful gas. The device comprises the gas-water heat exchanger, the mixing cooler and the heat pump water heater and is characterized in that the flue gas at 150-200 DEG C is cooled to lower than 90 DEG C by the gas-water heat exchanger and then can be cooled to lower than 40 DEG C in the mixing cooler, and the cooled flue gas can serve as heat source to directly enter an evaporator of the air-source heat pump water heater for heat exchange. The invention solves the problems of frosting and low efficiency of the air-source heat pump water heater due to low temperature in winter in the North while recovering the residual heat of the flue gas of the gas boiler at the same time; meanwhile, the emission of the harmful gas in the flue gas of the gas boiler can be reduced, thereby realizing energy saving and emission reduction.

The invention discloses a method for controlling the opening of an electronic expansion valve in a heat pump water heater system, and aims to provide a control method for allowing a system to avoid an area in which the air suction degree of superheat drops suddenly in the running process and allowing the coefficient of performance (COP) of the system to keep a high level. The method comprises thefollowing steps of: setting the optimum value of the change rate delta T / delta t of the air suction degree of superheat, and setting the initial opening of the expansion valve as 80 percent of total opening; taking a temperature difference between an average temperature value at an air suction port of a compressor and the saturated evaporating temperature as the air suction degree of superheat when the compressor runs to the state of the stable running of the system; measuring and calculating the air suction degree of superheat at the interval time delta t; calculating the change rate of the actual air suction degree of superheat according to the adjacent two-time air suction degree of superheat, comparing with the set optimum value of the change rate of the air suction degree of superheat, and when the change rate of the actual air suction degree of superheat is less than or equal to A, reducing the opening of the expansion valve; when the change rate of the actual air suction degreeof superheat is more than 0, increasing the opening of the expansion valve; and when the change rate of the actual air suction degree of superheat is more than A and is less than or equal to 0, maintaining the current running state.

Water heater apparatus includes a tank for storing water; a heat exchanger associated with the tank and being operative to receive refrigerant and transfer heat therefrom to the tank, the heat exchanger representatively being a heat conductive tube externally wrapped around the tank in heat conductive contact therewith; air conditioning apparatus operative to utilize refrigerant flowing through a refrigerant circuit portion of the air conditioning apparatus, the refrigerant circuit portion being in fluid communication with the heat exchanger; and a control system operative to selectively cause a portion of the flowing refrigerant to pass through the heat exchanger, or cause essentially the entire flow of the refrigerant to bypass the heat exchanger.

The present invention provides a method for automatically controlling partial functions of an air conditioner and a heat pump water heater based on weather forecast data. According to the method, mainly the control on an air conditioner and the big data of weather forecast are combined, such that the air conditioner can predict and automatically control the opening and the closing of the electricheating tape of a compressor during the standby of the air conditioner according to the temperature change in weather forecast, the amount of new air introduced by an indoor unit can be automaticallycontrolled according to outdoor air quality report data while whether an indoor heat exchanger is clogged by dirt can be judged by combining historical air quality data and the gas discharging temperature or the pressure data of the compressor, the dehumidification period or logic can be automatically established according to local seasonal climate, or the evaporation pressure during cooling can be adjusted sp as to make the air conditioner dehumidify according to the concrete humidity condition, the temperature change at the current day can be predicted, the water boiling temperature can be adjusted, the running period achieving the highest energy efficiency can be determined, and the time for boiling water can be calculated and is transmitted to a client terminal.

The invention discloses an air source low-temperature heat pump water heater, comprising a main machine, a thermal storage heat insulating water tank, a controller, a four-way valve, a jet enthalpy increasing compressor, a high-pressure switch, a sleeve condenser, a reservoir, a drying filter, an electromagnetic valve, an assistant thermal expansion valve, an economizer, a main expansion valve, afin evaporator, a gas-liquid separator, a low-pressure switch and a check valve. The D direction of the four-way valve is connected with a gas discharging pipe of the jet enthalpy increasing compressor through the high-pressure switch, the C direction is connected with a gas inlet of the sleeve condenser, the S direction is connected with a gas absorbing port of the jet enthalpy increasing compressor through the gas-liquid separator and the low-pressure switch, the E direction is connected with a gas outlet of the fin evaporator, an outlet of the sleeve condenser is divided into two paths after passing through the reservoir and the drying filter, the main path directly enters the economizer and then enters a liquid inlet of the fin evaporator through a main thermal expansion valve, the secondary path enters the economizer through a liquid path electromagnetic valve and the assistant thermal expansion valve, and then enters an assistant gas inlet of the jet enthalpy increasing compressor through the check valve. The invention can ensure the supply of hot water all day in every season in northern places.

The invention relates to a fluid heater for utilizing a heat pump, in particular to a control method for an electronic expansion valve of a heat-pump water heater and a control device thereof. The control device of the electronic expansion valve comprises a control unit and a stepping motor, wherein the output end of the control unit is connected to the stepping motor, the output shaft of the stepping motor is connected with the electronic expansion valve, the control unit comprises a controller, a driving circuit and a group of temperature sensors, the temperature sensors are fixed in a cooling-medium circulating loop of the heat-pump water heater, and the controller comprises a target superheat-degree setting module, an actual superheat-degree detecting module, a regulating-speed setting module and a driving-signal generating module. In the invention, the exhaust temperature, the water-tank temperature and the environmental temperature are comprehensively judged, a variable target superheat degree is set, the relation of the exhaust temperature and the opening of the electronic expansion valve can be correctly identified, and the requirements of different circulating flow quantities in the state of the variable working condition of the heat-pump water heater are met, thereby the high efficiency, the safety and the stable operation of the heat-pump water heater are achieved.

The invention relates to a frequency conversion control method for a heat pump water heater. The frequency conversion control method for the heat pump water heater is characterized by comprising the following steps of: performing frequency conversion control on a compressor of the heat pump water heater; performing frequency conversion control on a throttle mechanism of the heat pump water heater; performing frequency conversion control on a defrosting mechanism of the heat pump water heater; and performing frequency conversion control on an exhaust temperature of the heat pump water heater. The frequency conversion control method for the heat pump water heater has the advantages of high heating speed, few start-stop times, small temperature fluctuation of a water tank and energy conservation. At a high ambient temperature, the frequency of the compressor can be reduced and the circulating flow quantity of a system can be reduced, so that the suction pressure is reduced and the stable operation of the compressor is guaranteed. At a low ambient temperature, the circulating flow quantity of the system is increased by increasing the frequency of the compressor and the opening degree of an electronic expansion valve, the exhaust temperature is reduced and the compression ratio is reduced, so that the compressor can operate stably. In the defrosting process, the defrosting time is greatly shortened by increasing the circulating flow quantity of the system; and the frost can be removed completely, without the problem that the frost is accumulated into ice.

The invention provides a frequency and flow changing heat pump water heater, relates to a liquid heater with a heat generation device by using a heat pump. The frequency and flow changing heat pump water heater comprises a unit part, a water circulating part, water tubes and communication lines connected inside the water circulating part. The unit part comprises a frequency-changing compressor, a cross tee change valve, a double pipe condenser, an unloading valve, an electronic expansion valve, an evaporator, a fan, a controller, various temperature sensors and pressure sensors. The water circulating part comprises a pump, an outlet valve, a ball valve, a water tank, a water temperature sensor and a filter. The frequency and flow changing heat pump water heater takes the frequency-changing compressor as the power source of the system, takes the electronic expansion valve as a throttling device and uses the water temperature sensor to prevent freezing. Compared with combustion gas, fuel oil, coal or electronic water heater, the frequency and flow changing heat pump water heater has safety, environmental protection and energy saving properties. Compared with the heat pump hot water units, the throttling of which uses rated frequency compressor and thermostatic expansion valve or capillary tubes, the frequency and flow changing heat pump water heater has high heating output power, good heating effect and good environmental adaptability.

A heating and heat recovery unit for an air conditioning system, which is assembled from compressors, several insulated water storage tanks, an air-cooled condenser, expansion valves, air-cooled evaporators and a water-cooled evaporator. The compressors are suitable for various types of air conditioning systems and refrigerant heat pump water heater systems. The installed water storage tanks are arranged according to size, from the largest at the top down to the smallest at the bottom. A high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant from the compressors is first input into the smallest tank, and after passing through to the largest tank, it is then passed on to the expansion valve and the evaporator. A configuration of cold water pipes is provided for input into the largest tank through to the smallest tank 50, and output therefrom. Hence, the heat exchange flow process consists of heating of cold water after entering from a cold water inlet end, and heating the water before output at a hot water outlet end, moreover, each of the tanks can be independently heated to raise the temperature thereof.

The invention relates to a self-regulating steady-state low-temperature heat-pump water heater comprising an evaporator, a condenser, a compressor, a control device, a four-way reversion valve, a medium-pressure receiver and an intermediate heat exchanger which can form a closed main loop, wherein the four-way reversion valve is positioned on a connection access arranged between the evaporator and the condenser, the medium-pressure receiver and the intermediate heat exchanger are arranged on the other connection access arranged between the evaporator and the condenser, and a temperature sensor, an electronic expansion valve and a pressure sensor are positioned on the closed main loop. The self-regulating steady-state low-temperature heat-pump water heater is characterized in that an air-supply loop is arranged between the compressor and the intermediate heat exchanger. The self-regulating steady-state low-temperature heat-pump water heater has a main purpose of preventing hot-water preparation capacity reduction at low environmental temperature and a secondary purpose of ensuring the stable state of a refrigerant when heat load changes in the condenser and realizing higher heat-exchange performance in the condenser.

The invention provides a control method of a heat-pump water heater. The control method includes the following steps of acquiring a cold water temperature, an ambient temperature, the number of users, and water consumption of each user; automatically judging the water temperature according to the ambient temperature; calculating a reference heating temperature of the heat-pump water heater according to the number of the users, total water consumption of the users, the water temperature and the cold water temperature; judging whether the reference heating temperature is lower than the water temperature, arranging the water temperature as a heating temperature of the heat-pump water heater and controlling the heat-pump water heater to operate according to the heating temperature if the reference heating temperature is lower than the water temperature. The invention further provides the heat-pump water heater. According to the heat-pump water heater and the control method thereof, the heating temperature can be arranged according to the total water consumption of the users, the cold water temperature, and the ambient temperature, so that energy consumption can be saved.

Heat pumps that heat or cool a space and that also heat water, refrigerant management systems for such heat pumps, and methods of managing refrigerant charge. Various embodiments remove idle refrigerant from a heat exchanger that is not needed for transferring heat by opening a refrigerant recovery valve and delivering the idle refrigerant from the heat exchanger to an inlet port on the compressor. The heat exchanger can be isolated by closing an electronic expansion valve, actuating a refrigerant management valve, or both. Refrigerant charge can be controlled by controlling how much refrigerant is drawn from the heat exchanger, by letting some refrigerant back into the heat exchanger, or both. Heat pumps can be operated in different modes of operation, and various components can be interconnected with refrigerant conduit. Some embodiments deliver refrigerant gas to the heat exchanger and drive liquid refrigerant out prior to isolating the heat exchanger.

In a heat-pump water heater, an ECU sets a target temperature difference between water flowing into a water heat exchanger and refrigerant flowing out from the water heat exchanger, and controls a valve opening degree of an expansion valve so that the target temperature difference is obtained. When a refrigerant temperature discharged from a compressor is higher than a predetermined value, the target temperature difference is increased until the refrigerant temperature discharged from the compressor becomes lower than the predetermined value. Further, when water-heating capacity is decreased due to the increase of the target temperature difference, a rotation speed of the compressor is increased.

An improved heat pump water heater of the type having a water tank with an exterior surface and defining a water chamber, a top on the water tank with at least one opening therethrough in communication with the water chamber, and a heat pump of the type having a compressor, the compressor being in fluid communication with an annular condenser assembly via a first refrigerant conduit, the annular condenser assembly being in fluid communication with an expansion device through a second refrigerant conduit, the expansion device being in fluid communication with an evaporator through a third refrigerant conduit, the evaporator being in fluid communication with the compressor through a fourth refrigerant conduit and control means therefore, the improvement comprising disposing the annular condenser assembly through the opening in the top of the water tank and into the water chamber, the water tank opening further comprising a geometric twisted sleeve positioned to form a helical insertion pattern in the annular condenser assembly, the annular condenser assembly further comprising an elongate outer tube having a closed bottom end and an open and opposed upper end in flow communication with the first refrigerant conduit, an elongate return tube disposed within the outer tube and having an open bottom end and a closed and opposed top end in flow communication with the second refrigerant conduit, an elongate capillary tube disposed within the return tube and having an open bottom end and an open and opposed top end in flow communication with the second refrigerant conduit, and an air gap disposed between the capillary tube and the return tube.

A method for heating water delivered and stored in a water heater storage tank includes activating at least one of dual fuel heater types in response to various modes of operation. The water heater is preferably a dual fuel or hybrid heat pump gas water heater that includes a heat pump as the first type of heater for heating the water, and a gas burner as the second type of heater that transfer heat to the water. One or more sensors monitor water temperature and communicate with a controller to activate one of, or both of, the first and second types of heaters. If there is an electrical power outage, the hybrid heat pump gas water heater is still able to heat the water.

A phase-change heat-accumulation preheating type heat-type water heater is sequentially composed of evaporator, compressor, heating heat exchanger, heat-accumulating heat exchanger, throttle device and heat-getting heat exchanger. A blower is close to said evaporator. The heat-accumulating and heat-getting heat exchangers and the phase-change material are contained in an insulating container. Thesaid heat-pump heater is controlled by a controller. Its advantages are durable and stable supply of hot water, light weight, small size and low power consumption.

The present invention relates to a solar-air heat pump water heater, including a solar-air evaporator, a hot-water tank containing submerged condenser coil, a small heat pump compressor and related refrigerating fittings of thermodynamic expansion valve, gas-liquid separator, drying filter and liquid storage device. The solar-air evaporator is formed from the components of solar heat-collecting plate, air conditioning fan, air vent and shell body. The solar heat collector and air heat-exchanger are combined together by adopting compact structure form. The automatic control device of the water heater includes a temperature difference controller for controlling starting and stopping of the fan and a water tank constant temperature device for controlling starting and stopping of compressor.

The invention discloses a mutual defrosting method for an air source heat pump water heater and a technical scheme of a five-cycle double-heat-source heat pump water heater. The mutual defrosting method is characterized in that: a unit is provided with at least two refrigerant loop systems; hot water heat exchangers of all systems are partitioned into two groups; water paths of the two groups are connected in series; a hot water inner cycle uniform hot water heat exchange system connected with a circulating water pump and the like is arranged between a water outlet interface and a water inlet interface; each system is defrosted in sequence in batches; and defrosted and normal cycle systems exchange heat through the uniform hot water heat exchange system, and are defrosted mutually. The five-cycle double-heat-source heat pump water heater comprises a compressor, a hot water heat exchanger, a water source, water source and wind source evaporators, a throttling device and the like, and is characterized by further comprising two four-way valves and a defrosting valve, wherein the water source and wind source evaporators are connected between the outlet of the throttling device and the air suction port of the compressor by using a double-four-way-valve switching mechanism; the defrosting valve is connected between the refrigerant outlet of the hot water heat exchanger and the inlet of the wind source evaporator; and the five cycles include a wind source cycle, a water source cycle, serial wind source and water source cycle, a serial water source and wind source cycle and a defrosting cycle.

The invention discloses a gas stove with kitchen ventilator. The up part of the stove cabinet connects kitchen ventilator, and the back is connected to heat storage barrel, heating barrel, water intake main pipe, refrigerant gas intake pipe, gas returning pipe and hot water outlet pipe. The front of the casing connects with kitchen stove air condition and wind selection key, exhaustion box and operation key. The middle part of the stove cabinet connects to hearth evaporator. The gas stove is located under the stove evaporator. A four gates refrigerator is connected to the down part of the stove cabinet. The invention has multifunction of oil pumping, water heater, kitchen use air condition, fuel gas range and refrigerator. It can use the remaining heat to gain hot water. And it also solves the odor tainting problem of the refrigerator and makes the kitchen use household electric appliances take up small space and low energy consumption.

The invention provides a heat insulation control method and device for a heat pump water heater and a heat pump water heater. The heat insulation control method comprises the following steps: acquiring the current water temperature T5 inside a water tank; comparing the current water temperature T5 inside the water tank with an acceptable temperature value TL, and when the current water temperature T5 inside the water tank is smaller than the acceptable temperature value TL, judging whether the start-up condition of a heat pump mainframe is satisfied, if yes, starting up the heat pump mainframe to heat water in the water tank, and if no, judging whether the start-up condition of an auxiliary electric heater is satisfied, if yes, starting up the auxiliary electric heater to heat water in the water tank. The heat insulation control method for the heat pump water heater can prevent frequent start and stop of the auxiliary electric heater, so that the service life of the auxiliary electric heater is prolonged; frequent starting of multiple auxiliary electric heaters is also avoided; under the premise of not influencing normal use of other electric appliances of users, water comfort degree is guaranteed for the users and the use cost is lowered.

This invention relates to the field of solar energy heat pump water heater technology, especially a method of starting and stopping the special heat pump water heater cooperated with solar energy. An environmental temperature sensor detects environmental temperature T ring at any time. The T ring calculates the average temperature T average of each day. The T average determines the actual weather belongs to summer, winter or transitional season. A hot water temperature sensor detects the water temperature T hot in the heat preserving water tank at any time. The T hot compares the setting temperature Tfh and determines the starting and stopping of compressor in different seasons and times. This invention can greatly reduce the heating power arrangement of heat pump water heater. It can also reduce the initial cost and resource consumption in the initial cost.

The invention relates to an energy-saving control method for a self-adaptation frequency-conversion heat pump hot water heating system. The energy-saving control method is characterized by comprising the steps that a basic functional expression among a heat pump water supply calculating temperature, an indoor set temperature and an outdoor environment temperature is established, and the temperature difference between the heat pump water supply calculating temperature and an actual water return temperature is judged so that the heat pump water supply calculating temperature can be corrected; the heat pump water supply calculating temperature is corrected again on the basis of a first corrected functional expression according to the deviation between a stabilized actual room air temperature and a set indoor temperature; and the rotating speed of a compressor of a frequency-conversion heat pump water heater is adjusted according to the difference value between an actual water supply temperature and the heat pump water supply calculating temperature obtained through a second corrected functional expression, and therefore an actual water supply calculating temperature and the heat pump water supply calculating temperature tend to be consistent. The energy-saving control method has the beneficial effects that the heat preservation characteristics of different buildings and the differences of laying of hot water coils are taken into full consideration, the water supply calculating temperature is more accurate, and the energy-saving effect is also more obvious.

A heat activated (preferably natural gas, propane, solar or waste heat fired) absorption heat pump water heater and heat exchange system. The heat driven absorption heat pump system extracts low grade heat from the ambient air and produces high grade heat suitable for heating water for domestic, climate control or process purposes in a storage tank. Flue gases exiting the absorption heat pump system are further cooled by the heated water to enable high (condensing) combustion efficiencies. The heat activated heat pump water heating system achieves efficiencies of 150% or greater.