Purpose Company Limited

Yasutaka Hatada

Kazuhiko Nakagawa

Katumi Naitoh

A hot water supply system includes a plurality of water heaters, one of which is designated as a master, and the rest(s) of which is/are designated as (a) slave(s). A control unit that is provided for each of the water heaters operates a water heater, for which the control unit is provided, as the master or the slave, the master controls the slave(s), and the master and the slave(s) control hot water supply.

Hot water supply system, water heater and hot water supply control method

A water heater includes one or a plurality of heat pumps that heat tap water or return water from a hot water supply part, a circulation line that supplies hot water heated in the heat pumps to the hot water supply part, and introduces the return water from the hot water supply part to the heat pumps, an incoming water pipe that joins to between the hot water supply part in the circulation line and the heat pumps and supplies the tap water, a circulation pump that returns the return water to the heat pumps and circulates the return water through the circulation line, and a control unit that controls operation or stop of the circulation pump according to driving operation time or elapsed stop time by linking a combustion process of the heat pumps.

Water heater and control method therefor

A hot water supply system including a water heater that includes a storage unit storing at least device information of another water heater, and performs hot water supply control by which the water heater cooperates with the other water heater, these water heaters being able to supply hot water according to a hot water supply request; one or a plurality of the other water heater that is connected to the water heater in parallel, and supplies hot water according to the hot water supply control by the water heater; communication connection means that communicably connects the water heater and the other water heater; water supply means that supplies water to the water heater and the other water heater; and hot water supply means that supplies hot water heated by the water heater and the other water heater to a hot water supply destination.

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Fuji, Japan

Yasutaka Hatada