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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2017
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Tyler P. McCune, El Dorado, KS (US);
Shawn A. Hem, Park City, KS (US);
Brian D. Rigg, Douglass, KS (US);
Jedidiah O. Bentz, Wichita, KS (US);
Aneek M. Noor, Wichita, KS (US);
Theresa N. Gillette, Wichita, KS (US);
Tom R. Tasker, Andover, KS (US);
Shaun B. Atchison, Wichita, KS (US);
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a refrigerant circuit configured to flow a refrigerant. The refrigerant circuit includes a compressor configured to compress the refrigerant, a condenser configured to receive the refrigerant from the compressor and to condense the refrigerant, a valve configured to receive a first portion of the refrigerant from the condenser and to decrease a pressure of the first portion of the refrigerant, and an evaporator configured to receive the first portion of the refrigerant from the condenser and configured to evaporate the first portion of the refrigerant. The refrigerant circuit also includes a refrigerant sub-circuit configured to receive a second portion of the refrigerant from the condenser and to convert thermal energy of the second portion of the refrigerant to electrical energy.