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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
May. 25, 2018
Timothy Michael Graboski, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Timothy Michael Graboski, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A system of capturing waste heat includes a heat recovery unit () having a heat exchanger () arranged to transfer heat between a fluid circulating in a refrigerant loop () and a fluid circulating in a solar loop () and another heat exchanger () arranged to transfer heat between the fluid in the solar loop () and a fluid circulating in a water loop (). Controllable first, second, and third three-way valves (V-V) provide or prevent, depending on fluid temperatures, an A-B, B-C, and A-C flow path through the valve. The first valve (V) is arranged in the water loop () upstream of the second heat exchanger (). The second (V) is arranged in the solar loop () upstream of the second heat exchanger (). The third valve (V) is arranged in the solar loop () between the first and second heat exchangers ().