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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Rheem Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Jozef Boros, Montgomery, AL (US);
Troy E. Trant, Montgomery, AL (US);
Hafez Raeisi Fard, Montgomery, AL (US);
Assignee:
Rheem Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24H 4/02 (2006.01); F25B 30/02 (2006.01); F25B 1/00 (2006.01); F25B 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24H 4/02 (2013.01); F25B 1/005 (2013.01); F25B 1/10 (2013.01); F25B 30/02 (2013.01); F25B 2339/047 (2013.01); F25B 2400/071 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heat pump water heater has a tank, a burner in communication with a fuel source, a flue, and a heat pump system. The heat pump system has a refrigerant path, at least a portion of which forms an evaporator in thermal communication with the flue. Another portion of the refrigerant path is in thermal communication with the water tank volume so that heat transfers from the refrigerant to the water tank volume.