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Heating and cooling systems incorporating thermal storage

  • US 5,497,629 A
  • Filed: 06/24/1994
  • Issued: 03/12/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for cooling a space, the apparatus comprisinga main flow loop including a compressor, an outside heat exchanger, an inside heat exchanger connected to allow working fluid to circulate therebetween, and a first valve between the outside heat exchanger and the inside heat exchanger to block selectively flow between the outside heat exchanger and the inside heat exchanger,a first bypass line extending between the outlet of the outside heat exchanger and the inlet of the inside heat exchanger,a thermal storage device positioned in the first bypass line,a second bypass line extending between the inlet of the inside heat exchanger and the outlet of the inside heat exchanger and communicating with the first bypass line to bypass the inside heat exchanger, anda second valve positioned in the second bypass line to block selectively flow through the second bypass line.

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