Device for increasing the heat output and energy storage in a heat pump

Abstract

A device for controlling the heat output of a heat pump, with a storage circuit, wherein heat energy can be stored in a storage container, comprises means for receiving a volume flow of a heat carrier medium from a condenser of the heat pump and means in the circuit of the heat carrier medium for controllably feeding a volume flow of the heat carrier medium from a condenser of the heat pump to a desuperheater. In an embodiment of the invention, the device further comprises means in the refrigeration circuit of the heat pump for feeding the heat carrier medium from the desuperheater to the condenser of the heat pump.

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       25 . A device for controlling the heat output of a heat pump, with a storage circuit, wherein heat energy can be stored in a storage container, the device comprising:
 means for receiving a volume flow of a heat carrier medium from a condenser of the heat pump; and   means in the circuit of the heat carrier medium for controllably feeding a volume flow of the heat carrier medium from a condenser of the heat pump to a desuperheater.   
   
   
       26 . The device according to  claim 25 , further comprising means in the refrigeration circuit of the heat pump for feeding the heat carrier medium from the desuperheater to the condenser of the heat pump. 
   
   
       27 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein the condenser and the desuperheater are connected in series in the circuit of the heat carrier medium. 
   
   
       28 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein the condenser and the desuperheater are connected in parallel in the circuit of the heat carrier medium. 
   
   
       29 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein the volume flow of the heat carrier medium from the condenser to the desuperheater is controllable, wherein at least a partial volume flow can be fed by means of pipes via a control or conveyor device to the desuperheater and then to a storage circuit and the other partial volume flow can be fed via pipes directly to the load and/or likewise to the storage circuit. 
   
   
       30 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein the condenser and desuperheater can be switched separately in order to be able to operate the condenser and the evaporator. 
   
   
       31 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein one of the condenser, the heat pump and the desuperheater are mounted outside of the storage container. 
   
   
       32 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein the refrigeration circuit is configured with only one condenser. 
   
   
       33 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein the refrigeration circuit is configured with a reversible condenser/evaporator. 
   
   
       34 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein in the heat carrier circuit, another heat exchanger is integrated, in order to achieve hydraulic separation between two heat carriers, wherein, as the second heat carrier, service water heating is also to be applied. 
   
   
       35 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein, in the heat carrier circuit, one or additional heat exchangers is/are integrated, in order to achieve hydraulic separation between several heat carriers, wherein, as the additional heat carrier, service water heating or a heat carrier from a boiler is to be applied for the two-condition operation. 
   
   
       36 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein several hydraulic modules are connected in parallel. 
   
   
       37 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein one or more pumps are connected in parallel. 
   
   
       38 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein one or more pumps are connected in parallel in a rotational speed-controlled manner. 
   
   
       39 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein the inlet and outlet from the storage container are provided with devices which are used for distributing the heat carrier in the storage container and pipe system. 
   
   
       40 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein, in or outside of the storage container, devices are introduced for the division and flow direction of the heat carrier. 
   
   
       41 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein the valves are placed at different positions in the pipe system, so that a mixing value becomes a distributing value or a distributing value becomes a mixing value. 
   
   
       42 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein, in the storage circuit and/or in the heat pump circuit, there is one or more temperature sensors and/or flow-rate sensors for finer control of the system. 
   
   
       43 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein, in each medium circuit for cold and hot heat carrier, there is a storage container. 
   
   
       44 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein, for the condensation of the refrigerant and for the evaporation of the refrigerant, one or more heat exchangers are present in the same or a different configuration. 
   
   
       45 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein the refrigeration circuit for the heat pumps includes an air-water heat pump with a reversible refrigeration circuit for a thawing circuit. 
   
   
       46 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein the configuration of the refrigeration circuit for the heat pumps has no collector. 
   
   
       47 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein the configuration of the refrigeration circuit for the heat pumps has no fluid separator. 
   
   
       48 . The device according to  claim 25 , wherein the configuration of the refrigeration circuit for the heat pumps is constructed as an air-air heat pump and that one or more devices are provided for switching the flow direction of the working medium, wherein each heat exchanger can be used as an evaporator or condenser.