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Heating installation comprising a boiler and a heat pump

US4412581A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 1, 1982
Grant dateNov 1, 1983
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 1, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B30/12
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a heating installation which includes a boiler and a heat pump. The heat pump has a multi-stage compressor. Graded threshold value operating switches for the multi-stage compressor and the boiler are provided. A control unit which includes comparator and integrator units functions to select compressor and boiler outputs in response to comparisons between indoor and outdoor temperatures made by the comparator unit.

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