Global Patent Index - EP 2629032 B1

EP 2629032 B1 20170712 - A unitary heat pump air conditioner having a heat exchanger with an integral accumulator

Title (en)

A unitary heat pump air conditioner having a heat exchanger with an integral accumulator

Title (de)

Einheitliche Wärmepumpenklimaanlage mit Wärmetauscher mit integriertem Akkumulator

Title (fr)

Climatiseur à pompe à chaleur unitaire comportant un échangeur de chaleur avec un accumulateur intégral

Publication

EP 2629032 B1 20170712 (EN)

Application

EP 13155505 A 20130215

Priority

  • US 201213453550 A 20120423
  • US 2012025157 W 20120215
  • US 2012025419 W 20120216

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2629032A2] The disclosure relates to a unitary heat pump air conditioner (Unitary HPAC) having a plate type exchanger assembly, an electrically driven compressor, and coolant pumps. The plate heat exchanger assembly includes a plurality of plates stacked and hermetically sealed between an upstream end plate and a downstream end plate. The stacked plates define a condenser/chiller portion adjacent the upstream end plate, an accumulator portion adjacent the downstream end plate, and an evaporator/chiller portion sandwiched between the condenser/chiller portion and the accumulator portion. A refrigerant passageway extends through the plate type heat exchanger assembly, a hot coolant passageway extends through the condenser/chiller portion, and a cold coolant passageway extends through the evaporator/chiller portion. The cold coolant passageway and the hot coolant passageway are in non-contact thermal communication with the refrigerant passageway.

IPC 8 full level

F25B 43/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F25B 39/00 (2013.01); F25B 43/006 (2013.01); F25B 39/04 (2013.01); F25B 2339/044 (2013.01); F25B 2500/18 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2629032 A2 20130821; EP 2629032 A3 20160608; EP 2629032 B1 20170712; CN 103375863 A 20131030; CN 103375863 B 20170531; CN 203190540 U 20130911

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 13155505 A 20130215; CN 201310097712 A 20130325; CN 201320139231 U 20130325