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A home heating and cooling system consisting of a pair of large water tanks and a heat-operated absorption-type refrigeration system disposed between the tanks and operable to transfer heat from one tank to the other. The “hot”tank supplies hot water for operating a hot water home heating system, su

A home heating and cooling system consisting of a pair of large water tanks and a heat-operated absorption-type refrigeration system disposed between the tanks and operable to transfer heat from one tank to the other. The “hot”tank supplies hot water for operating a hot water home heating system, supplies a portion of the heat necessary to operate the refrigeration system, and may also operate a home hot water supply system, drawing heat from the “cold”tank and from the atmosphere through the refrigeration system. In periods of low heat demand, it may store large amounts of heat for later use in periods of higher demand, thereby reducing the heating load imposed on the refrigeration unit. The “cold”tank supplies a cold liquid for a home cooling system operable by such liquid, and the heat absorbed by said cooling system, together with heat absorbed from the atmosphere, is transferred to the hot tank by the refrigeration unit. The cold tank is capable of storing large quantities of cold water, or even ice, in periods of zero or low cooling demand, which may absorb the heat removed by the cooling system, whereby to reduce the cooling load on the refrigeration system in periods of higher demand for cooling.

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A home heating and cooling system comprising: a. an insulated hot tank containing a hot liquid, b. an insulated cold tank containing a cold liquid, c. means operable to circulate hot liquid from said hot tank to a home heating system operable thereby, whereby said hot liquid is cooled, and to return

A home heating and cooling system comprising: a. an insulated hot tank containing a hot liquid, b. an insulated cold tank containing a cold liquid, c. means operable to circulate hot liquid from said hot tank to a home heating system operable thereby, whereby said hot liquid is cooled, and to return said cooled liquid to said hot tank, d. means operable to circulate cold liquid from said cold tank to a home cooling system operable thereby, whereby said cold liquid is warmed, and to return said warmed liquid to said cold tank, and e. a continuously operable refrigeration unit operable to extract heat from said cold tank and to deposit the heat thus extracted into said hot tank, said refrigeration unit including heat absorbing elements, heat dispersing elements, means operable to circulate a refrigerant fluid continuously in a closed between said heat absorbing and heat dispersing elements of said unit, and means in said refrigerant fluid circuit whereby said fluid is rendered colder than said cold tank at said heat absorbing elements, and hotter than said hot tank at said heat dispersing elements, f. heat exchanger means operable by the temperature differential therebetween to transfer heat from said cold tank to said heat absorbing elements, and g. heat exchanger means operable by the temperature differential therebetween to transfer heat from said heat dispersing elements to said hot tank liquid.