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The invention relates to a heating installation for home or industrial use. It is of the type including a heat source associated with a heat pump of which the heat produced is given up to a heating fluid contained in an enclosure connected to heating members placed in the premises to be heated. It i

The invention relates to a heating installation for home or industrial use. It is of the type including a heat source associated with a heat pump of which the heat produced is given up to a heating fluid contained in an enclosure connected to heating members placed in the premises to be heated. It is characterized in that at least one part of the heat produced by the exhaust heat source is capable of being transferred to the heating fluid and of being added to that given up by the heat pump. The invention is particularly useful as a boiler for a heating system.

대표청구항 ▼

A heating installation for home or industrial use, comprising: a boiler enclosure containing an intermediate liquid to be heated; an internal combustion engine suspended in said boiler and at least partially submerged in said intermediate liquid for operating in said submerged condition so that heat

A heating installation for home or industrial use, comprising: a boiler enclosure containing an intermediate liquid to be heated; an internal combustion engine suspended in said boiler and at least partially submerged in said intermediate liquid for operating in said submerged condition so that heat generated by the operation of said engine is transferred directly to said intermediate liquid; an exhaust pipe means for removing exhaust gases connected to said internal combustion engine and at least partially submerged in said intermediate liquid; an exhaust heat exchanger located within the boiler enclosure and operatively connected to said exhaust pipe, so that heat from the submerged portions of the exhaust is transferred to the intermediate liquid; a heat pump having a condenser, an evaporator, and a compressor which is driven by said internal combustion engine, said compressor being the only load of said internal combustion engine, so that at lower temperatures the amount of required compression and resulting load increases, producing therefore a greater thermal dissipation from said internal combustion engine, while heat from said condenser is transferred to said intermediate liquid within the condenser; heating members located in the premises to be heated and supplied with a heating fluid heated by the intermediate liquid of said boiler; and said condenser being situated downstream from the heating members and upstream from the boiler so that the heating fluid flowing from said heating members to said boiler is heated during its passage through the condenser.