Double hybrid heat pumps, systems, and methods of operation that provide increased efficiency in both heating and cooling modes, heated water, and other advantages. The system includes a compressor for compressing low-pressure vapor phase refrigerant to high-pressure vapor phase refrigerant, a refrigerant condensing heat exchanger to heat water and cool the refrigerant to a high-pressure liquid refrigerant, which is provided to a refrigerant cooling heat exchanger in which any remaining high-pressure vapor phase refrigerant is condensed and the high-pressure liquid refrigerant is further cooled. The high-pressure cooled liquid refrigerant is passed through an expansion valve to drop the pressure of the cooled liquid to yield a low-pressure cooled liquid refrigerant or low-pressure cooled two-phase refrigerant. The low-pressure cooled liquid or two-phase refrigerant is then evaporated in a refrigerant evaporating heat exchanger to produce the low-pressure vapor refrigerant that is returned to the compressor.

An air conditioner includes an outdoor unit for circulating refrigerant, a plurality of indoor units for circulating water, and a heat exchange device configured to connect the outdoor unit to the plurality of indoor units and perform heat exchange between the refrigerant and the water. The heat exchange device includes a plurality of ports to which the plurality of indoor units are connected. The air conditioner further includes a controller configured to control flow of the water between the heat exchange device and the plurality of indoor units, and to search pipes respectively connected to the plurality of ports. The controller can control the flow of water such that water at a first temperature flows to some of the plurality of ports and the water at a second temperature lower than the first temperature flows to other some of the plurality of ports.

A heat management system includes a refrigerant circulation line for circulating refrigerant so as to cool an indoor, the refrigerant circulation line comprising a compressor, a water-cooled condenser, a first expansion valve, an air-cooled condenser, a second expansion valve, an evaporator, a refrigerant heat exchanger for causing mutual heat exchange between refrigerant introduced into the second expansion valve and refrigerant discharged from the evaporator, and a first refrigerant bypass line configured such that refrigerant that has passed through the water-cooled condenser bypasses the first expansion valve and the air-cooled condenser; a heating line for heating the indoor space by circulating cooling water that exchanges heat with the refrigerant through the water-cooled condenser; and a cooling line for cooling a battery and electronic equipment components by circulating the cooling water that exchanges heat with the refrigerant or air.

A cooling device includes a number of cooling tubes arranged in parallel such that a first cooling fluid and a second cooling fluid can flow in the cooling tubes. A tank communicates with the cooling tubes to allow the first cooling fluid or the second cooling fluid to flow through the cooling tubes. A diaphragm is located inside the tank to separate the tank into a first space allowing the first cooling fluid to flow therein and a second space allowing the second cooling fluid to flow therein. The diaphragm is coupled to the tank to be rectilinearly movable in a direction of an arrangement of the plurality of cooling tubes.

An HVAC system is disclosed, comprising: (a) a compressor, (b) a source heat exchanger for exchanging heat with a source fluid, (c) a first load heat exchanger operable for heating/cooling air in a space, (d) a second load heat exchanger for heating water, (e) first and second reversing valves, (f) first and second 3-way valves, (f) a bi-directional electronic expansion valve, (g) a first bi-directional valve, and (h) a second bi-directional valve to modulate exchange of heat in the first load heat exchanger when operating as an evaporator and to control flashing of the refrigerant entering the source heat exchanger when operating as an evaporator, (h) a source pump for circulating the source fluid through the first load heat exchanger, (i) a water pump for circulating water through the second load heat exchanger, and (j) a controller to control operation of the foregoing.

A transducing method comprising: using a working medium of a heat pump (I) to absorb heat from and condense an output pressure working medium gas of a pneumatic motor (J) into a pressure working medium liquid, which is delivered as an input pressure working medium of the pneumatic motor (J); compressing, by the heat pump (I), the working medium after heat absorption to raise the temperature thereof so as to deliver the heat to the input pressure working medium, to enable the same to be heated and vaporized into a pressure working medium gas for actuating the pneumatic motor (J) and then being outputted by the pneumatic motor (J) as the output pressure working medium gas; and delivering the working medium of the heat pump (1) of which the temperature is decreased after the heat thereof has been delivered, to reabsorb heat from the output pressure working medium gas.

A cooling system for a motor to power a compressor in a vapor compression system is provided. The cooling system includes a housing with a cavity enclosing the motor and defining a central axis and fluid directing features extending into the cavity and oriented parallel to the central axis. The cooling system further includes a fluid circuit configured to circulate a cooling fluid between the housing and the motor. The fluid circuit includes a first cooling fluid path defined by directing features that cause a first portion of cooling fluid to travel around a first portion of the motor and a second cooling fluid path defined by fluid directing features that cause a second portion of cooling fluid to travel around a second portion of the motor. The second portion of the motor is located opposite the first portion.

A water distribution apparatus and method including cold and hot water supplies, a fan coil (or chilled beam device), a control valve having cold and hot water inlets and outlets, cold and hot water outputs configured to supply cold and hot water to the fan coil, cold and hot water return inlets configured to receive from the fan coil the water supplied by the cold and/or water outputs and outputting the cold and/or hot water to the cold and hot water supply lines, respectively, via the cold and hot water outlets, respectively. Cold and hot water is supplied from the cold and/or hot water outputs to the fan coil and received into the cold and hot water return inlets, respectively, and the cold and hot water supplied by the cold and hot water outputs to the fan coil is output to the cold and hot water supply lines, respectively.

An automatic constant-temperature dehumidification device, comprising at least two dehumidification heat pump assemblies having two refrigerant modules and an air module. The refrigerant module comprises a primary refrigerating module and a secondary refrigerating module, the primary refrigerating module and the secondary refrigerating module each comprising a condenser, an evaporator and a compressor. An air inlet pipe of the air module is connected to a hot side of a heat regenerator, the hot side of the heat regenerator is connected to the evaporators through ventilation pipes, the evaporators are connected to a cold side of the heat regenerator through ventilation pipes, and the cold side of the heat regenerator is connected to one of the condensers through a ventilation pipe.

A reversible refrigeration system including a compressor arranged to compress gaseous refrigerant, a four-way valve switchable between a heating position in which a payload is heated and a cooling position in which the payload is cooled. A payload heat exchanger is connected to the payload requiring heating or cooling, and a dump heat exchanger, two one-way valves, and two controllable expansion valves as well, wherein the one-way valves each are connected parallel to a corresponding expansion valve, wherein switching of the four-way valve between the heating position and the cooling position controls a flow of pressurized refrigerant to either of the payload heat exchanger or the dump heat exchanger and wherein the heat exchanger which receives the flow of pressurized refrigerant functions as a condenser and the other heat exchanger functions as an evaporator.