EP1695010B1 - Heating and air-conditioning device - Google Patents

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EP1695010B1
EP1695010B1 EP04787452A EP04787452A EP1695010B1 EP 1695010 B1 EP1695010 B1 EP 1695010B1 EP 04787452 A EP04787452 A EP 04787452A EP 04787452 A EP04787452 A EP 04787452A EP 1695010 B1 EP1695010 B1 EP 1695010B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F13/00—Details common to, or for air-conditioning, air-humidification, ventilation or use of air currents for screening
    • F24F13/02—Ducting arrangements
    • F24F13/0218—Flexible soft ducts, e.g. ducts made of permeable textiles
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24B—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES FOR SOLID FUELS; IMPLEMENTS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH STOVES OR RANGES
    • F24B1/00—Stoves or ranges
    • F24B1/02—Closed stoves
    • F24B1/04—Closed stoves built-up from glazed tiles 
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24B—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES FOR SOLID FUELS; IMPLEMENTS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH STOVES OR RANGES
    • F24B7/00—Stoves, ranges or flue-gas ducts, with additional provisions for convection heating 
    • F24B7/02—Stoves, ranges or flue-gas ducts, with additional provisions for convection heating  with external air ducts
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F1/00—Room units for air-conditioning, e.g. separate or self-contained units or units receiving primary air from a central station
    • F24F1/02—Self-contained room units for air-conditioning, i.e. with all apparatus for treatment installed in a common casing
    • F24F1/032—Self-contained room units for air-conditioning, i.e. with all apparatus for treatment installed in a common casing characterised by heat exchangers
    • F24F1/0323—Self-contained room units for air-conditioning, i.e. with all apparatus for treatment installed in a common casing characterised by heat exchangers by the mounting or arrangement of the heat exchangers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F2221/00—Details or features not otherwise provided for
    • F24F2221/54—Heating and cooling, simultaneously or alternatively

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for alternately providing heating and cooling of a volume, such as a room or a living room, working or storage or any other closed place.
  • the invention relates to a heating device formed by a closed hearth associated with an air conditioning unit ensuring by the relief of the closed hearth for the heating function and by the modulation and dosage of the input of the air-conditioning unit in both heated and cooled air, an exceptional consistency of the indoor temperature to the desired set-point to ensure superior comfort through optimal climate conditions.
  • the invention also relates to an apparatus that can be constructed or installed around a closed hearth heating unit, for example of the chimney type or tiled stove or other stove. This unit will be called here after installation because it is mounted on site.
  • a closed hearth heating unit for example of the chimney type or tiled stove or other stove. This unit will be called here after installation because it is mounted on site.
  • the air conditioning of living quarters or other outside periods of heating requires a transfer of heat between the volume to be air-conditioned and outside or another area.
  • Known installations comprise an inner assembly, consisting of an evaporator / exchanger, a compressor, and an expander or capillary, and an outer assembly consisting of a condenser / exchanger.
  • the heat transfer is achieved by successive changes of state of a refrigerant fluid, the evaporation of which is accompanied by a heat absorption and the condensation of a release of heat.
  • the evaporator / exchanger allows the fluid to vaporize by absorbing the heat of the environment, which is returned to the outside by the condenser / exchanger when the fluid condenses.
  • the compressor ensures the circulation of the fluid while increasing its pressure and its temperature, while the regulator lowers its pressure to allow its evaporation at low temperature.
  • a heat exchanger makes it possible to transfer to the water circulating in the water circulation circuit the frigories that are generated by the cold generator, and thus provide air conditioning.
  • This functional duality which is based on the use of the water circulation circuit of the existing central heating plant for chilled water, is not, however, fully satisfactory since it involves a significant change in the water supply.
  • heating system to which must be associated a number of new elements to ensure the air conditioning function.
  • this solution can be implemented only in the case where the heating function is performed through a central heating installation, and is not transposable to traditional type of heating, such as a fireplace or stove.
  • JP 200249367 discloses an air conditioning apparatus having a refrigeration circuit coupled to a gas burner, to allow in case of need to heat the cooled air diffused by the refrigeration circuit.
  • the inventions mentioned above have only the sole purpose of regulating the temperature of the air diffused through an air conditioning installation, and not to ensure a heating function independently of the air conditioning function or benefiting heat of the condenser as a contribution of calories.
  • the present invention aims to overcome the disadvantages mentioned above by providing an apparatus and an installation combining the functions of heating and air conditioning.
  • the installation and, above all, the appliance do not require any major structural modifications of rooms or premises or work that is difficult to adapt.
  • the invention exploits the evacuation and distribution of hot air by the rise ducts and distribution of hot air of a heating unit.
  • a connection is created, a coupling or a combination between these ducts of hot air and an air conditioning unit to thereby achieve a distribution of air temperature adapted refreshed if necessary in all targeted volumes.
  • the present invention proceeds from the general inventive concept which consists in placing, preferably downstream of the air flow circuit for the evacuation of the calories produced by a closed combustion hearth, or at the birth thereof, or in a ventilation circuit. previous, at least one heat exchanger of an air conditioning unit or a heat pump comprising at least two heat exchangers, in order to produce at least one flow of air at a suitable temperature, if necessary cooled, especially during periods of hot weather and to bring continuously or occasionally additional calories or frigories to the closed fireplace, especially in cold and cool weather.
  • the apparatus described below can be manufactured industrially in series and is commercially ready to install or install or can be built on site from existing elements or components such as a closed fireplace or stove.
  • Figure 1 shows a first embodiment according to which, the heating and air conditioning apparatus according to the present invention is formed on site in the room or room.
  • a closed hearth chimney located in the room or space to be heated or ventilated is associated with at least one exchanger of an air conditioning unit, a part of which may be arranged outside the room or local for example in the cellar of the house or building.
  • the heating unit 1 may consist of a chimney 1 'classic, which is composed of a closed fireplace 2 mounted on a tablet 3 itself arranged on a base 4 resting on the slab 5 of the room or room, l set that can be semi recessed in a box 16 masonry.
  • the closed hearth 2 is surrounded by a jamb 6 surmounted by a hood 8 forming the upper part of the chimney 1 '.
  • a decorative beam 7 may be interposed between the base of the hood 8 and the jamb 6.
  • the closed hearth 2 integrates a fairing 17 receiving in its upper part at least one, but preferably several risers and then for evacuation of the heated air 10, for example two, to ensure the rise of the air heating towards the upper ends which open out of the hood 8 through outlet grilles 9.
  • the duct or ducts 10 preferably have a bent shape, the angle in the bent portion 15 of said ducts being a function of the inclination of the side walls of the hood 8.
  • the closed hearth 2 is fed from the front with solid fuel, usually wood, and the hot air thus produced is conveyed through the hood 8 and evacuated. by the exhaust ducts 10 hot air and diffuse through the grids 9 to warm the room or room and possibly other rooms.
  • the air conditioning unit which may be of the reversible type, comprises an external heat exchanger block connected to an internal heat exchanger unit 21 by a known type of duct 22.
  • the external exchanger block 20 is disposed outside the house or building to be equipped and the inner exchanger block 21 is preferably placed under the closed firebox 2 and in the example shown in the cellar, under the slab 5 and in correspondence of the chimney placed in the room situated above.
  • the inner heat exchanger block 21 will be mounted on a support 23 itself fixed to the ceiling.
  • the distance separating it from the chimney 1 ' is reduced and thus it is possible to greatly limit the losses and the consumption.
  • the inner heat exchanger block 21 is connected to a flexible sheath 24, the opposite end of which opens at the bottom of the box 16 made of masonry, for ensure the return of warmed air to the room.
  • the cooled air will be diffused into the room by means of one, two or more flexible ducts 25 preferably thermally insulated, connected to the upper part of the inner heat exchanger block 21 and opening into the chimney 1 '.
  • the outlet ducts 25 of the indoor heat exchanger unit 21 of the air conditioning unit are connected to the exhaust ducts 10 located on the top of the hearth 2 of the chimney. 1 ', by means of a Y-shaped connector 30 which will preferably be disposed at the elbow 15 of one or conduits 10 of the chimney.
  • the air conditioning unit can be activated outside the heating periods, by injecting the air cooled by the evaporator of the air conditioner into the hot air outlet ducts of the chimney, this operation being able to be carried out manually or by means of an automatic valve (not shown) associated with the connectors 30 in Y. It will be possible also operate jointly, especially in the case of a reversible air conditioning unit.
  • the installation according to the present invention also has the advantage of greatly reducing the sound volume of the air conditioner, and therefore the inconvenience caused to the occupants of the dwelling or room.
  • the air conditioner is connected to the heating unit to an installation in which the chimney is replaced by a tiled stove.
  • the installation will comprise an air conditioning unit constituted as previously of an outer block 20 and an inner block 21, which is as previously mounted on a support 23 fixed to the ceiling under the slab 5, in correspondence of the heating unit 1, which here consists of a tiled stove 40 or decorative stones disposed in the room or room.
  • the tiled stove 40 is placed on a base 41 itself placed on the slab 5 of the room.
  • the assembly may also comprise a wood boiler 42 arranged in the cellar, under the slab 5, and comprising a loading door 43 and a heat recovery unit 44.
  • An air return duct 45 passing on the side of the boiler 42 opens at the base of the base 41 of the stove 40.
  • the heat emitted by the boiler 42 rises and is recovered in two ducts 10 'from two openings 46 formed in the portion of the ceiling situated above the boiler and whose opposite ends open into the stove 40 after having crossed the slab 5.
  • the indoor exchanger block 21 of the air conditioning unit is connected to one or several ducts 10 'connecting the boiler 42 and the stove 40 via two flexible ducts 25'.
  • junction between the duct or ducts 10 'and the flexible ducts 25' is effected as in the previous variant by means of Y-shaped connectors 30 '.
  • FIG. 3 represents a third embodiment of a heating and air-conditioning installation according to the invention, in which the air-conditioning unit is directly integrated into the heating unit thus forming an entirely constituted apparatus, that is to say say a complete functional unit.
  • the air conditioning unit is disposed directly on the slab 5 and under the fireplace 2 of a heating unit 1, which in the example shown consists of a closed fireplace.
  • the cooled or tempered air generated at the outlet of the indoor exchanger 21 of the air conditioner passes directly to the sides of the heating unit 1 and the user can thus control the diffusion, depending on the period or cold, cooled, temperate or hot air in all room or room volumes and adjoining rooms, without the need for additional arrangements or grilles in relation classic fireplace heating with heated air distribution.
  • the cold air rises along the hearth 2, in the space between the outer wall and the housing of the heating unit, to join the hot air risers 10 connected to the upper part of the hearth 2.
  • This embodiment is even simpler than the two previous ones, insofar as it eliminates the need to intervene on both sides of the slab of the room or the room to be equipped.
  • the installation may comprise and will preferably comprise a reversible type of air-conditioning unit, which will provide the additional advantage of allowing the volume to be heated without having to activate the heating unit, or by activating it, to provide additional heat if necessary.
  • the regulation means 49 can regulate between the temperature of the air heated by the hearth and that of the internal exchanger or exchangers in the case of the mixed regime, that is to say the one in which the two units operate simultaneously, because we can then have an occasional supplemental heat capacity supplement provided by the exchanger of the reversible air conditioning unit then operating in a condenser.
  • These regulating means can act in particular on the ventilation unit blowing on the inner exchanger (s) 21 or by suction in order to bring a variability of flow rate to the complementary air flow coming from the one or more of these exchangers.
  • These regulation means are connected to different temperature sensors placed in the appropriate places and in particular one or more sensors 49 'of room or room temperature
  • control means and these sensors preferably apply to all variants and embodiments and can be used those already existing on the heating unit.
  • the invention also relates to a device manufactured in large series in factory or workshop and installed as new equipment in the room or the desired room.
  • the apparatus according to the invention is made in a compact form in which all the members and elements constituting this new functional unit are integrated in the same mechanical assembly welded or otherwise assembled.
  • This set is compact and ready to be installed and installed in a suitable location or integrating into a housing for all necessary connections including aeraulic.
  • FIG. 4 in which it is diagrammatically shown in vertical longitudinal section.
  • This device is in the form of a set 50 ready to be installed and installed forming a metal box, all bodied by a soundproofing and thermally insulating cladding.
  • the closed hearth 52 for example solid fuel, including wood.
  • the closed hearth 52 preferably has a glass door not visible on the fireplace access cut for its fueling and for the vision of the flames.
  • the closed hearth 52 is made in this example in the form of a metal box 53 continuing upwards by a drain or smoke box 54 opening outwardly through a central outlet nozzle 55 for its connection to the duct chimney.
  • the upper part is surrounded by a recuperator 56 forming an upper recovery chamber opening to the outside for example by the upper wall of the box.
  • All the organs of the apparatus are contained in the box 50 which continues upwards and terminates in an upper wall 57 through which the central outlet nozzle 55 passes and a plurality of evacuation nozzles such as 58 of the air at the desired temperature for connection to ducts for example flexible and insulated, transport and distribution of air leaving the device.
  • the back of the closed hearth 52 rests directly on the rear wall of the box 50 or away from a recovery interval along which warms the air coming from below.
  • All the walls of the box, rear, side 59 and 60, and upper 57 of the box 50 and its front wall above the door are suitably thermally insulated to prevent any loss of heat and conversely any heat input into the heating system. summer or intermediate.
  • the closed hearth 52 has in its lower part its own combustion air inlet, for example in the form of a register that can adjustably adjust the combustion air, and in the upper part the duct or smoke box 54, preferably with the recuperator heat 56.
  • This recovery chamber 61 is growing in height. The air rises along the latter by heating in contact with the hot walls of the closed hearth 52.
  • the recovery chamber 61 extends to the smoke box 54 to recover and evacuate the calories radiated by all the heated parts by the heat of the hearth.
  • the flue gas box 54 will preferably have its own internal or external recuperator, for example the recuperator 56 which will open in the upper part of the inner peripheral chamber for recovery. 61 or in another way to be evacuated by the common evacuation nozzles 58 serving as an output to the peripheral recovery chamber 61.
  • the assembly 50 terminates downwards by a lower technical block 62 closing at least one exchanger, but preferably two exchangers 63 and 64, of the same air conditioning unit in a receiver interior volume 65 formed in the compartment of the part lower part of the technical block 62.
  • the latter forms a mechanical support 66 for the assembly 50 of the apparatus by which it rests on the ground by means of a support plate 67.
  • This is the indoor exchanger of the air conditioning unit can become evaporator or condenser in the case of a reversible air conditioning unit. It may be, also as in the example shown in FIG. 4, two parallel heat exchanger elements 63 and 64 of the same air-conditioning unit both fulfilling the same function of either evaporators or condensers in the case reversibility or constituting the two conventional exchangers one evaporator and the other condenser with for example two evacuation routes, suitably separated by a valve or other means.
  • This lower technical block 62 is also suitably isolated acoustically and thermally and has on each of its lateral faces to the right of its respective exchanger an air inlet each protected by a filter.
  • the exchanger or exchangers 63, 64 are for example each placed on one side of the interior volume 65.
  • a ventilation unit 68 for example an air-flow unit operating in suction, is disposed above the interior volume 65. It emerges in the interior volume 65 and its outlet (s) make it possible to establish a flow distributed from a central birth to walk flat along a lower distribution compartment 69 and supplying uniformly and from below the recovery chamber 61 with suitably temperature-controlled air from control means 70.
  • the regulation may also include a temperature sensor 74 of the air output of the lower technical block 62.
  • the sensor information is taken into account and managed by conventional means to control the operation of the ventilation unit and that of the air conditioning unit.
  • the exchanger or exchangers placed in the interior volume 65 are connected to an air conditioning unit with or without a compressor. All the units of this air conditioning unit can be grouped together and placed in the interior volume compartment 65 including the compressor if it exists.
  • certain components including the second exchanger and the compressor can be placed outside the device or in another medium than air or buried or otherwise disposed.
  • the outlet of the interior volume 65 includes the ventilation unit 68 which is responsible for establishing an adjustable flow of airflow for example by drawing the outside air through at least one or through the two heat exchangers 63 and 64 each placed in front of a air inlet protected by a filter.
  • the air path is represented by arrows in FIG. 4 from its entry into the compartment of the lower volume 66 to its outlet through the nozzles evacuation 58.
  • the air circuit continues towards the base of the hearth where it is directed directly to the peripheral recovery chamber 61 into which it enters and from which it is discharged through the outlet duct or ducts.
  • the fresh, temperate or hot air transported by the exhaust ducts is distributed in the room or room and out at the desired temperature by mouths provided with grilles, but can be brought by other ducts in other rooms adjacent or more distant in which it diffuses through adapted mouths.
  • sheaths can also be grafted onto an existing ventilation network or to be built in the house or building.
  • the volume 66 of the lower technical unit may also contain the compressor of the air conditioning unit and even, thanks to a sufficient thermal insulation and one or more flow control valves, the other exchanger acting as evaporator or condenser as appropriate for a reversible air conditioning unit.
  • the temperature of the air leaving the lower volume 66 can be measured by a sensor 74 and then compared to the temperature of the air outside the hearth 2 by the sensor 72 or that of the fumes or any other reflecting the appearance of heated to establish a room air temperature regulation of the room or room according to the set temperature given by the occupant (s) by acting on the extra calories or frigories provided by the air conditioning unit .
  • This outlet temperature of the lower volume There are two ways to vary this outlet temperature of the lower volume: on the one hand the speed of the ventilation unit and on the other hand the operating point of the air conditioning unit. As will be seen below this possibility will intervene in the case of a mixed regime and in case of use of the air conditioning unit in the closed hearth that is to say when the firepower will be reduced.
  • the invention offers this possibility to better regulate the temperature of the room, knowing that this temperature from the only wood heating is quite difficult to maintain constant. This advantage brings and confers unequaled comfort in the framework of the fireplace wood heating.
  • the operation of the device is particularly simple. It will be briefly described below.
  • the heat exchanger of the reversible air conditioning unit operates as an evaporator and the closed fireplace does not work anymore or very occasionally.
  • This evaporator provides a stream of cooled air that rises along the fireplace, to emerge in the upper part by the network of ducts.
  • the heat exchanger is used as a condenser providing metered complementary calories or even frigories in the home that can operate at reduced speed.
  • the invention makes it possible to cover all these needs. During the day, it is enough to operate the exchanger of the air conditioning unit in evaporator to cool the air or to temper it compared to that which produces the fireplace at reduced pace. In the evening and in the morning, it is enough to operate the exchanger of the air conditioning unit in condenser to produce air at suitable temperature without needing to light the fireplace.
  • this device is useful in all cases to bring the desired atmosphere comfort. It will provide according to the desires or needs, air at the ideal room temperature and this from a single device located inside the room or room.
  • the solution proposed by the invention is easily transferable to an installation in which a wood boiler is integrated into a tiled stove, the heating unit is then no longer dissociated.
  • the stove will then have on the front a loading door to feed the wood boiler and a hole on the front for hot air outlet, and the rear part of a heat recovery.
  • connection between the air conditioning unit located in the cellar and the stove will be achieved by means of two flexible ducts running at the rear of the stove and opening into an upper box with an opening for the evacuation of cold air.
  • the air conditioning unit is a compressor, it can be placed inside the installation or the appliance.
  • the other exchanger it can be placed outside or inside the room or the room or house or building in which the heating unit is located.
  • the exchanger (s) external to the apparatus are placed in the most appropriate locations or environments, indoors, outdoors, in air, in water, buried or otherwise arranged.
  • the air conditioning unit may be of the heat pump type or any type of heat energy transfer means with one or more exchangers in the air, in the water or buried.

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The installation has a chimney (1) with a furnace (2) including two evacuation pipes (10) for circulating heated air. An air-conditioning apparatus has an outer unit (20) and an inner unit (21) with two flexible ducts (25) for diffusion of cooled air. The evacuation pipes are connected with the ducts of the inner unit by a Y-shaped connector (30) to distribute cold air over entire premises heated by the chimney.

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La présente invention concerne un appareil permettant d'assurer alternativement le chauffage et la climatisation d'un volume, tel une pièce ou un local d'habitation, de travail ou de stockage ou tout autre lieu fermé.The present invention relates to an apparatus for alternately providing heating and cooling of a volume, such as a room or a living room, working or storage or any other closed place.

Particulièrement, l'invention se rapporte à un appareil de chauffage formé d'un foyer fermé associé à une unité de climatisation assurant par la relève du foyer fermé pour la fonction de chauffage et par la modulation et le dosage de l'apport de l'unité de climatisation aussi bien en air réchauffé qu'en air rafraîchi, une constance exceptionnelle de la température intérieure à la valeur de consigne souhaitée afin de garantir un confort supérieur par une ambiance climatique optimale.Particularly, the invention relates to a heating device formed by a closed hearth associated with an air conditioning unit ensuring by the relief of the closed hearth for the heating function and by the modulation and dosage of the input of the air-conditioning unit in both heated and cooled air, an exceptional consistency of the indoor temperature to the desired set-point to ensure superior comfort through optimal climate conditions.

L'invention concerne aussi un appareil pouvant être construit ou installé autour d'une unité de chauffage à foyer fermé par exemple du type cheminée ou poêle en faïence ou autre poêle. On appellera ci-après cet appareil installation car il est monté sur place.The invention also relates to an apparatus that can be constructed or installed around a closed hearth heating unit, for example of the chimney type or tiled stove or other stove. This unit will be called here after installation because it is mounted on site.

L'utilisation de cheminées à foyer fermé ou ouvert, ou de poêles en faïence pour assurer le chauffage à titre principal ou complémentaire de locaux d'habitation, notamment individuels, a connu un regain d'intérêt, pour diverses raisons d'ordre économique ou esthétique. Ce type d'installation est souvent associé à une certaine idée de qualité de vie et de confort. Il en est de même des installations de climatisation, qui après avoir été réservées à des usages essentiellement professionnels, suscitent à présent l'engouement du grand public.The use of closed or open fireplaces, or tiled stoves to provide heating for main or complementary living quarters, especially individual, has been renewed, for various reasons of economic or social importance. aesthetic. This type of installation is often associated with a certain idea of quality of life and comfort. It is the same air conditioning facilities, which after being reserved for mainly professional uses, now arouse the enthusiasm of the general public.

De manière classique, la climatisation des locaux d'habitation ou autre en dehors des périodes de chauffe suppose un transfert de chaleur entre le volume à climatiser et l'extérieur ou une autre zone. Les installations connues comportent un ensemble intérieur, composé d'un évaporateur/échangeur, d'un compresseur, et d'un détendeur ou capillaire, et un ensemble extérieur composé d'un condenseur/échangeur. Le transfert de chaleur est réalisé grâce aux changements d'état successifs d'un fluide réfrigérant, dont l'évaporation s'accompagne d'une absorption de chaleur et la condensation d'un dégagement de chaleur. L'évaporateur/échangeur permet au fluide de se vaporiser en absorbant la chaleur du milieu ambiant, qui est restituée vers l'extérieur par le condenseur/échangeur lorsque le fluide se condense. Entre ces deux éléments, le compresseur assuré la circulation du fluide tout en augmentant sa pression et sa température, alors que le détendeur abaisse sa pression pour permettre son évaporation à basse température.Conventionally, the air conditioning of living quarters or other outside periods of heating requires a transfer of heat between the volume to be air-conditioned and outside or another area. Known installations comprise an inner assembly, consisting of an evaporator / exchanger, a compressor, and an expander or capillary, and an outer assembly consisting of a condenser / exchanger. The heat transfer is achieved by successive changes of state of a refrigerant fluid, the evaporation of which is accompanied by a heat absorption and the condensation of a release of heat. The evaporator / exchanger allows the fluid to vaporize by absorbing the heat of the environment, which is returned to the outside by the condenser / exchanger when the fluid condenses. Between these two elements, the compressor ensures the circulation of the fluid while increasing its pressure and its temperature, while the regulator lowers its pressure to allow its evaporation at low temperature.

La répétition en boucle de ces fonctions permet d'assurer la climatisation du local. Il est donc nécessaire de prévoir deux dispositifs et donc deux installations totalement distinctes pour assurer, d'une part la fonction de chauffage à titre principal ou complémentaire, et d'autre part la fonction de climatisation en dehors des périodes de chauffe.The looping repetition of these functions ensures the air conditioning of the room. It is therefore necessary to provide two devices and therefore two completely separate facilities to ensure, on the one hand the heating function as main or complementary, and on the other hand the air conditioning function outside the heating periods.

Il existe certes des climatiseurs dits réversibles qui offrent une fonction de chauffe. Cependant, ce type d'installation peut éventuellement servir pour apporter une énergie calorifique d'appoint mais il ne permettra pas d'assurer de manière satisfaisante le chauffage de volumes de grandes dimensions. Par ailleurs, il perd une grande partie de son efficacité dès lors que la température extérieure baisse au delà d'un certain seuil, les rendements des climatiseurs réversibles étant particulièrement faibles.There are certainly so-called reversible air conditioners that offer a heating function. However, this type of installation may possibly be used to provide additional heat energy but it will not provide satisfactory heating of large volumes. In addition, it loses much of its effectiveness when the outside temperature fall below a certain threshold, the returns of reversible air conditioners being particularly low.

Pour pallier ces inconvénients, certains climatiseurs réversibles comportent des résistances additionnelles dans des ensembles intérieurs, ce qui permet d'assurer un chauffage complémentaire même lorsque la température extérieure est particulièrement basse. Il est clair cependant que ces solutions restent complexes, donc onéreuses, et qu'elles supposent de toute façon des travaux d'implantation importants.To overcome these disadvantages, some reversible air conditioners have additional resistances in indoor assemblies, which allows to provide additional heating even when the outside temperature is particularly low. It is clear, however, that these solutions remain complex, and therefore expensive, and that they imply in any case important implementation works.

Il est donc intéressant de pouvoir coupler les fonctions de chauffage et de climatisation dans le cadre d'une installation unique, permettant de chauffer la pièce ou le local puis d'en assurer la ventilation hors période de chauffe.It is therefore interesting to be able to combine the heating and cooling functions in the context of a single installation, to heat the room or the room and then to ventilate it outside the heating period.

Une installation de ce type est décrite dans le document FR 2 814 227, qui concerne une installation de chauffage comportant une chaudière de chauffage et un circuit de circulation d'eau à travers des radiateurs, un générateur de froid étant disposé au voisinage de la chaudière.An installation of this type is described in document FR 2 814 227, which relates to a heating installation comprising a heating boiler and a circuit for circulating water through radiators, a cold generator being arranged in the vicinity of the boiler. .

Un échangeur thermique permet de transférer à l'eau qui circule dans le circuit de circulation d'eau les frigories qui sont générées par le générateur de froid, et ainsi assurer une climatisation. Cette dualité fonctionnelle, qui est basée sur l'utilisation du circuit de circulation d'eau de l'installation de chauffage central existante pour l'eau réfrigérée, n'est cependant pas pleinement satisfaisante dans la mesure où elle suppose une modification importante de l'installation de chauffage, à laquelle il faut associer un certain nombre d'éléments nouveaux pour assurer la fonction de climatisation. Par ailleurs, cette solution ne peut être mise en oeuvre que dans le cas où la fonction de chauffage est réalisée au travers d'une installation de chauffage central, et n'est pas transposable à des chauffages de type traditionnel, tels qu'une cheminée ou un poêle.A heat exchanger makes it possible to transfer to the water circulating in the water circulation circuit the frigories that are generated by the cold generator, and thus provide air conditioning. This functional duality, which is based on the use of the water circulation circuit of the existing central heating plant for chilled water, is not, however, fully satisfactory since it involves a significant change in the water supply. heating system, to which must be associated a number of new elements to ensure the air conditioning function. Furthermore, this solution can be implemented only in the case where the heating function is performed through a central heating installation, and is not transposable to traditional type of heating, such as a fireplace or stove.

Le document US 2001/0042 610 A10 décrit une installation dans laquelle un foyer est relié à un échangeur de chaleur lui-même relié à une prise d'air extérieure.Document US 2001/0042 610 A10 describes an installation in which a fireplace is connected to a heat exchanger which is itself connected to an outside air intake.

Le but poursuivi par cette installation est fort différent de celui de la présente invention, dans la mesure où il s'agit ici uniquement de réchauffer de l'air extérieur en utilisant la chaleur dégagée par la combustion à l'intérieur du foyer, pour ainsi améliorer les performances de l'installation de chauffage. Le document US 6 149 066 décrit également une installation destinée à permettre le réchauffement d'air extérieur en utilisant l'énergie dissipée par un appareil de chauffage, là également afin d'améliorer l'efficacité de l'installation.The purpose of this installation is very different from that of the present invention, insofar as it is only a question here of heating outside air by using the heat released by the combustion inside the furnace, so that improve the performance of the heating system. The document US Pat. No. 6,149,066 also describes an installation intended to allow the heating of outside air by using the energy dissipated by a heater, again in order to improve the efficiency of the installation.

Le document JP 200249367 décrit un appareil de conditionnement d'air comportant un circuit de réfrigération couplé à un brûleur à gaz, afin de permettre en cas de besoin de réchauffer l'air refroidi diffusé par le circuit de réfrigération.JP 200249367 discloses an air conditioning apparatus having a refrigeration circuit coupled to a gas burner, to allow in case of need to heat the cooled air diffused by the refrigeration circuit.

Les inventions citées ci-dessus n'ont que pour seul but de réguler la température de l'air diffusé à travers une installation de conditionnement d'air, et non pas d'assurer une fonction de chauffage indépendamment de la fonction de climatisation ou bénéficiant de la chaleur du condenseur à titre d'apport de calories.The inventions mentioned above have only the sole purpose of regulating the temperature of the air diffused through an air conditioning installation, and not to ensure a heating function independently of the air conditioning function or benefiting heat of the condenser as a contribution of calories.

La présente invention a pour but de remédier aux inconvénients mentionnés ci-dessus en proposant un appareil et une installation combinant les fonctions de chauffage et de climatisation. L'installation et surtout l'appareil ne nécessitent pas de modifications structurelles importantes des pièces ou locaux ni de travaux difficiles d'adaptation.The present invention aims to overcome the disadvantages mentioned above by providing an apparatus and an installation combining the functions of heating and air conditioning. The installation and, above all, the appliance do not require any major structural modifications of rooms or premises or work that is difficult to adapt.

Plus précisément, l'invention exploite l'évacuation et la distribution de l'air chaud par les gaines de montée et de distribution de l'air chaud d'une unité de chauffage. De manière avantageuse, on crée une liaison, un couplage ou une combinaison entre ces gaines d'air chaud et une unité de climatisation pour réaliser ainsi une distribution d'air à température adaptée rafraîchi si nécessaire dans tous les volumes visés.More specifically, the invention exploits the evacuation and distribution of hot air by the rise ducts and distribution of hot air of a heating unit. Advantageously, a connection is created, a coupling or a combination between these ducts of hot air and an air conditioning unit to thereby achieve a distribution of air temperature adapted refreshed if necessary in all targeted volumes.

L'invention sera mieux comprise au travers de la description donnée ci-après de plusieurs variantes possibles de réalisation, et en référence aux figures annexées dans lesquelles :

  • la figure 1 est une vue en coupe illustrant une première forme de réalisation de l'installation selon la présente invention, mettant en oeuvre une cheminée à foyer fermé et une unité de climatisation située sous la dalle recevant l'unité de chauffage,
  • la figure 2 est une vue en coupe de l'installation selon une seconde forme de réalisation, dans laquelle l'unité de chauffage est un poêle en faïence,
  • la figure 3 est une vue en coupe illustrant une troisième forme de réalisation de l'installation selon la présente invention, dans laquelle l'unité de climatisation est directement intégrée à l'unité de chauffage,
  • la figure 4 est une vue schématique en coupe longitudinale montrant de façon générale un appareil compact conforme à l'invention prêt à être posé ou installé.
The invention will be better understood through the description given below of several possible embodiments, and with reference to the appended figures in which:
  • Figure 1 is a sectional view illustrating a first embodiment of the installation according to the present invention, implementing a closed fireplace and an air conditioning unit located under the slab receiving the heating unit,
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the installation according to a second embodiment, in which the heating unit is a tiled stove,
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view illustrating a third embodiment of the installation according to the present invention, in which the air conditioning unit is directly integrated with the heating unit,
  • Figure 4 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view generally showing a compact device according to the invention ready to be installed or installed.

La présente invention procède du concept général inventif qui consiste à placer de préférence en aval du le circuit aéraulique d'évacuation des calories produites par un foyer fermé de chauffage, ou à la naissance de celui-ci, ou dans un circuit aéraulique précédent, au moins un échangeur d'une unité de climatisation ou d'une pompe à chaleur comprenant au moins deux échangeurs, afin de produire au moins un flux d'air à température adaptée, au besoin rafraîchi, notamment en période de temps chaud et d'apporter en permanence ou occasionnellement des calories ou frigories supplémentaires au foyer fermé de chauffage, notamment en période de temps rafraîchi et froid.The present invention proceeds from the general inventive concept which consists in placing, preferably downstream of the air flow circuit for the evacuation of the calories produced by a closed combustion hearth, or at the birth thereof, or in a ventilation circuit. previous, at least one heat exchanger of an air conditioning unit or a heat pump comprising at least two heat exchangers, in order to produce at least one flow of air at a suitable temperature, if necessary cooled, especially during periods of hot weather and to bring continuously or occasionally additional calories or frigories to the closed fireplace, especially in cold and cool weather.

L'appareil décrit ci-dessous peut être construit industriellement intégralement en série et se trouver dans le commerce prêt à poser ou à installer ou peut être constitué sur place à partir d'éléments ou d'organes existants par exemple un foyer fermé de cheminée ou de poêle.The apparatus described below can be manufactured industrially in series and is commercially ready to install or install or can be built on site from existing elements or components such as a closed fireplace or stove.

La figure 1 représente un premier mode de réalisation selon lequel, l'appareil de chauffage et de climatisation selon la présente invention est constitué sur place dans la pièce ou le local.Figure 1 shows a first embodiment according to which, the heating and air conditioning apparatus according to the present invention is formed on site in the room or room.

Selon ce mode de réalisation, on associe une cheminée à foyer fermé située dans la pièce ou le local à chauffer ou à ventiler à au moins un échangeur d'une unité de climatisation dont une partie peut être disposée à l'extérieur de la pièce ou du local par exemple dans la cave de l'habitation ou du bâtiment.According to this embodiment, a closed hearth chimney located in the room or space to be heated or ventilated is associated with at least one exchanger of an air conditioning unit, a part of which may be arranged outside the room or local for example in the cellar of the house or building.

L'unité de chauffage 1 peut consister en une cheminée 1' classique, qui est composée d'un foyer fermé 2 monté sur une tablette 3 elle-même disposée sur un socle 4 reposant sur la dalle 5 de la pièce ou du local, l'ensemble pouvant être semi encastré dans un caisson 16 en maçonnerie. Le foyer fermé 2 est entouré d'un jambage 6 surmonté d'une hotte 8 formant la partie supérieure de la cheminée 1'. Une poutre décorative 7 peut être interposée entre la base de la hotte 8 et le jambage 6.The heating unit 1 may consist of a chimney 1 'classic, which is composed of a closed fireplace 2 mounted on a tablet 3 itself arranged on a base 4 resting on the slab 5 of the room or room, l set that can be semi recessed in a box 16 masonry. The closed hearth 2 is surrounded by a jamb 6 surmounted by a hood 8 forming the upper part of the chimney 1 '. A decorative beam 7 may be interposed between the base of the hood 8 and the jamb 6.

Le foyer fermé 2 intègre un carénage 17 recevant dans sa partie supérieure au moins un, mais de préférence plusieurs conduits de montée puis d'évacuation de l'air réchauffé 10, par exemple deux, pour assurer la montée de l'air se réchauffant vers les extrémités supérieures qui débouchent à l'extérieur de la hotte 8 au travers de grilles de sortie 9.The closed hearth 2 integrates a fairing 17 receiving in its upper part at least one, but preferably several risers and then for evacuation of the heated air 10, for example two, to ensure the rise of the air heating towards the upper ends which open out of the hood 8 through outlet grilles 9.

A cet effet, le ou les conduits 10 ont de préférence une forme coudée, l'angle dans la partie coudée 15 desdits conduits étant fonction de l'inclinaison des parois latérales de la hotte 8.For this purpose, the duct or ducts 10 preferably have a bent shape, the angle in the bent portion 15 of said ducts being a function of the inclination of the side walls of the hood 8.

Dans un mode de fonctionnement classique d'une cheminée de ce type, le foyer fermé 2 est alimenté par l'avant en combustible solide, en général du bois, et l'air chaud ainsi produit est acheminé au travers de la hotte 8 et évacué par les conduits d'évacuation 10 l'air chaud et le diffuser au travers des grilles 9 pour réchauffer la pièce ou le local et éventuellement d'autres pièces.In a conventional mode of operation of a chimney of this type, the closed hearth 2 is fed from the front with solid fuel, usually wood, and the hot air thus produced is conveyed through the hood 8 and evacuated. by the exhaust ducts 10 hot air and diffuse through the grids 9 to warm the room or room and possibly other rooms.

Selon l'exemple représenté, l'unité de climatisation qui peut être du type réversible, comporte un bloc échangeur extérieur 20 raccordé à un bloc échangeur intérieur 21 par un conduit de type connu 22.According to the example shown, the air conditioning unit, which may be of the reversible type, comprises an external heat exchanger block connected to an internal heat exchanger unit 21 by a known type of duct 22.

Le bloc échangeur extérieur 20 est disposé à l'extérieur de la maison ou du bâtiment à équiper et le bloc échangeur intérieur 21 est de préférence disposé sous le foyer fermé 2 et dans l'exemple représenté à la cave, sous la dalle 5 et en correspondance de la cheminée placée dans la pièce située au-dessus.The external exchanger block 20 is disposed outside the house or building to be equipped and the inner exchanger block 21 is preferably placed under the closed firebox 2 and in the example shown in the cellar, under the slab 5 and in correspondence of the chimney placed in the room situated above.

A cet effet, le bloc échangeur intérieur 21 sera monté sur un support 23 lui-même fixé au plafond. En disposant le bloc échangeur intérieur 21 sur un support directement fixé au plafond, on réduit la distance la séparant de la cheminée 1' et on peut ainsi limiter fortement les déperditions et la consommation.For this purpose, the inner heat exchanger block 21 will be mounted on a support 23 itself fixed to the ceiling. By arranging the inner heat exchanger block 21 on a support directly fixed to the ceiling, the distance separating it from the chimney 1 'is reduced and thus it is possible to greatly limit the losses and the consumption.

Le bloc échangeur intérieur 21 est raccordé à une gaine flexible 24 dont l'extrémité opposée débouche en partie basse du caisson 16 en maçonnerie, pour assurer le retour vers le bas de l'air réchauffé dans la pièce.The inner heat exchanger block 21 is connected to a flexible sheath 24, the opposite end of which opens at the bottom of the box 16 made of masonry, for ensure the return of warmed air to the room.

L'air rafraîchi sera diffusé dans la pièce au moyen d'une, de deux ou de plusieurs gaines flexibles 25 de préférence isolées thermiquement, raccordées à la partie supérieure du bloc échangeur intérieur 21 et débouchant dans la cheminée 1'.The cooled air will be diffused into the room by means of one, two or more flexible ducts 25 preferably thermally insulated, connected to the upper part of the inner heat exchanger block 21 and opening into the chimney 1 '.

Dans ce premier mode de réalisation et de mise en oeuvre de la présente invention, on raccorde les gaines de sortie 25 du bloc échangeur intérieur 21 de l'unité de climatisation aux conduits d'évacuation 10 situés sur le dessus du foyer 2 de la cheminée 1', au moyen d'un raccord en forme de Y 30 qui sera disposé de préférence au niveau du coude 15 d'un ou des conduits 10 de la cheminée.In this first embodiment and implementation of the present invention, the outlet ducts 25 of the indoor heat exchanger unit 21 of the air conditioning unit are connected to the exhaust ducts 10 located on the top of the hearth 2 of the chimney. 1 ', by means of a Y-shaped connector 30 which will preferably be disposed at the elbow 15 of one or conduits 10 of the chimney.

Grâce au raccordement par gaines isolées thermiquement qui est ainsi effectué entre le bloc intérieur 21 de l'unité de climatisation et les conduits d'air chaud en sortie du foyer 2 de la cheminée 1', on crée une distribution d'air rafraîchi dans tous les volumes prévus et ceci par les gaines de cette cheminée.Thanks to the connection by thermally insulated ducts which is thus carried out between the inner block 21 of the air conditioning unit and the hot air ducts at the outlet of the hearth 2 of the chimney 1 ', a cooling air distribution is created in all the planned volumes and this by the sheaths of this fireplace.

On dispose ainsi d'une installation à double fonction particulièrement compacte, puisqu'il sera possible de faire passer les gaines 25 de ventilation reliées au bloc échangeur intérieur 21 du climatiseur de part et d'autre du foyer 2 de la cheminée 1', et donc de les intégrer dans la cheminée, pour ainsi réaliser une installation totalement invisible dans la pièce d'habitation ou le local.There is thus a particularly compact dual-function installation, since it will be possible to pass the ventilation ducts 25 connected to the indoor exchanger block 21 of the air conditioner on either side of the hearth 2 of the chimney 1 ', and therefore to integrate them in the chimney, to thus realize a completely invisible installation in the room of living or the room.

On pourra ainsi activer l'unité de climatisation en dehors des périodes de chauffe, en injectant l'air rafraîchi par l'évaporateur du climatiseur dans les conduits de sortie de l'air chaud de la cheminée, cette opération pouvant être effectuée manuellement ou grâce à un clapet automatique (non représenté) associé aux raccords 30 en Y. On pourra aussi les faire fonctionner conjointement, notamment dans le cas d'une unité de climatisation réversible.Thus, the air conditioning unit can be activated outside the heating periods, by injecting the air cooled by the evaporator of the air conditioner into the hot air outlet ducts of the chimney, this operation being able to be carried out manually or by means of an automatic valve (not shown) associated with the connectors 30 in Y. It will be possible also operate jointly, especially in the case of a reversible air conditioning unit.

L'installation selon la présente invention présente également comme avantage de diminuer fortement le volume sonore du climatiseur, et donc la gêne induite pour les occupants du logement ou du local.The installation according to the present invention also has the advantage of greatly reducing the sound volume of the air conditioner, and therefore the inconvenience caused to the occupants of the dwelling or room.

De même, puisque l'air climatisé utilise la même sortie que l'air chaud, on diminue les travaux d'emprise dans le logement et il n'est donc pas nécessaire de prévoir un système de distribution autonome et distinct pour l'air climatisé, d'où une économie importante.Similarly, since the air conditioning uses the same outlet as the hot air, the right-of-way work in the dwelling is reduced and it is therefore not necessary to provide a separate and independent distribution system for the conditioned air. hence a significant saving.

La mise en oeuvre de l'invention par rapport à ce premier mode de réalisation impliquant une cheminée en tant qu'unité de chauffage peut faire l'objet d'autres applications.The implementation of the invention with respect to this first embodiment involving a chimney as a heating unit can be the object of other applications.

Ainsi, selon une seconde forme de réalisation de l'installation de chauffage selon la présente invention, on raccorde le climatiseur à l'unité de chauffage à une installation dans laquelle la cheminée est remplacée par un poêle en faïence.Thus, according to a second embodiment of the heating installation according to the present invention, the air conditioner is connected to the heating unit to an installation in which the chimney is replaced by a tiled stove.

Selon cette variante de réalisation, l'installation comportera une unité de climatisation constituée comme précédemment d'un bloc extérieur 20 et d'un bloc intérieur 21, lequel est comme précédemment monté sur un support 23 fixé au plafond sous la dalle 5, en correspondance de l'unité de chauffage 1, qui est ici constituée d'un poêle en faïence 40 ou à pierres décoratives disposé dans la pièce ou le local. Le poêle en faïence 40 est placé sur un socle 41 lui-même posé sur la dalle 5 du local.According to this variant embodiment, the installation will comprise an air conditioning unit constituted as previously of an outer block 20 and an inner block 21, which is as previously mounted on a support 23 fixed to the ceiling under the slab 5, in correspondence of the heating unit 1, which here consists of a tiled stove 40 or decorative stones disposed in the room or room. The tiled stove 40 is placed on a base 41 itself placed on the slab 5 of the room.

L'ensemble peut comporter également une chaudière à bois 42 disposée à la cave, sous la dalle 5, et comportant une porte de chargement 43 et un récupérateur de chaleur 44. Un conduit de retour d'air 45 passant sur le côté de la chaudière 42 débouche à la base du socle 41 du poêle 40.The assembly may also comprise a wood boiler 42 arranged in the cellar, under the slab 5, and comprising a loading door 43 and a heat recovery unit 44. An air return duct 45 passing on the side of the boiler 42 opens at the base of the base 41 of the stove 40.

La chaleur émise par la chaudière 42 monte et est récupérée dans deux conduits 10' à partir de deux ouvertures 46 ménagées dans la partie du plafond située au-dessus de la chaudière et dont les extrémités opposées débouchent à l'intérieur du poêle 40 après avoir traversé la dalle 5.The heat emitted by the boiler 42 rises and is recovered in two ducts 10 'from two openings 46 formed in the portion of the ceiling situated above the boiler and whose opposite ends open into the stove 40 after having crossed the slab 5.

L'évacuation et la diffusion de l'air chaud sont assurées au travers de deux orifices 47 de sortie comportant des grilles réglables non représentées, disposées de part et d'autre dans la partie supérieure de chacune des parois latérales du poêle 40, juste en dessous de son plafond de faïence 48.The evacuation and the diffusion of the hot air are ensured through two outlet orifices 47 having unrepresented adjustable grids, arranged on either side in the upper part of each of the lateral walls of the stove 40, just in below its faience ceiling 48.

Le bloc échangeur intérieur 21 de l'unité de climatisation est raccordé à l'un ou aux conduits 10' reliant la chaudière 42 et le poêle 40 par l'intermédiaire de deux gaines souples 25'.The indoor exchanger block 21 of the air conditioning unit is connected to one or several ducts 10 'connecting the boiler 42 and the stove 40 via two flexible ducts 25'.

La jonction entre le ou les conduits 10' et les gaines souples 25' est effectuée comme dans la variante précédente au moyen de raccords 30' en forme de Y.The junction between the duct or ducts 10 'and the flexible ducts 25' is effected as in the previous variant by means of Y-shaped connectors 30 '.

On peut ainsi de la même manière, créer une distribution d'air rafraîchi dans la pièce lorsque l'installation de chauffage n'est pas en fonctionnement, grâce au couplage des conduits de ventilation du climatiseur et des gaines de montée d'air chaud de l'unité de chauffage.In this way, it is also possible to create a distribution of air cooled in the room when the heating system is not in operation, thanks to the coupling of the ventilation ducts of the air conditioner and the hot air intake ducts. the heating unit.

La figure 3 représente une troisième forme de réalisation d'une installation de chauffage et de climatisation selon l'invention, dans laquelle l'unité de climatisation est directement intégrée à l'unité de chauffage formant ainsi un appareil entièrement constitué c'est-à-dire une unité fonctionnelle complète.FIG. 3 represents a third embodiment of a heating and air-conditioning installation according to the invention, in which the air-conditioning unit is directly integrated into the heating unit thus forming an entirely constituted apparatus, that is to say say a complete functional unit.

Selon cette variante, l'unité de climatisation est disposée directement sur la dalle 5 et sous le foyer 2 d'une unité de chauffage 1, qui dans l'exemple représenté consiste en un foyer fermé.According to this variant, the air conditioning unit is disposed directly on the slab 5 and under the fireplace 2 of a heating unit 1, which in the example shown consists of a closed fireplace.

Selon cette variante de réalisation, l'air rafraîchi ou tempéré, généré en sortie de l'échangeur intérieur 21 du climatiseur passe directement sur les côtés de l'unité de chauffage 1 et l'utilisateur peut ainsi commander la diffusion, selon la période ou ses choix, de l'air froid, rafraîchi, tempéré ou chaud dans l'ensemble des volumes de la pièce ou du local et ceux attenants, sans qu'il soit nécessaire de prévoir des aménagements ou des grilles supplémentaires par rapport à une installation de chauffage classique par cheminée avec distribution de l'air réchauffé.According to this variant embodiment, the cooled or tempered air generated at the outlet of the indoor exchanger 21 of the air conditioner passes directly to the sides of the heating unit 1 and the user can thus control the diffusion, depending on the period or cold, cooled, temperate or hot air in all room or room volumes and adjoining rooms, without the need for additional arrangements or grilles in relation classic fireplace heating with heated air distribution.

L'air froid monte le long du foyer 2, dans l'espace ménagé entre la paroi extérieure et le caisson de l'unité de chauffage, pour rejoindre les gaines de montée d'air chaud 10 reliées à la partie supérieure du foyer 2.The cold air rises along the hearth 2, in the space between the outer wall and the housing of the heating unit, to join the hot air risers 10 connected to the upper part of the hearth 2.

Ce mode de réalisation est encore plus simple que les deux précédents, dans la mesure où il supprime la nécessité d'intervenir de part et d'autre de la dalle de la pièce ou du local à équiper.This embodiment is even simpler than the two previous ones, insofar as it eliminates the need to intervene on both sides of the slab of the room or the room to be equipped.

De ce fait, il n'est plus nécessaire de prévoir des travaux ou des moyens de raccordement entre la fonction cheminée et la fonction climatisation.Therefore, it is no longer necessary to provide work or connection means between the chimney function and the air conditioning function.

De nombreuses variantes de l'invention peuvent être imaginées tant dans la forme et la nature du foyer fermé que dans celles de l'unité de climatisation et de ses organes et des moyens permettant de les coupler aérauliquement l'un à l'autre.Many variants of the invention can be imagined both in the shape and nature of the fireplace closed in those of the air conditioning unit and its organs and means for coupling aeraulically to one another.

Il en est également ainsi de l'échangeur extérieur de l'unité de climatisation et de son compresseur qui peuvent être intégrés à la base de l'appareil selon l'invention. On peut même utiliser des unités de climatisation sans compresseur.This is also the case of the external exchanger of the air conditioning unit and its compressor which can be integrated into the base of the apparatus according to the invention. It can even use air conditioning units without compressor.

De manière avantageuse, et quelle que soit la variante de réalisation envisagée, l'installation pourra comporter et comportera de préférence une unité de climatisation de type réversible, ce qui procurera l'avantage supplémentaire de permettre de chauffer le volume sans avoir à activer l'unité de chauffage, ou en activant celle-ci, d'apporter une chaleur complémentaire en cas de nécessité.Advantageously, and whatever the embodiment variant envisaged, the installation may comprise and will preferably comprise a reversible type of air-conditioning unit, which will provide the additional advantage of allowing the volume to be heated without having to activate the heating unit, or by activating it, to provide additional heat if necessary.

On pourra ainsi et d'une manière à la fois simple et rapide assurer une montée en température minimale du volume, par exemple en cas de chute modérée de la température ambiante ne nécessitant pas une mise en route ou une remise en route de l'unité de chauffage et surtout assurer par des moyens de régulation 49 une constance de la température des pièces ou des locaux et ceci quel que soit le régime de fonctionnement et l'allure de chauffe du foyer fermé 2.It will thus be possible, in a manner that is both simple and rapid, to ensure a minimum rise in the temperature of the volume, for example in the event of a moderate fall in the ambient temperature not requiring start-up or restarting of the unit. heating and above all ensure by regulating means 49 a constant temperature of the rooms or premises and this regardless of the operating regime and the heating rate of the closed fireplace 2.

A cet effet, les moyens de régulation 49 peuvent assurer la régulation entre la température de l'air chauffé par le foyer et celle du ou des échangeurs intérieurs dans le cas du régime mixte c'est-à-dire celui dans lequel les deux unités fonctionnent simultanément, car on peut disposer alors d'un supplément occasionnel dosable de puissance calorifique apporté par l'échangeur de l'unité de climatisation réversible fonctionnant alors en condenseur.For this purpose, the regulation means 49 can regulate between the temperature of the air heated by the hearth and that of the internal exchanger or exchangers in the case of the mixed regime, that is to say the one in which the two units operate simultaneously, because we can then have an occasional supplemental heat capacity supplement provided by the exchanger of the reversible air conditioning unit then operating in a condenser.

Ces moyens de régulation peuvent agir notamment sur le groupe de ventilation soufflant sur le ou les échangeurs intérieurs 21 ou par aspiration afin d'apporter une variabilité de débit au flux d'air complémentaire provenant du ou de ces échangeurs.These regulating means can act in particular on the ventilation unit blowing on the inner exchanger (s) 21 or by suction in order to bring a variability of flow rate to the complementary air flow coming from the one or more of these exchangers.

Ces moyens de régulation sont reliés à différents capteurs de température placés aux endroits appropriés et notamment un ou plusieurs capteurs 49' de température de la pièce ou du localThese regulation means are connected to different temperature sensors placed in the appropriate places and in particular one or more sensors 49 'of room or room temperature

Bien entendu, ces moyens de régulation et ces capteurs s'appliquent de préférence à toutes les variantes et modes d'exécution et on peut utiliser ceux existant déjà sur l'unité de chauffage.Of course, these control means and these sensors preferably apply to all variants and embodiments and can be used those already existing on the heating unit.

L'invention se rapporte également à un appareil construit en grande série en usine ou en atelier et installé à titre d'équipement nouveau dans la pièce ou le local souhaité.The invention also relates to a device manufactured in large series in factory or workshop and installed as new equipment in the room or the desired room.

Selon un des modes d'exécution, l'appareil selon l'invention est réalisé sous une forme compacte dans laquelle tous les organes et éléments constituant cette nouvelle unité fonctionnelle sont intégrés dans un même ensemble mécanique mécano-soudé ou autrement assemblé.According to one embodiment, the apparatus according to the invention is made in a compact form in which all the members and elements constituting this new functional unit are integrated in the same mechanical assembly welded or otherwise assembled.

Cet ensemble est compact et prêt à être posé et installé en un emplacement approprié ou en l'intégrant dans un logement permettant tous les raccordements nécessaires notamment aérauliques.This set is compact and ready to be installed and installed in a suitable location or integrating into a housing for all necessary connections including aeraulic.

On décrira ci-après à titre d'exemple un appareil de ce type en référence à la figure 4 sur laquelle il est représenté schématiquement vu en coupe longitudinale verticale.An apparatus of this type will now be described by way of example with reference to FIG. 4, in which it is diagrammatically shown in vertical longitudinal section.

Cet appareil se présente sous la forme d'un ensemble 50 prêt à être posé et installé formant un caisson métallique, le tout carrossé par un habillage insonorisant et thermiquement isolant.This device is in the form of a set 50 ready to be installed and installed forming a metal box, all bodied by a soundproofing and thermally insulating cladding.

Il comprend en partie centrale une unité de chauffage 51 à foyer fermé 52 par exemple à combustible solide, notamment à bois. Le foyer fermé 52 présente de préférence une porte vitrée non visible sur la coupe d'accès au foyer pour son chargement en combustible et pour la vision des flammes. Le foyer fermé 52 est réalisé dans cet exemple sous la forme d'une boîte métallique 53 se poursuivant vers le haut par un avaloir ou boîte à fumées 54 débouchant à l'extérieur par une buse centrale de sortie 55 en vue de son raccordement au conduit de cheminée.It comprises in the central part a heating unit 51 closed hearth 52 for example solid fuel, including wood. The closed hearth 52 preferably has a glass door not visible on the fireplace access cut for its fueling and for the vision of the flames. The closed hearth 52 is made in this example in the form of a metal box 53 continuing upwards by a drain or smoke box 54 opening outwardly through a central outlet nozzle 55 for its connection to the duct chimney.

La partie supérieure est entourée par un récupérateur 56 formant une chambre supérieure de récupération débouchant à l'extérieur par exemple par la paroi supérieure du caisson.The upper part is surrounded by a recuperator 56 forming an upper recovery chamber opening to the outside for example by the upper wall of the box.

Tous les organes de l'appareil sont contenus dans le caisson 50 qui se poursuit vers le haut pour se terminer par une paroi supérieure 57 traversée par la buse centrale de sortie 55 et par une pluralité de buses d'évacuation telles que 58 de l'air à la température souhaitée pour le raccordement aux gaines par exemple flexibles et isolées, de transport et de distribution de l'air sortant de l'appareil. Le dos du foyer fermé 52 s'appuie directement sur la paroi arrière du caisson 50 ou s'en éloigne d'un intervalle de récupération le long duquel monte en se réchauffant l'air venant d'en bas. Toutes les parois du caisson, arrière, latérales 59 et 60, et supérieure 57 du caisson 50 ainsi que sa paroi avant au dessus de la porte sont convenablement isolées thermiquement pour éviter toute perte de chaleur et inversement toute entrée de chaleur dans le régime d'été ou intermédiaire.All the organs of the apparatus are contained in the box 50 which continues upwards and terminates in an upper wall 57 through which the central outlet nozzle 55 passes and a plurality of evacuation nozzles such as 58 of the air at the desired temperature for connection to ducts for example flexible and insulated, transport and distribution of air leaving the device. The back of the closed hearth 52 rests directly on the rear wall of the box 50 or away from a recovery interval along which warms the air coming from below. All the walls of the box, rear, side 59 and 60, and upper 57 of the box 50 and its front wall above the door are suitably thermally insulated to prevent any loss of heat and conversely any heat input into the heating system. summer or intermediate.

Le foyer fermé 52 présente en partie inférieure sa propre entrée d'air comburant par exemple sous la forme d'un registre admettant de façon réglable l'air comburant et en partie supérieure l'avaloir ou boîte à fumées 54 avec de préférence le récupérateur de chaleur 56.The closed hearth 52 has in its lower part its own combustion air inlet, for example in the form of a register that can adjustably adjust the combustion air, and in the upper part the duct or smoke box 54, preferably with the recuperator heat 56.

Il existe un espace entre les parois 53 du foyer fermé 52 et celles isolantes du caisson extérieur formant une chambre périphérique intérieure de récupération 61 des calories. Cette chambre de récupération 61 se développe en hauteur. L'air monte le long de celle-ci en se réchauffant au contact des parois chaudes du foyer fermé 52. La chambre de récupération 61 se prolonge jusqu'à la boîte à fumées 54 pour récupérer et évacuer les calories rayonnées par toutes les parties chauffées par la chaleur du foyer. La boîte à fumées 54 comportera de préférence son propre récupérateur intérieur ou extérieur par exemple le récupérateur 56 qui débouchera en partie supérieure de la chambre périphérique intérieure de récupération 61 ou d'une autre façon pour pouvoir être évacuée par les buses communes d'évacuation 58 servant de sortie à la chambre périphérique de récupération 61.There is a gap between the walls 53 of the closed hearth 52 and the insulating ones of the outer box forming an inner peripheral chamber for recovering calories. This recovery chamber 61 is growing in height. The air rises along the latter by heating in contact with the hot walls of the closed hearth 52. The recovery chamber 61 extends to the smoke box 54 to recover and evacuate the calories radiated by all the heated parts by the heat of the hearth. The flue gas box 54 will preferably have its own internal or external recuperator, for example the recuperator 56 which will open in the upper part of the inner peripheral chamber for recovery. 61 or in another way to be evacuated by the common evacuation nozzles 58 serving as an output to the peripheral recovery chamber 61.

L'ensemble 50 se termine vers le bas par un bloc technique inférieur 62 refermant au moins un échangeur, mais de préférence deux échangeurs 63 et 64, d'une même unité de climatisation dans un volume intérieur récepteur 65 ménagé dans le compartiment de la partie inférieure du bloc technique 62. Ce dernier forme un support mécanique 66 pour l'ensemble 50 de l'appareil par lequel il repose sur le sol au moyen d'une plaque d'appui 67.The assembly 50 terminates downwards by a lower technical block 62 closing at least one exchanger, but preferably two exchangers 63 and 64, of the same air conditioning unit in a receiver interior volume 65 formed in the compartment of the part lower part of the technical block 62. The latter forms a mechanical support 66 for the assembly 50 of the apparatus by which it rests on the ground by means of a support plate 67.

Il s'agit de l'échangeur intérieur de l'unité de climatisation pouvant devenir évaporateur ou condenseur dans le cas d'une unité de climatisation réversible. Il peut s'agir, aussi comme dans l'exemple représenté sur la figure 4, des deux éléments échangeurs 63 et 64 parallèles d'une même unité de climatisation remplissant tous les deux la même fonction soit d'évaporateurs soit de condenseurs dans le cas de la réversibilité ou constituant les deux échangeurs classiques l'un évaporateur et l'autre condenseur avec par exemple deux voies d'évacuation, convenablement séparées par un clapet ou autre moyen.This is the indoor exchanger of the air conditioning unit can become evaporator or condenser in the case of a reversible air conditioning unit. It may be, also as in the example shown in FIG. 4, two parallel heat exchanger elements 63 and 64 of the same air-conditioning unit both fulfilling the same function of either evaporators or condensers in the case reversibility or constituting the two conventional exchangers one evaporator and the other condenser with for example two evacuation routes, suitably separated by a valve or other means.

Ce bloc technique inférieur 62 est également convenablement isolé phoniquement et thermiquement et comporte sur chacune de ses faces latérales au droit de son échangeur respectif une entrée d'air protégée chacune par un filtre. Le ou les échangeurs 63, 64 sont par exemple placés chacun sur un côté du volume intérieur 65. Un groupe de ventilation 68, par exemple un groupe aéraulique fonctionnant en aspiration, est disposé au-dessus du volume intérieur 65. L'entrée de celui-ci émerge dans le volume intérieur 65 et sa ou ses sorties permettent d'établir un flux distribué à partir d'une naissance centrale pour cheminer à plat le long d'un compartiment inférieur de distribution 69 et alimenter uniformément et par le dessous la chambre de récupération 61 en air convenablement conditionné en température à partir de moyens de régulation 70.This lower technical block 62 is also suitably isolated acoustically and thermally and has on each of its lateral faces to the right of its respective exchanger an air inlet each protected by a filter. The exchanger or exchangers 63, 64 are for example each placed on one side of the interior volume 65. A ventilation unit 68, for example an air-flow unit operating in suction, is disposed above the interior volume 65. it emerges in the interior volume 65 and its outlet (s) make it possible to establish a flow distributed from a central birth to walk flat along a lower distribution compartment 69 and supplying uniformly and from below the recovery chamber 61 with suitably temperature-controlled air from control means 70.

Ceux-ci sont reliés à au moins un capteur 71 de la température de l'air ambiant dans la pièce ou le local et au moins à un capteur de température 72 de l'air dans la chambre de récupération au niveau du foyer et à un capteur de température 73 de l'air de sortie de l'appareil. En option, si nécessaire la régulation peut comprendre également un capteur de température 74 de l'air en sortie du bloc technique inférieur 62.These are connected to at least one sensor 71 of the ambient air temperature in the room or room and at least one temperature sensor 72 of the air in the recovery chamber at the hearth and at a temperature sensor 73 of the outlet air of the apparatus. Optionally, if necessary the regulation may also include a temperature sensor 74 of the air output of the lower technical block 62.

Les informations des capteurs sont prises en compte et gérées par des moyens classiques en vue de commander le fonctionnement du groupe de ventilation et celui de l'unité de climatisation.The sensor information is taken into account and managed by conventional means to control the operation of the ventilation unit and that of the air conditioning unit.

Le ou les échangeurs placés dans le volume intérieur 65 sont reliés à une unité de climatisation avec ou sans compresseur. Tous les organes de cette unité de climatisation peuvent être regroupés et placés dans le compartiment du volume intérieur 65 y compris le compresseur s'il existe.The exchanger or exchangers placed in the interior volume 65 are connected to an air conditioning unit with or without a compressor. All the units of this air conditioning unit can be grouped together and placed in the interior volume compartment 65 including the compressor if it exists.

Bien entendu, selon différentes variantes, certains composants dont le deuxième échangeur et le compresseur peuvent être placés à l'extérieur de l'appareil ou dans un autre milieu que l'air ou enterrés ou autrement disposé.Of course, according to different variants, certain components including the second exchanger and the compressor can be placed outside the device or in another medium than air or buried or otherwise disposed.

La sortie du volume intérieur 65 comporte le groupe de ventilation 68 qui est chargé d'établir un débit réglable de flux aéraulique par exemple en aspirant l'air extérieur à travers au moins un ou à travers les deux échangeurs 63 et 64 placés chacun devant une entrée d'air protégée par un filtre.The outlet of the interior volume 65 includes the ventilation unit 68 which is responsible for establishing an adjustable flow of airflow for example by drawing the outside air through at least one or through the two heat exchangers 63 and 64 each placed in front of a air inlet protected by a filter.

Pour faciliter la compréhension, le trajet de l'air est représenté par des flèches sur la figure 4 depuis son entrée dans le compartiment du volume inférieur 66 jusqu'à sa sortie par les buses d'évacuation 58.For ease of understanding, the air path is represented by arrows in FIG. 4 from its entry into the compartment of the lower volume 66 to its outlet through the nozzles evacuation 58.

Ainsi, le circuit de l'air se poursuit vers la base du foyer où il est dirigé directement vers la chambre périphérique de récupération 61 dans laquelle il pénètre et de laquelle il est évacué par la ou les gaines de sortie.Thus, the air circuit continues towards the base of the hearth where it is directed directly to the peripheral recovery chamber 61 into which it enters and from which it is discharged through the outlet duct or ducts.

L'air frais, tempéré ou chaud transporté par les gaines d'évacuation est distribué dans la pièce ou le local et sort à la température souhaité par des bouches pourvues de grilles, mais peut être amené par d'autres gaines dans d'autres pièces attenantes ou plus éloignées dans lesquelles il se diffuse par l'intermédiaire de bouches adaptées.The fresh, temperate or hot air transported by the exhaust ducts is distributed in the room or room and out at the desired temperature by mouths provided with grilles, but can be brought by other ducts in other rooms adjacent or more distant in which it diffuses through adapted mouths.

Ces gaines peuvent également se greffer sur un réseau de ventilation existant ou à constituer dans la maison ou le bâtiment.These sheaths can also be grafted onto an existing ventilation network or to be built in the house or building.

Le volume 66 du bloc technique inférieur peut également contenir le compresseur de l'unité de climatisation et même, grâce à une isolation thermique suffisante et un ou des clapets d'orientation du flux, l'autre échangeur jouant le rôle d'évaporateur ou de condenseur selon le cas pour une unité de climatisation réversible.The volume 66 of the lower technical unit may also contain the compressor of the air conditioning unit and even, thanks to a sufficient thermal insulation and one or more flow control valves, the other exchanger acting as evaporator or condenser as appropriate for a reversible air conditioning unit.

La température de l'air sortant du volume inférieur 66 peut être mesurée par un capteur 74 puis comparée à la température de l'air à l'extérieur du foyer 2 par le capteur 72 ou celle des fumées ou toute autre traduisant l'allure de chauffe en vue d'établir une régulation de température de l'air de la pièce ou du local en fonction de la température de consigne donnée par le ou les occupants en agissant sur le supplément de calories ou de frigories apporté par l'unité de climatisation. On dispose de deux moyens pour faire varier cette température de sortie du volume inférieur: d'une part la vitesse du groupe de ventilation et d'autre part le point de fonctionnement de l'unité de climatisation. Comme on le verra ci-après cette possibilité interviendra en cas de régime mixte et en cas d'utilisation de l'unité de climatisation en relève du foyer fermé c'est-à-dire lorsque la puissance de feu se réduira. L'invention offrant cette possibilité permet de mieux réguler la température de la pièce, sachant que cette température provenant du seul chauffage à bois est assez difficile à maintenir constante. Cet avantage apporte et confère un confort inégalé dans le cadre du chauffage à bois par cheminée.The temperature of the air leaving the lower volume 66 can be measured by a sensor 74 and then compared to the temperature of the air outside the hearth 2 by the sensor 72 or that of the fumes or any other reflecting the appearance of heated to establish a room air temperature regulation of the room or room according to the set temperature given by the occupant (s) by acting on the extra calories or frigories provided by the air conditioning unit . There are two ways to vary this outlet temperature of the lower volume: on the one hand the speed of the ventilation unit and on the other hand the operating point of the air conditioning unit. As will be seen below this possibility will intervene in the case of a mixed regime and in case of use of the air conditioning unit in the closed hearth that is to say when the firepower will be reduced. The invention offers this possibility to better regulate the temperature of the room, knowing that this temperature from the only wood heating is quite difficult to maintain constant. This advantage brings and confers unequaled comfort in the framework of the fireplace wood heating.

Le fonctionnement de l'appareil s'avère particulièrement simple. On le décrira sommairement ci-après.The operation of the device is particularly simple. It will be briefly described below.

En hiver, ou en saison de chauffe, dans le cas d'une unité de climatisation réversible, on profite du complément de chaleur que procure le condenseur. Ce complément vient s'ajouter de façon dosée par les moyens de régulation, aux calories générées par le foyer. De plus, il permet une montée en chaleur plus rapide et dans certains cas de viser une puissance calorifique plus faible pour le foyer.In winter, or in the heating season, in the case of a reversible air conditioning unit, we take advantage of the additional heat that provides the condenser. This complement is added in a controlled way by the means of regulation, the calories generated by the home. In addition, it allows a faster rise in heat and in some cases to aim for a lower heat output for the home.

En été ou en saison de temps chaud, l'échangeur de chaleur de l'unité de climatisation réversible fonctionne en tant qu'évaporateur et le foyer fermé ne fonctionne plus ou très occasionnellement. Cet évaporateur procure un flux d'air rafraîchi qui monte le long du foyer, pour ressortir en partie supérieure par le réseau de gaines.In the summer or hot weather season, the heat exchanger of the reversible air conditioning unit operates as an evaporator and the closed fireplace does not work anymore or very occasionally. This evaporator provides a stream of cooled air that rises along the fireplace, to emerge in the upper part by the network of ducts.

En intersaison deux cas principaux sont à envisager.In offseason two main cases are to be considered.

Il fait encore frais ou assez frais dehors et l'échangeur est utilisé en tant que condenseur fournissant de façon dosée des calories complémentaires voire des frigories au foyer qui peut fonctionner en allure réduite.It is still cool or cool outside and the heat exchanger is used as a condenser providing metered complementary calories or even frigories in the home that can operate at reduced speed.

Ou bien, il fait moins frais, mais pas encore assez chaud pour souhaiter de l'air rafraîchi, mais de l'air tempéré ou légèrement chaud le matin et le soir, alors que pendant la journée il peut faire déjà chaud. L'invention permet de couvrir tous ces besoins. Durant la journée, il suffit de faire fonctionner l'échangeur de l'unité de climatisation en évaporateur pour rafraîchir l'air ou la tempérer par rapport à celle que produit le foyer en allure réduite. Le soir et le matin, il suffit de faire fonctionner l'échangeur de l'unité de climatisation en condenseur pour produire de l'air à température convenable sans avoir besoin d'allumer le foyer.Or, it is cooler, but not hot enough to want fresh air, but warm or slightly warm air in the morning and evening, while during the day it can get hot already. The invention makes it possible to cover all these needs. During the day, it is enough to operate the exchanger of the air conditioning unit in evaporator to cool the air or to temper it compared to that which produces the fireplace at reduced pace. In the evening and in the morning, it is enough to operate the exchanger of the air conditioning unit in condenser to produce air at suitable temperature without needing to light the fireplace.

Comme on peut le constater, cet appareil est utile dans tous les cas pour apporter le confort d'ambiance souhaité. Il fournira selon les désirs ou les besoins, de l'air à la température ambiante idéale et ceci à partir d'un seul et même appareil situé à l'intérieur même de la pièce ou du local.As can be seen, this device is useful in all cases to bring the desired atmosphere comfort. It will provide according to the desires or needs, air at the ideal room temperature and this from a single device located inside the room or room.

L'appareil et l'installation de chauffage et de climatisation selon la présente invention ont été décrits ci-dessus au travers de plusieurs variantes de réalisation qui ne sont cependant pas limitatives.The apparatus and the heating and air-conditioning system according to the present invention have been described above through several variant embodiments which are not however limiting.

La solution proposée par l'invention est aisément transposable à une installation dans laquelle une chaudière à bois est intégrée dans un poêle en faïence, l'unité de chauffage n'étant alors plus dissociée. Le poêle comportera alors sur l'avant une porte de chargement permettant d'alimenter la chaudière à bois ainsi qu'un orifice situé sur la façade avant pour sortie de l'air chaud, et en partie arrière un récupérateur de chaleur.The solution proposed by the invention is easily transferable to an installation in which a wood boiler is integrated into a tiled stove, the heating unit is then no longer dissociated. The stove will then have on the front a loading door to feed the wood boiler and a hole on the front for hot air outlet, and the rear part of a heat recovery.

Le raccordement entre l'appareil de climatisation situé à la cave et le poêle sera réalisé au moyen de deux gaines flexibles courant à l'arrière du poêle et débouchant dans un caisson supérieur comportant un orifice pour l'évacuation de l'air froid.The connection between the air conditioning unit located in the cellar and the stove will be achieved by means of two flexible ducts running at the rear of the stove and opening into an upper box with an opening for the evacuation of cold air.

De même, les variantes décrites font référence à l'utilisation de bois en tant que combustible mais il doit être bien compris que tout autre type de combustible compatible pourra être utilisé sans que cela ne remette en cause les principes généraux de fonctionnement de l'invention.Similarly, the variants described refer to the use of wood as fuel but it must be understood that all Another type of compatible fuel may be used without this calling into question the general operating principles of the invention.

Si l'unité de climatisation est à compresseur, celui-ci peut être placé à l'intérieur de l'installation ou de l'appareil.If the air conditioning unit is a compressor, it can be placed inside the installation or the appliance.

Bien entendu, les unités de climatisation sans compresseur sont également visées.Of course, air conditioning units without compressor are also targeted.

En ce qui concerne l'autre échangeur, il peut être placé à l'extérieur ou à l'intérieur de la pièce ou du local ou de la maison ou du bâtiment dans lequel est disposée l'unité de chauffage.Regarding the other exchanger, it can be placed outside or inside the room or the room or house or building in which the heating unit is located.

Le ou les échangeurs extérieurs à l'appareil sont placés dans les endroits ou dans les milieux les plus appropriés, à l'intérieur, à l'extérieur, dans l'air, dans l'eau, enterrés ou autrement disposés.The exchanger (s) external to the apparatus are placed in the most appropriate locations or environments, indoors, outdoors, in air, in water, buried or otherwise arranged.

On peut aussi envisager une unité de climatisation à plusieurs échangeurs extérieurs placés dans des milieux différents par exemple dans l'air pour l'un et dans l'eau pour l'autre.It is also possible to envisage an air conditioning unit with several external exchangers placed in different environments, for example in the air for one and in the water for the other.

L'unité de climatisation peut être du type pompe à chaleur ou tout type de moyen de transfert d'énergie calorifique avec un ou plusieurs échangeurs dans l'air, dans l'eau ou enterrés.The air conditioning unit may be of the heat pump type or any type of heat energy transfer means with one or more exchangers in the air, in the water or buried.

Claims (36)

  1. Combined heating and air-conditioning device for places of residence and premises comprising a heating unit (1) with a closed firebox (2) and/or an air circuit for releasing the calories produced by the closed firebox (2) and/or a recuperation air unit characterised in that the air circuit for releasing the calories produced by the closed firebox (2) and/or the air recuperation unit encloses at least one exchanger component for a reversible air-conditioning unit with at least two exchangers, this exchanger component for a reversible air-conditioning unit with at least two exchangers, being placed at the base of the air circuit for diffusing air coming from outside the device, the temperature of which is conditioned inside the device, and released from the latter freely after passing along the device.
  2. Device according to claim 1 characterised in that at least one of the exchangers placed at the base of the air circuit associated with the closed firebox (2) is used to take over from the closed firebox (2).
  3. Device according to claim 1 characterised in that the air-conditioning unit is grouped together in one functional unit under the closed firebox (2).
  4. Device according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 characterised in that it comprises the two exchangers for an air-conditioning unit and a ventilation unit bringing the air flow coming from the air-conditioning unit into the air circuit on the heating unit (1) with a closed firebox (2).
  5. Device according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 characterised in that it comprises all the components making up an air-conditioning unit and a ventilation unit bringing the air flow coming from the air-conditioning unit into the air circuit on the heating unit (1) with a closed firebox (2).
  6. Device according to any of the previous claims characterised in that the air-conditioning unit comprises an operating control system according to the heating rate of the closed firebox (2) to keep the outlet air at a constant temperature.
  7. Device according to any of the previous claims from 1 to 4 characterised in that the air-conditioning unit comprises an operating control function according to the temperature of the room or premises in which the device to keep the outlet air at a constant temperature is located.
  8. Device according to any of the previous claims 6 or 7 characterised in that the air-conditioning unit's operating control function acts on the ventilation unit's operating mode.
  9. Device according to one of the previous claims 6 or 7 or 8 characterised in that the air-conditioning unit's operating control function acts on the ventilation unit's operating mode and on the air-conditioning unit's operating point.
  10. Device according to any of the claims from 6 to 9 characterised in that the closed firebox has its own heating rate control function associated with the air-conditioning unit's regulation function.
  11. Combined heating and air-conditioning device according to claim 1 characterised in that the heating unit (1) with a closed firebox (2) presents one or several release ducts (10).
  12. Heating and air-conditioning device according to claims 1 or 18 characterised in that at least one of the release ducts (10) on the heating unit (1) is connected to at least one of the two exchangers on the air-conditioning unit.
  13. Heating device according to any of the previous claims characterised in that the inner exchanger on the air-conditioning unit is placed under the closed firebox (2).
  14. Heating and air-conditioning device according to any of the previous claims, characterised in that the air-conditioning unit is the reversible type.
  15. Heating and air-conditioning device according to any of the previous claims characterised in that the heating unit (1) is a fireplace with a closed firebox.
  16. Device according to any of the previous claims characterised in that the heating unit (1) is a solid fuel stove.
  17. Heating and air-conditioning device according to one of the claims 1 and 10 to 14, characterised in that the heating unit (1) is a tiled stove (40).
  18. Heating and air-conditioning device according to one of the claims 1 and 10 to 14, characterised in that the heating unit (1) is a stove with decorative stones.
  19. Heating and air-conditioning device according to the previous claim, characterised in that the heating unit (1) is a tiled stove (40) or a stove with decorative stones associated with a boiler (42).
  20. Heating and air-conditioning device according to one of the previous claims, characterised in that the connection between the release ducts (10) for circulating the heated air and the inner exchanger (21) on the air-conditioning unit is provided by means of two flexible ducts (25).
  21. Heating and air-conditioning device according to any of the previous claims, characterised in that at least one of the release ducts (10) forms an elbow (15).
  22. Heating and air-conditioning device according to claim 15, characterised in that the flexible ducts (25) for linking the inner exchanger (21) on the air-conditioning unit are incorporated into the heating unit (1).
  23. Heating and air-conditioning device according to claim 20 or 21, characterised in that the connection between the release ducts (10) on the heating unit (1) and the flexible ducts (25) coming from the inner exchanger (21) on the air-conditioning unit is made by means of a Y-piece (30).
  24. Heating and air-conditioning device according to claim 23, characterised in that the Y-piece (30) is arranged at the elbow (15) of the release ducts (10) on the heating unit (1).
  25. Heating and air-conditioning device according to one of the previous claims, characterised in that the inner exchanger (21) on the air-conditioning unit is mounted on a stand (23) fixed directly to the ceiling.
  26. Device according to any of the previous claims characterised in that the other exchanger on the air-conditioning unit is outside the room or premises.
  27. Device according to any of the previous claims from 1 to 25 characterised in that the other exchanger on the air-conditioning unit is to be placed inside the room or premises.
  28. Device according to any of the previous claims from 1 to 25 characterised in that the other exchanger on the air-conditioning unit is located inside the device.
  29. Device according to any of the previous claims characterised in that the other exchanger on the air-conditioning unit is an exchanger plunged into another environment.
  30. Device according to any of the previous claims characterised in that the other exchanger on the air-conditioning unit is a buried exchanger.
  31. Device according to any of the previous claims from 1 to 18 characterised in that the other exchanger on the air-conditioning unit is an exchanger plunged in water.
  32. Device according to any of the previous claims characterised in that the other exchanger on the air-conditioning unit is that of a heat pump.
  33. Device according to any of the previous claims characterised in that the air-conditioning unit is a heat pump.
  34. Device according to the previous claim characterised in that the compressor on the air-conditioning unit or that of the heat pump is integrated or incorporated into the device.
  35. Installation according to any of the previous claims characterised in that the heating unit (1) with a closed firebox (2) presents several release ducts (10) and in that at least one of the release ducts (10) is connected to at least one of the two exchangers on the air-conditioning unit.
  36. Installation according to any of the previous claims characterised in that chilled air is distributed and diffused by coupling the release ducts on the air-conditioning unit with those of the heating unit.
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