US Patent Issued to UT-BATTELLE on May 27 for "Managing charge allocation and optimizing multi-mode performance of air-source integrated heat pumps" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,304, issued on May 27, was assigned to UT-BATTELLE LLC (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).

"Managing charge allocation and optimizing multi-mode performance of air-source integrated heat pumps" was invented by Jeffrey D. Munk (Oak Ridge, Tenn.), Bo Shen (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and Kyle R. Gluesenkamp (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved heat pump including an integrated system for the management of refrigerant charge is provided. The integrated system actively adjusts charge allocation and thereby optimizes operational efficiencies in all modes of operation. In one embodiment, the integrated system includes three four-way valves, ...