Patent ID: 9151486
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: F22B,F24D,F24H,F25B,F25D,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A heat pump system comprising: an evaporator, wherein said evaporator comprises an evaporator; a heater associated with said evaporator for heating an environmental medium prior to said environmental medium contacting said evaporator coil; a compressor; a condenser; a refrigerant flow circuit connecting said evaporator, compressor and condenser; an energy transfer device for transferring energy between said refrigerant and a fluid; a reservoir for containing the fluid, wherein said reservoir is operatively associated with said condenser for energy transfer from said refrigerant to said fluid via said condenser; and an electrode positioned on a surface of said heat pump system within the reservoir at a location that said electrode is immersed within said fluid when said fluid is present in the heat pump system and said electrode is configured for discharging a plasma pulse spark in said fluid for preventing fouling.