Patent ID: 6543698
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: F23J,F23L,F24B,F24D,F24F,Y02B,Y02E

Abstract:
A fireplace/furnace system for heating quality make-up air in a home, comprising:a prefabricated fireplace having an interior combustion chamber and an outer fireplace heat exchanger surrounding a plurality of sides of said combustion chamber, a furnace having supply and return air ducts, exhaust duct means for removing the exhaust gas products of combustion from said combustion chamber and exhausting the exhaust gas products to an outside area, remote heat exchanger means coupled in series in said exhaust duct means for removing heat from said exhaust gas products being exhausted, a make-up air intake duct coupled to fresh outside air and passing through said remote heat exchanger having an output coupled to said return air duct of said furnace system, and blower means in said intake duct and said exhaust duct means for supplying a predetermined amount of fresh make-up quality air to said furnace for distribution to the rooms of said home.