Patents by Inventor Bjorn Giertz

Bjorn Giertz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9310103
    Abstract: Method and device for storing thermal energy in, and recapturing thermal energy from, respectively, an underground energy storage (1), having at least four holes (2), through which a heat carrier is transported and therewith heating or cooling the ground (3), respectively. The holes (2) are arranged essentially along at least two concentric circles (10, 11, 12). A control gear is arranged to control a valve system, which is arranged to direct the heat carrier to holes that are arranged along one circle and thereby heating or cooling, respectively, the ground along the circle. When the temperature of the heat carrier is higher than that of the surrounding ground (3), inner circles are heated before outer circles, and when the temperature of the heat carrier is lower than that of the surrounding ground (3), outer circles are cooled before inner circles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: SCANDINAVIAN ENERGY EFFICIENCY CO. SEEC AB
    Inventors: Thomas Wildig, Björn Giertz
  • Patent number: 8950203
    Abstract: A device for heating and cooling, respectively, includes a heat pump (1), a first heat exchanger (2) arranged at a first side of the heat pump (1), which first heat exchanger (2) is thermally connected to a first heat carrier being circulated in a first loop (10), and a second heat exchanger (3) arranged at a second side of the heat pump (1), which second heat exchanger (3) is arranged to transfer thermal energy to or from a second heat carrier which is circulated in a second loop (20). The first (10) and the second (20) loops are interconnected by a conduit (4) so that the first loop (10), the second loop (20) and the conduit (4) together form a connected system, in which connected system one and the same heat carrier is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Scandinavian Energy Efficiency Co. Seec AB
    Inventor: Björn Giertz
  • Patent number: 8033128
    Abstract: Heat pump assembly for seasonal balancing of temperatures in buildings, includes a heat pump (1) having a cold side and a warm side, respectively. The heat exchangers (2, 3) are connected to the cold and the warm side, respectively, in that one of the heat exchangers (3) is connected to a heating/cooling element (4), in that the other heat exchanger (2) is connected to a heat/cold buffer (6), in that the heat pump (1) is of the type liquid-liquid, and in that a valve assembly (7) is arranged in the heat pump (1) to optionally connect the warm or cold side of the heat pump (1) to the heating/cooling element (4), whereby the heating/cooling element (4) optionally may heat or cool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Scandinavian Energy Efficiency Company SEEC AB
    Inventors: Bjorn Giertz, Thomas Wildig
  • Publication number: 20100307734
    Abstract: Method and device for storing thermal energy in, and recapturing thermal energy from, respectively, an underground energy storage (1), having at least four holes (2), through which a heat carrier is transported and therewith heating or cooling the ground (3), respectively. The holes (2) are arranged essentially along at least two concentric circles (10, 11, 12). A control gear is arranged to control a valve system, which is arranged to direct the heat carrier to holes that are arranged along one circle and thereby heating or cooling, respectively, the ground along the circle. When the temperature of the heat carrier is higher than that of the surrounding ground (3), inner circles are heated before outer circles, and when the temperature of the heat carrier is lower than that of the surrounding ground (3), outer circles are cooled before inner circles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas Wildig, Björn Giertz
  • Publication number: 20100281907
    Abstract: A device for heating and cooling, respectively, includes a heat pump (1), a first heat exchanger (2) arranged at a first side of the heat pump (1), which first heat exchanger (2) is thermally connected to a first heat carrier being circulated in a first loop (10), and a second heat exchanger (3) arranged at a second side of the heat pump (1), which second heat exchanger (3) is arranged to transfer thermal energy to or from a second heat carrier which is circulated in a second loop (20). The first (10) and the second (20) loops are interconnected by a conduit (4) so that the first loop (10), the second loop (20) and the conduit (4) together form a connected system, in which connected system one and the same heat carrier is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: SCANDINAVIAN ENERGY EFFICIENCY CO. SEEC AB
    Inventor: Bjorn Giertz
  • Publication number: 20100064709
    Abstract: Heat pump assembly for seasonal balancing of temperatures in buildings, includes a heat pump (1) having a cold side and a warm side, respectively. The heat exchangers (2, 3) are connected to the cold and the warm side, respectively, in that one of the heat exchangers (3) is connected to a heating/cooling element (4), in that the other heat exchanger (2) is connected to a heat/cold buffer (6), in that the heat pump (1) is of the type liquid-liquid, and in that a valve assembly (7) is arranged in the heat pump (1) to optionally connect the warm or cold side of the heat pump (1) to the heating/cooling element (4), whereby the heating/cooling element (4) optionally may heat or cool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: SCANDINAVIAN ENERGY EFFICIENCY CO. SEEC AB
    Inventors: Bjorn Giertz, Thomas Wildig