Draft:EcoCute


Domestic EcoCute outdoor unit (front) and hot water storage tank (back)

The EcoCute is hot water supply system consist of two units, air source heat pump unit and large hot water storage tank unit.[1] Air source heat pump in this system is mandatory to use supercritical carbon dioxide as the refrigerant.[2][3] Hot water is produced by air source heat pump then supply to hot water storage tank for home or domestic bathing, kitchen, floor heating and others usage. The start of hot water usage had been home or domestic area then later become in general in economic activity area of manufacturing and trade. EcoCute is the registered trademark of Kansai Electric Power Company applied in January 2001 and registered in June 2002.[4][5]

  1. ^ Originator DENSO calls EcoCute as the system; Right side image; CO2 Refrigerant Heat-Pumps, DENSO offers a CO2 Heat Pump Hot Water Supply System called "EcoCute"
    Originator DENSO calls EcoCute as the system; Right side image; CO2 Refrigerant Heat-Pumps, DENSO offers a CO2 Heat Pump Hot Water Supply System called "EcoCute" at the Wayback Machine (archived 2020-09-18)
  2. ^ About Heat Pump water heater, About Eco Cute, HPTCJ (Heat Pump and Thermal Storage Technology Center of Japan)
    About Heat Pump water heater, About Eco Cute, HPTCJ (Heat Pump and Thermal Storage Technology Center of Japan) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-05-12)
  3. ^ JIS standard - JIS C 9220:2018 Titled; "Residential heat pump water heaters" (ja: 家庭用ヒートポンプ給湯機) Slide down "Scrollbar" 10% & 45% to see; Page 4 & 40 indicates two mandatory units in concatenation, "Heat pump unit" & "hot water storage tank unit" (ja: ページ4 & 40は必須の"ヒートポンプユニット" & "貯湯ユニット"の連結を図示している。)]
    JIS C 9220 : 2011, revised to JIS C 9220:2018 in 2018, Titled standard; "Residential heat pump water heaters"; Slide down "Scrollbar" 10% & 45% to see; Page 4 & 40 indicates two mandatory unit in concatenation, "Heat pump unit" & "hot water storage tank unit" (ja: 規格題;家庭用ヒートポンプ給湯機; ページ4 & 40は必須の"ヒートポンプユニット" & "貯湯ユニット"の連結を図示している。) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2023-11-28)
  4. ^ In English and Japanese selectable at top right corner; Register No. 4575216 (登録4575216) EcoCute (エコキュート) Kansai Electric Power Company (関西電力) applied date Jan.30,2001 (2001/01/30), registered date Jun.07,2002 (2002/06/07)
  5. ^ Report of Patents application trend on Heating and cooling by natural refrigerant[dead link]
    (in Japanese) Report of Patents application trend on Heating and cooling by natural refrigerant. Trademark No. 4575216 – Japan, third line 10. from bottom on page 3/24, 15 May 2003, Japan Patent Office. at the Wayback Machine (archived 2006-12-08) (ja: 10 エコキュートは関西電力株式会社の登録商標 登録番号 4575216号 平成15年5月15日)