An integrated fixture for transferring heat from a higher-temperature loop to
a lower-temperature loop (e.g., in radiant heating, from a heating unit loop to
a radiant loop). The fixture provides a heat exchanger for transferring heat from
the higher-temperature loop to the lower-temperature loop. The fixture also includes
a casting, in which are formed higher-temperature supply and return ports, lower-temperature
supply and return ports, a higher-temperature pump volute, and a lower-temperature
pump volute. Liquid from the higher-temperature loop enters the integrated fixture
through the higher-temperature supply port, passes through one side of the heat
exchanger, transferring heat to liquid circulating through the other side of the
heat exchanger in the lower-temperature loop, and leaves the integrated fixture
through the higher-temperature return port. Liquid circulating in the lower-temperature
loop enters the integrated fixture through the lower-temperature return port, receives
the heat from the higher temperature liquid, and leaves the integrated fixture
through the lower-temperature supply port. The invention simplifies installation
by integrating into one integrated fixture all four ports and both the heating
unit loop pump and lower-temperature loop pump.