Abstract: A sorption heat exchanger module may include a liquid and gas-tight housing with a sorption zone and with a receiving zone, through which a working fluid may flow. The working fluid may be able to be sorped or desorped in the sorption zone in a sorbent and evaporated or condensed in the receiving zone on a receiver. An outlet path with a displacement space and with an outlet passage leading out of the displacement space may be connected to the receiving zone downstream, so that a gas separated from the working fluid may be able to be collected in the displacement space and via the outlet passage conducted out of the displacement space.

Abstract: A sorption heat exchanger module having a housing, in which a sorption heat exchanger through which a working medium flows is disposed, in which module a housing wall is configured as a heat exchanger structure. In the case of a sorption heat exchanger module in which the presence of passive thermal surfaces is reduced, at least one pipe structure through which a coolant flows is thermally connected with an outside and/or an inside of the housing wall.

Abstract: A sorption module for a sorption temperature-control device may include a housing enclosing a working chamber. A sorption zone and a phase change zone may be arranged in the working chamber where a working medium is displaceable reversibly between the sorption zone and the phase change zone. A sorption structure may be arranged in the sorption zone, and a phase change structure may be arranged in the phase change zone. An outer wall of the housing may include a double-walled section that may provide a cavity between an outer wall part and an inner wall part of the double-walled section, and the phase change zone may be arranged on an inner side of the inner wall part.

Abstract: A valve for an adsorption heat pump may be adjustable between a closed position, a first open position, a second open position, and at least one intermediate position. The valve may include a first channel, a second channel, a third channel, a first valve unit, a second valve unit, and a spring element providing a closing force upon the first valve body and the second valve body. The valve may also include an actuating drive configured to hold the valve in position without power. The actuating drive may include a stepping motor and a gear unit constructed and arranged to hold the valve in position via a currentless holding moment. The first valve unit and the second valve unit may have a valve opening characteristic of a flow coefficient dependent on an adjustment path that is not linear. The valve opening characteristic may include at least one flat region.

Abstract: An arrangement may comprise a first and second heat tank, a thermochemical reactor that is thermally and fluidically connected to the heat tank, a heat transfer fluid circuit containing a heat transfer fluid for transporting heat between the two heat tanks and the thermochemical reactor, a temporary heat store arranged in the heat transfer fluid circuit for the temporary storage of the heat transfer fluid. The temporary heat store may be designed to receive the heat transfer fluid at two different temperature levels. The temporary heat store may include a first partial store with variable storage space and a second partial store with variable storage space.

Abstract: An arrangement may comprise a first and a second heat tank, a thermochemical reactor which is thermally and fluidically connected to the heat tank, a heat transfer fluid circuit containing a heat transfer fluid for transporting heat between the two heat tanks and the thermochemical reactor, a temporary heat store arranged in the heat transfer fluid circuit for temporarily storing the heat transfer fluid. The temporary heat store may be for receiving the heat transfer fluid has two different temperature levels. The temporary heat store may comprise a first partial store with a variable storage volume and a second partial store with a variable storage volume. The variable storage volume may be thermally and fluidically separate from the first. A valve system may be located in the heat transfer fluid circuit.

Abstract: An assembly may comprise a first heat reservoir acting as a heat source, a second heat reservoir acting as a heat sink, a thermochemical reactor including an adsorption refrigerator or an adsorption heat pump that can be connected or is connected thermally and fluidically to the heat reservoirs, a heat transfer fluid circuit in which a heat transfer fluid is provided for transporting heat between the two heat reservoirs and the thermochemical reactor, and a temporary heat store that is provided in the heat transfer fluid circuit for temporarily storing the heat transfer fluid. The temporary heat store may be designed to receive the heat transfer fluid at two different temperature levels. The temporary heat store may include a first sub-store with a variable store volume and that is thermally and fluidically separate from a second sub-store with a variable store volume. A valve system may be present in the heat transfer fluid circuit.

Abstract: An adsorption heat pump may include a high temperature circuit for a high temperature heat transfer medium, a medium temperature circuit for a medium temperature heat transfer medium, and at least one sorption module in operative communication with the high temperature circuit and the medium temperature circuit. The at least one sorption module may include a sorption zone, a phase change zone, a working medium, a sorbent which may absorb and desorb the working medium, a first flow channel thermally contacting the sorbent, and a second flow channel thermally contacting the phase change zone. A first valve and a second valve may be in operative communication with the sorption module, the high temperature circuit, and the medium temperature circuit. The first valve and second valve may be configured to move between a closed position, a first open position, a second open position, and at least one intermediate position.

Abstract: An evaporator set, preferably for a thermally driven adsorption device. In an evaporator set that can be connected an easily output-scalable modular thermally driven condenser set and, as a result, can be used simultaneously as a heat or cold store, a liquid collector is connected via a blockable expansion valve with an evaporator for cooling a fluid, wherein the liquid collector, the expansion valve and the evaporator form a structural unit, and wherein the liquid collector has a fluid inlet for and the evaporator a fluid outlet to a thermally driven condenser set.

Abstract: A motor vehicle may include an internal combustion engine and an air-conditioning system, which may include a heat exchanger and a compression refrigeration system. The heat exchanger and the compression refrigeration system may be incorporated into a coolant circuit configured to communicate a coolant flow and may have a pump. The compression refrigeration machine may be driven at least one of directly and indirectly via the internal combustion engine. An adsorption system may be incorporated into the coolant circuit and may be connected to the internal combustion engine in a heat-transferring manner. The adsorption system may be configured to receive a waste heat load from the internal combustion engine for operation. A valve device may be incorporated into the coolant circuit and be switchable between at least two position for distributing the coolant flow between the adsorption system and the compression refrigeration system.

Abstract: A sorption heat transfer module may include a thermally activatable housing enclosing a sorption zone through which a working medium is flowable. The thermally activatable housing may include a gas-tight inner wall composed of a corrosion-protected material, an internal surface of which is adjoined by a capillary structure. The capillary structure may include at least one corrugated fin package connected in a firmly bonded manner to the internal surface of the inner wall.

Abstract: A sorption module may include a housing enclosing a working chamber including a sorption zone and a phase change zone arranged therein. The sorption module may also include a sorption structure, which may be arranged in the sorption zone and coupled in a heat-transmitting manner to a sorption path for guiding a sorption path medium, and a phase change structure, which may be arranged in the phase change zone and coupled in a heat-transmitting manner to a phase change path for guiding a phase change path medium. The sorption module may further include a control device configured to control a fluidic connection through which a working medium may be reversibly displaceable between the sorption zone and the phase change zone. The control device may include an actuator configured to control the fluidic connection depending on an adjustment of the actuator and an actuating drive configured to adjust the actuator.

Abstract: A valve for an adsorption heat pump may include a first channel, a second channel, a third channel, a first valve unit, and a second valve unit. The first valve unit may include a first valve body and a first valve seat and may be constructed and arranged to open and close the first channel. A second valve unit may include a second valve body and a second valve seat and may be constructed and arranged to open and close the second channel. A spring element may be pre-stressed between the first valve body and the second valve body and may be constructed and arranged to provide a first closing force upon the first valve body in a first direction of the first valve seat and a second closing force upon the second valve body in a second direction of the second valve seat. An actuating drive may include a control rod and may extend through the first valve body and the second valve body. A first carrier element and a second carrier element may each be secured to the control rod.

Abstract: An adsorption heat pump may include a high temperature circuit for a high temperature heat transfer medium including a high temperature flow pipe and a high temperature return pipe, and a medium temperature circuit for a medium temperature heat transfer medium including a medium temperature flow pipe and a medium temperature return pipe. At least one sorption module may be in operative communication with the high temperature circuit and the medium temperature circuit. The at least one sorption module may include a sorption zone, a phase change zone, a working medium between the sorption zone and the phase change zone, a sorbent which may absorb and desorb the working medium, a first flow channel in thermal contact with the sorbent, and a second flow channel in thermal contact with the phase change zone. At least a first valve and a second valve may be in operative communication with the sorption module and the high temperature circuit and the medium temperature circuit.

Abstract: A sorption module for a sorption temperature-control device may include a housing enclosing a working chamber. A sorption zone and a phase change zone may be arranged in the working chamber where a working medium is displaceable reversibly between the sorption zone and the phase change zone. A sorption structure may be arranged in the sorption zone, and a phase change structure may be arranged in the phase change zone. An outer wall of the housing may include a double-walled section that may provide a cavity between an outer wall part and an inner wall part of the double-walled section, and the phase change zone may be arranged on an inner side of the inner wall part.

Abstract: The invention relates to a module for a heat pump, comprising an adsorption-desorption region, wherein in the region a bundle of pipes through which fluid can flow is arranged and a housing encloses the pipe bundle and a movable working medium in a sealing manner, wherein a supporting structure forms a mechanical support of a wall of the housing against the action of an external pressure.

Abstract: A sorption module may include a housing enclosing a working chamber including a sorption zone and a phase change zone arranged therein. The sorption module may also include a sorption structure, which may be arranged in the sorption zone and coupled in a heat-transmitting manner to a sorption path for guiding a sorption path medium, and a phase change structure, which may be arranged in the phase change zone and coupled in a heat-transmitting manner to a phase change path for guiding a phase change path medium. The sorption module may further include a control device configured to control a fluidic connection through which a working medium may be reversibly displaceable between the sorption zone and the phase change zone. The control device may include an actuator configured to control the fluidic connection depending on an adjustment of the actuator and an actuating drive configured to adjust the actuator.

Abstract: A method and device for cooling and/or heating media, preferably in a motor vehicle, the method in which at least one first heat source is cooled and at least one second heat sink is heated by a thermal management system. In a method in which the heating or cooling can occur on demand, heat and/or cold are shifted by the thermal management system in space and time to the heat sink and/or heat source, which is characterized by need.

Abstract: An adsorber structure for an adsorption heat exchanger may include directed transport structures for the transport of at least one of heat and adsorptive vapours. The transport structure may be substantially aligned with a gradient direction.

Abstract: A rotary valve for an adsorption heat pump may include a cylindrical valve body, arranged rotatably about a central axis in a predetermined rotation direction with an outer covering and two front plates. A plurality of counter-directional high temperature connections may be arranged on the outer covering for connecting a high temperature heat source. A plurality of counter-directional medium temperature connections may be arranged on the outer covering for connecting a medium temperature heat sink. A plurality of sorption module connections may be arranged on the front plates for connecting a plurality of corresponding sorption modules. A duct system may pass through the valve body for directing a fluid, and a throttle, integrated into the valve body, may be included for constricting a flow cross-section at a throttle site of the duct system. The duct system may include open ducts and closed ducts.