Sorbent Type Patents (Class 62/476)
  • Patent number: 11940184
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an absorption cooling machine including an absorber, a first regenerator, a second regenerator, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator, and relates to a cooling machine that prevents the refrigerant from flowing backward to the first regenerator under a low pressure condition by installing a gas-liquid separator that separates the refrigerant discharged from the first and second regenerators and flows into the condenser into a gas state and a liquid state, in order to heat the absorption solution supplied from the absorber to separate into a refrigerant and an absorbent, and to smoothly discharge the refrigerant from the first regenerator and the second regenerator for discharging the separated refrigerant to the condenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Heungju Lee, Yongsun Cho, Jaeseo Lee
  • Patent number: 11879694
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbulator (1, 10) for a channel (21, 23, 31, 42) of a process apparatus (30, 41, 44), in particular a heat exchanger, reactor or mixer, with a plurality of ribs (3, 14, 15), wherein at least one row (12, 13) of ribs (3, 14, 15), which define a common rib plane, is arranged, preferably uniformly, distributed and is, preferably uniformly, spaced apart from one another via gaps (4, 18, 19) in the longitudinal extension of the turbulator (1, 10). In order that the dead volumes and therefore the average residence times can be reduced by proportions that are not utilised or are utilised less efficiently for the process in order to keep the respective process medium in a defined and preferred operational state as far as possible over the entire residence time, it is provided that on at least one longitudinal end of the turbulator (1, 10) a hook element (6, 20) is provided for positively hooking a tool (7) to remove the turbulator (1, 10) from the channel (21, 23, 31, 42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ehrfeld Mikrotechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Kroschel, Frank Herbstritt, Johann Peter Born
  • Patent number: 11808495
    Abstract: A device is presented for an absorption refrigerator or an absorption heat pump having a heat exchanger through which a working medium flows. The device includes a distribution apparatus for a sorbent which is designed to apply the sorbent to a heat exchange surface of the heat exchanger in a refrigerant environment such that the sorbent, which forms a working pair with the refrigerant, at least partially absorbs the refrigerant from the refrigerant environment and emits heat released in the process to the heat exchanger, or at least partially desorbs the refrigerant from the sorbent in the form of one or more jets onto the heat exchange surface, forming turbulent flows of the sorbent on the heat exchange surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN
    Inventors: Thomas Meyer, Felix Ziegler
  • Patent number: 11788775
    Abstract: There is disclosed a heat-transferring device comprising a buffer tank (1), a reactor vessel (2) in thermal contact with the buffer tank, wherein an active substance is held inside the reactor vessel, a burner (A), a reactor heating loop adapted to transfer heat from the burner to the active substance in the reactor vessel, a reactor cooling loop adapted to transfer heat from the active substance in the reactor vessel to the buffer tank, a volatile liquid reservoir (14) in fluid contact with the reactor vessel, an evaporator (15) in fluid contact with the volatile liquid reservoir, a volatile liquid in the volatile liquid reservoir, with the ability to be absorbed by the active substance at a first temperature and desorbed by the active substance at a higher temperature, an exhaust gas pipe (10,11,12) from the burner to the volatile liquid reservoir to heat it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: HEATAMP SWEDEN AB
    Inventor: Ingemar Hallin
  • Patent number: 11778778
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid-cooled container equipment, which belongs to the technical field of servers, and comprises a box provided with a heat exchange unit, a central control cabinet, a power distribution cabinet, a pure water processor and cabinets for placing computing equipments. The heat exchange unit, the central control cabinet and the pure water processor are arranged at one end of the box, the cabinet is arranged at the opposite end thereof, the pure water processor supplies cooling water to the heat exchange unit, the heat exchange unit cools down the computing equipment with liquid, and the central control cabinet controls actions of electrical components. The cabinets are arranged in rows on both sides of the length direction of the container equipment; the computing equipments are placed inside the cabinets in multiple layers; the power distribution cabinet is located at the end of the cabinets close to the heat exchange unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: CMOTION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Changjiang Ge, Minghui Sun, Zhenhui Li, Junwei Gong
  • Patent number: 11768015
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an absorption cooling machine including an absorber, a first regenerator, a second regenerator, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator, and relates to a cooling machine that connects a bypass collection pipe that guides an absorbent flowing back into the second regenerator to be collected into an absorber to a second collection pipe, in order to prevent the water level of the second regenerator from being raised as the absorbent cannot be collected by the absorber and flows back to the second regenerator, due to the pressure difference between an absorbent separated from the first regenerator and collected into the absorber through the first collection pipe, and an absorbent separated from the second regenerator and collected into the absorber through the second collection pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Heungju Lee, Yongsun Cho, Jaeseo Lee
  • Patent number: 11707962
    Abstract: A tractor trailer system includes a tractor and a trailer. The tractor includes a hotel device and an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) configured to provide electrical power to the hotel device. The trailer is connected to the tractor, and includes a Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU) having a TRU controller, an electrical TRU component, and a TRU Power Unit. The TRU controller is configured to utilize the APU to provide electrical power to the electrical TRU component during low TRU load conditions, and utilize the TRU Power Unit during high TRU load conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael Thomas Swab
  • Patent number: 11654747
    Abstract: A system for controlling fluid temperature in a thermal system includes a heat source, a heat sink coupled to the heat source, a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, a first expansion valve configured to regulate the flow of coolant between the heat source and the first heat exchanger, a second expansion valve configured to regulate the flow of coolant between the heat source and the second heat exchanger, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine an operating condition of the thermal system and generate a first control signal to control the first and second expansion valves to direct the flow of coolant to the first and second heat exchangers. The first and second expansion valves are arranged in parallel to recover heat rejected from the coolant and distribute the recovered heat to the first and second heat exchangers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Smith, Eugene V. Gonze, Richard J. Lopez
  • Patent number: 11525608
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods of intelligently cooling thermal loads by providing a burst mode cooling system for rapid cooling, and an auxiliary cooling system that controls the temperature of the thermal load and surrounding environment between burst mode cooling cycles. The system may be used to provide pulses of cooling to directed energy systems, such as lasers and other systems that generate bursts of heat in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Rocky Research
    Inventors: Uwe Rockenfeller, Kaveh Khalili
  • Patent number: 11473818
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and device for cycle enhancement are provided in accordance with various embodiments. Various embodiments generally pertain to refrigeration and heat pumping. Different embodiments may be applied to a variety of heat pump architectures. Some embodiments may integrate with vapor compression heat pumps in industrial, commercial, and/or residential applications. Some embodiments include a method that may include at least: removing a first heat from a vapor compression cycle; utilizing the first removed heat from the vapor compression cycle to drive a thermally driven heat pump; or removing a second heat from the vapor compression cycle utilizing the thermally driven heat pump to reduce a temperature of a refrigerant of the vapor compression cycle below an ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Rebound Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Goldfarbmuren, Luke Erickson
  • Patent number: 11466921
    Abstract: An insulating device can include a body assembly and a lid assembly where an insulating layer and aerogel structure is connected to both the body assembly and the lid assembly. An aperture with a closure is formed between the body assembly and lid assembly to form a storage compartment. The insulating layer and aerogel structure on the lid assembly may extend beyond the closure when the closure is sealed. The insulating layer and aerogel structure on the lid assembly may have an insulating ring and aerogel ring structure that has an increased thickness around its perimeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: James William Sonntag, Scott Barbieri
  • Patent number: 11448471
    Abstract: A heat storage unit includes: a heat storage material that contains water and high polymers that exhibit hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity depending on a temperature; a heat exchanger that causes heat exchange to be performed between a heating fluid and the heat storage material to heat the heat storage material and store heat in the heat storage material, and causes heat exchange to be performed between a heat utilization fluid and the heat storage material to receive heat from the heat storage material and cause heat to be transferred from the heat storage material; and a container that is filled with the heat storage material and houses the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasumitsu Nomura, Shigetoshi Ipposhi, Shunkei Suzuki, Junichi Nakazono, Hideharu Nobutoki
  • Patent number: 11441821
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a heat pump that can use, as a refrigerant, a substance with which a geometric isomer exists, and a method for designing the same. The present invention is a method for designing a heat pump (1) whose closed circuit configured by connecting a compressor (2), a condenser (3), an expansion valve (4), and an evaporator (5) in this order is filled with a refrigerant containing a refrigerant substance with which a geometric isomer may exist, the method including obtaining an upper limit of stable temperature at which isomerization of the refrigerant substance does not proceed, and setting an upper limit usage temperature of the heat pump (1) so as not to exceed the upper limit of the stable temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal System, Ltd., Central Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Suemitsu, Kenji Ueda, Yasushi Hasegawa, Kazuki Wajima, Yoshinori Akamatsu, Fuyuhiko Sakyu, Kanako Osafune
  • Patent number: 11435102
    Abstract: The refrigerant leakage determination device includes a refrigerant detection sensor that detects presence of gas and transmits a concentration of the gas as a sensor output, an alarm device that issues an alarm about leakage of refrigerant, and a controller configured to control the alarm device based on the sensor output from the refrigerant detection sensor. The controller includes a storage device that stores two thresholds for the sensor output and two set times each having a length set for each threshold, and a processing device that, when the sensor output exceeds one or both of the two thresholds and a length of a time period during which the sensor output exceeds the one or both of the two thresholds is longer than either one of the two set times associated with the two thresholds, determines leakage of refrigerant and actuates the alarm device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Watanabe, Masahiko Takagi
  • Patent number: 11053180
    Abstract: The method according to this disclosure is a method for separating an unsaturated hydrocarbon having 2 or 3 carbon atoms and a halogenated unsaturated carbon compound formed by replacing at least one of hydrogen atoms included in the unsaturated hydrocarbon with a fluorine atom, from each other and is a method for selectively adsorbing either the unsaturated hydrocarbon or the halogenated unsaturated carbon compound by a porous coordination polymer that includes a metallic ion having a valence of 2 to 4 and an aromatic anion having 1 to 6 aromatic ring(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tatsuya Morikawa, Mana Shimokawa, Katsuki Fujiwara, Satoshi Tokuno, Masakazu Higuchi, Susumu Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10948211
    Abstract: A water circulation system for air conditioning system and a control method thereof, wherein the water circulation loop comprises: a main loop provided with air-conditioning indoor units, air-conditioning outdoor units and an actuator, and a bypass branch connected between upstream and downstream of the air-conditioning outdoor units and provided with a bypass valve; the control method comprises: S100, starting the water circulation system after receiving a start command; S200, executing a PID control step after initialization and a first preset time period of the water circulation system; S300, executing a feed forward control step when the operating states of the air-conditioning indoor units and/or the air-conditioning outdoor units are changed, and going back to execute the PID control step after a second preset time period; and S400, executing a shutdown step of the water circulation system after receiving a shutdown command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Liang Chang, Jingwei Sun, Pei Sun, Lishan Wang, Jian Ni, Qing Lu
  • Patent number: 10648710
    Abstract: A heat pump system generates cooling by evaporating a refrigerant using an evaporator, and generates cooling by using a compressor to desorb refrigerant that has been evaporated by the evaporator and adsorbed at an adsorption device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Yasuki Hirota, Ryuichi Iwata, Tsutomu Shinagawa, Takafumi Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 10514212
    Abstract: A device and method for changing a fluid from one state to another state, the states comprising a liquid and a vapour state are disclosed. The device comprises: an inlet configured to receive the fluid in a first state; an outlet configured to output the fluid in a second state; and a conduit connecting the inlet to the outlet. The conduit is configured such that a resistance to flow changes along at least a portion of a flow axis within the conduit. The device further comprises a controller configured to control a location of a region within the portion of the conduit in which the fluid changes state by controlling at least one of a temperature of the fluid and a pressure at at least one of the inlet and the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Masse, Ali Shajii, Michael McBrien
  • Patent number: 10465950
    Abstract: This invention relates to using a guanidinium-based ionic liquid as an absorbent material in an absorption chiller. The invention provides an absorption chiller comprising a mixture of a refrigerant and an absorbent, and the absorbent is a guanidinium-based ionic liquid. A preferred refrigerant is water. This invention also provides a method for synthesizing N,N,N?,N?,N?,N?-hexamethylguanidinium acetate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Amirhossein Mehrkesh, Stefan Maat, George G. Tamas
  • Patent number: 10429103
    Abstract: A liquid absorption refrigeration system and a tube and channel heat exchanger include: an absorber section to contain a saturated strong solution; a pump connected to an outlet of the absorber section to receive saturated strong solution therefrom; a regenerator section connected to an outlet of the pump to receive a flow of pressurized saturated strong solution therefrom; an expansion device connected to an outlet of the regenerator section to receive a flow of subcooled strong solution therefrom; an evaporator section connected to an outlet of the expansion device to receive the subcooled strong solution therefrom, the evaporator section connected to the absorber section to return strong solution thereto; and a condenser section connected to the evaporator section to receive a refrigerant evaporated from the subcooled strong solution in the evaporator, the condenser section connected to the absorber section to return liquid refrigerant thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Inventor: Theodore John Groncki, III
  • Patent number: 10137762
    Abstract: A vehicular adsorption type air conditioning device including: a heater core and an interior heat exchanger that perform heat exchange between air inside a vehicle cabin and a heating medium; an exterior heat exchanger that performs heat exchange between air outside the vehicle cabin and the heating medium; a heating flow path section that circulates the heating medium between a high temperature heat source of the vehicle and the heater core; a plurality of adsorption vessels each including an adsorption section and an evaporation-condensation section, with an adsorbent and a refrigerant sealed within the adsorption vessels; and a flow path system; the flow path system being capable of switching between a cooling mode, a first heating mode, and a second heating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masakatsu Tsubouchi
  • Patent number: 9951976
    Abstract: An absorption based heater is constructed on a fluid barrier heat exchanging plate such that it requires little space in a structure. The absorption based heater has a desorber, heat exchanger, and absorber sequentially placed on the fluid barrier heat exchanging plate. The vapor exchange faces of the desorber and the absorber are covered by a vapor permeable membrane that is permeable to a refrigerant vapor but impermeable to an absorbent. A process fluid flows on the side of the fluid barrier heat exchanging plate opposite the vapor exchange face through the absorber and subsequently through the heat exchanger. The absorption based heater can include a second plate with a condenser situated parallel to the fluid barrier heat exchanging plate and opposing the desorber for condensation of the refrigerant for additional heating of the process fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Saeed Moghaddam, Devesh Chugh
  • Patent number: 9890983
    Abstract: A Step Flow control device and methods therefore provide instructions to control operation of various absorption chiller components based on measured load or temperature information. Operating an absorption chiller according to Step Flow balances the flow of heat energy through the absorption chiller to increase efficiency and prevent crystallization. The control device may be integrated into various components of an absorption chiller or may be remote therefrom. In this manner, Step Flow can be used in new absorption chiller installations or be used to retrofit existing installations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Inventor: Robert Higgins
  • Patent number: 9851129
    Abstract: An ionic air cooling device comprising a salinity differential heat engine using a heat pump as the primary heat source and the mechanism by which the temperature differential is achieved. A closed loop thermodynamic cycle which produces a high thermodynamic efficiency in heat to energy conversion with a low temperature differential between the high and low sides, in addition to a net ambient temperature cooling effect by directly or indirectly converting ambient temperature/environmental low grade heat to electricity or potential kinetic energy or mechanical work. An ionic air cooling device which uses a salinity differential heat engine in which the heat energy can be converted to kinetic or electrical energy by means of pressure retarded osmosis, pressurized gas through volume confinement, or reversed electro dialysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Inventor: David John Tanner
  • Patent number: 9718155
    Abstract: An insulated heat exchanger tube assembly is disclosed herein comprising a heat exchanger tube, an insulating portion form-fitted around the heat exchanger tube, the insulating portion comprising a polymeric foam, and a polymeric film formed over and adhered to the insulating portion. A heat exchanger formed from the tube and a method of forming an insulated heat exchanger tube also are disclosed. The tube assembly is useful in making a heat exchanger that requires minimal floor space and can be efficiently assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Turbotec Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd A. Duckwitz
  • Patent number: 9689591
    Abstract: The invention provides the sectional regenerative third-type absorption heat pump which belongs to low-temperature waste heat utilization and refrigeration technique filed. It mainly comprises four generators, four absorbers, a condenser, an evaporator, a throttle, four solution pumps and four solution heat exchangers. The refrigerant vapor of the first generator is provided for condenser. The refrigerant liquid of condenser is provided for evaporator. The refrigerant vapor of evaporator is provided for the first absorber. The second generator and the second absorber, the third generator and the third absorber respectively form the driving heat sectional regenerative process. The third generator and the third absorber form the waste heat regenerative process. The first absorber, the second absorber and the third absorber supply heat to the condenser. The fourth absorber releases the low temperature heat. The sectional regenerative third-type absorption heat pump is thereby formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Inventor: Huayu Li
  • Patent number: 9612043
    Abstract: A refrigeration method reduces compressor energy usage in a hydrocarbon refrigeration system by incorporating a distillation/adsorption cycle. The method and related systems can use waste or other heat sources to replace a portion of the mechanical energy of the compression cycle in a novel process scheme easily adapted to either new or existing refrigeration systems. The present hybrid vapor compression-adsorption cycle combines both the refrigerant and adsorption medium in the compression cycle and separates these components using conventional multi-stage distillation to then separate them for the refrigeration and adsorption cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: AZOTA GAS PROCESSING, LTD.
    Inventor: Pierre E. Lugosch
  • Patent number: 9595357
    Abstract: A passive cooling system of a nuclear power plant includes a steam generator, a cooling water storage tank, a water cooling heat exchanger, an air cooling heat exchanger, a divergence valve, and a cooling tower. The steam generator generates steam by heat exchange with a primary coolant system, and the cooling water storage tank stores cooling water therein. The water cooling heat exchanger is disposed in the cooling water storage tank, and the air cooling heat exchanger is connected to the steam generator. The divergence valve is controllable to divert steam from the steam generator into both the water cooling heat exchanger and the air cooling heat exchanger. Each of the cooling water storage tank, the water cooling heat exchanger, and the air cooling heat exchanger are located in the cooling tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jong Lee, Young Baek Kim, Byung Chan Baek, Hae Nam Yang, Dae Jin Lee, Young Jae Choi, Jae Kyu Lee, Kyun Heo, Kyung Woo Shim, Seoung Eun Chun
  • Patent number: 9568222
    Abstract: A subassembly for an adsorption chiller includes an adsorption component that includes a plurality of plates arranged in a stack. Refrigerant passages are defined between refrigerant sides of adjacent pairs of the plates in the stack. An adsorbent material is disposed within the refrigerant passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Sean Garner
  • Patent number: 9464823
    Abstract: The invention is directed toward a vapor-liquid heat and/or mass exchange device that can be used in an integrated heat and/or mass transfer system. To achieve high heat and mass transfer rates, optimal temperature profiles, size reduction and performance increases, appropriately sized flow passages with microscale features, and countercurrent flow configurations between working fluid solution, vapor stream, and/or the coupling fluid in one or more functional sections of the desorber are implemented. In one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a desorber section utilizes a heating fluid flowing in a generally upward direction and a concentrated solution flowing in a generally downward direction with gravity countercurrent to the rising desorbed vapor stream. To further increase the efficiency of the system, various types of column configurations can be used. Additionally, the surfaces of the microchannels can be altered to better transfer heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Srinivas Garimella, Jared Carpenter Delahanty, Ananda Krishna Nagavarapu
  • Patent number: 9464815
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are presented for using a liquid desiccant to regulate a moisture content of air conditioned by a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The liquid desiccant is disposed within a processing volume, which is substantially-enclosed and substantially segregates the liquid desiccant from the conditioned air. A pair of vapor-permeable membranes define opposite surfaces of the processing volume. Water vapor diffuses through the vapor-permeable membranes, thereby enabling an exchange of moisture between the liquid desiccant and the conditioned air. The refrigerant circuit itself is used to cool desiccant in the absorber and heat desiccant in the desorber. Other systems, devices, and methods are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Robert B. Uselton
  • Patent number: 9435553
    Abstract: A cooling system including a first cooling apparatus thermally exposed to a space to be cooled. The cooling system further includes a second cooling apparatus thermally exposed to the space to be cooled and thermally exposed to the first cooling apparatus. Heat discharged from the second cooling apparatus powers the first cooling apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: ThermoTek, Inc.
    Inventor: Tony Quisenberry
  • Patent number: 9269978
    Abstract: A wind power and hydrogen power complex generating device includes a fan assembly having a blade unit and a demultiplexer connected to the blade unit. A heating unit is connected to a first output end of the demultiplexer. A pump is connected to a second output end of the demultiplexer. The pump pressurizes liquid water. A heating assembly is connected to the pump and the heating unit. The heating assembly heats the liquid water into a critical state. An electrolyzing unit includes an input end, a hydrogen output end, and an oxygen output end. The input end is connected to the heating assembly. The electrolyzing unit electrolyzes the liquid water in the critical state into gaseous hydrogen and gaseous oxygen. A fuel cell unit includes an anode passage connected to the hydrogen output end and a cathode passage connected to the oxygen output end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chang-Hsien Tai, JR-Ming Miao, Yao-Nan Wang
  • Publication number: 20150143827
    Abstract: An economizer for a solar powered intermittent absorption refrigeration system improves the coefficient of performance of the refrigeration system. The economizer recovers waste energy rejected by an absorber during an absorption process, stores the waste energy, and supplies the waste energy to a generator during a generation process, thereby reducing the amount of energy input needed to operate the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Syed Ahmed Mohammad Said, Muhammad Umar Siddiqui
  • Publication number: 20150135731
    Abstract: A multi-stage closed-cycle cryogenic refrigeration system is disclosed. The system includes an adsorption refrigerator having a multi-chambered pump unit that can be flexibly configured in the context of the cryogenic refrigeration system resulting in a more efficient design that has a smaller overall size than prior systems and other advantages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Photon Spot, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikas Anant, Brian Siu-Fung Ma
  • Patent number: 9032752
    Abstract: A system configured to thermally regulate exhaust portions of a power plant system (e.g. steam turbine) is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes: a condenser adapted to connect to and thermally regulate exhaust portions of a steam turbine; and a cooling system operably connected to the condenser and adapted to supply a cooling fluid to the condenser, the cooling system including a solar absorption chiller adapted to adjust a temperature of the cooling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Scott Victor Hannula, Duncan George Watt
  • Publication number: 20150128639
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Roland BURK, Lars LUDWIG
  • Publication number: 20150129160
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Roland BURK
  • Publication number: 20150128638
    Abstract: A thermally driven condenser unit and an adsorption heat plant constructed therewith, which can be used as an adsorption heat pump, adsorption refrigeration plant, heat store and/or refrigeration storage mechanism. The thermally driven condenser unit integrates a thermal compressor and a condenser in a modular component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Roland BURK
  • Publication number: 20150121916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an enclosure which is refrigerated and kept at a predetermined set temperature (Te), containing the evaporator (7) of a refrigerating unit (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: COLDWAY
    Inventors: Laurent Rigaud, Francis Kindbeiter
  • Patent number: 8997505
    Abstract: A vehicle climate control system includes a thermal-adsorption heat pump driven by engine exhaust heat, the heat pump including two adsorbers asynchronously switching between adsorbing and desorbing modes, each adsorber coupled with a corresponding antifreeze tank via a plurality of refrigerant-containing wick chambers. Cold heat transfer fluid (HTF) flows through the adsorber during the adsorbing mode which causes evaporation of refrigerant from the wick chambers, thereby cooling antifreeze, whereas hot HTF flows through the adsorber during the desorbing mode which causes condensation of refrigerant at the wick chambers, thereby heating antifreeze. In this way, the thermal-adsorption heat pump may condition cabin air independent of engine coolant and without exerting a load on the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yongfang Zhong, Michael Levin, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Danrich Henry Demitroff, Donald Masch
  • Patent number: 8984905
    Abstract: A desiccant air conditioner has a high energy efficiency due to the absence of excessive heat loss due to ventilation. In order to meet this requirement, the desiccant air conditioner is equipped with a honeycomb rotor wash-coated with agents having capabilities of absorptions of humidity, carbon dioxide and nitrogen, and this honeycomb rotor is divided into at least an absorption zone and a desorption zone. The air in a room is, after being passed through the absorption zone, fed back to the room, and the air which is passed through the desorption zone is exhausted into outside of the room. In this way, carbon dioxide and nitrogen in a room, the latter quantity being corresponded to that of the consumed oxygen in the room, are exhausted into outside of the room, allowing to exhaust carbon dioxide and at the same time to keep the oxygen density to within an allowed limit without the need of excessive ventilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Seibu Giken Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hiroshi Okano
  • Patent number: 8950212
    Abstract: An absorption heat pump with a system for improving its efficiency under generator overfeed conditions. The absorber is bypassed to direct the rich solution directly into the generator, mixing this rich solution with liquid refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Inventor: Marco Guerra
  • Patent number: 8943844
    Abstract: An air conditioning system includes a dehumidifier, a regenerator, and a refrigeration system. The dehumidifier removes water from a first airflow using a liquid desiccant. The regenerator transfers water from the dilute desiccant into a second airflow. The refrigeration system can be selectively used to provide heat to the desiccant in the regenerator to more effectively remove the water from the dilute desiccant. An external heat source can also be used to heat the desiccant in the regenerator to more effectively remove the water from the dilute desiccant. The refrigeration system and the external heat source can each be used separately to heat the desiccant, or the desiccant can be heated by both heat sources simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: DuCool Ltd.
    Inventor: Dan Forkosh
  • Patent number: 8935932
    Abstract: The invention relates to vapor absorption refrigeration. The invention provides methods for carrying out vapor absorption refrigeration, and a vapor absorption refrigeration installation. The invention provides also a method for operating an absorption stage of a vapor absorption refrigeration system and an absorption stage installation for a vapor absorption refrigeration installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Sunengen Limited
    Inventor: Peter David Coles
  • Patent number: 8935931
    Abstract: This invention belongs to the area of heat pump/refrigeration technology, which provides absorption heat pump of multiterminal heating and the ways of additional adjacent high-temperature heating-side. Refrigerating fluid flows from a generator to a new absorber, and then into a new absorption-evaporator, and finally into the generator. Refrigerating fluid flows from the generator to the new absorption-evaporator, and then into the new absorber, the generator. Refrigerant vapor in the condenser flows through a new throttle, and then into the new absorption-evaporator and the new absorber. Refrigerant vapor in the evaporator flows through the new liquid refrigerant pump, and then into the new absorption-evaporator and the new absorber. The pipeline of heated medium in the new absorber is connected with the external. The invention can form new units of simple structure and high heating temperature, and reduce the temperature requirement of cooling medium or actuated-hot when it is used to refrigeration type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Inventor: Huayu Li
  • Publication number: 20140373568
    Abstract: A direct venting system for a free-standing propane powered refrigerator is disclosed. The direct venting system pre-installed on the refrigerator, the system having an air intake for drawing air from outside and directing the air to a burner box for combustion of the propane gas flame that runs the refrigerator, and an exhaust outlet for venting all of the flue gases or products of combustion out of the system with the system being hermetically sealed with respect to an interior environment within which the refrigerator is installed. The fresh air is directed to a burner box by means of a specially designed air inlet adapter that includes a step-down feature that reduces the likelihood of blow-out of the gas flame. The flue gases are directed through an offset chimney structure and a three-layered exhaust outlet that reduces the formation of condensate thereby protecting the system from blow-out and corrosion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Tim Dean, Ryan Brooks, Mike Scott, Paul Petersen, Kyle Maynard, Steven Petersen, David Stainrod
  • Publication number: 20140366565
    Abstract: A refrigeration arrangement for transportation vehicle cabins, of the type comprising an ammonia absorption cycle which includes a heat source, a rectifier section, a condenser section, an evaporator section, an absorber section, and from which the solution passes on into an accumulator and later returns to the heat source, using a fluid as a “carrier” for the heat which is generated or absorbed by the solution undergoing the cycle in a closed circuit, allowing for an optimal recovery efficiency of the heat generated between parts of the refrigeration process to improve the refrigeration of rooms, by means of said arrangement of a closed cooling fluid circuit and a refrigeration circuit which are independent from vehicle operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Rafael Antonio Colussi, Nestor Juan Vénica
  • Patent number: 8904791
    Abstract: A power generation system is provided. The system comprises a first Rankine cycle-first working fluid circulation loop comprising a heater, an expander, a heat exchanger, a recuperator, a condenser, a pump, and a first working fluid; integrated with a) a second Rankine cycle-second working fluid circulation loop comprising a heater, an expander, a condenser, a pump, and a second working fluid comprising an organic fluid; and b) an absorption chiller cycle comprising a third working fluid circulation loop comprising an evaporator, an absorber, a pump, a desorber, a condenser, and a third working fluid comprising a refrigerant. In one embodiment, the first working fluid comprises CO2. In one embodiment, the first working fluid comprises helium, air, or nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Matthew Alexander Lehar, Sebastian Walter Freund, Thomas Johannes Frey, Gabor Ast, Pierre Sebastien Huck, Monika Muehlbauer
  • Publication number: 20140352351
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention relates to the use of ionic liquids and gas refrigerants in a refrigerant composition in a temperature adjustment system, such as a refrigeration system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: H & C Scientific Resources International, LLC
    Inventor: Yanjie Xu