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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181469 | Refrigerating method and refrigerating system utilizing gas hydrate A refrigerating method and a refrigerating system utilizing a large decomposition heat absorbed at the time of decomposition of the gas hydrate and building up, by a pump, the pressure of liquid components generated due to the decomposition of gas hydrate and compre... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8047010 | Apparatus and method for cooling liquid in intravascular cooling system A portable apparatus and method for providing a cooled liquid for vascular administration are disclosed. The portable apparatus includes a source of liquid for vascular administration, a cooling reservoir for receiving liquid from the source, and a sorption-based he... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7958738 | Direct expansion ammonia refrigeration system and a method of direct expansion ammonia refrigeration A direct expansion ammonia refrigeration system and a method of direct expansion ammonia refrigeration is described and which includes a source of liquid ammonia refrigerant which is delivered in fluid flowing relation to a plurality of evaporator tubes which incorp... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7497089 | Adsorption heat pump and use of adsorbent as adsorbent for adsorption heat pump An adsorption heat pump is provided in which water vapor can be efficiently adsorbed and desorbed using a heat source having a lower temperature than ones heretofore in use because the pump employs an adsorbent which has a large difference in water adsorption amount... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7422993 | Adsorbent for adsorption heat pump, adsorbent for humidity-control air conditioner, adsorption heat pump and humidity-control air conditioner The present invention provides an adsorbent for adsorption heat pump and humidity-control air conditioner, which is capable of adsorbing an adsorbate therein and desorbing the adsorbate therefrom in a narrow relative vapor pressure range, and can be regenerated (des... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7410596 | Corrosion inhibiting solutions for absorption systems Anti-corrosion solutions and processes useful for refrigeration processes are proposed. Heteropoly complex anions of transitional metal elements can be added to an absorption solution which includes aqueous ammonia, alkali metal hydroxide and/or alkaline earth metal... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7291271 | Meso-frequency traveling wave electro-kinetic continuous adsorption system The invention provides a non-cyclic, meso-frequency traveling wave electro-kinetic system capable of use in purification/separation and/or refrigeration/heat pump processes. In particular, the invention provides an adsorption system that can be used for fine or bulk... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7247287 | Synthesis of aluminophosphates and silicoaluminophosphates The invention is directed to a method of synthesising silicoaluminophosphate and aluminophosphate molecular sieves using synthesis templates that contain at least one template of general formula R1R2N—R3, wherein R1 and ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7213403 | Cooling container with an adsorption cooling apparatus A sorption cooling apparatus for cooling a thermally insulated cooling container 1, with a sorber container 5 containing a sorber material 7 which, during a sorption phase, sorbs a working fluid which evaporates in an evaporator 2 that is... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7165418 | Absorption refrigerator and production method thereof An absorption refrigerator includes a high temperature regenerator for heating a water solution including a halogen compound to generate steam. An oxide film having thickness of 0.02–5.0 μm, one of the colors blue, purple and gray, or a hydroxyl group is formed o... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166654 | Ester compound, plasticizer for biodegradable aliphatic polyester resin, and biodegradable resin composition An ester compound represented by formula (1) R1OOC—(CH2)m—COOR2   (1) wherein R1 and R2 are different from each other and each represents a group of formula (2) â... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7143589 | Sorption cooling systems, their use in automotive cooling applications and methods relating to the same A sorption cooling system for providing cooled air to the cabin of a vehicle. The sorption cooling system includes an evaporator, a condenser adapted to fluidly communication with the evaporator, and a plurality of adsorbent beds adapted for fluid communication with... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7037360 | Adsorbent for heat utilization system, adsorbent for regenerator system, regenerator system comprising the adsorbent, ferroaluminophosphate and method for production thereof An adsorbent for regenerator systems, to a heat utilization system and a regenerator system that comprise the adsorbent, and to a ferroaluminophosphate and a method for production thereof. More precisely, the invention relates to an adsorbent favorable for regenerat... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036327 | Cooling system and cooling method A cooling system comprising an evaporation cooling device for evaporating an aqueous solution, a water content providing device for allowing vapor evaporated from impurities-containing water to be absorbed into the aqueous solution, and a circulating device for circ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6992026 | Laser processing method and laser processing apparatus A laser beam machining method and a laser beam machining device capable of cutting a work without producing a fusing and a cracking out of a predetermined cutting line on the surface of the work, wherein a pulse laser beam is radiated on the predetermined cut line o... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6953082 | Hydrofluoroether as a heat-transfer fluid The present invention comprises a compound represented by the following structure: Rf—O—Rh—O—Rf′ wherein: O is oxygen; Rf and Rfâ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6923013 | Evaporator for medium temperature refrigerated merchandiser A refrigerated merchandiser (100) includes an upright, open-front, insulated cabinet (110) defining a product display area (125) connected in airflow communication with a compartment (120) via an air circulation circuit (122, 114, 116 | 08/02/2005 |
| 6912889 | Generator monitoring, control and efficiency A system for generating electricity includes a generator and an interface. The generator is coupled to the interface and provides data to the interface regarding electricity generation. The interface is coupled to a control node for monitoring and controlling the ge... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6913076 | High temperature heat pump A high temperature heat pump comprising a low temperature heat exchanger to produce vapor of a first fluid from heat transferred from a second fluid to a mixture of liquid and vapor of the first fluid; a compressor to increase the pressure and temperature of the pro... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6905630 | Compositions of a hydrofluoroether and a hydrofluorocarbon This invention relates to compositions that include at least one fluoroether and at least one hydrofluorocarbon. Included in this invention are compositions of a cyclic or acyclic hydrofluoroether of the formula CaFbH2a+2−bOc ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6814884 | Method of transferring heat using a working fluid containing 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane as refrigerant or heat transfer medium A method of using mixtures consisting essentially of 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane (R365mfc) and at least one further partially fluorinated hydrocarbon selected from the group consisting of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R134a), pentafluoroethane (R125), 1,1,1,3,3-pentafl... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6789393 | Container with pressure relief and lid and method of manufacture therefor A container comprises a sealed cavity defined by first and second walls of the container and a coolant disposed within the cavity wherein the coolant is capable of assuming first and second phases. A portion of the first wall is joined to the second wall wherein the... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6758988 | Corrosion inhibiting solutions for absorption systems Anti-corrosion solutions and processes useful for refrigeration processes are disclosed. Heteropoly complex anions of transitional metal elements can be added to an absorption solution which includes aqueous ammonia, alkali metal hydroxide and/or alkaline earth meta... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6656381 | Heat and mass transfer additives for improved aqueous absorption fluids The rate of water vapor sorption of an absorption cycle cooling and/or heating system using an aqueous alkali metal halide solution as the working fluid is increased by adding to the fluid an effective additive amount of at least 2 parts per million of an... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6619071 | Adsorption-type refrigerating apparatus In an adsorption-type refrigerating apparatus, an adsorber includes therein an adsorbent having a temperature-dependent characteristic in which an amount adsorbed in an adsorption step is larger than an amount adsorbed in a desorption step, even when a va... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6615603 | Cooling system of heat emitters Heat is absorbed from a first heat emitter and a second heat emitter is cooled by an adsorption type refrigerator operating by that absorbed heat. When the amount of emission of heat of the first heat emitter exceeds a predetermined amount of heat, the he... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6604367 | System for providing refrigeration for chemical processing A system for providing refrigeration to a chemical processing operation wherein a refrigerant fluid is compressed and cooled, and a portion turboexpanded prior to being passed to a chemical processing operation for direct contact or indirect heat exchange... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6571575 | Air conditioner using inflammable refrigerant In an air conditioner using a flammable refrigerant of the present invention, an inner diameter of a liquid-side connecting pipe is reduced to less than 42.5% of that of a gas-side connecting pipe. By reducing the inner diameter of the pipe in which a liq... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6560975 | Method and means for pain-free dental injections The present invention relates to a dental method and means to allow pain-free injections in mucosa by the application of a topical anesthetic followed by an injection limited to penetrate the mucosa only to the extent of penetration of the topical anesthe... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6536229 | Absorption refrigerator A steam type absorption refrigerator which circulates absorption fluid from an absorber (1), through a low-temperature heat exchanger (3), a low-temperature regenerator (4), a high-temperature heat exchanger (6), a steam heating type high-temperature rege... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6527974 | Monofunctional ether heat and mass transfer additives for aqueous absorption fluids An aqueous absorption fluid composition, process and apparatus wherein the absorption fluid contains at least one monofunctional ether heat and mass transfer additive which provides improved water vapor absorption and thermal transfer in thermal exchange ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6523357 | Absorption refrigerator An absorption refrigerator includes an evaporator having an evaporating heat exchanger pipe operable to evaporate refrigerant on an outer surface thereof so as to cool liquid to be cooled running in the pipe, an absorber containing absorbent liquid for ab... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6511610 | Composition that can be used as a refrigerant Composition consisting essentially of 55 to 94% R-125, 2.5 to 35% of R-134a and 3.5 to 25% by weight of DME, and its use as a refrigerant in a heat transfer system designed for R-22 and comprising, as lubricant, a mineral oil or an alkylbenzene oil.... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6477856 | Recuperation in solid-vapor sorption system using sorption energy and vapor mass flow A method of carrying out recuperation between alternately absorbing and desorbing reactors in which in a first reaction cycle in a desorbing reactor a gaseous reactant is desorbed from a solid sorbent and concurrently in an absorbing-reactor the gaseous r... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6430942 | Inhibitor replenishment system An on line corrosion replenishment system for use in an absorption cooling unit which includes an evaporator means, an absorber means, a generator means and a condenser means which are interconnected to provide an absorption cycle in which a lithium bromi... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6432319 | Method for improving the efficiency of absorption heat pumps using a crystallization-inhibiting additive An absorption heat pump achieves improved efficiency by lowering the low cycle temperature of the circulation fluid. This is accomplished by adding a crystallization-inhibiting compound to the circulation fluid which substantially depresses the temperatur... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6430943 | Controlled production of ammonia Improved methods for the controlled generation of ammonia from an ammoniated metal salt at substantially ambient temperature by applying microwave energy to the salt. The ammoniated salts have the formula MAn.multidot.(NH3), wherein ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6415614 | Cofluids for use with carbon dioxide refrigerant A carbon dioxide/cofluid mixture is provided for use in a refrigeration cycle in which the carbon dioxide is alternately absorbed and desorbed from the cofluid. The mixture includes from 50% to 95% cofluid and from 5% to 50% carbon dioxide. The cofluid is... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6389841 | Heat pumps using organometallic liquid absorbents A family of organometallic liquid absorbents that can have their thermophysical properties tailored for specific applications. Processes to manufacture these liquid absorbents and methods to optimize their thermodynamic properties are included. These orga... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6374630 | Carbon dioxide absorption heat pump A carbon dioxide absorption heat pump cycle is disclosed using a high pressure stage and a super-critical cooling stage to provide a non-toxic system. Using carbon dioxide gas as the working fluid in the system, the present invention desorbs the CO2 | 04/23/2002 |
