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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7305849 | Sorptive heat exchanger and related cooled sorption process A sorptive heat exchanger (E), which presents a plurality of heat exchange channels (10) in thermal contact with respective sorption channels (11), where sorption material (12) is fixed on the internal surfaces of channels (11). ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7073341 | Air conditioner An air conditioner is provided that includes an exhaust heat recovery unit for recovering exhaust heat in a heat transfer medium, a heat transfer medium passage in which the heat transfer medium outputted from the exhaust heat recovery unit flows, an auxiliary heati... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7055333 | High pressure CO purification and supply system A batch process and apparatus for producing a pressurized liquid carbon dioxide stream includes distilling a feed stream of carbon dioxide vapor off of a liquid carbon dioxide supply; introducing the carbon dioxide vapor feed stream into at least one purifying filte... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7000426 | Adsorption refrigerating device An adsorption refrigeration device comprising an evaporator chamber containing a refrigerant liquid that evaporates under the effect of a depression, a connecting device and an adsorption chamber containing an adsorbent capable of fixing the vapors of the refrigeran... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6973963 | Adsorber generator for use in sorption heat pump processes This invention provides a compact heat exchanger that has an effective geometry for heat transfer operations regardless of the heat conductivity of the material chosen for the fin materials. It has further been found that the use of adsorbent coated anodized aluminu... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6820440 | Absorption-type air conditioner core structure An absorption-type air conditioner core structure is provided, which uses lithium bromide solution as absorbent and has a small volume and compact structure. The air conditioner core structure includes an upper vessel (24) and a lower vessel (21). The ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6415627 | Sorber having a cooling mechanism The present invention is directed to a sorber cooling device suitable for use in an electromagnetic wave activated sorption system. One embodiment of the sorber cooling device has a metallic tubular enclosure extending coaxially into the sorber, a plurali... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6282917 | Heat exchange method and apparatus A heat exchanging method and apparatus for improving heat transfer in a cooling system. Specifically, the heat exchanging method and apparatus is an absorption chiller that comprises a heat transfer device having one heat pipe partially disposed within a ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6155073 | Heat transfer materials In a heat pump, e.g. comprising two adsorbers (1, 2), the adsorbers are monoliths having a multiplicity of open cells capable of flow-through of gas or vapor, and having a coating of an adsorbent, e.g. zeolite, for a fluid such as water vapor. Waste heat,... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6125650 | Sorber having a cooling mechanism The present invention is directed to a sorber cooling device suitable for use in an electromagnetic wave activated sorption system. One embodiment of the sorber cooling device has a metallic tubular enclosure extending coaxially into the sorber, a plurali... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6000463 | Metal hydride heat pump The apparatus is a hydride heat pump which uses double communicating section containers holding high and low temperature metal hydrides, with the containers moving back and forth within channels between three heat exchangers. The preferred device has a cy... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5802870 | Sorption cooling process and system A process and a system are disclosed for sorption heating and cooling which comprise at least 2 sorption zones. Each sorption zone comprises a heat transfer zone and an adsorption zone containing a sorbent such that the heat transfer zone is in intimate t... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5775126 | Adsorptive-type refrigeration apparatus A differential in refrigerant adsorption rates of adsorbent during an adsorption process and during a desorption process is enlarged, realizing improvement in refrigeration capacity, and together therewith, the number of circulation systems for coolant fl... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5732569 | Adsorption type cooling apparatus, method of controlling cold output of same, and fin type adsorbent heat exchanger for use in the same This invention seeks to provide an adsorption type air cooler, which has high COP and is capable of stable operation for long time. In the prior art, when vapor coolant produced through heat exchange with load water in a coolant tank functioning as an eva... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5676202 | Heat exchanger In a heat exchanger according to the present invention, there are provided a filling container having a first containing section containing a hydrogen-absorbing metal material for middle or high temperature, a second containing section containing a hydrog... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5638696 | Absorption refrigeration system An improved absorption refrigeration system is shown which includes an evaporator which evaporates a refrigerant to form a refrigerant vapor by depriving a chill carrier fluid of its heat. An absorber section cycles between an absorption state in which th... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5598721 | Heating and air conditioning systems incorporating solid-vapor sorption reactors capable of high reaction rates A heating system incorporates one or more reactors containing a complex compound of a metal salt and a polar gas adsorbed thereon in which the volumetric expansion of the complex compound is restricted during adsorption and which reactors comprise one or ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5518069 | Sorption apparatus and method for cooling and heating Apparatus and method for storing and providing heat or cold whereby during a desorption phase, steam-like operating medium is desorbed as a result of a temperature increase of sorption medium. The steam-like operating medium condenses in an operating medi... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5419156 | Regenerative sorption compressor assembly A regenerative sorption compressor assembly for use in a sorption compressor/refrigerator system. The regenerative sorption compressor assembly of the present invention comprises a series of sorption compressor elements connected to a flowing loop of heat... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5347830 | Adsorption cooling apparatus An adsorption cooling apparatus includes a hermetically sealed cylindrical capsule that contains a first thermal medium, a moisture absorber on its first side and an adsorbent on its second side. The capsule reciprocatively moves and slidably contacts wit... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5343717 | Refrigerator with intermittently working sorption refrigerating apparatus A refrigerator is provided with a refrigerating unit in the form of an apparatus having at least one pair of containers, where each pair includes a first and a second container (18 and 20, respectively) communicating with each other through a pipe (22). E... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5335519 | Plant for producing cold by solid/gas reaction, reactor comprising means of cooling A cooling plant bringing into play a reaction between a solid and a gas, comprises at least two solid-containing reactors connected to an evaporator and a condensor by means of tubes in which the gas flows. Means are provided for cooling the reactor. Said... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5272891 | Intermittent sorption cycle with integral thermosyphon Intermittent sorption cycles with fixed heat supply and removal and comprised of a generator/absorber (4), a condenser (2), and a receiver/evaporator (10) are adapted and simplified so as to require at most only two control valves (8) and (15) for their o... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5057132 | Device for producing cold and/or heat by a solid-gas reaction Device for producing cold and/or heat by a solid gas reaction comprising a first and a second reactor each of which contains a salt capable of reacting by absorption with a gas by an exothermic reaction, the first reactor being in communication in a first... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4993234 | Solar collector absorption cooling system A solar collector absorption cooling system with a primary cooling circuit the evaporator (1) of which is connected with absorber ducts (26) in an absorber formed as a solar collector (12), said absorber ducts (26) including a coolant absorbing compound f... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4877080 | Process and apparatus for cooling a fluid A cooling process and apparatus which utilizes the lower water vapor pressure above a fluid such as water-salt solutions of, for example, calcium chloride, lithium chloride, lithium bromide or mixtures thereof. Heat is then removed from the fluid by indir... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4823864 | Chemical energy storage system A system for storing chemical energy comprises first and second vessels, the first containing a liquid solution of an alkali or alkaline earth metal hydroxide, halide, or thiocyanate, or ammonium halide or thiocynate at an initial concentration of between... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4574874 | Chemisorption air conditioner A chemisorption thermal system provides a cooling output by revolving an array of thermal elements through heat sink and heat source temperature zones defined within a cylindrical housing. Each thermal element is an enclosed elongated body having an absor... | 03/11/1986 |
