Refrigeration cycle operatable by low thermal potential energy sources
Patent 4593538 Issued on June 10, 1986. Estimated Expiration Date: 
September 21, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
September 21, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 2184726 2241624 2354884 2543789 3247678 3257818 3264835 Direct contact heat transfer system using magnetic fluids Absorption pairs of 1-chloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane and furan-derivatives Process for producing cold and/or heat by use of an absorption cycle with carbon dioxide as working fluid InventorsApplicationNo. 06/653080 filed on 09/21/1984US Classes:62/490, Inert gas62/112Utilizing particular refrigerant and/or sorbent materialsExaminersPrimary: King, Roy V.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesF25B 15/02 (20060101)F25B 15/10 (20060101) AbstractThe invention provides an absorption-refrigeration system including:generator means in which the vapor of a volatile refrigerant, dissolved in n absorbent, is driven off the absorbent by heat exchange with a source of thermal energy;condenser means in which the refrigerant vapor is turned into liquid refrigerant;evaporator means in which the liquid refrigerant is turned into refrigerant vapor by heat exchange with the substance to be refrigerated, andabsorber means in which the refrigerant vapor is redissolved in the absorbent to be recycled,characterized in that the refrigerant is selected from the group of fluoro-and fluoro-chloro-hydrocarbons, that the absorbent is an organic polar solvent possessing a strong chemical affinity with respect to the refrigerant, and that at least one of the heat exchanges involves direct contact between the partners to the heat exchange, which partners are mutually non-reactive and non-miscible. | |
