Chemical heat pump
Abstract
A chemical heat pump system is disclosed for use in heating and cooling structures such as residences or commercial buildings. The system is particularly adapted to utilizing solar energy, but also increases the efficiency of other forms of thermal energy when solar energy is not available. When solar energy is not available for relatively short periods of time, the heat storage capacity of the chemical heat pump is utilized to heat the structure, as during nighttime hours. The design also permits home heating from solar energy when the sun is shining. The entire system may be conveniently rooftop located. In order to facilitate intallation on existing structures, the absorber and vaporizer portions of the system may each be designed as flat, thin wall, thin pan vessels which materially increase the surface area available for heat transfer. In addition, this thin, flat configuration of the absorber and its thin walled (and therefore relatively flexible) construction permits substantial expansion and contraction of the absorber material during vaporization and absorption without generating voids which would interfere with heat transfer.
- Inventors:
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- 2853-A Hickory Pl., Costa Mesa, CA 92626
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Chemical Energy Specialists, Costa Mesa, CA (USA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 864940
- Patent Number(s):
- 4441484
- Assignee:
- Greiner; Leonard (2853-A Hickory Pl., Costa Mesa, CA 92626)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F24 - HEATING F24D - DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F24 - HEATING F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-03-1332
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- chemical; heat; pump; disclosed; heating; cooling; structures; residences; commercial; buildings; particularly; adapted; utilizing; solar; energy; increases; efficiency; forms; thermal; available; relatively; periods; time; storage; capacity; utilized; structure; nighttime; hours; design; permits; home; sun; shining; entire; conveniently; rooftop; located; facilitate; intallation; existing; absorber; vaporizer; portions; designed; flat; wall; pan; vessels; materially; increase; surface; transfer; addition; configuration; walled; flexible; construction; substantial; expansion; contraction; material; vaporization; absorption; generating; voids; interfere; utilizing solar; substantial expansion; permits substantial; relatively flexible; pan vessels; permits home; commercial buildings; rooftop located; nighttime hours; materially increase; flat configuration; existing structures; vaporizer portions; chemical heat; heat storage; particularly adapted; heat pump; heat transfer; thermal energy; solar energy; absorber material; storage capacity; construction permits; generating voids; cooling structures; conveniently rooftop; home heating; sorber material; cooling structure; utilizing sol; /126/
Citation Formats
Greiner, Leonard. Chemical heat pump. United States: N. p., 1984.
Web.
Greiner, Leonard. Chemical heat pump. United States.
Greiner, Leonard. Sun .
"Chemical heat pump". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/864940.
@article{osti_864940,
title = {Chemical heat pump},
author = {Greiner, Leonard},
abstractNote = {A chemical heat pump system is disclosed for use in heating and cooling structures such as residences or commercial buildings. The system is particularly adapted to utilizing solar energy, but also increases the efficiency of other forms of thermal energy when solar energy is not available. When solar energy is not available for relatively short periods of time, the heat storage capacity of the chemical heat pump is utilized to heat the structure, as during nighttime hours. The design also permits home heating from solar energy when the sun is shining. The entire system may be conveniently rooftop located. In order to facilitate intallation on existing structures, the absorber and vaporizer portions of the system may each be designed as flat, thin wall, thin pan vessels which materially increase the surface area available for heat transfer. In addition, this thin, flat configuration of the absorber and its thin walled (and therefore relatively flexible) construction permits substantial expansion and contraction of the absorber material during vaporization and absorption without generating voids which would interfere with heat transfer.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984}
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