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Title: Absorption-heat-pump system

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6456056

An improvement in an absorption heat pump cycle is obtained by adding adiabatic absorption and desorption steps to the absorber and desorber of the system. The adiabatic processes make it possible to obtain the highest temperature in the absorber before any heat is removed from it and the lowest temperature in the desorber before heat is added to it, allowing for efficient utilization of the thermodynamic availability of the heat supply stream. The improved system can operate with a larger difference between high and low working fluid concentrations, less circulation losses, and more efficient heat exchange than a conventional system.

DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-26
Assignee:
EDB-83-075889
Application Number:
ON: DE83010510
OSTI ID:
6456056
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English