Process for producing heat by means of a heat pump operated with a fluid mixture as working agent and air as heat source

Patent · Tue Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6501007

Rojey, A

A heat pump is described whose working fluid, circulating through a closed loop comprising an evaporation zone, a compression zone, a condensation zone, and an expansion zone, consists of a nonazeotropic mixture of at least two separate fluids, said working fluid being in counter-current heat-exchange contact with a first external fluid used as heat source, and with a second external fluid used as heating fluid.

• Assignee: Institut Francais Du Petrole (France)
• Patent Number(s): US 4350020
• OSTI ID: 6501007
• Resource Relation: Patent Priority Date: Priority date 24 Jan 1980, France; Other Information: PAT-APPL-227844
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS
DESIGN
WORKING FLUIDS
MIXTURES
AZEOTROPE
COMPRESSION
COUNTER CURRENT
EVAPORATION
EXPANSION
HEAT EXCHANGERS
PRESSURE GRADIENTS
SPACE HEATING
VAPOR CONDENSATION
DISPERSIONS
FLUIDS
HEAT PUMPS
HEATING
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
320100* - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Buildings