Chemical heat pump

Patent · Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:6825038

Greiner, L

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 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 installation 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. The heat pump part of the system heats or cools a house or other structure through a combination of evaporation and absorption or, conversely, condensation and desorption, in a pair of containers. A set of automatic controls change the system for operation during winter and summer months and for daytime and nighttime operation to satisfactorily heat and cool a house during an entire year. The absorber chamber is subjected to solar heating during regeneration cycles and is covered by one or more layers of glass or other transparent material.

• Assignee: IFI; EDB-81-055310
• Patent Number(s): US 4224803
• OSTI ID: 6825038
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 7 Nov 1978
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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DESIGN
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HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
ROOFS
SOLAR ABSORBERS
AIR CONDITIONERS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
HEAT PUMPS
HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
140901* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling
320100 - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Buildings