Absorption heat pump system

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:865075

Grossman, Gershon ^[1]; Perez-Blanco, Horacio ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge, TN
2. Knoxville, TN

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.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4458500
• OSTI ID: 865075
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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