Gas concentration cells for utilizing energy

Patent · 01 January 1987

OSTI ID:866295

Salomon, Robert E ^[1]

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1. Philadelphia, PA

An apparatus and method for utilizing energy, in which the apparatus may be used for generating electricity or as a heat pump. When used as an electrical generator, two gas concentration cells are connected in a closed gas circuit. The first gas concentration cell is heated and generates electricity. The second gas concentration cell repressurizes the gas which travels between the cells. The electrical energy which is generated by the first cell drives the second cell as well as an electrical load. When used as a heat pump, two gas concentration cells are connected in a closed gas circuit. The first cell is supplied with electrical energy from a direct current source and releases heat. The second cell absorbs heat. The apparatus has no moving parts and thus approximates a heat engine.

• Research Organization: Temple University of Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Philadelphia, PA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG01-81CS15043
• Assignee: Temple University of Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Philadelphia, PA)
• Patent Number(s): US 4677038
• OSTI ID: 866295
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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