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Title: Adsorption cooling system using metal organic frameworks

Abstract

An adsorptive cooling system includes two highly adsorptive structures positioned to receive thermal energy from a thermal energy source, each highly adsorptive structure includes a substrate and a metal-organic framework (MOF) coupled to the respective substrate and adapted for adsorbing and desorbing a refrigerant under predetermined thermodynamic conditions. The adsorptive cooling system includes a cooling unit and a circulation system adapted for circulating the refrigerant from one of the highly adsorptive structures to the cooling unit to provide cooling from the thermal energy source and to return the refrigerant from the cooling unit to the same or other highly adsorptive structure. Each substrate may include a plurality of microchannels, providing ingress and egress paths for a refrigerant, defined by grooves in a surface of the substrate nearest the MOF and/or surfaces of a plurality of microcapillaries of the substrate. The microchannels provide ingress and egress paths for a refrigerant.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1998531
Patent Number(s):
11686508
Application Number:
17/035,206
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F25 - REFRIGERATION OR COOLING F25B - REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02A - TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 09/28/2020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Baumann, Theodore F., Satcher, Jr., Joe H., and Farmer, Joseph C. Adsorption cooling system using metal organic frameworks. United States: N. p., 2023. Web.
Baumann, Theodore F., Satcher, Jr., Joe H., & Farmer, Joseph C. Adsorption cooling system using metal organic frameworks. United States.
Baumann, Theodore F., Satcher, Jr., Joe H., and Farmer, Joseph C. Tue . "Adsorption cooling system using metal organic frameworks". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1998531.
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