Chemically assisted mechanical refrigeration process
There is provided a chemically assisted mechanical refrigeration process including the steps of: mechanically compressing a refrigerant stream which includes vaporized refrigerant; contacting the refrigerant with a solvent in a mixer at a pressure sufficient to promote substantial dissolving of the refrigerant in the solvent in the mixer to form a refrigerant-solvent solution while concurrently placing the solution in heat exchange relation with a working medium to transfer energy to the working medium, said refrigerant-solvent solution exhibiting a negative deviation from Raoult's Law; reducing the pressure over the refrigerant-solvent solution in an evaporator to allow the refrigerant to vaporize and substantially separate from the solvent while concurrently placing the evolving refrigerant-solvent solution in heat exchange relation with a working medium to remove energy from the working medium to thereby form a refrigerant stream and a solvent stream; and passing the solvent and refrigerant stream from the evaporator. 5 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Dr. Arnold Vobach
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG46-81R612081
- Assignee:
- DSO; EDB-94-123682
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4707996; A
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 6-829412
- OSTI ID:
- 7152219
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 13 Feb 1986
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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