Title: Heat pump

Abstract: A heat pump providing semi-continuous or substantially continuous refrigeration and/or heating in which liquid working fluid in a vaporizer vaporizes at a low pressure by extracting heat from a cold heat source and the vapors are adsorbed in at least one solid adsorbent body. The adsorbent is subsequently heated to desorb vapors at a high pressure, and the vapors condense by giving up heat to a heat sink at a relatively high temperature. The condensed liquid is returned via pressure-reducing means to the vaporizer, and the adsorbent body is cooled. There may be several adsorbent bodies undergoing heating and cooling out of phase with each other.

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Inventors: Bouvin, Jacques (St. Martin-du-Vivier, FR)
Jahan, Christian C. (Bois-Guillaume, FR)

Application Number: 868047
Filing Date: 1978-01-09
Publication_date: 1980-01-15
Assignee: Exxon Research & Engineering Co. (Florham Park, NJ)
Primary Class(es): 62/480 62/490
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US Patent Ref:

1833901	Dec, 1931	Hull	62/490.
1904024	Apr, 1933	Wright	62/480.
1943968	Jan, 1934	Hulse	62/480.
2088276	Jul, 1937	Nesselmann et al.	62/480.
2293556	Aug, 1942	Newton	62/480.
3828566	Aug, 1974	Wetzel	62/480.

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Primary Examiner: King, Lloyd L.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Dvorak; Joseph J.