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Absorption heat pump absorber unit and absorption method

US4127009A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 12, 1977
Grant dateNov 28, 1978
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Expiry dateMay 12, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B30/62
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An absorber unit for an absorption heat pump including a housing defining an interior absorption space and having first and second ends, a first inlet adjacent to the first end, a second inlet and an outlet adjacent to the second end, a plurality of heat exchange elements forming a plurality of pathway portions in heat exchange relation with the interior absorption space and within the absorber housing, with some of the plurality of pathway portions being joinable into a first pathway for conducting a coolant and the remainder of the plurality of pathway portions being joinable into a second pathway for conducting rich liquor; the second pathway communicating with the outlet and the central absorption space being divided by the pathway portions into a plurality of absorption zones having a large surface area for efficient absorption and heat exchange.

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