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Heat pump installation operating from a cold source constituted by a turbid or corrosive solution

US4472948A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 19, 1982
Grant dateSep 25, 1984
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Expiry dateOct 19, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B30/52
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Heat pump installation operating from a cold source (A) formed of a turbid or corrosive solution, having at least one evaporator (4, 5, 6), a compressor (7), a condenser (8), a fluid cycle, with the condenser being cooled by a heating fluid, comprising expansion and evaporation means (1, 2, 3) at least partially from said solution of the cold source, and wherein the produced vapor is then directed toward the evaporator (4, 5, 6) where it condenses. The invention is particularly useful for heating from calories in geothermic water.

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