Steam powered heating/cooling systems
US4665709A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 11, 1985 |
| Grant date | May 19, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02B30/62
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Improvements in heating and cooling systems which are steam powered, the (winter) heating system utilizing a steam/liquid heat exchanger and the (summer) cooling system utilizing a steam powered absorption machine; methods of and apparatus for substantially improving a steam powered heating system conventionally having a boiler, a heat source for the boiler, a steam/liquid heat exchanger, a steam trap for the heat exchanger, a condensate tank with a vent line to atmosphere and work to be heated; methods of and apparatus for substantially improving a steam powered cooling system conventionally having a boiler, a heat source for said boiler an absorption machine having a generator section and an absorption section, a steam trap for the generator section of the absorption machine, a condensate tank with a vent line to atmosphere and work to be heated; methods of and apparatus for markedly increasing energy efficiency and efficient functional capacity in the heating and/or cooling systems in question.
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