Spacecraft adsorption thermal storage device using a vapor compression heat pump
US5142884A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 1, 1991 |
| Grant date | Sep 1, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2011 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25B2400/16
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A vapor compression heat pump system and method employs thermal storage for adsorption of excess refrigerant under peak thermal load conditions, particularly for spacecraft use. The system can utilize a single compressor and optionally the adsorption bed in a radiator or dual compressors in which one compressor can always handle the base load and the other compressor is used for peak loads and for desorbing and cooling the adsorption bed.
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