Plant for producing cold, heat and/or work
US8794003B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2009 |
| Grant date | Aug 5, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 3, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF01K25/08
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A plant for the producing of cold, heat and/or work. The plant includes at least one modified Carnot machine having a first assembly that includes an evaporator Evap combined with a heat source, a condenser Cond combined with a heat sink, a device DPD for pressurizing or expanding a working fluid GT, a means for transferring said working fluid GT between the condenser Cond and DPD, and between the evaporator Evap and DPD; a second assembly that includes two transfer vessels CT and CT′ that contain a transfer liquid LT and the working fluid GT in the form of liquid and/or vapor; a means for selectively transferring the working fluid GT between the condenser Cond and each of the transfer vessels CT and CT′, as well as between the evaporator Evap and each of the transfer enclosures CT and CT′; and a means for selectively transferring the liquid LT between the transfer vessels CT and CT′ and the compression or expansion device DPD, said means including at eat hydraulic converter.
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