Adsorption heat exchanger devices
US9821418B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 8, 2012 |
| Grant date | Nov 21, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/4935
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Adsorption heat exchanger devices (11, 25) are provided for use in solid sorption refrigeration systems (1) together with methods for making such devices and adsorbent structures therefor. The methods include applying a curable binder, in solution in a solvent, to granular adsorbent material, and then evaporating the solvent and curing the binder. The curable binder solution is sufficiently dilute that, during evaporation of the solvent, the binder becomes concentrated around contact points between granules (18) of the adsorbent material whereby localized bonds (19) are formed around the contact points on curing of the binder.
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