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US 10,041,701 B1Granted
Heating and cooling devices, systems and related method
AssigneeNational Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
InventorsJeffrey P. Koplow, Harumichi Arthur Kariya, Wayne Lawrence Staats, Jr.
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Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to devices, systems, and methods for cooling and/or heating a medium as well as cooling and/or heating an environment containing the medium. More specifically, at least one embodiment includes a heat pump that may heat and/or cool a medium and, in some instances, may transfer heat from one location to another location.
Claims24
A heat pump, comprising:
- a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant;
- a hot-side heat exchanger comprising hot-side blades, each of the hot-side blades of the hot-side heat exchanger comprises one or more hot-side blade channels, the hot-side heat exchanger operably connected to the compressor and configured to receive the refrigerant from the compressor, the refrigerant received from the compressor being compressed, and the refrigerant received from the compressor flows through at least one of the one or more hot-side blade channels of at least one of the hot-side blades of the hot-side heat exchanger;
- a pressure-reduction device connected to the hot-side heat exchanger and configured to receive the refrigerant from the hot-side heat exchanger;
- a cold-side heat exchanger comprising cold-side blades, each of the cold-side blades of the cold-side heat exchanger comprises one or more cold-side blade channels, the cold-side heat exchanger operably connected to the pressure-reduction device and configured to receive the refrigerant from the pressure-reduction device, the refrigerant received from the pressure-reduction device flows through at least one of the one or more cold-side blade channels of at least one of the cold-side blades of the cold-side heat exchanger, the cold-side heat exchanger further comprises:
- a first channel in fluid communication with the pressure-reduction device;
- and
- a second channel, the second channel being radially spaced farther from a rotation axis of the cold-side heat exchanger as compared to the first channel;
- wherein at least a subset of the cold-side blades of the cold-side heat exchanger extend between the first channel and the second channel, and wherein one or more of the cold-side blade channels of the cold-side blades of the cold-side heat exchanger in the subset provide fluid communication between the first channel and the second channel;
- and
- wherein one or more of the hot-side heat exchanger or the cold-side heat exchanger is rotatable.
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A heat pump, comprising:
- a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant;
- a hot-side heat exchanger including hot-side blades each having one or more hot-side blade channels, the hot-side heat exchanger being operably connected to the compressor and configured to receive the refrigerant from the compressor in at least some of the one or more hot-side blade channels of the hot-side blades;
- a cold-side heat exchanger including cold-side blades each having one or more cold-side blade channels, the cold-side heat exchanger being operably connected to the hot-side heat exchanger and configured to receive the refrigerant from the hot-side heat exchanger in at least some of the one or more cold-side blade channels of the cold-side blades, the cold-side heat exchanger further comprises:
- a first channel in fluid communication with the hot-side heat exchanger;
- and
- a second channel, the second channel being radially spaced farther from a rotation axis of the cold-side heat exchanger as compared to the first channel;
- wherein at least a subset of the cold-side blades of the cold-side heat exchanger extend between the first channel and the second channel, and wherein one or more of the cold-side blade channels of the cold-side blades of the cold-side heat exchanger in the subset provide fluid communication between the first channel and the second channel;
- and
- wherein one or more of the hot-side heat exchanger or the cold-side heat exchanger is rotatable.
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A heat pump, comprising:
- a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant;
- a hot-side heat exchanger including hot-side blades each having one or more hot-side blade channels, the hot-side heat exchanger being operably connected to the compressor and configured to receive the refrigerant from the compressor in at least some of the one or more hot-side blade channels of the hot-side blades, the hot-side heat exchanger further comprises:
- a first cylindrical channel in fluid communication with the compressor;
- a second cylindrical channel, the second cylindrical channel being radially spaced farther from a rotation axis of the hot-side heat exchanger as compared to the first channel;
- wherein a first subset of the hot-side blades of the hot-side heat exchanger extend between the first cylindrical channel and the second cylindrical channel, and wherein the one or more hot-side blade channels of the hot-side blades of the hot-side heat exchanger in the first subset provide fluid communication between the first cylindrical channel and the second cylindrical channel;
- and;
- a cold-side heat exchanger including cold-side blades each having one or more cold-side blade channels, the cold-side heat exchanger being operably connected to the hot-side heat exchanger and configured to receive the refrigerant from the hot-side heat exchanger in at least some of the one or more cold-side blade channels of the cold-side blades;
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- wherein one or more of the hot-side heat exchanger or the cold-side heat exchanger is rotatable.
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