Acclimatized liquid powered dual circuit heat pump
AssigneeHeat Source Energy Corp.
InventorKeith Sterling Johnson
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Abstract
An example heat pump system includes a first circuit including a first refrigerant configured to cycle a non-mechanical liquid to high critical vapor fluid phase in a closed circuit from an evaporator to an outlet of a liquid pump and a second circuit comprising a second refrigerant. The second circuit is configured to extract thermal energy from the first circuit to produce a heated fluid and a cooled fluid. The first circuit and the second circuit are configured in a mechanical relationship for transferring energy from the first circuit to the second circuit via a phase change of the first refrigerant through a dual chambered heat pump, the first circuit including a non-mechanical phase liquid to high critical vapor fluid phase.
Claims20
A heat pump system comprising:
- a first circuit, including a first refrigerant, configured to cycle a non-mechanical liquid to high critical vapor fluid phase in a closed circuit from an evaporator to an outlet of a liquid pump;
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- a second circuit including a second refrigerant, wherein:
- the second circuit is configured to extract thermal energy from the first circuit to produce a heated fluid and a cooled fluid,
- the first circuit and the second circuit are configured in a mechanical relationship for transferring energy from the first circuit to the second circuit via a phase change of the first refrigerant through a dual-chambered heat pump,
- the first circuit includes the non-mechanical liquid phase to high critical vapor fluid phase cycle,
- the second circuit includes one or more vapor pumps,
- the one or more vapor pumps includes a linear motion piston pump,
- the one or more vapor pumps includes a discharge having about 325 psi and about 170° F.,
- the linear motion piston pump includes an integrated alternating pole DC piston motor having a piston and a stator,
- the piston includes neodymium magnets disposed thereon, and
- the stator includes copper windings embedded in a Teflon sleeve disposed in a chamber wall of the integrated alternating pole DC piston motor to produce electricity as parallel work to vapor compression performed by the linear motion piston pump.
A heat pump system comprising:
- a first circuit, including a first refrigerant, configured to cycle a non-mechanical liquid to high critical vapor fluid phase in a closed circuit from an evaporator to an outlet of a liquid pump;
- a second circuit including a second refrigerant, wherein:
- the second circuit is configured to extract thermal energy from the first circuit to produce a heated fluid and a cooled fluid,
- the first circuit and the second circuit are configured in a mechanical relationship for transferring energy from the first circuit to the second circuit via a phase change of the first refrigerant through a dual-chambered heat pump, and
- the first circuit includes the non-mechanical liquid phase to high critical vapor fluid phase cycle;
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- a heat exchanger, wherein:
- the heat exchanger includes a non-mechanical booster pump including a first configuration and a second configuration,
- the first configuration includes the non-mechanical booster pump as an evaporator adapted to absorb thermal energy from a structure in a cooling mode, and
- the second configuration includes the non-mechanical booster pump as a condenser adapted to supply thermal energy to the structure in a heating mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.