Thermochemical heat pump and method for redistributing heat energy with variable power
OwnerJean-Emmanuel FAUREinventor
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The invention relates to a thermochemical heat pump comprising a solvent evaporator (26), an evaporator exchanger (49) thermally associated with a hot source (27), a reaction device (29) comprising a solvent vapour inlet, at least one source of a saline composition containing at least one salt that is soluble in said solvent, at least one cooling exchanger (81) thermally associated with a cold source. The reaction device (29) comprises at least one condensation reactor (52) comprising a solution inlet connected to said cooling exchanger, a solution outlet connected to said cooling exchanger, at least one injection of saline composition between the outlet and the inlet of the condensation reactor (52), and a device for adjusting the mass flow of each salt introduced into the liquid solution by this injection.
1/ Thermochemical heat pump comprising:
2/ Thermochemical heat pump according to claim 1, wherein said pump comprises, as a source of saline composition, at least one solubilization reactor suitable for enabling the solubilization of at least one solid salt of said saline composition in an unsaturated liquid solution of said liquid solvent, this solubilization reactor comprising at least one outlet delivering a flow of concentrated liquid solution forming said saline composition.
3/ Thermochemical heat pump according to claim 1, wherein at least one injection of saline composition is connected to at least one outlet of a condensation reactor.
4/ Thermochemical heat pump according to claim 2, wherein said injection of saline composition is formed by an injection pipe connecting at least one outlet of a solubilization reactor to a pipe, named common pipe, connected to said liquid solution outlet of a condensation reactor.
5/ Thermochemical heat pump according to claim 4, wherein said common pipe comprises a pump downstream of said injection of saline composition.
6/ Thermochemical heat pump according to claim 4, wherein at least one solubilization reactor comprises an unsaturated liquid solution inlet connected via a feed pipe to said common pipe, said feed pipe comprising a controlled valve for adjusting the flow of unsaturated liquid solution delivered to this inlet of the solubilization reactor.
7/ Thermochemical heat pump according to claim 5, wherein the feed pipe of the solubilization reactor is connected to the common pipe downstream of said pump.
8/ Thermochemical heat pump according to claim 6, wherein the pump comprises a temperature sensor for said cold liquid solution at the outlet of each cooling exchanger and in that the adjustment device is suitable for locking the flow delivered by the controlled valve of the feed pipe of at least one solubilization reactor as a function of the temperature of said cold liquid solution measured by at least one such temperature sensor.
9/ Thermochemical heat pump according to claim 4, wherein the common is connected to the hot liquid solution inlet of each cooling exchanger via a recirculation pipe comprising a controlled valve for adjusting the flow of hot liquid solution delivered to this cooling exchanger, and thus the flow of cold liquid solution delivered to the inlet of each condensation reactor connected to the liquid solution outlet of this cooling exchanger.
10/ Thermochemical heat pump according to claim 5, said recirculation pipe is connected to the common pipe downstream of said pump.
11/ Thermochemical heat pump according to claim 1, wherein each evaporator, the reaction device (29), each pipe in which vapour circulates and each pipe in which a liquid solution circulates are at negative pressure under vacuum of intermediary gases.
12/ Thermochemical heat pump according to claim 1, wherein said volatile liquid solvent is water and in that said saline composition comprises at least one salt chosen from the group formed from ZnCl2, NaOH, LiBr, ZnBr2, KOH, LiCl, CaBr2, LiI, CaCl2, MgCl2, NaI, Ca(NO3)2, Mg(NO3)2, NaBr, NH4NO3, KI, SrCl2, NaNO3, NaCl, KCH3CO2, K2CO3, MnCl2, NaNO2.
13/ Process for redistributing thermochemically stored heat energy, comprising:
14/ Process according to claim 13, wherein said adjustment comprises locking of the mass flow on at least one measured temperature.
15/ Process according to either of claim 13, wherein said saline composition is formed by solubilization of at least one solid salt in a fraction of the flow of liquid solution comprising the liquid solution delivered by at least one condensation reactor.