Pumps, air conditioning systems, and methods for extracting heat
AssigneeTaiwan Happy Energy Co., Ltd.
InventorChih Hung WANG
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Abstract
A method for extracting heat includes: during a first period: opening a first passage between a first chamber and a third chamber to compress gas in the third chamber; and opening a second passage between a second chamber and a fourth chamber to decompress gas in the fourth chamber. The method further includes during a second period following the first period: closing the first passage and the second passage; enabling a gas flow into the first chamber, the gas flow comprising gas having a first temperature; and outputting gas having a temperature that is lower than the first temperature of the gas in the second chamber.
Claims20
A pump, comprising:
- a first chamber containing a working fluid and providing a first space, the first space being above at least a portion of the working fluid that is within the first chamber;
- an input passage coupled to the first chamber and configured to provide gas having a first temperature;
- a second chamber coupled with the first chamber, the working fluid flowable between the first chamber and the second chamber via at least one first flow passage between the first chamber and the second chamber, the second chamber providing a second space, the second space being above at least a portion of the working fluid that is within the second chamber;
- a first output passage coupled to the second chamber and configured to output the gas having a second temperature, the second temperature being lower than the first temperature;
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- a control device coupled to the first chamber and the second chamber via one or more second flow passages, wherein the one or more second flow passages have a controllable gas flow between the first chamber and the control device or between the second chamber and the control device.
A method for extracting heat, comprising:
- during a first period:
- opening a first passage between a first chamber and a third chamber to compress gas in the third chamber;
- and
- opening a second passage between a second chamber and a fourth chamber to decompress gas in the fourth chamber;
- and
- during a second period following the first period:
- closing the first passage and the second passage;
- enabling a gas flow into the first chamber, the gas flow comprising gas having a first temperature;
- and
- outputting gas having a temperature that is lower than the first temperature of the gas in the second chamber.
An air conditioning system, comprising:
- a first chamber and a second chamber coupled with each other, a working fluid being flowable between the first chamber and the second chamber via at least one first flow passage between the first chamber and the second chamber;
- a control device coupled to the first chamber and the second chamber via one or more second flow passages having a controllable gas flow between the first chamber and the control device or between the second chamber and the control device;
- an input passage configured to provide gas having a first temperature;
- and
- a first output passage configured to output gas having a second temperature, the second temperature being lower than the first temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.