Heat pump
OwnerAnand J. Apteinventor
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Abstract
A single working fluid heat pump system having a turbocompressor with a first fluid input for the turbine and a second fluid input for the compressor, and a single output volute or mixing chamber for combining the working fluid output flows of the turbine and the compressor. The system provides for higher efficiency than single fluid systems whose turbine and compressor are provided with separate output volutes.
Claims7
In a single working fluid heat pump system having a first subsystem with means for heating the fluid from a liquid to a vapor under pressure and a fluid motor driven by expansion of said vapor, a second subsystem with means for evaporating said fluid from a liquid to vapor and a compressor driven by said motor for compressing the fluid vapor from said evaporating means, and a condenser common to both subsystems for condensing the combined expanded fluid vapor output of said motor and the compressed fluid vapor output of said compressor to a liquid, the improvement wherein said motor and compressor are combined in a single integrated unit having one input to said motor, another input to said compressor, and a single output chamber therefor for mixing the expanded motor driving vapor with the compressed compressor vapor.
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