Rotary thermodynamic apparatus and method
OwnerFrederick W. Kantorinventor
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Abstract
Rotary thermodynamic compression and refrigeration apparatus and methods in which the mechanical impedance and/or thermodynamic impedance of the system are controlled in order to obtain stable operation. By controlling these impedances, the overall pressure drop of the fluid flow in the system is made to increase with increasing fluid flow rate, thus ensuring stable operation.
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An absorptive rotary inertial thermodynamic compressor comprising, in combination, a rotor, means for admitting a gas into said rotor, a quantity of absorbent liquid in said rotor for absorbing said gas, an absorbing chamber for containing some of said liquid and for causing said incoming gas to be absorbed into said liquid, a heating chamber located radially outwardly from said absorbing chamber, first conduit means for conducting liquid from said absorbing chamber to said heating chamber, a separation chamber located radially inwardly from said heating chamber, second conduit means for conducting fluids from said heating chamber to said separating chamber, said separating chamber having a compressed gas outlet and a liquid outlet, said liquid outlet being located radially outwardly from said gas outlet, and third conduit means connecting said liquid outlet to said absorbing chamber.
In an absorptive rotary inertial thermodynamic device including an absorber chamber in which a gas is absorbed in an absorbent liquid, a separator chamber having means for conducting heat into a liquid in said chamber to drive said gas out of said liquid, means for pumping said liquid through a closed circuit path including said absorber and separator chambers, and means for conducting from said absorber chamber to said separator chamber heat developed by the absorption of said gas in said liquid.
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