Method and apparatus for transferring energy and mass
OwnerUwe Rockenfellerinventor
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Abstract
Energy and mass are transferred in a system utilizing a gaseous refrigerant which is mixed and sorbed (absorbed/adsorbed) with a liquid carrier selected from the group consisting of long chain alcohols, ethers, glycols, glycol ethers, sebecates, phthalates, aldehydes and ketones, the sorbate/liquid mixture then combined with a particulate solid capable of forming a solid/gas compound with the gaseous refrigerant. The process is carried out in a mass and heat exchange apparatus capable of collecting and transferring the energy created by the formation or dissociation of the solid/gas compound.
Claims22
Method of transferring and recovering energy comprising
- (a) forming a slurry of a liquid selected from the group consisting of long chain alcohols, ethers, glycols, glycol ethers, sebecates, phthalates, aldehydes and ketones and a solid sorbate which does not dissolve in said liquid and is capable of forming a solid/gas compound with a gaseous refrigerant,
- (b) mixing said gaseous refrigerant with said slurry whereby said gas forms a solid/gas compound with said solid sorbate, and
- (c) exposing the slurry mixture of step (b) to a heat exchange surface whereby the energy from the formation of said solid/gas compound is transferred to said heat exchange surface.
Method of transferring and recovering energy comprising:
- (a) sorbing a gas refrigerant in a liquid selected from the group consisting of long chain alcohols, ethers, glycols, glycol ethers, sebecates, phthalates, aldehydes and ketones to form a sorbate/liquid composition,
- (b) mixing said sorbate/liquid composition with a particulate solid sorbent material capable of forming a sorption composition with said refrigerant in the presence of said liquid and forming said sorption composition, and
- (c) exposing the sorbate/liquid composition and sorption composition mixture of step (b) to a heat exchange surface wherein the energy resulting from said formation of said sorption composition is transferred to said heat exchange surface and recovered therefrom.
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