High efficiency Malone compressor

Abstract

A high efficiency compressor and heat exchange assembly adapted for utilization in air-conditioning/refrigeration systems. The assembly includes an electromechanical compressor instead of a traditional mechanical compressor, to effect compression and displacement of a working fluid in a thermodynamic cycle. The use of a electromechanical compressor permits employment of the Malone (liquid) thermodynamic cycle which has an intrinsically higher efficiency than the conventional Gifford-McMahon thermodynamic cycle. The assembly incorporates heat exchange disks which enclose a chamber for the working fluid. A densely perforated regenerator is centered in the chamber for absorbing and returning heat to the working fluid during the thermodynamic cycle. Ducts, in fluid communication with the heat exchange disks, define circuits for the flow of heat exchange fluid.

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