Vortex chamber generator for absorption heat pump and system using same
OwnerSoloman S. Finebluminventor
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The generator of an absortion heat pump is consructed in the form of a vortex chamber. The absorbent liquid solution, with a high concentration of refrigerant, is tangentially injected into a vortex chamber wherein the rotational velocity is significantly increased toward the center by reason of the conservative of rotational momentum, and as a result, pressure within the central portion of the vortex chamber is reduced such that the solution at a lower temperature than normally required in conventional absorption heat pump generators. The evolved swirling refrigerant vapor will rise and leave the first vortex chamber through a central opening to flow, in one chamber which is directly above the first vortex chamber. The swirling refrigerant vapor within the upper vortex chamber will be centrifugally decelerated and partially pressurized after which the vapor is directed to flow toward the heat pump condenser while the liquid absorbent, now with a greatly reduced refrigerant concentration, will leave from the lower vortex chamber through the tangential outlet toward the absorber or a heat recovery heat exchanger. As a result, an absorption heat pump can be energized by lower temperature waste heat energy sources.
An absorption heat pump system, comprising a generator means, a heating means, a condenser means, an pressure reducing means, an evaporator means, an absorber means, a pumping means, said elements so arranged and so fluid flow connected by tubes and connections, that a refrigerant rich solution is pumped into said generator means and heated by said heating means whereby refrigerant vapor is evolved, after which the refrigerant vapor is conducted into said condenser means wherein said refrigerant in condensed and from whence liquid refrigerant flows through said pressure reduction means and evaporates within said evaporator means after which the refrigerant vapor flows into said absorber wherein the vapor is absorbed into refrigerant depicted solution which is thereby enriched prior to being pumped by said pumping means into said generator wherein refrigerant each solution is heated and deprived of a portion of refrigerant and, as refrigerant poor solution, is returned to said absorber as in conventional absorption heat pump systems, the improvement comprising said generator being in the form of a vortex chamber, said vortex chamber generator comprising a tangential inlet, a central outlet and a tangential outlet, said elements are no arranged that refrigerant rich solution enters said vortex chamber through said tangential inlet and is accelerated at constant rotational momentum with a concomitant pressure reduction below the vapor pressure of the refrigerant fraction of said refrigerant rich solution, said refrigerant traction being the most volatile portion of said solution, such that a portion of said refrigerant evolves from said refrigerant rich solution in the form of refrigerant vapor which, being lighter, floats upward and out of said vortex chamber through said central outlet and toward said condensation means as in conventional systems while refrigerant depicted solution flows out of tangential outlet toward said absorption means whereby the generation of refrigerant vapor in an absorption heat pump system occurs at a lower temperature as desired.
An absorption heat pump system, comprising a generator means, a heating means, a condenser means, an pressure reducing means, an evaporator means, an absorber means, a pumping means, said elements so arranged and so fluid flow connected by tubes and connections, that a refrigerant rich solution is pumped into said generator means and heated by said heating means whereby refrigerant vapor is evolved, after which the refrigerant vapor is conducted into said condenser means wherein said refrigerant is condensed and from whence liquid refrigerant flows through said pressure reduction means and evaporates within said evaporator means after which the refrigerant vapor flows into said absorber wherein the vapor is absorbed into the refrigerant depicted solution which is thereby enriched prior to being pumped by said pumping means into said generator wherein refrigerant rich solution is deprived of a portion of refrigerant and, as refrigerant poor solution, it is returned to said absorber as in conventional absorption heat pump systems, the improvement comprising said generator being in the form of a double chamber vortex generator, said vortex chamber generator comprising a lower vortex chamber and an upper camber, said lower vortex chamber having a tangential inlet, a central outlet and a tangential outlet, said upper vortex chamber having a central inlet and a peripheral outlet in the upper portion of said upper chamber, said elements are so arranged that refrigerant rich solution enters said lower vortex chamber through said tangential inlet and is accelerated at constant rotational momentum with a concomitant pressure reduction below the vapor pressure of the refrigerant fraction of said refrigerant solution, said refrigerant fraction being the most volatile portion of said solution, such that a portion of said refrigerant evolves from said refrigerant rich solution in the form of refrigerant vapor at a reduced temperature, and which, being lighter, flown inward and floats upward and out of said lower vortex chamber through said central outlet and into said central inlet of said upper vortex chamber wherein vapor flows outward and decelerates with a conservation of rotational momentum with concomitant recovery of some of the original pressure prior to flowing out through said peripheral outlet toward said condensation means as in conventional systems while refrigerant depleted solution flows out of tangential outlet of said lower vortex chamber toward said absorption means whereby the generation of refrigerant vapor in an absorption heat pump occurs at a lower temperature as desired.
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