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US 9,829,225 B2Granted
Module for a heat pump
AssigneesMahle Behr GmbH & Co. KG, Mahle International GmbH
InventorsThomas Schiehlen, Steffen Thiele, Thomas Wolff, Eberhard Zwittig, Hans-Heinrich Angermann, Roland Burk, Holger Schroth, Stefan Felber, Steffen Brunner
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Abstract
The invention relates to a module for a heat pump, comprising an adsorption-desorption region, wherein in the region a bundle of pipes through which fluid can flow is arranged and a housing encloses the pipe bundle and a movable working medium in a sealing manner, wherein a supporting structure forms a mechanical support of a wall of the housing against the action of an external pressure.
Claims23
A module for a heat pump, comprising:
- a housing;
- an adsorption/desorption region, wherein in the adsorption/desorption region, a bundle of tubes through which fluid can flow is arranged;
- a supporting structure that forms a mechanical support for a wall of the housing against an action of an external pressure;
- a first tube sheet having first rim holes that each retain a first end of respective tubes of the bundle of tubes;
- and
- a second tube sheet having second rim holes that each retain a second end of the respective tubes of the bundle of tubes,
- wherein the housing encloses the bundle of tubes and a movable working medium in a sealing manner, and
- wherein the supporting structure is arranged parallel to a longitudinal extent of the bundle of tubes, the longitudinal extent of the bundle of tubes being a direction from the first end of the respective tubes to the second end of the respective tubes, such that the supporting structure extends from the first tube sheet to the second tube sheet.
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A module for a heat pump, comprising:
- a housing;
- an adsorption/desorption region, wherein in the adsorption/desorption region, a bundle of tubes through which fluid can flow is arranged;
- and
- a supporting structure that forms a mechanical support for a wall of the housing against an action of an external pressure,
- wherein the housing encloses the bundle of tubes and a movable working medium in a sealing manner, and
- wherein the supporting structure is arranged parallel to a longitudinal extent of the bundle of tubes,
- the module further comprising an adsorber structure comprising:
- an adsorbent, wherein the working medium can be adsorbed and desorbed on the adsorbent, and the adsorbent is thermally connected to at least one tube of the bundle of tubes in the adsorption/desorption region,
- wherein the adsorbent is formed as at least one shaped body which directly adjoins a tube wall of the at least one tube of the bundle of tubes,
- wherein the at least one shaped body is a plate-shaped body, and
- wherein an upper surface of the plate-shaped body has first recesses that form steam ducts and a lower surface of the plate-shaped body has second recesses that form predetermined breaking points.
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A module for a heat pump, comprising:
- a housing;
- an adsorption/desorption region, wherein in the adsorption/desorption region, a bundle of tubes through which fluid can flow is arranged;
- and
- a supporting structure that forms a mechanical support for a wall of the housing against an action of an external pressure,
- wherein the housing encloses the bundle of tubes and a movable working medium in a sealing manner, and
- wherein the supporting structure is arranged parallel to a longitudinal extent of the bundle of tubes
- the module further comprising an adsorber structure comprising:
- an adsorbent, wherein the working medium can be adsorbed and desorbed on the adsorbent, and the adsorbent is thermally connected to at least one tube of the bundle of tubes in the adsorption/desorption region,
- wherein the adsorbent is formed as at least one shaped body which directly adjoins a tube wall of the at least one tube of the bundle of tubes,
- wherein the adsorbent is formed as multiple shaped bodies, each of the multiple shaped bodies being a plate-shaped body,
- wherein the at least one tube of the bundle of tubes is designed as a flat tube, and
- wherein a first one of the plate-shaped bodies adjoins a first broad side of the flat tube and a second one of the plate-shaped bodies adjoins a second broad side of the flat tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.