Dual-temperature heat pump apparatus and system
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1. Apparatus for simultaneously supplying heating and cooling or refrigeration, comprising:
- first and second reactors, each containing a reactant comprising a complex compound of a metal salt selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, halide, nitrate, nitrite, sulfate, oxalate and sulfide and mixtures and compounds thereof, wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, transition metal, aluminum, zinc, cadmium and tin, and a gaseous refrigerant adsorbed thereon selected from the group consisting of ammonia, water, sulfur dioxide, lower alkanol, alkanolamine, polyamine and phosphine, or a metal carbonate comprising a reaction product of said metal oxide and carbon dioxide gaseous refrigerant,a condenser for condensing said gaseous refrigerant;
a first refrigerant conduit assembly for directing said gaseous refrigerant alternately to said first and second reactors, respectively, a second refrigerant conduit assembly for directing gaseous refrigerant alternately from said first and second reactors, respectively, to said condenser, and a third refrigerant conduit assembly for directing condensed gaseous refrigerant from said condenser to refrigerant condensate receiving means,heating means for heating said complex compound or said metal carbonate alternately in said first and second reactors, respectively, and heat extraction means including a first heat exchanger for providing heat exchange communication between said condenser and said first and second reactors for extracting heat from said complex compounds carbonate alternately in said first and second reactors, respectively, anda first fluid conduit assembly for directing a heat transfer fluid in heat exchange communication with said condenser and said heat extraction means whereby said heat transfer fluid becomes heated by said heat exchange communication, and a second fluid conduit assembly for directing said heated heat transfer fluid from said condenser to receiving means therefor.
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Apparatus for simultaneously supplying heating and cooling or refrigeration comprises first and second reactors each containing a complex compound of a metal salt and a gaseous refrigerant adsorbed thereon, a condenser, refrigerant conduit means for directing the refrigerant to and from the condenser and reactors, and fluid conduit means for directing heat transfer fluid in heat exchange communication with the condenser and selectively with the reactors. In another embodiment each reactor contains a different salt and instead of a condenser, energy is recovered through heat exchange fluid in heat exchange communication with the reactors.
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1. Apparatus for simultaneously supplying heating and cooling or refrigeration, comprising:
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first and second reactors, each containing a reactant comprising a complex compound of a metal salt selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, halide, nitrate, nitrite, sulfate, oxalate and sulfide and mixtures and compounds thereof, wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, transition metal, aluminum, zinc, cadmium and tin, and a gaseous refrigerant adsorbed thereon selected from the group consisting of ammonia, water, sulfur dioxide, lower alkanol, alkanolamine, polyamine and phosphine, or a metal carbonate comprising a reaction product of said metal oxide and carbon dioxide gaseous refrigerant, a condenser for condensing said gaseous refrigerant; a first refrigerant conduit assembly for directing said gaseous refrigerant alternately to said first and second reactors, respectively, a second refrigerant conduit assembly for directing gaseous refrigerant alternately from said first and second reactors, respectively, to said condenser, and a third refrigerant conduit assembly for directing condensed gaseous refrigerant from said condenser to refrigerant condensate receiving means, heating means for heating said complex compound or said metal carbonate alternately in said first and second reactors, respectively, and heat extraction means including a first heat exchanger for providing heat exchange communication between said condenser and said first and second reactors for extracting heat from said complex compounds carbonate alternately in said first and second reactors, respectively, and a first fluid conduit assembly for directing a heat transfer fluid in heat exchange communication with said condenser and said heat extraction means whereby said heat transfer fluid becomes heated by said heat exchange communication, and a second fluid conduit assembly for directing said heated heat transfer fluid from said condenser to receiving means therefor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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