Systems and methods for controlling refrigeration cycles of sorption reactors based on recuperation time
First Claim
1. A cooling system, comprising:
- a first reactor system comprising one or more first reactors configured to adsorb and desorb a gaseous reactant onto a first solid sorbent composition;
a second reactor system comprising one or more second reactors configured to adsorb and desorb the gaseous reactant onto a second solid sorbent composition;
a conduit connecting the one or more first reactors of the first reactor system to the one or more second reactors of the second reactor system, and comprising a controllable valve; and
an electronic controller configured to control a recuperation time between the first reactor system and the second reactor system by operating the controllable valve to equalize the pressure of the reactant gas between the first reactor system and the second reactor system and by detecting an external demand on the cooling system and altering the amount of time the valve is opened based on the external demand.
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Abstract
A control system is used for controlling the equalization of pressure between absorbing and desorbing reactors. In a first reaction cycle in a desorbing reactor a gaseous reactant is desorbed from a solid sorbent and concurrently in an absorbing reactor the gaseous reactant is absorbed on a solid sorbent. In a second reaction cycle, absorption and desorption are reversed in the reactors and at least a portion of the gaseous reactant desorbed from in the desorbing reactor is transferred to the absorbing reactor in an equalization process under computer control. The computer control may detect the demand on the system and adjust the amount of time for the equalization process to increase the efficiency of the system.
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18 Claims
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1. A cooling system, comprising:
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a first reactor system comprising one or more first reactors configured to adsorb and desorb a gaseous reactant onto a first solid sorbent composition; a second reactor system comprising one or more second reactors configured to adsorb and desorb the gaseous reactant onto a second solid sorbent composition; a conduit connecting the one or more first reactors of the first reactor system to the one or more second reactors of the second reactor system, and comprising a controllable valve; and an electronic controller configured to control a recuperation time between the first reactor system and the second reactor system by operating the controllable valve to equalize the pressure of the reactant gas between the first reactor system and the second reactor system and by detecting an external demand on the cooling system and altering the amount of time the valve is opened based on the external demand. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of controlling a cooling system, comprising:
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providing a first reactor system comprising one or more first reactors configured to adsorb and desorb a gaseous reactant onto a first solid sorbent composition; providing a second reactor system comprising one or more second reactors configured to adsorb and desorb the gaseous reactant onto a second solid sorbent composition; providing a conduit connecting the one or more first reactors of the first reactor system to the one or more second reactors of the second reactor system, and comprising a controllable valve; and electronically controlling a recuperation time between the one or more first reactors and the one or more second reactors by operating the controllable valve to equalize the pressure of the reactant gas between the first reactor system and the second reactor system, wherein electronically controlling the recuperation time comprises detecting an external demand on the cooling system and altering an amount of time the valve is opened to equalize the pressure based on the detected external demand. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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