| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE36684 |
Method for use of liquid/vapor ammonia absorption systems in unitary HVAC systems |
May 9, 2000 |
| A liquid vapor absorption system comprises: one or more absorbers, one or more generators, and a fluid loop for directing refrigerant absorption fluid between the absorbers and generators, heat exchangers for selectively functioning as an evaporator or a condenser and cooperating wit |
| RE36283 |
Triple effect absorption cycle apparatus |
August 31, 1999 |
| The basic apparatus of the invention is a triple effect absorption cycle apparatus, comprising first, second and third generators each containing an aqueous absorption fluid and operating at successively higher temperatures; first, second and third condensers operating at successively |
| RE36045 |
Triple effect absorption cycle apparatus |
January 19, 1999 |
| The basic apparatus of the invention is a triple effect absorption cycle apparatus, comprising first, second and third generators each containing an aqueous absorption fluid and operating at successively higher temperatures; first, second and third condensers operating at successively |
| RE34542 |
Chemical energy storage system |
February 15, 1994 |
| A system for storing chemical energy comprises first and second vessels, the first containing a liquid solution of an alkali or alkaline earth metal hydroxide, halide, or thiocyanate, or ammonium halide or thiocynate at an initial concentration of between about 30% to abotu 80%, by weigh |
| RE34259 |
System for low temperature refrigeration and chill storage using ammoniated complex compounds |
May 25, 1993 |
| An improved heat exchange system incorporates the cooling created by using a metal salt/ammonia ligand complex compound which is alternately heated and cooled to alternately desorb and adsorb, respectively, the ammonia creating useful cooling or refrigeration in the temperature range of |
| 7410596 |
Corrosion inhibiting solutions for absorption systems |
August 12, 2008 |
| Anti-corrosion solutions and processes useful for refrigeration processes are proposed. Heteropoly complex anions of transitional metal elements can be added to an absorption solution which includes aqueous ammonia, alkali metal hydroxide and/or alkaline earth metal hydroxide, optionally |
| 7230212 |
Golf ball heater |
June 12, 2007 |
| A golf ball heating appliance for heating 4 or more golf balls to an average temperature of between 40.degree. C. and 55.degree. C. during an active heating period of 30 minutes or less has a lower thermally conductive and an upper non-thermally conductive receptacle for receiving a |
| 7227749 |
Thermal bus load control management for electronic systems |
June 5, 2007 |
| An electronic apparatus comprising a housing having a plurality of electronic components and two or more separate heat transfer systems each thermally communicating with different one or more of said electronic components is characterized by at least one central heat transfer bus com |
| 7212403 |
Apparatus and method for cooling electronics and computer components with managed and prioritize |
May 1, 2007 |
| An apparatus and method of cooling a plurality of electronic components in a housing using one or more fans cooperating with baffles or ducts for directing a stream of air sequentially to the components or heat exchangers for the components. Direction of the air stream to the compone |
| 6843064 |
Method and apparatus for turbulent refrigerant flow to evaporator |
January 18, 2005 |
| A method of reducing superheat fluctuation and improving evaporator heat transfer comprises creating turbulent flow in refrigerant supplied to the evaporator. |
| 6813900 |
Integrated aqua-ammonia chiller/heater with heater mode absorber by-pass |
November 9, 2004 |
| An aqua-ammonia chiller/heater apparatus is modified to provide a condenser and absorber refrigerant by-pass during a heater mode. |
| 6748752 |
Apparatus and method for weak liquor flow control in aqua-ammonia absorption cycles |
June 15, 2004 |
| An aqua-ammonia absorption cooling and/or heating system actively controls the flow of weak liquor from the generator to the absorber, using one or more valves operated in response to weak liquor temperature, and/or pressure and/or concentration. |
| 6736194 |
Heat and mass transfer apparatus and method for solid-vapor sorption systems |
May 18, 2004 |
| A sorber heat exchanger is provided with a substrate material incorporating a sorbent for reacting with a polar gas refrigerant or hydrogen. A preferred sorbent is a metal salt capable of reacting with the polar gas refrigerant to form a complex compound. The sorbent incorporating su |
| 6735963 |
Aqua-ammonia absorption system with variable speed burner |
May 18, 2004 |
| An aqua-ammonia absorption cooling and/or heating system having a variable speed burner which uses active flow control of weak liquor and/or active control of refrigerant flow to the evaporator. |
| 6718792 |
Integrated aqua-ammonia chiller/heater |
April 13, 2004 |
| An aqua-ammonia chiller apparatus is modified to include a heater function by providing a refrigerant by-pass for directing refrigerant to a heat exchanger capable of selectively functioning as a condenser during a heating mode or an evaporation during a cooling mode without passing |
| 6705111 |
Ammonia-water absorption system with plunger-driven diaphragm solution pump |
March 16, 2004 |
| An ammonia-water absorption system uses plunger driven spring return diaphragm to pump absorption solution. |
| 6656381 |
Heat and mass transfer additives for improved aqueous absorption fluids |
December 2, 2003 |
| The rate of water vapor sorption of an absorption cycle cooling and/or heating system using an aqueous alkali metal halide solution as the working fluid is increased by adding to the fluid an effective additive amount of at least 2 parts per million of an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, or |
| 6631624 |
Phase-change heat transfer coupling for aqua-ammonia absorption systems |
October 14, 2003 |
| An improved process for operating an aqua-ammonia absorption cooling system or heating and/or cooling system for supplying cooling to an indoor space, the system including a heat exchange assembly having a first heat exchanger exterior to the indoor space to be heated and/or cooled and a |
| 6584788 |
Apparatus and method for improved performance of aqua-ammonia absorption cycles |
July 1, 2003 |
| An aqua-ammonia absorption heating and/or cooling apparatus uses a thermostatic expansion valve (TXV) and a temperature-sensing bulb for controlling refrigerant flow to the evaporator having a bulb charge composition comprising a mixture of propane and butane, or an ammonia-water mix |
| 6487875 |
Aqua-ammonia absorption system generator utilizing structured packing |
December 3, 2002 |
| An aqua-ammonia absorption apparatus comprising an absorber assembly, a generator assembly, a condenser and an evaporator, the generator assembly comprising a boiler section, a solution-heated-desorber section, an adiabatic desorber or GAX desorber section, and a rectifier section, the |
| 6477856 |
Recuperation in solid-vapor sorption system using sorption energy and vapor mass flow |
November 12, 2002 |
| A method of carrying out recuperation between alternately absorbing and desorbing reactors in which 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 soli |
| 6427478 |
Aqua-ammonia absorption system generator with split vapor/liquid feed |
August 6, 2002 |
| An aqua-ammonia absorption apparatus comprising an absorber assembly, a generator assembly, a condenser and an evaporator, wherein the absorber assembly comprises an absorber and a GAX absorber heat exchanger and wherein a strong liquor absorption solution is partially vaporized in the |
| 6415625 |
Auxiliary active motor vehicle heating and air conditioning system |
July 9, 2002 |
| An auxiliary active heating and air conditioning system for a passenger area of a motor vehicle comprising a heat exchanger in the passenger area piped to receive conditioned heat transfer fluid, a sorption cooling system located outside the passenger area and having first and second |
| 6385993 |
Multiple column generator for aqua-ammonia absorption system |
May 14, 2002 |
| An aqua-ammonia absorption apparatus generator assembly comprising a boiler section, a solution-heated-desorber section, and adiabatic desorber or GAX desorber section, and a rectifier section, incorporates a plurality of columns, each column comprising one or more of the sections, with |
| 6328908 |
Heat and mass transfer additives for improved aqueous absorption fluids |
December 11, 2001 |
| The rate of water vapor sorption of an absorption cycle cooling and/or heating system using an aqueous alkali metal halide solution as the working fluid is increased by adding to the fluid an effective additive amount of at least 2 parts per million of an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, or |
| 6282919 |
Auxiliary active motor vehicle heating and air conditioning system |
September 4, 2001 |
| An auxiliary active heating and air conditioning system for a passenger area of a motor vehicle comprising a heat exchanger in the passenger area piped to receive conditioned heat transfer fluid, a sorption cooling system located outside the passenger area and having first and second |
| 6276166 |
Auxiliary thermal storage heating and air conditioning system for a motor vehicle |
August 21, 2001 |
| An auxiliary thermal storage heating and air conditioning system having an output for selectively delivering warm and cool air to the passenger area of a motor vehicle incorporates a reactor containing a metal salt or a complex compound formed by absorbing a polar gas refrigerant on a me |
| 6224842 |
Heat and mass transfer apparatus and method for solid-vapor sorption systems |
May 1, 2001 |
| A sorber heat exchanger is provided with a substrate material incorporating a sorbent for reacting with a polar gas refrigerant or hydrogen. A preferred sorbent is a metal salt capable of reacting with the polar gas refrigerant to form a complex compound. The sorbent incorporating su |
| 6130411 |
Golf ball heater appliance |
October 10, 2000 |
| The hitting distance performance of a golf ball is improved by heating the ball to an average temperature of between 30.degree. C. and 55.degree. C. during an active heating period of 30 minutes or less followed by a temperature equilibration period of 20 minutes or less. A golf ball |
| 5901780 |
Auxiliary active heating and air conditioning system for motor vehicle applications |
May 11, 1999 |
| An auxiliary active heating and air conditioning system which uses a fuel fired heater as an energy source for both heating and air conditioning a passenger area of a motor vehicle. The system also utilizes a single heat exchanger to supply both heated and cooled air to the passenger are |
| 5901572 |
Auxiliary heating and air conditioning system for a motor vehicle |
May 11, 1999 |
| An auxiliary heating and air conditioning system has an output for selectively delivering warm air and cool air to the passenger area of a motor vehicle. The auxiliary system includes a thermo-electric cooler, which is a solid state device having a hot side and a cold side. Heat exch |
| 5829259 |
Aqueous absorption fluids |
November 3, 1998 |
| The rate of water vapor sorption of an absorption cycle cooling and/or heating system using an aqueous alkali metal halide or hydroxide solution as the working fluid is increased by adding to the fluid an effective additive amount of at least 2 parts per million of a primary, secondary o |
| 5746059 |
Triple effect absorption apparatus and method |
May 5, 1998 |
| The third stage generator of a triple effect absorption apparatus may be operated at vapor pressures below 25 psig and more preferably below 15 psig by using a metal salt concentration in the absorption fluid in the third stage generator of at least 66.5%, by weight. |
| 5734485 |
Large display composite holograms and methods |
March 31, 1998 |
| A composite hologram incorporates a plurality of hologram tiles arranged for display, each of the hologram tiles formed by exposing each of a plurality of different unexposed photographic plates simultaneously to light scattered by an intermediate hologram using a conjugate complex of a |
| 5718125 |
Electrically operated valve and control assembly for small sorption refrigeration/freezers |
February 17, 1998 |
| A solenoid operated valve for supplying a liquid refrigerant has an inlet port, or outlet port and a valve port therebetween, the outlet port having a restricted opening equal to or smaller than the opening of the valve port, a capillary tube in the outlet port, and a passageway between |
| 5675982 |
Pulsed operation control valve |
October 14, 1997 |
| A valve assembly includes a refrigerant inlet port and a refrigerant outlet port having a restricted opening, with the inlet port opening at least 2 times larger than the restricted outlet port opening. The valve includes components for opening and closing the inlet port in response to v |
| 5666819 |
Rapid sorption cooling or freezing appliance |
September 16, 1997 |
| An apparatus capable of providing rapid cooling and/or freezing comprises a cabinet or container having a cooling chamber, one or more reactors each containing a complex compound formed by adsorbing a polar gas on a metal salt, in which the polar gas is alternately adsorbed and desorbed |
| 5664427 |
Rapid sorption cooling or freezing appliance |
September 9, 1997 |
| An apparatus capable of providing rapid cooling and/or freezing comprises a cabinet or container having a cooling chamber, one or more reactors each containing a complex compound formed by adsorbing a polar gas on a metal salt, in which the polar gas is alternately adsorbed and desorbed |
| 5628205 |
Refrigerators/freezers incorporating solid-vapor sorption reactors capable of high reaction rate |
May 13, 1997 |
| A refrigerator and/or freezer incorporates one or more reactors containing a complex compound of a metal salt and a polar gas adsorbed thereon in which the volumetric expansion of the complex compound is restricted during adsorption, and which reactors comprise one or reaction chambers |
| 5598721 |
Heating and air conditioning systems incorporating solid-vapor sorption reactors capable of high |
February 4, 1997 |
| A heating system incorporates one or more reactors containing a complex compound of a metal salt and a polar gas adsorbed thereon in which the volumetric expansion of the complex compound is restricted during adsorption and which reactors comprise one or more reaction chambers having |
| 5577388 |
Aqueous absorption fluids |
November 26, 1996 |
| The rate of water vapor sorption of an absorption cycle cooling and/or heating system using an aqueous alkali metal halide or hydroxide solution as the working fluid is increased by adding to the fluid an effective additive amount of at least 2 parts per million of a primary, secondary o |
| 5548971 |
Method for use of liquid/vapor ammonia absorption systems in unitary HVAC systems |
August 27, 1996 |
| A liquid vapor absorption system comprises: one or more absorbers, one or more generators, and a fluid loop for directing refrigerant absorption fluid between the absorbers and generators, heat exchangers for selectively functioning as an evaporator or a condenser and cooperating wit |
| 5477706 |
Heat transfer apparatus and methods for solid-vapor sorption systems |
December 26, 1995 |
| In a sorption reaction system comprising one or more first reactors in which a refrigerant is alternately adsorbed and desorbed, and one or more second reactors in which a refrigerant is alternately desorbed and adsorbed, respectively, and having a cooling loop for directing heat tra |
| 5441716 |
Method and apparatus for achieving high reaction rates |
August 15, 1995 |
| A chemisorption reaction process is carried out under conditions in which the volumetric expansion of the complex compound reaction product is restricted, and at half-cycle reaction periods of less than 30 minutes each, and/or in a reaction chamber having a maximum mean mass diffusion |
| 5419145 |
Chemical energy storage system |
May 30, 1995 |
| The rate of water vapor sorption of an absorption cycle cooling and/or heating system using an aqueous alkali metal hydroxide solution as the working fluid is increased by adding at least 2 parts per million of a primary, secondary or tertiary aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic amine |
| 5396775 |
Cooling apparatus for electronic and computer components |
March 14, 1995 |
| Apparatus for cooling components or subassemblies of equipment at one or more locations comprises a first reactor located at a remote location from said equipment, and a second reactor located in heat exchange communication with a component or subassembly of said equipment, each of s |
| 5390509 |
Triple effect absorption cycle apparatus |
February 21, 1995 |
| The basic apparatus of the invention is a triple effect absorption cycle apparatus, comprising first, second and third generators each containing an aqueous absorption fluid and operating at successively higher temperatures; first, second and third condensers operating at successively |
| 5384101 |
Method and apparatus for achieving high reaction rates in solid-gas reactor systems |
January 24, 1995 |
| Reaction rates in chemisorption reactions involving solid reactants and gaseous ligands are improved by maintaining optimized solid density throughout the reaction. Methods and apparatus which restrict volumetric solid expansion, compression of the solid reactant, and mixture with inert |
| 5360057 |
Dual-temperature heat pump apparatus and system |
November 1, 1994 |
| 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 |
| 5335515 |
Triple effect absorption cycle apparatus |
August 9, 1994 |
| The basic apparatus of the invention is a triple effect absorption cycle apparatus, comprising first, second and third generators each containing an aqueous absorption fluid and operating at successively higher temperatures; first, second and third condensers operating at successively |
