Patent ID: 9664421
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: F04B,F25B

Claim:
1. A solar thermal cooling system comprising: a refrigerant storage tank, which stores a refrigerant liquid; an evaporator, which receives and evaporates a first portion of the refrigerant liquid from the refrigerant storage tank to form a refrigerant vapor; a mixing chamber, which receives the refrigerant vapor from the evaporator and a second portion of the refrigerant liquid from the refrigerant storage tank, wherein the refrigerant vapor and the second portion of the refrigerant liquid are mixed to form a mixture; a conduit fluidly connecting the refrigerant storage tank and the mixing chamber, wherein the conduit consists of a plurality of check valves and a first throttle valve, wherein the first throttle valve regulates a volume of the second portion of the refrigerant liquid flowing to the mixing chamber; an isochoric thermal compressor comprising a condensate heat exchanger and a heating coil fluidly connected to a solar collector field, wherein the isochoric thermal compressor receives the mixture from the mixing chamber and compresses the mixture by heating the mixture to form a compressed refrigerant; and a condenser, which is located between the isochoric thermal compressor and the refrigerant storage tank, wherein the condenser receives and condenses the compressed refrigerant to form a condensate that flows through the condensate heat exchanger to the refrigerant storage tank; wherein the condenser, the isochoric thermal compressor, the refrigerant storage tank, the evaporator, the mixing chamber are fluidly connected to one another, and the mixing chamber and the evaporator are connected in parallel to the refrigerant storage tank.