Patent ID: 9618243
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: F25B,Y02A,Y02B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A rotary valve for an adsorption heat pump, comprising: a cylindrical valve body, arranged rotatably about a central axis in a predetermined rotation direction with an outer covering and two front plates; a plurality of counter-directional high temperature connections arranged on the outer covering for connecting a high temperature heat source; a plurality of counter-directional medium temperature connections arranged on the outer covering for connecting a medium temperature heat sink; a plurality of sorption module connections arranged on the front plates for connecting a plurality of corresponding sorption modules; a duct system passing through the valve body for directing a fluid; a throttle, integrated into the valve body, for constricting a flow cross-section at a throttle site of the duct system, wherein the duct system includes open ducts, which open into a sorption module connection, and closed ducts, which at least one of terminate in and terminate at a front plate; and a first switch position, in which the fluid flows through the throttle site and a second switch position, in which the fluid does not flow through the throttle site, and cyclically switching (i) after a first time interval from the first switch position into the second switch position and (ii) after at least a second time interval from the second switch position back into the first switch position.