Patent ID: 9702633
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: F24V,F25B,F28D,Y02A,Y02B

Claim:
1. A method for extracting environmental thermal energy with an energy transfer system, the method comprising the steps of: generating a concentrated water solution from a water solution containing a non-volatile solute by bringing the water solution into contact with a quantity of air containing less water vapor than an equilibrium vapor pressure of the water solution; developing a thermal gradient per entrochemical cell inside a linear entrochemical array contained in the energy transfer system, wherein the concentrated water solution is deposited into a first chamber of an entrochemical cell of the linear entrochemical array, and wherein a lower concentration solution is deposited into a second chamber of the entrochemical cell of the linear entrochemical array; agitating the concentrated water solution in the first chamber by at least one of bubble generation and mechanical mixing to prevent an energy transfer-hampering film formation on a surface of the concentrated water solution; generating a wet vacuum in the entrochemical cell of the linear entrochemical array to induce the thermal gradient per entrochemical cell inside the linear entrochemical array; and generating an aggregate thermal gradient by accumulating a plurality of the thermal gradient per entrochemical cell inside the linear entrochemical array contained in the energy transfer system.