Patent ID: 9574796
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: F25B

Claim:
1. A refrigeration system, comprising: a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising a working fluid and an electrochemically active fluid; a condenser; an evaporator; an electrochemical compressor in fluid communication with the condenser and the evaporator, the electrochemical compressor comprising a housing, a first electrochemical cell disposed within the housing, and a second electrochemical cell disposed within the housing; a first phase separator in fluid communication with and disposed downstream of the condenser, the first phase separator comprising an inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet, the first outlet configured to exhaust the working fluid, the second outlet configured to exhaust the electrochemically active fluid, wherein the electrochemically active fluid exhausted from the second outlet bypasses the evaporator; and a second phase separator in fluid communication with and disposed downstream of the first outlet of the first phase separator, the second phase separator comprising an inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet, the first outlet configured to exhaust a liquid portion of the working fluid, the second outlet configured to exhaust a gaseous portion of the working fluid, wherein the gaseous portion exhausted from the second outlet bypasses the evaporator; and wherein the working fluid exhausted from the first outlet of the second phase separator is flowed through the evaporator.