Patent ID: 6584801
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: F01K,F02C,F25B,Y02B

Abstract:
An apparatus for converting thermal energy into at least one of refrigeration, cooling, and shaft power, comprising:a) an absorbent solution comprised of sorbate plus absorbent; b) a desorber comprised of: i) an entry port for sorbate-rich liquid absorbent; ii) a means for separating said sorbate-rich absorbent into sorbate vapor and sorbate-lean absorbent; iii) an exit port for said sorbate vapor; and iv) an internal heat exchanger which has an entry port in communication with said sorbate-lean absorbent; c) an external heat exchanger which is in thermal contact with said thermal energy; d) a first flowpath from an exit port of said internal heat exchanger to said external heat exchanger; and e) a second flowpath from said external heat exchanger to said desorber.