Patent ID: 6502419
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: B82Y,F04B,F25B,Y10S

Abstract:
A sorption compression system which comprises:an enclosure which includes first and second spaced-apart electrical conductors; a sorbent which is positioned in the enclosure between the first and second conductors; a sorbate which is capable of combining with the sorbent in an adsorption reaction to form a sorbate/sorbent compound; a power supply which is connected to the first and second conductors and which generates an electrical current that is conducted through the sorbate/sorbent compound to desorb the sorbate from the sorbent in a desorption reaction; and a pressure chamber which is connected to the enclosure and which receives the sorbate from the enclosure during the desorption reaction and releases the sorbate into the enclosure during the adsorption reaction; wherein the adsorption and desorption reactions are repeated to cycle the sorbate between a relatively low pressure state during the adsorption reaction and a relatively high pressure state during the desorption reaction; and wherein the desorption reaction is substantially non-thermal.