Patent ID: 6098417
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: F25B,F25D

Abstract:
A chiller for chilling a quantity of fluid comprising:a thin-walled vessel for placement in thermal contact with the quantity of fluid to be chilled;an adsorbent for receiving and adsorbing under pressure a quantity of gas wherein the desorption of gas from the adsorbent causes a reduction in temperature of the adsorbent and of the desorbed gas thereby chilling the quantity of fluid; and.a plurality of heat transfer elements, formed of thermally-conductive material and in direct thermal contact with the adsorbent and adapted to transfer heat between the vessel walls and the adsorbent therein wherein the plurality of heat transfer elements are configured so as to cooperate in use in order to conduct desorbed gas from the adsorbent to the vessel walls and thereafter along the vessel walls prior to its exit from the vessel.