Patent ID: 6276166
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: B60H,F25B

Abstract:
An auxiliary heating and air conditioning system having an output for selectively delivering warm and cool air to the passenger area of a motor vehicle comprising:a refrigerant circulatory system having a circuitous refrigerant line and an evaporator and condenser serially disposed within the circuitous line operative to vaporize and condense a refrigerant fluid therein, respectively,one or more reactors comprising heat exchange surfaces having space therebetween containing a metal salt or a complex compound formed by absorbing a polar gas refrigerant on a metal salt, said metal salt comprising a halide, nitrate, nitrite, oxalate, perchlorate, sulfate or sulfite of an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, transition metal, zinc, cadmium, tin or aluminum, or sodium borofluoride or a double metal halide, said reactor in communication with the refrigerant line for delivering said refrigerant to said reactor for being absorbed and desorbed therein,a heater in thermal communication with said metal salt and said complex compound, anda multi-channel ventilation system having a blower for forcing air through the channels of the system and to the output, said channels communicating with the evaporator, the condenser, and the reactor.