Patent ID: 8640492

Claim:
A heat transfer system defining a closed loop that contains a working fluid that is circulated through the closed loop, the heat transfer system comprising: an electrochemical compressor including one or more electrochemical cells electrically connected to each other through a power supply, each electrochemical cell comprising a gas pervious anode, a gas pervious cathode, an electrolyte disposed between and in intimate electrical contact with the cathode and the anode, an electrochemical compressor input, an electrochemical compressor output, and wherein at least one of said one or more electrochemical cells comprises an electrochemical compressor bypass conduit; and a tubular system that receives at least one electrochemically-active component of the working fluid from said electrochemical compressor output and other components of the working fluid from said electrochemical compressor bypass conduit, wherein the tubular system has a geometry that enables at least a portion of the received working fluid to be imparted with a gain in kinetic energy as it moves through the tubular system.