Patent ID: 7347057

Claim:
An absorption, heat-transfer system comprising: a) an operationally interconnected generator, absorber, condenser, and evaporator; b) at least two separate heat sources for heating said generator; c) a controller for controlling at least one of said two separate heat sources; d) a heat distributor comprising a heat transfer loop with a first heat transfer fluid, at least one input heat exchanger for providing heat to said first heat transfer fluid, a heat-transfer fluid pump, and a generator heat exchanger for providing heat from said first heat-transfer fluid to said generator wherein one of said at least two separate heat sources provides heat to said input heat exchanger; and e) a heat recovery unit comprising a second heat transfer loop containing a second heat transfer fluid, at least one input heat exchanger for providing heat to said second heat transfer fluid from said first heat transfer fluid, a second heat-transfer fluid pump, and a load heat exchanger for providing heat from said second heat-transfer fluid to a load.