Patent ID: 8770267

Claim:
An adsorption module comprising: a casing having an adsorbed medium inlet and an adsorbed medium outlet; a plurality of heat medium pipes disposed within the casing allowing a heat exchange medium to pass through; a porous heat transferring member disposed within the casing and on peripheries of the heat medium pipes, the porous heat transferring member being a sintered body that is formed by sintering a metallic material in a form of one of powders, particles and fibers, and being connected to outer surfaces of the heat medium pipes by metal-to-metal bonding, the porous heat transferring member including pores allowing an adsorbed medium to pass through; adsorbent different than the adsorbed medium disposed in the pores of the porous heat transferring member; and a plurality of adsorbed medium passages formed by the porous heat transferring member, each passage allowing the adsorbed medium to flow through the passage, wherein the adsorbed medium passages extend straight and parallel to axes of the heat medium pipes; each of the heat medium pipes being encircled by two or more adsorbed medium passages; the adsorbent has a porous structure providing pores absorbing and desorbing the adsorbed medium which is gas-phase refrigerant; the sintered body of the porous heat transferring member is formed with three-dimensional mesh-like small holes which provide the pores of the porous heat transferring member, the adsorbent is substantially evenly filled in the pores of the porous heat transferring member; the casing has a communication space in communication with both the adsorbed medium inlet and the adsorbed medium outlet; and the adsorbed medium passages are open to and in communication with the communication space.