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US4169362A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Solid adsorption air conditioning apparatus

Assignee: Gas Technology Institute
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Filing: 1978-07-03
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Granted: 1979-10-02
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Expires: 1998-07-03
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Abstract

Abstract A solid adsorption air conditioning apparatus for cooling and heating which is compact in size and particularly adapted to low capacity and which may be at least partially solar powered and air cooled. The apparatus utilizes water vapor as refrigerant working within a hermetically sealed module. The hermetically sealed module has opposing thermally conductive walls which are internally coated with water vapor adsorbent material and thermally insulated from each other. The water vapor working fluid is desorbed from the adsorbent on the interior of a first side by heating while removing heat from the opposing second side causing the working fluid to adsorb in a condenser function at the second side and then applying heat to the second side while removing heat from the first side causing the working fluid to desorb from the second side and adsorb at the first side functioning as an adsorber while the second side is functioning as an evaporator and recycling said thermal condition sequence to provide desired conditioning to an air conditioned space.

Inventors

  • 👤 Sanford A. Weil
  • 👤 William F. Rush
  • 👤 Jaroslav Wurm
  • 👤 Raymond J. Dufour

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 20:42
CPC Classifications
F; F24; F24F; F24F3/00; F24F3/12; F24F3/14; F24F3/1411; F24F3/1423; F25; F25B; F25B17/00; F25B17/08; F25B27/00; F25B27/002; F25B27/007; F24F2203/00; F24F2203/10; F24F2203/1016; F24F2203/1032; F24F2203/1036; F24F2203/104; F24F2203/1048; F24F2203/1052; F24F2203/1056; F24F2203/1064; F24F2203/1068; F24F2203/1096; Y; Y02; Y02A; Y02A30/00; Y02A30/27; Y02B; Y02B30/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim 80 words
In an apparatus for air conditioning, a hermetically sealed module comprising a first and a second spaced, opposing, thermally conductive side, said first and second sides being separated by a thermally insulating material and said space enclosed in sealed relationship, a water vapor adsorbent on the interior of each of said first and second sides, and water vapor within said module in a quantity at least sufficient to fill the adsorptive sites of said adsorbent at one of said sides.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 80 words
In an apparatus for air conditioning, a hermetically sealed module comprising a first and a second spaced, opposing, thermally conductive side, said first and second sides being separated by a thermally insulating material and said space enclosed in sealed relationship, a water vapor adsorbent on the interior of each of said first and second sides, and water vapor within said module in a quantity at least sufficient to fill the adsorptive sites of said adsorbent at one of said sides.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 24 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said hermetically sealed module is evacuated at an absolute pressure of less than about 1×10 -3 mm Hg.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 24 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said first and second sides have extended surfaces on their interior in thermal exchange relation with said sides.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 23 words
The apparatus of claim 3 additionally having extended surfaces on the exterior of said sides and in thermal exchange relation with said sides.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 43 words
The apparatus of claim 4 wherein said interior extended surfaces comprise aluminum honeycomb, the axis of said interior honeycomb at right angles to said sides, and the exterior extended surfaces comprise aluminum honeycomb, the axis of said exterior honeycomb parallel to said side.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 32 words
The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the interior extended surfaces are coated with a water vapor adsorbent selected from the group consisting of lithium chloride, lithium bromide, natural zeolites and molecular sieves.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 15 words
The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the interior extended surfaces are coated with molecular sieves.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 75 words
The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said molecular sieve coating is applied by dipping preconditioned extended surfaces into a suspension of about 2 parts by weight of molecular sieve, 1 part by weight of Na 2 SiO 4 and about 16 parts by weight of water, the preconditioning obtained by dipping the extended surface into a solution of 2 parts by weight of Na 2 SiO 4 in about 23 parts by weight of water.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 29 words
An apparatus for air conditioning comprising multiple hermetically sealed modules as defined by claim 1 mounted in spaced relationship forming an airstream passageway between the sides of adjacent modules.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1982-10-01 1983-04-02 1983-10-02 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1986-10-01 1987-04-02 1987-10-02 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1990-10-01 1991-04-02 1991-10-02 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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