US4848994A — System for low temperature refrigeration and chil…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 133 words

In a heat exchange system containing a complex compound consisting of a metal salt and ammonia for being alternately heated and cooled to alternately desorb and adsorb, respectively, at least a portion of said ammonia, the improvement comprising said metal salt being selected from the group consisting of (a) an alkaline earth metal chloride, bromide or chlorate salt, (b) a metal chloride, bromide or chloride salt in which the metal is chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, cadmium, tantalum or rhenium, (c) a double chloride salt selected from NH 4 AlCl 4 , NaAlCl 4 , KAlCl 4 , (NH 4 ) 2 ZnCl 4 , (NH 4 ) 3 ZnCl 5 , K 2 ZnCl 4 , CsCuCl 3 , and K 2 FeCl 5 , and (d) sodium bromide or ammonium chloride.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 133 words

In a heat exchange system containing a complex compound consisting of a metal salt and ammonia for being alternately heated and cooled to alternately desorb and adsorb, respectively, at least a portion of said ammonia, the improvement comprising said metal salt being selected from the group consisting of (a) an alkaline earth metal chloride, bromide or chlorate salt, (b) a metal chloride, bromide or chloride salt in which the metal is chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, cadmium, tantalum or rhenium, (c) a double chloride salt selected from NH 4 AlCl 4 , NaAlCl 4 , KAlCl 4 , (NH 4 ) 2 ZnCl 4 , (NH 4 ) 3 ZnCl 5 , K 2 ZnCl 4 , CsCuCl 3 , and K 2 FeCl 5 , and (d) sodium bromide or ammonium chloride.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 946 words

The system of claim 1 wherein said complex compound is selected from the group consisting of the following complex compounds and wherein said complex compound is alternately heated and cooled to alternately desorb and adsorb, respectively, at least a portion of the ammonia moiety thereof between numerical limits and cause refrigerating desorption and ligand evaporation in the temperature range as follows: BeCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 4 and said temperature range is between -10 and -65° C., MgCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -60° C., MgBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., Mg(ClO 4 ) 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., CaCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 4 and said temperature range is between 0 and -30° C., CaCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 4 and 8 and said temperature range is between 10 and -20° C., CaBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., Ca(ClO 4 ) 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -45° C., SrCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 1 and 8 and said temperature range is between 10 and -30° C., SrBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 8 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., Sr(ClO 4 ) 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., BaBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 4 and 8 and said temperature range is between 10 and -30° C., BaCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 8 and said temperature range is between 10 and -25° C., MnCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., MnBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -50° C., FeCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -45° C., FeBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -50° C., CoCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -60° C., CoBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -60° C., NiCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., NiBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., Ni(ClO 3 ) 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., CrCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 3 and between 3 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -60° C., CdBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ) , wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., TaCl 5 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 7 and said temperature range is between 10 and -30° C., ReCl 3 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 5 and -40° C., ReBr 3 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 7 and said temperature range is between 5 and -40° C., SnCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 2.5 and said temperature range is between 0 and -60° C., NH 4 AlCl 4 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., NaAlCl 4 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., KAlCl 4 ·X(NH3), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., (NH 4 ) 2 ZnCl 4 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 4 and said temperature range is between 0 and -60° C., (NH 4 ) 3 ZnCl 5 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -45° C., K 2 ZnCl 4 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 5 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., K 2 ZnCl 4 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 5 and 12 and said temperature range is between 0 and -35° C., CsCuCl 3 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 5 and said temperature range is between 0 and -55° C., K 2 FeCl 5 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 5 and said temperature range is between 0 and -55° C., NH 4 Cl·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 3 and said temperature range is between 15 and -20° C., and NaBr·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 5.25 and said temperature range is between 15 and -15° C.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 31 words

The system of claim 2 including a liquid therein in which said complex compound is disbursed, said liquid selected from the group consisting of alcohols, alcohol-ethers, glycol-ethyers, esters, ketones and pyridines.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 71 words

The system of claim 3 wherein said liquid is selected from the group consisting of aliphatic alcohols having between about 4 and about 12 carbon atoms, lower alkyl acetates, lower alkyl acetoacetates, alkylene glycols, polyalkylene glycol alkyl ether acetates, alkylene glycol ethers, polyalkylene glycol dialkyl ether, dialkyl sebecates, dialkyl phthalates, butyrolactone and collidine, said liquid having a boiling point above about 60° C. and a melting point below about 5° C.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 49 words

The system of claim 2 wherein said liquid is selected from the group consisting of n-heptanol, octanol, isopropyl acetate, ethyl acetoacetate, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, diethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol diethyl ether, diethylene glycol dibutyl ether, butyroloctone and collidine.

Claim 7

Independent Claim 961 words

A method for storage and recovery of thermal energy or refrigeration at temperatures between about -65 and 15° C. comprising alternately heating and cooling a complex compound consisting essentially of a metal salt and ammonia causing refrigerating desorption and ligand evaporation at temperatures between the following temperature limits, respectively to alternately desorb and adsorb, respectively at least a portion of the ammonia moiety thereof between the following numerical limits, said complex compound selected from the group consisting of: BeCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 4 and said temperature range is between -10 and -65° C., MgCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -60° C., MgBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., Mg(ClO 4 ) 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., CaCl 2 ·X(NH.sub.), wherein X is between 2 and 4 and said temperature range is between 0 and -30° C., CaCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 4 and 8 and said temperature range is between 10 and -20° C., CaBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., Ca(ClO 4 ) 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -45° C., SrCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 1 and 8 and said temperature range is between 10 and -30° C., SrBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 8 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., Sr(ClO 4 ) 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., BaBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 4 and 8 and said temperature range is between 10 and -30° C., BaCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 8 and said temperature range is between 10 and -25° C., MnCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., MnBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -50° C., FeCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -45° C., FeBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -50° C., CoCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -60° C., CoBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -60° C., NiCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., NiBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., Ni(ClO 3 ) 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., CrCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 3 and between 3 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -60° C., CdBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., TaCl 5 ·X(NH3), wherein X is between 0 and 7 and said temperature range is between 10 and -30° C., ReCl 3 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 5 and -40° C., ReBr 3 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 7 and said temperature range is between 5 and -40° C., SnCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 2.5 and said temperature range is between 0 and -60° C., NH 4 AlCl 4 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., NaAlCl 4 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., KAlCl 4 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., (NH 4 ) 2 ZnCl 4 ·X(NH 3 ) , wherein X is between 0 and 4 and said temperature range is between 0 and -60° C., (NH 4 ) 3 ZnCl 5 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -45° C., K 2 ZnCl 4 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 5 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., K 2 ZnCl 4 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 5 and 12 and said temperature range is between 0 and -35° C., CsCuCl 3 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 5 and said temperature range is between 0 and -55° C., K 2 FeCl 5 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 5 and said temperature range is between 0 and -55° C., NH 4 Cl·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 3 and said temperature range is between 15 and -20° C., and NaBr·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 5.25 and said temperature range is between 15 and -15° C.

Claim 8

Independent Claim 961 words

A method for storage and recovery of thermal energy or refrigeration at temperatures between about -65 and 15° C. comprising alternately heating and cooling a complex compound consisting essentially of a metal salt and ammonia causing refrigerating desorption and ligand evaporation at temperatures between the following temperature limits, respectively to alternately desorb and adsorb, respectively at least a portion of the ammonia moiety thereof between the following numerical limits, said complex compound selected from the group consisting of: BeCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 4 and said temperature range is between -10 and -65° C., MgCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -60° C., MgBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., Mg(ClO 4 ) 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., CaCl 2 ·X(NH.sub.), wherein X is between 2 and 4 and said temperature range is between 0 and -30° C., CaCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 4 and 8 and said temperature range is between 10 and -20° C., CaBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., Ca(ClO 4 ) 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -45° C., SrCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 1 and 8 and said temperature range is between 10 and -30° C., SrBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 8 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., Sr(ClO 4 ) 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., BaBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 4 and 8 and said temperature range is between 10 and -30° C., BaCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 8 and said temperature range is between 10 and -25° C., MnCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., MnBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -50° C., FeCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -45° C., FeBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -50° C., CoCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -60° C., CoBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -60° C., NiCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., NiBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., Ni(ClO 3 ) 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., CrCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 3 and between 3 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -60° C., CdBr 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., TaCl 5 ·X(NH3), wherein X is between 0 and 7 and said temperature range is between 10 and -30° C., ReCl 3 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 5 and -40° C., ReBr 3 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 7 and said temperature range is between 5 and -40° C., SnCl 2 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 2.5 and said temperature range is between 0 and -60° C., NH 4 AlCl 4 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., NaAlCl 4 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., KAlCl 4 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -65° C., (NH 4 ) 2 ZnCl 4 ·X(NH 3 ) , wherein X is between 0 and 4 and said temperature range is between 0 and -60° C., (NH 4 ) 3 ZnCl 5 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 6 and said temperature range is between 0 and -45° C., K 2 ZnCl 4 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 5 and said temperature range is between 0 and -40° C., K 2 ZnCl 4 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 5 and 12 and said temperature range is between 0 and -35° C., CsCuCl 3 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 5 and said temperature range is between 0 and -55° C., K 2 FeCl 5 ·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 2 and 5 and said temperature range is between 0 and -55° C., NH 4 Cl·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 3 and said temperature range is between 15 and -20° C., and NaBr·X(NH 3 ), wherein X is between 0 and 5.25 and said temperature range is between 15 and -15° C.

Claim 9

Independent Claim 150 words

A method for storage and recovery of thermal energy or refrigeration at temperatures between about -65° C. and about 15° C. comprising alternately heating and cooling a complex compound consisting of a metal salt and ammonia to alternately desorb and adsorb, respectively, at least a portion of said ammonia, and wherein said metal salt is selected from the group consisting of (a) an alkaline earth metal chloride, bromide or chlorate salt, (b) a metal chloride, bromide or chlorate salt in which the metal is chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, cadmium, tantalum or rhenium, (c) a double chloride salt selected from N H 4 A l C l 4 , NaAlCl 4 , KAlCl 4 , (NH 4 ) 2 ZNCl 4 , (NH 4 ) 3 ZnCl 5 , K 2 ZnCl 4 , CsCuCl 3 , and K 2 FeCl 5 , and (d) sodium bromide or ammonium chloride.

Claim 10

Independent Claim 150 words

A method for storage and recovery of thermal energy or refrigeration at temperatures between about -65° C. and about 15° C. comprising alternately heating and cooling a complex compound consisting of a metal salt and ammonia to alternately desorb and adsorb, respectively, at least a portion of said ammonia, and wherein said metal salt is selected from the group consisting of (a) an alkaline earth metal chloride, bromide or chlorate salt, (b) a metal chloride, bromide or chlorate salt in which the metal is chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, cadmium, tantalum or rhenium, (c) a double chloride salt selected from N H 4 A l C l 4 , NaAlCl 4 , KAlCl 4 , (NH 4 ) 2 ZNCl 4 , (NH 4 ) 3 ZnCl 5 , K 2 ZnCl 4 , CsCuCl 3 , and K 2 FeCl 5 , and (d) sodium bromide or ammonium chloride.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 18 words

The method of claim 7 wherein said heating and cooling is carried out in a heat exchange vessel.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 20 words

The method of claim 8 comprising alternately directing said ammonia between the heat exchange vessel and an ammonia storage vessel.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 40 words

The method of claim 7 comprising introducing a different one of said metal salts into different heat exchange vessels, respectively, alternately adsorbing and desorbing said ammonia from said different metal salts, and directing said ammonia between said heat exchange vessels.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 26 words

The method of claim 7 comprising disbursing said complex compound in a liquid selected from the group consisting of alcohols, alcohol-ethers, glycol-ethers, esters, ketones and pyridines.

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System for low temperature refrigeration and chill storage using ammoniated complex compounds

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