17results about "Self-contained rotary compression machines" patented technology

A system for providing mechanical and / or electric power from heat power. A heat medium is arranged in a flow circuit comprising: a condensation channel, a pump channel, an evaporation channel and a turbine channel, substantially in a Rankine cycle. Heating power is provided for evaporation of the heat medium and cooling power is provided for condensation of the heat medium. The pump channel is arranged in the liquid phase portion and a turbine device is arranged in the gas phase portion. The pump channel generates a pressure due to the rotation. The turbine channel comprises a turbine device. The flow circuit is closed so that no heat medium may escape to the surroundings.

The invention relates to a heat exchanger (7), in particular a shell and tube heat exchanger, for being arranged in a rotor (1) having a rotation axis (2), the heat exchanger comprising: a first heat exchange channel (15) for conducting a first heat exchange medium, in particular a liquid; a second heat exchange channel (12) for conducting a second heat exchange medium, in particular a gas, preferably an inert gas, wherein the second heat exchange channel (12) in the assembled state of use comprises at least one inner heat exchange channel closer to the rotation axis (2) and an outer heat exchange channel further away from the rotation axis (2); a distribution element (17) which expands in the flow direction of the second heat exchange medium, preferably in a conical shape, for feeding the second heat exchange medium from an inlet opening (17A) in the distribution element (17) to the second heat exchange channel (12). An inlet opening (29) in the heat exchange channel (12); a merging element (18) which tapers in the flow direction of the second heat exchange medium, preferably tapers substantially conically, for discharging the second heat exchange medium from the outflow opening (28) in the second heat exchange channel (12) to the outlet opening (18A) in the merging element (18); and a device (30) for homogenizing the flow through the second heat exchange channel (12), the device comprising a throttling member for throttling the internal flow of the second heat exchange medium through the internal heat exchange channel between the inlet opening (17A) in the distribution element (17) and the outlet opening (18A) in the merging element (18) to different degrees and the external flow of the second heat exchange medium through the external heat exchange channel.

This invention relates to a refrigeration system designed as Rotary Supercharger Ejector Refrigeration System to improve the coefficient of performance and to reduce mechanical complexity. The design ensures that the working fluid performs expansion work as it passes through the generator. On the other hand, it eliminates the need for subcooling the liquid entering the pump. The design allows conversion of the high-speed kinetic energy from the ejector's outlet stream into recoverable potential energy. Consequently, the cycle closely approaches the ideal cycle. The rotation of coils increases convective heat transfer between coils and the atmosphere and eliminates the need for a blower as well as a complex mechanical pump. In addition to coil-air heat exchange, the system can be thermally coupled with hot rotating bodies to absorb waste heat and generate effective cooling.

The present invention discloses systems, devices, and methods for symphasic closed-cycle heat exchange, applicable to processes for extraction of compounds from biological materials, such as cannabis and other plants; said systems, devices, and methods incorporating a closed-cycle refrigeration circuit to provide energy savings and other improvements over existing single loop closed-cycle extraction processes.

This invention relates to a refrigeration system designed as Rotary Supercharger Ejector Refrigeration System to improve the coefficient of performance and to reduce mechanical complexity. The design ensures that the working fluid performs expansion work as it passes through the generator. On the other hand, it eliminates the need for subcooling the liquid entering the pump. The design allows conversion of the high-speed kinetic energy from the ejector's outlet stream into recoverable potential energy. Consequently, the cycle closely approaches the ideal cycle. The rotation of coils increases convective heat transfer between coils and the atmosphere and eliminates the need for a blower as well as a complex mechanical pump. In addition to coil-air heat exchange, the system can be thermally coupled with hot rotating bodies to absorb waste heat and generate effective cooling.

A rotor (1), in particular a rotary heat pump, comprising a rotating shaft (2), a number of compression conduits (15) through which a working medium, in particular a gas, preferably a rare gas, is directed away from the rotating shaft (2) to increase its pressure due to centrifugal acceleration, a number of expansion conduits (20) through which the working medium is directed towards the rotating shaft (2) to decrease its pressure due to centrifugal acceleration, a number of first heat transfer conduits (18) for the working medium, and a number of second heat transfer conduits (22) for a heat transfer medium, in particular a liquid, flowing through the first heat transfer conduits (18). and a number of second heat transfer conduits (22) for transferring heat between the working medium and the heat transfer medium flowing in the second heat transfer conduits (22), wherein a number of first rotor plates (10) and second rotor plates (11) include the compression conduits (15), the expansion conduits (20), the first heat transfer conduits (18) for the working medium, and the second heat transfer conduits (22) for the heat transfer medium, and the first rotor plates (10) and second rotor plates (11) are connected to each other along their main extension surfaces.

A pressure cooker utilizes a vapor compression cooling system that is physically separate from the heating element that heats the bottom of a crock and includes a cooling coil that circumscribes the side wall(s) of the crock to cool the crock through the circulation of a fluid through the cooling coil. Such a vapor compression cooling system may be used to provide various functions in a pressure cooker, including, for example, refrigerating food during a delay portion of a delay pressure cooking operation, accelerating depressurization during a depressurization portion of a pressure cooking operation, and performing a cooler operation to chill liquids, beverages, and the like.

Rotor, in particular a rotary heat pump, including a rotational axis, a number of compression ducts in which a working medium, in particular a gas, preferably a noble gas, is guided away from the rotational axis to increase the pressure due to the centrifugal acceleration, a number of expansion ducts in which the working medium is guided towards the rotational axis to reduce the pressure due to the centrifugal acceleration, a number of first heat transfer ducts for the working medium and a number of second heat transfer ducts for a heat transfer medium, in particular a liquid, so that heat is transferred between the working medium flowing in the first heat transfer ducts and the heat transfer medium flowing in the second heat transfer ducts, a number of first (10) and second rotor plates including the compression ducts, the expansion ducts, the first heat transfer ducts for the working medium and the second heat transfer ducts for the heat transfer medium, wherein the first and second rotor plates are connected to each other along their main planes of extension.

An air source heat pump is provided having a housing of plastic material and located within the housing an air heat exchanger ("evaporator"), a compressor and a motor driven fan for moving ambient air over the heat exchanger, wherein the plastic housing is structural and includes a base portion and an upper portion which together support and house the evaporator, compressor and motor driven fan without reliance on an internal metal chassis. An air source heat pump is also provided having a housing of plastic material and located within the housing an evaporator, a compressor and a motor driven fan for moving ambient air over the heat exchanger, wherein: the housing is structural and includes a base portion to which the compressor is secured and an upper portion which carries the fan and its drive motor, the evaporator is supported in a recess or well in the base portion and is positioned between the upper and base portions; the base portion and upper portion together define a first chamber for housing the evaporator and fan, the first chamber including an airflow conduit for directing airflow from the evaporator to the fan, the airflow conduit being at least partially defined by the upper portion.

We propose a new air conditioning system. [Solution] The air conditioning system comprises an outer pipe, an inner pipe coaxially arranged within the outer pipe, and a rotor coaxially arranged within the inner pipe. The inner pipe forms an outer air passage between the outer pipe and the inner pipe. The rotor forms an inner air passage between the inner pipe and the rotor. The air conditioning system further comprises a compression stage located at a first position in the central axis direction of the outer pipe, an expansion stage located at a second position different from the first position in the central axis direction, and a heat exchanger located between the compression stage and the expansion stage in the central axis direction. The compression stage includes a first rotor blade connected to the rotor. The expansion stage includes a second rotor blade connected to the rotor. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of partitions separating a first channel and a second channel from each other. The first channel is inserted into the inner air passage. The second channel is inserted into the outer air passage.

A heat transfer system and methods for exchanging heat between a working fluid and a heat transfer fluid are provided. The system comprises a rotor assembly arranged around a rotational axis. The rotor assembly comprises a rotary compressor configured to compress the working fluid. A rotary heat exchanger of the rotor assembly exchanging heat between the working fluid and the heat transfer fluid. An expansion system of the rotor assembly is configured to reduce a pressure of the working fluid such that the working fluid expands into to a multi-phase mixture.

The invention relates to a rotor (1), in particular a rotation heat pump, comprising: an axis of rotation (2); a number of compression channels (15), in which a working medium, in particular a gas, preferably a noble gas, is conducted away from the axis of rotation (2) as a result of the centrifugal acceleration for the purpose of increasing pressure; a number of expansion channels (20), in which the working medium is conducted toward the axis of rotation (2) as a result of the centrifugal acceleration for the purpose of decreasing pressure; a number of first heat transfer channels (18) for the working medium and a number of second heat transfer channels (22) for a heat transfer medium, in particular a liquid, so that heat is transferred between the working medium flowing in the first heat transfer channels (18) and the heat transfer medium flowing in the second heat transfer channels (22); a number of first (10) and second rotor plates (11), which comprise the compression channels (15), the expansion channels (20), the first heat transfer channels (18) for the working medium and the second heat transfer channels (22) for the heat transfer medium; wherein the first (10) and the second rotor plates (11) are connected to one another along their main planes of extension.

The invention relates to a method for generating cold by means of an arrangement comprising a refrigeration circuit (100). A rotating refrigeration circuit (100) is provided in which a refrigerant is circulated. The centrifugal force acting on the refrigerant generates a density gradient in the refrigerant, thereby creating a temperature gradient in the refrigerant.

Rotary heat exchangers can include a ride-along compressor, at least a portion of which can be rotated along with the heat exchanger. By rotating at least a portion of the compressor along with the heat exchanger, a sealed fluid circuit containing a two-phase working fluid can be provided. A rotary heat pump or heat engine can include an evaporator and a condenser in the form of back-to-back centrifugal fans. The centrifugal fan blades or other portions of the evaporator and condenser may include internal cavities where the working fluid undergoes a phase change.

Fluid compression device Enabling the production of heat or cold, heat pump type The Rotor uses water vapor in the saturated vapor phase at ambient temperature. The rotor can be used for other applications in fluid mechanics. For the movement of fluids

A refrigerant circuit unit including: a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a heater, an expansion mechanism, a cooler, and a channel module in which at least a part of a refrigerant channel that distributes a refrigerant circulated in the compressor, the heater, the expansion mechanism, and the cooler, is integrally formed; and a support plate that supports the refrigerant circuit. The channel module includes a high-pressure side region provided with a high-pressure channel through which a high-pressure refrigerant flows, a low-pressure side region provided with a low-pressure channel through which a low-pressure refrigerant flows, and a partition provided between the high-pressure side region and the low-pressure side region to separate the high-pressure side region and the low-pressure side region.

The invention relates to a heat exchanger (7), in particular a shell-and-tube heat exchanger, for being arranged on a rotor (1) having a rotation axis (2), comprising a first heat exchange channel (15) for guiding a first heat exchange medium, in particular a liquid, and a second heat exchange channel (12) for guiding a second heat exchange medium, in particular a gas, preferably a rare gas, which in an assembled and used state comprises at least one inner heat exchange channel close to the rotation axis (2) and an outer heat exchange channel further away from the rotation axis (2), and a distribution element (17) expanding, preferably conically expanding, in the direction of flow of the second heat exchange medium for feeding the second heat exchange medium from an inlet opening (17A) to an inlet opening (29) in the distribution element (17). a distribution element (17) for distributing a second heat exchange medium through an inner heat exchange channel and an outer heat exchange channel, the distribution element (17) tapering, preferably substantially conically, in a flow direction of the second heat exchange medium for discharging the second heat exchange medium from an outlet opening (28) of the second heat exchange channel (12) to an outlet opening (18A) of the merging element (18); and a device (30) for homogenizing the flow through the second heat exchange channel (12), the device comprising a throttling member for throttling to different degrees an inner flow of the second heat exchange medium through the inner heat exchange channel and an outer flow of the second heat exchange medium through the outer heat exchange channel between the inlet opening (17A) of the distribution element (17) and the outlet opening (18A) of the merging element (18).