Invention Publication
- Patent Title: ABSORPTION CHILLER SYSTEM WITH A TRANSPORT MEMBRANE HEAT EXCHANGER
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Application No.: US18312930Application Date: 2023-05-05
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Publication No.: US20240060690A1Publication Date: 2024-02-22
- Inventor: Salvatore C. SCUDERI
- Applicant: Scuderi Group, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA West Springfield
- Assignee: Scuderi Group, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Scuderi Group, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA West Springfield
- Main IPC: F25B15/06
- IPC: F25B15/06 ; F01N3/02 ; F01P3/22 ; F01N3/04

Abstract:
An absorption chiller system includes a generator section, a condenser section, an evaporator section and an absorber section all in fluid communication with each other and which operate to circulate a refrigerant therethrough. The evaporator section includes a transport membrane heat exchanger. The transport membrane heat exchanger includes a first and a second flow path. The first flow path is operable to flow the refrigerant therethrough under a vacuum pressure that is low enough to vaporize the refrigerant within the first flow path. The second flow path is operable to pass a fluid having water therethrough. Both water and heat are transferred from the fluid in the second flow path to the refrigerant in the first flow path through a membrane-based material of the transport membrane heat exchanger, such that the fluid passing through the second flow path has at least a portion of its water removed and is cooled.
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