Hybrid electrocaloric heat pump system

    公开(公告)号:US11454415B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-27

    申请号:US16763885

    申请日:2017-11-23

    Abstract: A building heating or cooling system is disclosed that includes an air handling system having an air delivery flow path in fluid communication with a conditioned space in the building. The building heating or cooling system also includes an electrocaloric heating or cooling system that includes first and second electrocaloric modules. A first inlet receives air from the conditioned space or the air delivery flow path and directs it through the first or second electrocaloric module to a first outlet to the conditioned space or the air delivery flow path, and a second inlet that receives air from the conditioned space or the air delivery flow path and directs it through the first or second electrocaloric module to a second outlet to outside the conditioned space.

    Enhanced thermally-driven ejector cycles

    公开(公告)号:US11408647B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-09

    申请号:US16778440

    申请日:2020-01-31

    Abstract: A refrigerated system includes a heat recovery system defining a heat recovery fluid flow path. The heat recovery system includes an ejector having a primary inlet and a secondary inlet and a first heat exchanger within which heat is transferred between a heat recovery fluid and a secondary fluid. The first heat exchanger is located upstream from the primary inlet of the ejector. A second heat exchanger within which heat is transferred from a heat transfer fluid to the heat recovery fluid is upstream from the secondary inlet of the ejector. At least one recovery heat exchanger is positioned along the heat recovery fluid flow path directly upstream from the first heat exchanger.

    Ejector refrigeration system and control method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11365913B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-21

    申请号:US16468576

    申请日:2017-12-14

    Abstract: An ejector refrigeration system, comprising: a compressor, a heat-extraction heat exchanger, an ejector, a separator, a first throttling element, and a heat-absorption heat exchanger that are connected through pipelines, the ejector having a main flow inlet connected to the heat-extraction heat exchanger, and further having a secondary flow inlet and an ejector outlet; the separator having a separator inlet connected to the ejector outlet, a separator liquid outlet connected to the first throttling element, and a separator gas outlet connected to a gas inlet of the compressor, wherein turn-on and turn-off of a first flow path connecting the heat-absorption heat exchanger and the secondary flow inlet of the ejector and a second flow path connecting the heat-absorption heat exchanger and the gas inlet of the compressor are controllable.

    Ejector-enhanced heat recovery refrigeration system

    公开(公告)号:US11300327B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-12

    申请号:US16094345

    申请日:2017-04-25

    Abstract: A refrigerated transport system (20) comprises: an engine (30). A vapor compression system (50) comprises: a compressor (40) for compressing a flow of a refrigerant; a first heat exchanger (60) along a refrigerant flowpath (52) of the refrigerant; and a second heat exchanger (66) along the refrigerant flowpath of the refrigerant. A heat recovery system (56) has: a first heat exchanger (110) for transferring heat from the engine to a heat recovery fluid along a heat recovery flowpath (58); and a second heat exchanger (112; 63) along the heat recovery flowpath. The heat recovery system second heat exchanger and the vapor compression system first heat exchanger are respective portions of a shared tube/fin package.

    Ejector cycle with dual heat absorption heat exchangers

    公开(公告)号:US11209191B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-28

    申请号:US15385043

    申请日:2016-12-20

    Abstract: A system has a first compressor and a second compressor. A heat rejection heat exchanger is coupled to the first and second compressors to receive refrigerant compressed by the compressors. The system includes an economizer for receiving refrigerant from the heat rejection heat exchanger and reducing an enthalpy of a first portion of the received refrigerant while increasing an enthalpy of a second portion. The second portion is returned to the compressor. The ejector has a primary inlet coupled to the means to receive a first flow of the reduced enthalpy refrigerant. The ejector has a secondary inlet and an outlet. The outlet is coupled to the first compressor to return refrigerant to the first compressor. A first heat absorption heat exchanger is coupled to the economizer to receive a second flow of the reduced enthalpy refrigerant and is upstream of the secondary inlet of the ejector. A second heat absorption heat exchanger is between the outlet of the ejector and the first compressor.

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