| 摘要 |
A set of devices that can leverage creating small volume changes with small amount of work to create larger heat energy temperature differences, recycle a portion of the compression energy equal to approximately the ratio of the absolute temperature of the cooled space to the heated space, and recycle the heat energy to reduce or eliminate the effect of the temperature gap between the cooled space and heated space. Piston, rotary and turbine based devices are disclosed to achieve the recycled compression energy, for systems designed with single phase vapor or air working fluids. System configuration with counterflow heat exchanger disclosed to recycle the energy needed to cross the temperature gap, applicable both to air/vapor systems and to Freon/refrigerant 2 phase systems. Resulting single phase systems can operate over entire temperature range of Earth's surface and are not limited to constrained temperature range of refrigerant phase change. |
| 主权项 |
1. A class of heat pumps, air conditioner, refrigeration, freezing or heating devices which move heat from a cooled space or object to a heated space or object and which recycle a portion of the compression energy expended and/or recycle the majority of the heat difference between the cooled space and heated space, comprised of either a 2 phase refrigerant based system or a 1 phase vapor based system and implemented by one of several disclosed compression/expansion mechanisms and each systems consisting of either a closed loop of working fluid or an open loop of working fluid and may be used to accomplish cooling environmental air and/or heating environmental air, cooling refrigerated spaces, cooling freezer spaces, making ice, melting ice, causing, inhibiting or controlling chemical reactions by cooling or heating, solidifying liquids by cooling, melting solids by heating, moving heat for cryogenic devices, heating water, cooling water, liquefying gases by cooling or vaporizing liquids by heating or any other purpose heat pumps may be applied to; either of which recycling method increases the ratio of heat movement to energy added to the system otherwise known as Coefficient of Performance or (COP). |
