摘要 |
A heat pump system ( 10 ) including a heat generator ( 15 ), a heat engine ( 26 ) supplied with heat engine working fluid ( 18 ) by the heat generator ( 15 ) having a heat engine cylinder chamber ( 34 ), a heat engine piston ( 32 ), and a heat engine piston rod ( 35 ), a preheating chamber ( 31 ) employing the heat engine working fluid ( 18 ) to heat the heat engine cylinder chamber ( 34 ), a compressor ( 40 ) driven by the heat engine ( 26 ) employing compressor working fluid having a compressor cylinder chamber ( 46 ), a compressor piston ( 44 ), and a compressor piston rod ( 47 ), a spacer ( 50 ) separating and joining the heat engine piston rod ( 35 ) and the compressor piston rod ( 47 ), a sealing assembly ( 38 ) associated with the spacer ( 50 ) separating the heat engine working fluid ( 18 ) and the compressor working fluid, and a valve assembly ( 60 ) communicating with the heat engine cylinder chamber ( 34 ) and controlling the ingress and egress of heat engine working fluid ( 18 ) to the heat engine ( 26 ).
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