| 摘要 |
A method of transferring and recovering energy comprises selecting a plurality of two or more different compounds comprising a solid reactant absorbent and a gaseous reactant adsorbed thereon, each of said compounds having a different gaseous reactant vapor pressure, substantially independent of the concentration of the gaseous reactant, locating a different one of the compounds in a different one of a plurality of reactors (12, 14, 16, 18) in a first reaction cycle, pressurizing a first portion of reactors (12, 16) at a first pressure, whereby the compound therein desorbs said gaseous reactant in an endothermic reaction, and pressurizing the second portion of reactors (14, 18) at a second pressure whereby the compound th erein adsorbs said gaseous reactant in an exothermic reaction, and in a second reaction cycle, pressurizing the first portion of reac tors at the second pressure whereby the compound therein adsorbs the gaseous reactant in an exothermic reaction, and pressurizing the second portion of reactors at the first pressure whereby the compound therein desorbs said gaseous reactant in an endoth ermic reaction, and directing at least a portion of the heat released during the exothermic reactions or at least a portion of he at absorbed during the endothermic reactions to heat exchange means (22, 24, 26) for energy recovery. The invention includes app aratus for carrying out the method.
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