Hitachi, Ltd.

Agency of Industrial Science and Technology

Seiichiro Sakaguchi

Michihiko Aizawa

Tomihisa Ohuchi

Daisuke Hisajima

Akira Nishiguchi

Shigehisa Sugita

Takashi Nakao

Kazuhito Koyama

Yasuo Koseki

Kyoji Kohno

Michio Kuroda

Nobuhiro Seiki

Yasuaki Akatsu

Asao Hanzawa

Koji Shiina

Shozo Nakamura

Yoshiki Noguchi

Katsuya Ebara

Yoshifumi Kunugi

Hiroaki Yoda

Satoshi Tsukahara

Ryoichiro Oshima

Haruyuki Yamazaki

Toshifumi Kunugi

Kojiro Kaneko

Yasuaki Akatu

The capacity control range of an interior unit of a multiple type absorption air conditioning system is increased, and turning on and off of cooling/heating and switch over between the cooling and heating can be readily and safely performed. The capacity control range is increased by reserving a liquid refrigerant in an absorption cool/warm water unit. An interior unit is connected to the absorption cool/warm water unit by a communication device. The operation of the cool/warm water unit caused by turning on and off the system and switch over between cooling and heating are automatically controlled by an operation control device. Consequently, the operation is simplified, and safety is improved.

Multiple type absorption air conditioning system

The capacity control range of an interior unit of a multiple type absorption air conditioning system is enlarged, and turning on and off of cooling/heating and switch over between the cooling and heating can be readily and safely performed. The capacity control range is increased by reserving a liquid refrigerant in an absorption cool/warm water unit. An interior unit is connected to the absorption cool/warm water unit by a communication device. The operation of the cool/warm water unit caused by turning on and off the system and switch over between cooling and heating are automatically controlled by an operation control device. Consequently, the operation is simplified, and safety is improved.

An absorption heat pump apparatus is so formed that solution which has absorbed coolant vapor in absorber to increase in temperature, liquid coolant into which coolant vapor heat been condensed in a condenser, and coolant which has decreased in temperature through flash evaporation of coolant vapor in an evaporator are delivered directly to heat exchangers so as to exchange heat with the outdoor air, respectively. This arrangement makes the use of cold water and cooling water as well as equipment therefor and maintenance thereof unnecessary.

Absorption heat pump apparatus with indoor and outdoor heat exchangers

An absorption air conditioner having a regenerating chamber for heating and condensing a portion of a dilute solution generated in an absorber and an absorption chamber for causing refrigerant vapor generated in the regenerating chamber to be absorbed into said dilute solution which is at an intermediate position in the passage connected from the absorber to the regenerator so that the size of the absorber is reduced and the overall size of the absorption air conditioner is reduced.

Absorption air conditioner

An absorber comprises a vapor absorption portion including at least two flow paths through which an absorption solution flows down and absorbs a cooling medium vapor, at least two solution cooling portions separated from, and juxtaposed with, the vapor absorption portion and solution circulation for circulating a cooling medium vapor between the solution cooling portion and the vapor absorption portion. In this manner, a refrigerator can be made compact in size and cycle efficiency can be improved.

Absorption refrigerator

A fuel reforming apparatus includes a reaction tube for causing endothermic reaction for converting a fuel gas with hydrocarbon, steam, and the like mixed therein into a hydrogen-enriched gas using a catalyst, a combustor for generating a combustion gas for heating the reaction tube, a heat insulating layer for preventing the radiation of the combustion gas, and a combustion gas passage disposed around the reaction tube and allowing the combustion gas to flow therethrough, and a passage for air or fuel gas disposed around the fuel gas passage, a heat insulating layer being disposed around the outer peripheral surface of this passage.

Fuel reforming apparatus

This invention relates to a favorable method of starting a fuel cell power generation system in which fuel is used directly as a heating medium for raising the temperature of said system. Namely, the present invention relates to a method of starting a fuel cell power generation system composed of (a) a reformer which is composed of a reforming part packed with reforming catalyst and a heating part and in which a fuel is fed to the reformer inlet and the fuel is combusted at the heating part, thereby to heat the reforming part and (b) the above-mentioned fuel cell in which the fuel which has been passed through said reformer reforming part is introduced to the anode and the exhaust gas produced at said reformer heating part is fed to the cathode, comprising the step of starting the fuel cell power generation system to ignite the fuel present at the reformer heating part only when the reformer reforming part has been filled with fuel.

Method of starting fuel cell power generation system

A thermo-siphon type generator apparatus making use of a gravity-type heat pipe in which a working medium is cyclically evaporated and condensed. The apparatus has a closed vessel filled with the working fluid and defining a lower evaporating section, an upper condensing section and a heat-insulated section between the evaporating and condensing sections. A turbine connected to a generator is mounted in or on the closed vessel. A first passage is provided for introducing the vapor of the working fluid generated in the evaporating section to the turbine, while a second passage is adapted for introducing the vapor from the turbine to the condensing section. The evaporating section includes a reservoir chamber adapted to store the working fluid in liquid phase, and a vapor bubble pumping space communicated with the reservoir chamber and adapted to generate, when heated, upward movement of vapor bubbles of the working fluid thereby to forward the vapor of the working medium to the turbine through the first passage. A third passage is provided for returning the condensate liquid to the reservoir chamber.

Thermo-siphon type generator apparatus

The present invention provides a low boiling point medium evaporator which generates low boiling point medium vapor in the mixture of two components with different boiling points by heating at the risers and mixes said heated two component mixture and said low boiling point medium liquid supplied from the outside of the system and has at least one device provided at the outlet portion of said risers and used both as a heat exchanger to generate saturated vapor of said low boiling point medium vapor by mixing said low boiling point medium liquid and the two phase flow comprised said low boiling point medium vapor and said mixture and passing said two phase flow through said low boiling point medium vapor and as a cyclone to separate said saturated vapor and said mixture.

Low boiling point medium evaporator

A power generating plant which includes a direct contact-type heat exchanger. A low-boiling point medium such as freon and a heat-source medium such as heated oil, are injected from a lower portion of the heat exchanger so that the two media are brought into direct contact with each other thereby vaporizing the gaseous low-boiling point medium. The low-boiling medium acts as a working fluid while it circulates through a closed cycle of the plant which includes a turbine and a condenser. The heat-source medium, circulates in a closed cycle of the plant which includes a heating unit.

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Ibaraki, Japan

Seiichiro Sakaguchi