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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2016
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Todd M. Bandhauer, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Torben P. Grumstrup, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
A turbo-compression cooling system includes a power cycle and a cooling cycle coupled one to the other. The power cycle implements a waste heat waste heat exchanger configured to evaporate a first working fluid and a turbine configured to receive the evaporated working fluid. The turbine is configured to rotate as the first working fluid expands to a lower pressure. A condenser condenses the first working fluid to a saturated liquid and a pump pumps the saturated liquid to the waste heat waste heat exchanger. The cooling cycle implements a compressor increasing the pressure of a second working fluid, a condenser condensing the second working fluid to a saturated liquid upon exiting the compressor, an expansion valve expanding the second working fluid to a lower pressure, and an evaporator rejecting heat from a circulating fluid to the second working fluid, thereby cooling the circulating fluid.