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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2006
Jason J. Hugenroth, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
James E. Braun, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Eckhard A. Groll, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Galen B. King, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Jason J. Hugenroth, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
James E. Braun, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Eckhard A. Groll, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Galen B. King, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Purdue Research Foundation, West LaFayette, IN (US);
Abstract
A thermodynamic system that can approximate the Ericsson or Brayton cycles and operated in reverse or forward modes to implement a cooler or engine, respectively. The thermodynamic system includes a device for compressing a first fluid stream containing a first gas-liquid mixture having a sufficient liquid content so that compression of the gas within the first gas-liquid mixture by the compressing device is nearly isothermal, and a device for expanding a second fluid stream containing a second gas-liquid mixture having a sufficient liquid content so that expansion of the gas within the second gas-liquid mixture by the expanding device is nearly isothermal. A heat sink is in thermal communication with at least the liquid of the first gas-liquid mixture for transferring heat therefrom, and a heat source is in thermal communication with at least the liquid of the second gas-liquid mixture for transferring heat thereto. A device is provided for transferring heat between at least the gas of the first gas-liquid mixture after the first fluid stream exits the compressing device and at least the gas of the second gas-liquid mixture after the second fluid stream exits the expanding device. The compressing and expanding devices are not liquid-ring compressors or expanders, but instead are devices that tolerate liquid flooding, such as scroll-type compressors and expanders.