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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
May. 16, 2006
Mark Brandon Shiflett, New Castle, DE (US);
Akimichi Yokozeki, Wilmington, DE (US);
Mark Brandon Shiflett, New Castle, DE (US);
Akimichi Yokozeki, Wilmington, DE (US);
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a hybrid vapor compression-absorption cooling or heating system and apparatus containing a refrigerant pair comprising at least one refrigerant and at least one ionic liquid. The present invention also provides for the performance of a hybrid vapor compression-absorption cycle that utilizes refrigerants and absorbents such as fluorocarbon gases in fluorinated ionic liquids. The present invention also provides a method of cooling by the execution of a hybrid vapor compression-absorption cycle using a refrigerant pair comprising at least one refrigerant and at least one ionic liquid. The present invention also provides a method of heating by the execution of a hybrid vapor compression-absorption cycle using a refrigerant pair comprising at least one refrigerant and at least one ionic liquid.