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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2011
Toshio Manabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroaki Yoshida, Kawasaki, JP;
Fumio Takei, Kawasaki, JP;
Noriyasu Aso, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshio Manabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroaki Yoshida, Kawasaki, JP;
Fumio Takei, Kawasaki, JP;
Noriyasu Aso, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A heat pump including: a refrigerant accumulator in which a substance accumulating a refrigerant is disposed, the refrigerant accumulator having a heating means heating the substance in order to release the refrigerant; a flow path connected at one end thereof to the refrigerant accumulator, the flow path holding the refrigerant released from the substance in the refrigerant accumulator by capillary action; a first heat exchanger provided between the refrigerant accumulator and the flow path or around the flow path and exchanging heat with the refrigerant in order to condense the refrigerant; and a second heat exchanger provided around the flow path and exchanging cold energy generated by evaporation of the refrigerant from the other end of the flow path.