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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2009
Sylvain Mauran, Millas, FR;
Nathalie Mazet, Perpignan, FR;
Pierre Neveu, St Michel de Llotes, FR;
Driss Stitou, St Nazaire, FR;
Sylvain Mauran, Millas, FR;
Nathalie Mazet, Perpignan, FR;
Pierre Neveu, St Michel de Llotes, FR;
Driss Stitou, St Nazaire, FR;
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A plant for the producing of cold, heat and/or work. The plant includes at least one modified Carnot machine having a first assembly that includes an evaporator Evap combined with a heat source, a condenser Cond combined with a heat sink, a device DPD for pressurizing or expanding a working fluid GT, a means for transferring said working fluid GT between the condenser Cond and DPD, and between the evaporator Evap and DPD; a second assembly that includes two transfer vessels CT and CT' that contain a transfer liquid LT and the working fluid GT in the form of liquid and/or vapor; a means for selectively transferring the working fluid GT between the condenser Cond and each of the transfer vessels CT and CT′, as well as between the evaporator Evap and each of the transfer enclosures CT and CT′; and a means for selectively transferring the liquid LT between the transfer vessels CT and CT′ and the compression or expansion device DPD, said means including at eat hydraulic converter.