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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2012
Applicant:
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Inventor:
Saeed Moghaddam, Gainesville, FL (US);
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Gainesville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 15/00 (2006.01); F25B 37/00 (2006.01); F28D 3/02 (2006.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01); F25B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 15/00 (2013.01); F25B 37/00 (2013.01); F28D 3/02 (2013.01); F28D 21/0015 (2013.01); F25B 17/02 (2013.01); F25B 2315/00 (2013.01); Y02B 30/62 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exchanger for absorption or desorption of a refrigerant employs an ultra thin film (UTF) of a refrigerant solution constrained to a channel by a permeable membrane. The UTF has a thickness of about 250 μm or less. The permeable membrane can be a nanostructured membrane, such as a membrane of nanofibers. The exchangers can be employed in an absorption refrigeration system (ARS) that use waste heat or solar heaters permitting the ARS to be less than one tenth the volume and mass of a conventional ARS.