Chemical heat pipe employing self-driven chemical pump based on a molar increase

A chemical pump system that utilizes a self-driven compressor to increase the system pressure while obviating the need for a one-way valve and liquid head to provide the driving force for the reactants, thus enhancing long distance transport. The system comprises a chemical heat pipe employing rever...

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Hauptverfasser:	HAUGHT, ALAN F, KESTEN, ARTHUR S, COUCH, HAROLD T
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS BLASTING COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS COMBUSTION ENGINES CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES GAS-TURBINE PLANTS HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS HEATING HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS LIGHTING LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS REFRIGERATION OR COOLING STEAM ACCUMULATORS STEAM ENGINE PLANTS STEAM ENGINES WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	A chemical pump system that utilizes a self-driven compressor to increase the system pressure while obviating the need for a one-way valve and liquid head to provide the driving force for the reactants, thus enhancing long distance transport. The system comprises a chemical heat pipe employing reversible endothermic/exothermic chemical reactions to transfer thermal energy between a heat source and a heat sink. At least one reactant is self-driven substantially unidirectionally through the heat pipe by compressing the reactant(s) with a compressor and heating the reactant(s) to a predetermined pressure and temperature sufficient to form a reaction product having at least a 150% molar increase. The reaction product is expanded with an expander that is linked mechanically to the compressor. The expansion energy is sufficient to compress the reactants to the predetermined pressure while maintaining the self-driven unidirectional flow.