Disclosed is a refrigeration system, including: a generator having a liquid storage cavity for containing a liquid ammonia and sodium nitrate solution, a heat source being connected to the generator and an exhaust pipe being arranged at an upper end of the generator; a condenser having a condensation cavity, an inlet of the condensation cavity being communicated with the exhaust pipe; an evaporator having an evaporation cavity, an inlet of the evaporation cavity being communicated with an outlet of the condensation cavity through a liquid inlet pipe; an expansion valve arranged on the liquid inlet pipe; an absorber located below the generator and having an absorption cavity for containing a sodium nitrate solution, an upper part of the absorption cavity being communicated with an outlet of the evaporation cavity through a gas pipe.

The composite adsorbent for an adsorption chiller is a composite material formed from multi-walled carbon nanotubes incorporated into a metal organic framework, where the metal organic framework is MIL-101(Cr). The MIL-101 family of metal organic frameworks include terephthalate (benzene 1,4-dicarboxylate) linkers and M.sub.3O-carboxylate trimers (M=Cr or Fe) with octrahedrally coordinated metal ions binding terminal water molecules. MIL-101 frameworks having a crystal structure with very large pore sizes (29 and 34 Angstroms) and surface area, and are known to have a large water uptake. However, metal organic frameworks have low thermal conductivity due to the presence of organic matter, resulting in lower heat transfer rates and greater cycle time, and are not stable in aqueous media or disintegrate slowly upon recurrent hydrothermal cycling. Composite binding with multi-wall carbon nanotubes improves heat transfer characteristics and thermal stability.

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to the use of ionic liquids and gas refrigerants in a refrigerant composition in a temperature adjustment system, such as a refrigeration system.

A method includes forming a carbon aerogel on a substrate to produce a highly adsorptive structure. The carbon aerogel is characterized by having physical characteristics of in-situ formation on the substrate.

The invention relates to an adsorption heat pump, having an adsorber device, comprising a solid adsorbent, an evaporator, a condenser or an evaporator/condenser and an operating medium in an operating circuit, wherein the operating circuit has a gaseous half-circuit between the evaporator, the adsorber device and the condenser or the evaporator/condenser and the adsorber device, in which gaseous half-circuit the operating medium is gaseous, and a liquid half-circuit which is configured between the evaporator and the condenser and in which the operating medium is liquid, wherein the liquid half-circuit contains a liquid functional medium which can be mixed with the operating medium and lowers the vapor pressure of the operating medium, with a vapor pressure at 25° C. of below 0.2 mbar. In a method for operating an absorption heat pump with an operating circuit comprising an adsorber, an evaporator and a condenser or an evaporator/condenser and an operating medium which is circulated between the adsorber, the evaporator and the condenser, the operating medium is mixed, when running through the operating circuit, within the liquid half-circuit with a liquid functional medium which lowers the vapor pressure, and the operating medium is separated from the functional medium before the transfer into the gaseous half-circuit of the operating circuit.

A method and a composite for evaporative cooling are provided. The method includes synthesizing MOF-801 and preparing CaCl.sub.2@MOF-801 composite based on the MOF-801. The synthesizing MOF-801 includes dissolving fumaric acid and ZrOCl.sub.2.Math.8H.sub.2O into a solvent having N, N-Dimethylformamide and formic acid to produce a mixture; heating the mixture at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined amount of time; cooling the mixture to room temperature to obtain precipitate of MOF-801; separating the MOF-801 by a filter of a predetermined pore size; and drying the separated MOF-801 at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined amount of time to activate the MOF-801. The preparing CaCl.sub.2@MOF-801 composite includes dissolving a predetermined amount of CaCl.sub.2 in deionized (DI) water; applying ultrasonication to the solution for a predetermined amount of time; and mixing the MOF-801 synthesized with the CaCl.sub.2 solution under ultrasonication at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined amount of time.

Heat pump 10 has heat-absorbing section 12 that receives heat from an outside and heat-releasing section 13 that releases heat to the outside, for transferring heat between heat-absorbing section 12 and heat-releasing sectioning 13 by reinforcing and reducing a magnetic field applied to a primary working fluid circulating between heat-absorbing section 12 and heat-releasing section 13, wherein the primary working fluid is magnetic particle dispersion 11 containing magnetic particles 11 dispersed in a dispersion medium.

A product includes a highly adsorptive structure comprising: a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a plurality of microchannels; and a carbon aerogel adhered to the substrate. The carbon aerogel is characterized by having physical characteristics of in situ formation on the substrate. Moreover, An adsorptive cooling system includes: a first highly adsorptive structure positioned to receive thermal energy from a thermal energy source, the first highly adsorptive structure comprising: a first substrate; and a first carbon aerogel adhered to the first substrate; a second highly adsorptive structure positioned to receive thermal energy from the thermal energy source, the second highly adsorptive structure comprising: a second substrate; and a second carbon aerogel adhered to the second substrate. The first substrate and/or the second substrate independently comprise a plurality of microchannels.

An adsorptive cooling system includes: a first highly adsorptive structure positioned to receive thermal energy from a thermal energy source, the first highly adsorptive structure including: a first substrate; and a first carbon aerogel adhered to the first substrate, a second highly adsorptive structure positioned to receive thermal energy from the thermal energy source, the second highly adsorptive structure including: a second substrate; and a second carbon aerogel adhered to the second substrate, a cooling unit; and a circulation system adapted for circulating the refrigerant from at least one of the first highly adsorptive structure and the second highly adsorptive structure to the cooling unit to provide cooling from the thermal energy source and to return the refrigerant from the cooling unit to at least one of the first highly adsorptive structure and the second highly adsorptive structure.

A liquid desiccant system including a high desorber, a low desorber, and an absorber that are in fluid communication with a working solution, where the high desorber provides rejected water vapor from the working fluid for condensation in a condenser of the low desorber that provides heat for rejection of additional water from the working solution in the low desorber effectively multiplying the heat provided for desorption. The low desorber provided the concentrated working solution to the absorber where water from ambient air is condensed into the concentrated working solution to provide a dilute working solution within a working solution conduit of the absorber that is thermally coupled to an internal cooler of the absorber. In some embodiments, the working solution can be an aqueous solution of at least one ionic liquid.