A refrigerator includes a main body that has a storage chamber and a drying chamber; a thermoelectric module that includes a heat absorber and a heat dissipater; a cooling fan that circulates air in the storage chamber to the heat absorber and the storage chamber; a heat-dissipating fan that blows air to the heat dissipater; an air guide that has a passage for guiding air heated by the heat dissipater to the drying chamber; a heater that is disposed in the passage; and a damper that controls a flow of air in the passage between the heat-dissipating fan and the heater. Heat of the heat dissipater transfers to the drying chamber through the passage of the air guide and the damper, thereby being able to dry an object to be dried.

A method includes: providing an absorber material including: a casing; and superabsorbent particles arranged therein, and using the absorber material to absorb and/or distribute liquids in an actively and/or passively cooled current-carrying system including an actively and/or passively cooled power storage system. The casing has at least two plies arranged in a planar fashion on one another. Regions of the at least two plies are connected to one another by at least one seam such that the casing is segmented in a form of pockets separated from one another. At least some of the pockets have the superabsorbent particles.

A method includes: providing an absorber material including: a casing; and superabsorbent particles arranged therein, and using the absorber material to absorb and/or distribute liquids in an actively and/or passively cooled current-carrying system including an actively and/or passively cooled power storage system. The casing has at least two plies arranged in a planar fashion on one another. Regions of the at least two plies are connected to one another by at least one seam such that the casing is segmented in a form of pockets separated from one another. At least some of the pockets have the superabsorbent particles.

A cooling system may include a cooling pump, a cooling source, a thermal energy storage, a mixing valve, a recharge valve, a recharge pump. The mixing valve may be in fluid communication with a thermal load. A first input of the mixing valve may be in fluid communication with the thermal energy storage. A second input of the mixing valve may be in fluid communication with the recharge pump. Operation of the recharge pump may cause heated cooling fluid output from the thermal load to bypass the cooling pump and flow to the second input of the mixing valve. The recharge valve may be in fluid communication with the thermal energy storage and the cooling pump. The recharge valve may regulate a recharge fluid flow comprising cooling fluid received from the thermal energy storage.

A sorption cooling device includes at least one evaporator, a condenser and a sorption chamber.

A sorption cooling device includes at least one evaporator, a condenser and a sorption chamber.

There is disclosed a heat transferring device comprising a number of spaces and conduits together with heat transferring elements and a heat exchanger as well as a heat source. A capillary tube feeds a heat transferring medium to a space from which is can be evaporated. The invention is highly suitable for all applications where heat is to be transferred from a small volume to a large area. It is also suitable where the same large area needs to be cooled. The energy consumption is reduced compared to more traditional technologies. The number of moving parts is minimized which gives lower costs for use, manufacture, maintenance etc. The invention is very versatile and can be utilized in many different applications where it is desired to transfer heat from one point to a large area. It can also be used for cooling purposes.

There is disclosed a heat transferring device comprising a number of spaces and conduits together with heat transferring elements and a heat exchanger as well as a heat source. A capillary tube feeds a heat transferring medium to a space from which is can be evaporated. The invention is highly suitable for all applications where heat is to be transferred from a small volume to a large area. It is also suitable where the same large area needs to be cooled. The energy consumption is reduced compared to more traditional technologies. The number of moving parts is minimized which gives lower costs for use, manufacture, maintenance etc. The invention is very versatile and can be utilized in many different applications where it is desired to transfer heat from one point to a large area. It can also be used for cooling purposes.

An absorption heat pump having a generator, a heat source to heat the generator to drive coolant vapor out of solution, a condenser for cooling the coolant vapor and an expansion valve that expand the coolant fluid as well as an evaporator for at least partial evaporation of the expanded coolant fluid against a medium which is connected to at least one absorber which absorbs the expanded coolant fluid. A hot gas line which branches off from a line for coolant vapor upstream of the condenser and is fluid-connected to the evaporator such that it bypasses the condenser and the expansion valve, a defrosting valve being provided in the hot gas line, by means of which the flow of coolant vapor through the hot gas line can be controlled. The absorption heat pump is operated in a cyclic circulation process.

An absorber or desorber contains one or more micro-channels that have a 3-D structured heat-exchanging surface and a membrane on the microchannel situated distal to the 3-D structured heat-exchanging surface, where the membrane is permeable to a solvent of a solution employed in the absorber or desorber. The 3-D structured surface promotes mixing of hot and cold solution between the 3-D structured heat-exchanging surface and a vapor-exchanging surface proximal to the membrane. The mixing reduces the differences in concentration and temperature of the bulk solution and the solution at the vapor-exchanging surface to enhance the efficiency and rate of absorption or desorption of the solvent.