An adsorption system can be used as part of a climate control system in a vehicle or in any other space requiring heating or cooling. The adsorbent system can include an enclosure, a plurality of layers arranged in a stack inside the enclosure, and a vapor channel inside the enclosure.

An adsorption system can be used as part of a climate control system in a vehicle or in any other space requiring heating or cooling. The adsorbent system can include an enclosure, a plurality of layers arranged in a stack inside the enclosure, and a vapor channel inside the enclosure.

A transport container for transporting temperature-sensitive transport goods comprising a chamber for receiving the transport goods, a casing enclosing the chamber and at least one cooling element for temperature control of the chamber, wherein the cooling element comprises an evaporation element with a cooling surface, a desiccant for receiving coolant evaporated in the evaporation element and a reservoir for the coolant which is fluidly connectable with the evaporation element. Means are provided for evaporating the coolant stored in the desiccant and the desiccant is connected to the reservoir for transporting the vaporized coolant to the reservoir.

A transport container for transporting temperature-sensitive transport goods comprising a chamber for receiving the transport goods, a casing enclosing the chamber and at least one cooling element for temperature control of the chamber, wherein the cooling element comprises an evaporation element with a cooling surface, a desiccant for receiving coolant evaporated in the evaporation element and a reservoir for the coolant which is fluidly connectable with the evaporation element. Means are provided for evaporating the coolant stored in the desiccant and the desiccant is connected to the reservoir for transporting the vaporized coolant to the reservoir.

A chemical heat pump includes a reaction section containing a heat storage material, a condensing section enabling a phase transition between water vapor and water, a connecting section connecting the reaction section and the condensing section, a valve adapted to open or close the connecting section, and a first fluid passage. The reaction section contains a plurality of heat storage materials having respective different conversion temperatures at which the heat storage material and the hydrate thereof are converted into each other. The plurality of heat storage materials and the first fluid passage are arranged so that the fluid flowing in the first fluid passage can perform heat exchanges with the heat storage materials in such a manner that the higher the conversion temperature of the heat storage material, the closer the position of the heat exchange to “the first side” of the first fluid passage.

A chemical heat pump includes a reaction section containing a heat storage material, a condensing section enabling a phase transition between water vapor and water, a connecting section connecting the reaction section and the condensing section, a valve adapted to open or close the connecting section, and a first fluid passage. The reaction section contains a plurality of heat storage materials having respective different conversion temperatures at which the heat storage material and the hydrate thereof are converted into each other. The plurality of heat storage materials and the first fluid passage are arranged so that the fluid flowing in the first fluid passage can perform heat exchanges with the heat storage materials in such a manner that the higher the conversion temperature of the heat storage material, the closer the position of the heat exchange to “the first side” of the first fluid passage.

A system and a thermochemical method for the production of cold, that uses a reactive device having a reactor or a chamber for storing a reactive product that can absorb a gas. The reactive product and the gas are such that, when they are exposed to one another, they undergo a reaction resulting in absorption of the gas by the reactive product and, conversely, they undergo a reaction involving the desorption of the gas absorbed by the reactive product as a result of heat applied to the reactive product when it absorbed the gas. The system has two substantially identical reactive devices wherein when the reactor of one reactive device is operating in the absorption cycle, the reactor of the other is operating in the desorption cycle. The system has a mechanism for determining the progress rate of the thermochemical reaction.

Technologies are described herein for cooling systems. In some aspects, a cooling system is configured to enter into a storage configuration or a winterization configuration. In the winterization configuration, refrigerant used in the cooling system is stored in an adsorbent in an adsorbent chamber.

Technologies are described herein for cooling systems. In some aspects, a cooling system is configured to enter into a storage configuration or a winterization configuration. In the winterization configuration, refrigerant used in the cooling system is stored in an adsorbent in an adsorbent chamber.

An example device includes a photovoltaic (PV) unit and a desiccant-based passive cooling component that is thermally coupled to the PV unit. The desiccant-based passive cooling component is configured to sorb, under first conditions, moisture from an environment that surrounds the device, via at least one of adsorption or absorption, and evaporate, under second conditions that are different from the first conditions, at least a portion of the moisture.