A leakage sensor for a heating unit of an absorption cooling device for a recreational vehicle, a heating unit, an absorption cooling device, a vehicle and a method for operating an absorption cooling device are provided. The leakage sensor uses sensor pins to detect cooling fluid leaking from the boiler of the heating unit of the absorption cooling device into the boiler insulation by measuring the electrical resistance and/or conductivity within the boiler insulation.

The present disclosure relates to a vehicle refrigerator, which comprises a body, a refrigerating system and a driving system; the refrigerating system and the driving system are both arranged in the body; the body is removable in a trunk of a vehicle; the driving system is used for driving the refrigerating system to operate normally and comprises an igniter, an air course and an air source, and the igniter is connected with the air source through the air course; and the refrigerating system is used for cooling an inner cavity of the body and is provided with a working medium capable of changing gas and liquid.

A cooling system including a first cooling apparatus thermally exposed to a space to be cooled. The cooling system further includes a second cooling apparatus thermally exposed to the space to be cooled and thermally exposed to the first cooling apparatus. Heat discharged from the second cooling apparatus powers the first cooling apparatus.

A microwave-assisted hybrid solar vapor absorption system that converts anergy into exergy and works sustainably without the intermittence associated with the single absorption vapor absorption systems. The heat required for the generator in a vapor absorption system is provided by preheating the water through solar collectors and by using the vehicle's waste heat in conjunction with solar heat, collecting the waste heat and the solar heat into circulating water or other thermal fluids like mineral oil through the vehicle's radiator, the vehicle's exhaust pipe, and a solar collector. By combining the waste heat and the solar heat, the system achieves the required generator temperature. By introducing dielectric heating and by differentially heating only the refrigerant fluid, and not the absorbent fluid, the required pressure for refrigeration is achieved, while allowing the absorbent fluid to remain significantly cooler than the refrigerant. This increases the Coefficient of Performance to 0.95.

An absorption heat pump device capable of suppressing a reduction in performance as the absorption heat pump device resulting from improper control of the concentration of an absorbing liquid due to the inclination, shaking, etc. of a vehicle body at the time of mounting the absorption heat pump device on a vehicle is provided. An absorption heat pump device in which an absorbing liquid absorbs refrigerant vapor includes an evaporator that evaporates a refrigerant and an absorber in which the refrigerant vapor evaporated in the evaporator is absorbed by the absorbing liquid. The absorber includes a heat exchange section that removes absorption heat of the refrigerant vapor into the absorbing liquid and a membrane member, disposed so as to surround and cover the heat exchange section that the absorbing liquid contacts, through which the refrigerant vapor can pass but the absorbing liquid cannot pass.

An air changeover system for a metal hydride heat pump is disclosed. The system includes metal hydride reactor modules aligned and separated by a partition; a shell containing the reactor modules, the shell is compartmentalized to define separate insulated chambers for each of the reactor modules; and a bearing assembly supporting the modules at a location about the partition, wherein the bearing assembly rotates said modules about an axis during the absorption and the desorption mode. The system reduces thermal inertia and pressure drop in the heat transfer medium while flowing through the heat pump, to enhance the performance and conserve energy.

A system includes a heat-generating component, a heat-absorbing component, a liquid coolant reservoir for receiving and distributing a liquid coolant, a first liquid loop, and a second liquid loop. The first liquid loop is connected to the liquid coolant reservoir and includes a first valve to control recirculation or return of the liquid coolant to the liquid coolant reservoir. The second liquid loop is connected to the liquid coolant reservoir and includes a second valve downstream from the second functional component to control recirculation or return of the liquid coolant to the liquid coolant reservoir.

An absorption heat pump device includes a heat exchange unit through which a heat exchange fluid flows, a rotor that includes a hollow rotary shaft member including a first internal flow path and discharges a solution in the first internal flow path by a centrifugal force, and an application member that moves with rotation of the rotor to apply the solution, which flows through the first internal flow path and is discharged, along a heat transfer surface of the heat exchange unit.

A refrigeration system for cooling a refrigeration compartment. The refrigeration system comprises a cooling reservoir for cooling refrigerant in a first loop using energy recovered from an engine exhaust stream and a refrigeration circuit comprising a compressor drivable by an internal combustion motor, the compressor circulating refrigerant in a second loop. The refrigeration system comprises at least one heat exchanger in communication with the first and second loops to receive cooled refrigerant, and at least one blower for forcing air over the at least one heat exchanger. A controller selectively activates the internal combustion motor based on a temperature of the cooling reservoir.

A cooling system including a first cooling apparatus thermally exposed to a space to be cooled. The cooling system further includes a second cooling apparatus thermally exposed to the space to be cooled and thermally exposed to the first cooling apparatus. Heat discharged from the second cooling apparatus powers the first cooling apparatus.