XVI PatentsALERT
5537826
ERBIUM-BASED MAGNETIC
REFRIGERANT (REGENERATOR)
FOR PASSIVE CRYOCOOLER
Gschneidner Karl A; Pecharsky Vitalij Ames, IA,
UNITED STATES assigned to Iowa State
University Research Foundation Inc
A two stage Gifford-McMahon cryocooler having
a low temperature stage for reaching
approximately 1OK, wherein the low temperature
stage includes a passive magnetic heat regenerator
selected from the group consisting of Er6Ni2Sn,
Er6Ni2Pb, Er6Ni2(Sn0.75Ga0.2.5), and Er9Ni3Sn
comprising a mixture of Er3Ni and Er6Ni2Sn in
the microstructure.
5537827
METHOD FOR LIQUEFACTION
OF NATURAL GAS
Low William R; Houser Clarence G; Yates
Douglas; Andress Donald L Bartlesville, OK,
UNITED STATES
A process for the liquefaction of natural gas
having a pressure above atmospheric pressure, is
disclosed in which a feed gas is cooled to
sequentially lower temperatures, by passing the
gas through a plurality of cooling stages, in heat
exchange with at least three refrigerants, until the
gas is substantially completely condensed in the
last of the cooling stages. The pressure of the feed
gas is reduced to near atmospheric pressure during
the cooling of the feed gas by the use of hydraulic
expanders which extract work during pressure
reduction. Additionally, pressure reduction of the
refrigerants within the refrigerant cycles is
performed by similar hydraulic expanders. The
work extracted by said hydraulic expanders is
used to provide power to the liquefaction process,
such as by helping to power compressors or
pumps used in the liquefaction process.
5537831
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AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS
FOR ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES
Isaji Akira; Takeo Yuji; Ito Yuji Nishio, JAPAN
assigned to Nippondenso Co Ltd
The air conditioning apparatus for electric
automobiles includes a refrigerant cycle having a
refrigerant compressor driven by an electric
motor, a refrigerant pressure sensor for detecting
the high-pressure-side pressure of the refrigerant
cycle, and an air conditioner control apparatus.
The rotational speed of the electric motor is
determined on the basis of a variably controlled
frequency. The refrigerant pressure sensor detects
the pressure of the refrigerant compressed by the
refrigerant compressor and flowing toward the
heat exchanger for heating and outputs it to an air
conditioner control apparatus. The air conditioner
control apparatus controls an inverter on the basis
of the value detected by the refrigerant pressure
sensor.
5537837
AUTOMOBILE AIR
CONDITIONING SYSTEM
Hsieh Wen-Chan Taipei Hsien, CHINA
(TAIWAN) assigned to Chiang Liang-Chi
An automobile air conditioning system comprises
generally a regenerator, a segregator, a condenser,
an evaporator, an absorber, a heat exchanger and
a plurality of conduits intercommunicated therein
between to form a circulation system producing
cooled air. The improvement of this disclosure is
characterized with the adaptation of a coil tube
wound around the outer periphery of an exhaust
pipe and utilizing the residual heat of the waste
gas expelled from the engine to vaporize the
liquidized refrigerant NH, instead of a compressor.
In addition a tubular network is provided to utilize
the heat from the sun which is collected on roof
and bonnet panels, to strengthen the capability of
cooled air production. This invention would
release the load of a compressor from the engine
and achieve a savings of energy.