Keith Robert Johnson;Nico Vandecasteele;Ahmed Nadim Khan
发明人:
Ahmed Nadim Khan,Keith Robert Johnson,Nico Vandecasteele
申请号：
US13877982
公开号：
US09055840B2
申请日:
2011.10.06
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要：
An apparatus for heating an operating fluid, the apparatus comprising a closed circuit for a working fluid, the closed circuit having first and second heat exchangers and a compressor therebetween, the first heat exchanger having a heat input side for connection to an external fluid heat source and a heat output side for vaporizing working fluid within the closed circuit, the compressor being a vapor compressor adapted to compress the vaporized gaseous working fluid from the first heat exchanger to form a higher pressure gaseous working fluid, and the second heat exchanger having a heat input side for receiving and condensing the higher pressure gaseous working fluid from the compressor and a heat output side for heating an external operating fluid. A corresponding method is also disclosed.
