US Patent Issued on July 21 for "Adiabatic heat pump" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,325, issued on July 21.

"Adiabatic heat pump" was invented by Joseph L. Ciccone (Neptune, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat transfer apparatus transfers heat from a heat source to a heat sink. The apparatus comprises a compressor-expander and a reservoir that are connected by two separate fluidic loops for the respective circulation principally of vapor and liquid portions of a working fluid. The loops each contain a heat exchanger through which heat is respectively absorbed and rejected."

The patent was filed on July 31, 2024, under Application No. 18/790,856.

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