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An absorption refrigeration method and apparatus having concentrator and evaporator phases operated at substantially equal pressure and wherein the concentrator phase utilizes a mechanically driven heat pump to concentrate absorbent solution and to condense the diluent.

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In an absorption refrigeration process which includes the steps of heating a dilute absorbent solution in a first phase to drive off a diluent to form a concentrated absorbent solution and condensing the diluent and delivering same to a second phase to remove heat from a refrigeration load and reabs

In an absorption refrigeration process which includes the steps of heating a dilute absorbent solution in a first phase to drive off a diluent to form a concentrated absorbent solution and condensing the diluent and delivering same to a second phase to remove heat from a refrigeration load and reabsorbing the diluent in the concentrated absorbent solution to thereby form a diluted absorbent solution for return to said first phase, the improvement comprising: maintaining a pressure within said first phase equivalent to the pressure in the second phase so as to minimize absorbent solution temperature differences and eliminate diluent temperature differences; and storing functionally sufficient quantities in liquid form of said concentrated and diluted absorbent solutions and said cold diluent produced in said first and second phases so as to enable said first and second phases to be operable independently time-wise of one another.