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A heating system incorporates one or more reactors containing a complex compound of a metal salt and a polar gas adsorbed thereon in which the volumetric expansion of the complex compound is restricted during adsorption and which reactors comprise one or more reaction chambers having a maximum mean

A heating system incorporates one or more reactors containing a complex compound of a metal salt and a polar gas adsorbed thereon in which the volumetric expansion of the complex compound is restricted during adsorption and which reactors comprise one or more reaction chambers having a maximum mean mass diffusion path length of less than about 15 mm, and/or a maximum thermal diffusion path length of less than 1.5 min.

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A heating system comprising: (a) one or more reactors or reactor banks each containing a complex compound formed by adsorbing a polar gas on a metal salt, and in which said polar gas is alternately adsorbed and desorbed on said complex compound, said metal salt comprising a halide, nitrate, nitrite,

A heating system comprising: (a) one or more reactors or reactor banks each containing a complex compound formed by adsorbing a polar gas on a metal salt, and in which said polar gas is alternately adsorbed and desorbed on said complex compound, said metal salt comprising a halide, nitrate, nitrite, oxalate, perchlorate, sulfate or sulfite of an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, transition metal, zinc, cadmium, tin or aluminum, or sodium borofluoride or a double metal chloride or bromide, and wherein said complex compound in said one or more reactors is formed by restricting the volumetric expansion and controlling the density thereof, during said adsorption of said polar gas on said metal salt, whereby said complex compound is capable of increased reaction rates in moles of said polar gas adsorbed and/or desorbed per mole of said complex compound per hour at adsorption or desorption times of less than 60 minutes, respectively, as compared to a complex compound formed without restricting the volumetric expansion and controlling the density thereof said one or more reactors each having a heat transfer section for thermally exposing a heat transfer fluid and/or condensed polar gas in heat exchange communication with said complex compound; (b) condenser means comprising at least one condenser for condensing said polar gas and heat recovery means cooperating therewith for recovering heat generated in said condenser means; (c) evaporator means comprising at least one evaporator for evaporating condensed polar gas; (d) a first conduit for directing condensed polar gas from said condenser means to said evaporator means; (e) one or more second conduits cooperating with said condenser means and said one or more reactors for directing condensed polar gas from said condenser means to said reactor heat transfer section and for directing vaporized polar gas therefrom to said condenser means; (f) one or more third conduits for directing polar gas from said evaporator means to said reactors and from said reactors to said condenser means; and (g) heating means cooperating with said one or more reactors for heating said complex compound therein.