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An auxiliary active heating and air conditioning system for a passenger area of a motor vehicle comprising a heat exchanger in the passenger area piped to receive conditioned heat transfer fluid, a sorption cooling system located outside the passenger area and having first and second reactors, each

An auxiliary active heating and air conditioning system for a passenger area of a motor vehicle comprising a heat exchanger in the passenger area piped to receive conditioned heat transfer fluid, a sorption cooling system located outside the passenger area and having first and second reactors, each reactor containing a metal salt or a complex compound formed by absorbing a polar gas on a 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 halide, the reactors having a heat transfer section for thermally exposing a heat transfer fluid and/or condensed polar gas refrigerant in heat exchange communication with the metal salt or said complex compound, a refrigerant loop including an evaporator piped to deliver conditioned heat transfer fluid to the heat exchanger during air conditioning, a heater for heating heat transfer fluid, and a valve assembly comprising one or more valves for directing heat transfer fluid heated by the heater. In a preferred embodiment each reactor contains a sorbent/substrate composition comprising a substrate material inert to the polar gas and incorporating the salt or the complex compound.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. An auxiliary active heating and air conditioning system for a passenger area of a motor vehicle comprising:a heat exchanger in the passenger area piped to receive conditioned heat transfer fluid,a sorption cooling system located outside the passenger area and having fir

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. An auxiliary active heating and air conditioning system for a passenger area of a motor vehicle comprising:a heat exchanger in the passenger area piped to receive conditioned heat transfer fluid,a sorption cooling system located outside the passenger area and having first and second reactors, each reactor comprising heat exchange surfaces having space therebetween containing a metal salt or a complex compound formed by absorbing a polar gas on a metal salt, 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 halide, said reactors having a heat transfer section for thermally exposing a heat transfer fluid and/or condensed polar gas refrigerant in heat exchange communication with said metal salt or said complex compound, anda refrigerant loop including an evaporator piped to deliver conditioned heat transfer fluid to the heat exchanger during air conditioning;a fuel fired heater outside the passenger area for heating heat transfer fluid, anda valve assembly comprising one or more valves for directing heat transfer fluid heated by the fuel fired heater and having a plurality of modes including a heating mode wherein heated heat transfer fluid is directed to the heat exchanger, and a cooling mode wherein heated heat transfer fluid is directed to the reactors.