Energy cell for converting heat into other forms of energy and apparatus for the recovery of heat that makes use of such an energy cell
US10451046B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 5, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/46
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An energy cell that is provided with a pressure vessel with two chambers separated by a membrane, respectively a first chamber filled with a phase-change material and a second chamber filled with hydraulic fluid, whereby this energy cell is provided with means to be able to heat and cool the phase-change material alternately, coupled with a volume change, whereby the second chamber is provided with a passage that acts as an input and/or output for the hydraulic fluid, whereby the membrane is stretched elastically upon a phase change whereby the volume in the first chamber increases.
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