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Storage integrated heat exchanger

US11125510B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VITO NV · BE

Inventors

Johan Van Bael · Westerlo, BE
Robbe Salenbien · Mol, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 2018
Grant date	Sep 21, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 20, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/14
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A heat exchanger with integrated thermal storage, for example, having a new tertiary side utilising phase change material in between and in thermal contact with the primary and secondary circuits, e.g. of a plate heat exchanger. The tertiary side helps reduce e.g. leak flows in district heating applications, or reduce energy losses in periods of low flow through the heat exchanger. By including thermal energy storage in a heat exchanger or reactor, response times of the systems are reduced as well as internal energy losses, and external energy storage units are reduced in number or are potentially rendered obsolete.

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