Storing and extracting latent heat
US4200148A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 3, 1978 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 3, 1998 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/14
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Heat is stored by melting a mixture of salts contained in compartments between an inner and an outer tube and radial copper fins which taper in radial outward direction. The molten salts solidify upon passage of relatively cold water through the inner tube, but formation of salt deposits on the fins is deferred so that liquid salt interfaces directly with the fins for an extended period of time during heat extraction.
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