Heat storage device
US4219075A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 10, 1977 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/14
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a heat storage device which utilizes the latent heat of fusion of a storage mass, the specific gravity of a heat carrier liquid is sufficiently different from that of the molten storage mass which is substantially immiscible with the liquid, for layers to be formed, and the rotor of a pump or mixer is so arranged in a layer of the liquid that a vortex is formed, whereby a mixture of the molten mass and the carrier liquid is sucked up by it. The mass is diminuted into small spheres and the heat exchange between the latter and the carrier liquid is intensified.
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