Patent · US Expired

Thermal storage unit

US4993481A · kind A · utility

65Cited by
13References
19Claims
0Family size

Assignees

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateSep 26, 1989
Grant dateFeb 19, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 26, 2009

Classification

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

Abstract

A thermal storage unit has a thermal storage material which performs heat exchange through a fluid filled in a thermal storage body arranged within a vessel having an opening communicated to outside. The thermal storage body is a porous ceramic molding which contains the thermal storage medium.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.