Thermal storage system for a vehicle
US5277038A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 28, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jan 11, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 28, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/14
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A thermal storage system for cooling and/or heating the passenger compartment of a vehicle has a heat exchanger arranged for fluid communication with a vehicle engine. The thermal storage system also has thermal energy storage means for storing thermal cooling and/or heating and being in fluid communication with the first heat exchanger on the vehicle. The thermal storage system further has fluid control means for controlling the flow of fluid from the heat exchanger selectively between the thermal storage means and the vehicle engine.
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