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Ice storage element

US6094933A · kind A · utility

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5References

22Claims

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Assignee

Webasto Thermosysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Forsthuber · Olching, DE
Andreas Krompass · Hersbruck, DE
Gunther Hammerschmid · Buchenhain, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 9, 1998
Grant date	Aug 1, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 9, 2018

Classification

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

Abstract

An ice storage element (28) with at least one profiled body (29B) surrounded by an exterior wall (37) for forming at least one storage space (34) for an ice storage medium which can be brought into heat-exchange connection with a refrigerant. For more economical configuration of this ice storage element and improved heat transfer, at least one refrigerant pipe (30) is integrated into the profiled body (29B) and the profiled body is formed of a metal. The profiled body (29B) is preferably made as an extruded aluminum section with integrated inside ribs (33) and/or external ribs (31, 32).

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