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Latent heat storage devices

US8171984B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SGL Carbon AG · DE

Inventors

Martin Christ · Osterode, DE
Oswin Öttinger · Meitingen, DE
Wolf-Dieter Steinmann · Eppelheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 1, 2006
Grant date	May 8, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 26, 2029

Classification

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

Abstract

A latent heat storage device including a vessel, a phase change material disposed within the vessel, at least one heat exchange interface in contact with the phase change material, at least one sheet of graphite foil which extends within the bulk of the phase change material.

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