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4403645 Compact storage of seat and coolness by phase change materials while preventing stratification  
While many materials and additives which will melt and freeze at various temperature levels for storing and releasing large amounts of heat thereby per unit volume have been disclosed, the...
4402188 Nested thermal reservoirs with heat pumping therebetween  
An assembly of nested thermal reservoirs has an inner reservoir at an extreme temperature surrounded by one or more reservoirs at moderate temperatures. Over time, heat flow would equilibrate...
4400286 Heat storage materials suitable in particular for indoor air cooling  
The use of Na 2 CrO 4 .10 H 2 O as a heat storage medium is disclosed. Various amounts of Na 2 SO 4 .10 H 2 O may be included to provide a melting temperature between 19° C. and 31.9° C. A...
4398590 Heat exchanger with reversing flow cycle for the recovery of heat from furnace smoke  
A recovery-type furnace for the indirect transfer of heat between two gaseous fluids flowing in opposite directions comprises two heat exchanging units which function alternately as a heating and a...
4397156 Displacer for low-temperature refrigerating machines  
A displacer for low-temperature refrigerating machines having a regenerator disposed in a hollow space of the displacer, wherein the regenerator is formed at least in part of a sintered material,...
4396406 Unitary matrix, valve and fan housing for energy recovery  
An improved high performance ventilation system for application with relatively small temperature-controlled structures for recovering a high percentage of sensible and latent thermal energy from...
4396058 Heat transfer element assembly  
A rotary regenerative heat exchanger (2) for transferring heat from a hot fluid to a cold fluid by means of an assembly (30) of heat transfer element which is alternately contacted with the hot and...
4393918 Melting latent-heat heat or cold exchanger-storage device  
A heat or cold exchanger and storage device comprises a main container of elongated configuration, divided into two chambers by a longitudinal partition and provided at either end with a perforated...
4392480 Heat storage and delivery apparatus  
A heat storage and delivery apparatus includes a cabinet containing a plurality of heat storage rods which absorbs and stores heat when heated air is directed over the surfaces thereof. A delivery...
4391267 Heat storage material  
A liquid melt becomes converted to crystalline form at a particular temperature either spontaneously or when artificially nucleated. The liquid releases heat at crystallization. An additive is...
4388963 Thermal energy storage device and method for making the same  
A thermal energy storage device and method for making the same. The thermal energy storage device is in the form of a sealed tube-like container such as a tube-like cylinder or other geometrical...
4381815 Thermal shock resistant honeycomb structures  
The resistance of a honeycombed structure to damage from asymmetric thermal shock occurring across its surface during use and formed with cells having anisotropic Young's moduli in the planes...
4372373 Casing for building works  
A casing for a building having an absorbing and heat exchange layer, which on operation for heating the building, has the function of stopping the loss of heat from the inside to the outside and,...
4371028 Heat storage device  
In a heat storage device comprising a container (40) which contains a salt hydrate, the heat of fusion of which is utilized to provide high heat capacity in relation to the volume, oil is...
4367786 Hydrostatic bladder-type storage means  
A hydrostatic bladder-type storage means for storing mechanical energy by a compressible media in a pressure bottle. An interior of the pressure bottle contains an elastically resilient bladder...
4366856 Apparatus for storing heat  
A heat exchanger for cooling is immersed in a vessel for storing heat filled with a heat-storing material of latent heat type. The heat exchanger for cooling is positioned at an upper level in the...
4365662 Method for charging and discharging a latent-heat storage medium and heat storage  
A heat storage unit is disclosed having a vertically cylindrical container accommodating a latent-heat storage medium and a conduit introducing a heat carrier liquid not miscible with the medium at...
4362207 Integrated heat exchange and heat storage system using low-temperature reactions  
An integrated heat exchange and heat storage system using thermochemical reactions which comprises a first plurality of parallel adjacent tubes containing an element for storing and yielding heat;...
4359872 Low temperature regenerators for cryogenic coolers  
A regenerator for a closed thermodynamic cycle cryogenic cooler is made of a vessel containing helium. The helium may be contained in, for example, hollow glass spheres or hollow metal tubing. The...
4357987 Thermal stress-resistant, rotary regenerator type ceramic heat exchanger and method for producing same  
A thermal stress-resistant rotary regenerator type ceramic heat exchanger comprising a plurality of ceramic honeycomb structural matrix segments bonded by a ceramic binder is produced by extruding...
4354355 Thallous halide materials for use in cryogenic applications  
Thallous halides, either alone or in combination with other ceramic materials, are used in cryogenic applications such as heat exchange material for the generator section of a closed-cycle...
4347892 Energy storage unit and system  
A heat storage unit (100) in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped is provided with a removable closure element (104), and contains a plurality of removable closed plastic tubes (126) holding a...
4346569 Natural ice for cooling energy  
A system for transmitting, storing and utilizing cold which includes the use of heat pipes for transmitting the winter cold to cool the anti-freezing liquid in the ground cold storage which in turn...
4345640 Regenerative heat exchanger basket  
The bars that abut the ends of the plates employed as heat storing elements in a basket for a regenerative heat exchanger are received in recesses in the ends of the plates. These recesses are...
4345639 Heat storage units  
A heat storage unit of the kind comprising a housing in which heat storage elements are contained, with a common passage extending through the heat storage elements, and through which air is fed by...
4341649 Energy storage medium and method  
An energy storage medium that can be raised to a high energy state which is comprised of a gel of polyethylene oxide, water, and a salt which causes gelation of polyethylene oxide and water at or...
4341262 Energy storage system and method  
An energy storage system of increased conductivity for enhanced receipt, capture, storage, removal and release of energy is provided by dispersing finely divided filaments of highly conductive...
4335781 High power cooler and method thereof  
A high power cooler for absorbing heat from a high power source such as electronic components is especially applicable to airborne missiles wherein a cold plate is not available and the thermal...
4335783 Method for improving thermal shock resistance of honeycombed structures formed from joined cellular segments  
A method of improving the thermal shock resistance of a honeycombed structure through which fluids flow and formed by joining a plurality of cellular segments to one another along their peripheral...
4332290 Apparatus for rapid heat transfer and efficient heat storage  
Heating of intermittent users, such as domestic appliances, may require a rapid transfer of heat during an operating period. But hot reservoirs based on transitions between liquid and crystalline...
4332690 Heat storage system comprising a phase change medium and a nucleating agent  
A heat storage system comprises a phase change medium and a nucleating agent. The phase change medium is prepared by mixing a gest molecule and water if necessary, with a gelating agent, an...
4331198 Rotary heat exchanger  
The present invention is a rotary heat exchanger core for use with a rotary heat exchanger. The core comprises a plurality of discs having passages for axial fluid flow. The discs are axially...
4330028 Seal column apparatus and method  
An improved seal column design for use in counterflow heat exchanger systems having a centrally supported rotary heat exchanger or heat recovery wheel having an integral strengthened central hub....
4324287 Thermal storage device  
The increase in volume of a heat storage medium comprising water or a first eutectic mixture of water and a salt hydrate, when such storage medium passes from the liquid to the solid state, is...
4324289 Environmental heating and cooling apparatus  
An apparatus which is in one embodiment structurally integrated with a building and has a solar collector plate with a front side and back side. The collector is mounted a spaced distance from an...
4321961 Thermal energy exchanging device  
A thermal energy exchanging device is described as having a stationary, hollow cylindrical gas distributing member around which a closed, hollow torus-shaped member rotates. The stationary member...
4316499 Rotary, regenerative heat exchanger having floating sealing rings  
A rotary regenerative heat exchanger comprising an inner cylindrical post shell, an outer cylindrical shell interconnected with said inner shell by a radial partition wall, and rigid sealing rings...
4316773 Hood car for the absorption of emissions liberated upon pushing of coke ovens  
A hood car for recovering dust-laden gas upon the discharge of a coke from a coke oven has, in the duct running from the upper end of the hood to the dust-removal unit, a recuperator in the form of...
4314602 Knock-down heat storage tank  
A knock-down tank for containing a liquid medium having a bottom panel, multiple side panels and a top panel secured together by fasteners inside the tank and insulated against heat transfer, the...
4310046 Regenerative heat exchanger  
A regenerative heat exchanger. The rotor is an annular body and includes several rotationally symmetrical chambers which are separated from one another by walls, with the axially parallel dividing...
4307774 Heat wheel construction  
A heat wheel is made of spirally wound, interleaved, flat and corrugated strips of metal material. A plurality of circumferentially spaced pairs of radial rods extend between the wheel hub and the...
4306611 Rotary heat exchanger  
Disclosed is a novel rotary heat exchanger and heat exchange system for use in gas turbine engines and other environments. The heat exchanger includes a ceramic disk having a ring gear extending...
4306613 Passive cooling system  
A cold bank tank in an enclosure for storing thermal energy in a very small area contains a liquid heat transfer fluid and has a top which is the top of the enclosure and a spaced opposite bottom....
4305381 Solar air collector  
A solar heating system including a radiant heat collector apparatus made up of an enclosure having glazed panels. The collector provided within the enclosure is upstanding with the enclosure and...
4300622 Discharging a latent-heat accumulator  
A latent heat accumulator gives up its heat when a heat exchange medium is assed through the accumulator and around a circuit containing an external heat sink. The heat storage medium in the...
4299561 Recovery of heat from flue gas  
A system for recovering heat from combustion flue gas, which transfers heat from the flue gas into combustion-supporting air, which is then used to burn a fuel in a combustion zone in a furnace or...
4291750 Selective extraction heat storage unit  
A selective extraction heat storage assembly (32) for use in a system including a plurality of such assemblies (32a-c) and for use by itself, includes a heat unit (10) connected in parallel with a...
4287942 Heat storage apparatus  
The invention disclosed is of a housing which includes a plurality of assemblies which carry chemical substances which can absorb and store heat. The assemblies comprise sheets of synthetic...
4286574 Trickle-type thermal storage unit  
A method and apparatus for thermal storage having a movable manifold which discharges thermal transfer fluid to trickle through a particulate solid thermal storage medium to be collected for...
4286141 Thermal storage method and system utilizing an anhydrous sodium sulfate pebble bed providing high-temperature capability  
Anhydrous sodium sulfate has been shown to have higher thermal content than any other low cost solid material because of its high density, high specific heat, and additional reversible latent heat...