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5044424 Heat generator  
A method and apparatus for improving the efficiency of the thermal section of a large scale power plant heat generator in which combustible fuels such as fossil fuels, refuse or other materials are...
5044423 Method and an arrangement for disconnecting a heat exchanger charged with a heat vehicle fluid and placed in the path of exhaust gas from an IC engine  
For the disconnection of a heat transfer circuit placed in the exhaust gas flow path of an IC engine and containing a flowable heat vehicle liquid connecting with a heat absorbing means, the said...
5038850 Cooling and heat accumulating type electric cooling and heating system and a method for implementing the same  
A cooling and heating system includes a heating chamber in which is disposed a heater element on the bottom of a cooling and heat accumulating chamber, multiple convection current suppression...
5037571 Methods for storing coolness capacity  
Sodium hydroxide-water solutions that have freezing-melting point plateaus below 46° F. can be used to store cooling capacity by their heat of fusion, and compositions that freeze at about 41° F....
5036904 Latent heat storage tank  
A latent heat storage tank is filled with antifreeze solution such as ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, calcium chloride and a plurality of bundles of cylindrical latent heat containers in the...
5029450 Refrigerator commodities transport system  
A refrigerated commodities transport system comprising: freight-collecting device for collecting from a client commodities to be refrigerated or already refrigerated commodities; storing device for...
5007478 Microencapsulated phase change material slurry heat sinks  
A slurry of micro-encapsulated phase change materials is provided in accordance with the present invention as a heat sink for, for example, the thermal management of electronic components. The...
5005556 Efficient gas hot-air furnace and heating process  
Substantially all available heat from a combustion gas stream is extracted by passing it through a cool, porous heat sink, which is thereby heated, and then releasing that heat into a cool air...
5005371 Adsorption thermal storage apparatus and adsorption thermal storage system including the same  
An adsorption thermal storage apparatus formed of an evacuated vessel comprising therein a refrigerant, and an adsorbent heating or cooling section and a refrigerant condensing or evaporating...
5000252 Thermal energy storage system  
A thermal management system includes micro heat pipes extending radially outward from a heat sink which surrounds a heat source, rapidly conducting thermal energy away from the heat source,...
4993481 Thermal storage unit  
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...
4991644 Engine preheating process and system  
A preheater system especially useful for diesel engine cold starts stores waste heat extracted from the engine exhaust flow in the form of chemical potential in a thermal storage material such as...
4984621 Element basket assembly for heat exchanger  
An element basket assembly (30) for a rotary regenerative heat exchanger (2) is comprised of a plurality of heat transfer element plates (32) stacked in an array within a supporting basket frame...
4977953 Latent heat regenerating apparatus  
A latent heat regenerating apparatus includes a regenerative tank wherein a latent heat regenerative material is housed. The material has a phase transition temperature and a supercooling-release...
4976308 Thermal energy storage heat exchanger  
A modified tube and shell heat exchanger is comprised of a tube of heat sink material having micro heat pipes extending outward into the volume between the tube and shell to enable the rapid and...
4972901 Latent heat storage means adapted to store heat from the radiator of a motor vehicle  
A latent heat storage means arranged to be thermally charged by radiator water in a motor vehicle uses 1,12-diaminododecane as the storage medium.
4971713 Thermal energy storage compositions with nucleating agents  
A 41° F. melting/freezing point NaOH in water solution employs a nucleating agent selected from the group consisting essentially of CaCO 3 , Fe 3 O 4 , FeO.TiO 2 , SnO 2 , TeO 2 , LiAl(SiO 4 )...
4966228 Regenerative gas-to-gas heat exchanger  
A regenerative gas-to-gas heat exchanger having a plurality of superposed spaced, parallel beds of confined metal flakes adapted for gas flow therethrough; four gas plenums surrounding the beds,...
4960166 Rotary heat wheel structure and method  
A rotary heat wheel structure for a rotary heat exchanger in which a rotating wheel is provided with heat exchange material and rotates within a wheel housing to continuously cross an inlet path of...
4953628 Latent heat storage apparatus  
A latent heat storage apparatus for obtaining sure latent heat from a latent heat storage material includes a plurality of small chambers for encasing at least the latent heat storage material. A...
4954278 Eutectic composition for coolness storage  
A eutectic composition for coolness storage and its method of making wherein a dry particulate mixture of sodium sulfate and a lesser amount of sodium tetraborate pentahydrate is added to water...
4953629 Pack of heat transfer plates  
A pack of heat transfer plates (2,3) are intended for heat exchangers, preferably for rotary regenerative air preheaters. The plates have mutually parallel S-shaped double ridges (21,22;31,32) and...
4953627 Ceramic heat exchangers and production thereof  
A ceramic heat transmission type or regenerative heat exchanger, including a plurality of matrix segments bonded together with a bonding material. A difference in coefficient of thermal expansion...
4951739 Thermal storage with tubular containers of storage mediums  
Tubular containers, preferably corrugated, containing plural thermal storage medium compositions having different fusion temperatures are arrayed in zones or layers within a vessel through which...
4930569 Heat transfer element assembly  
A heat transfer element assembly (30) is comprised of a plurality of first and second profiled heat transfer plates (32,34) which incorporate a series of first and second single-lobed outwardly...
4928493 Ice building, chilled water system and method  
A chill water system combining a storage vessel 10, a multiplicity of ice encapsulating units 11 contained in the vessel and a chiller system 60. The storage vessel contains a volume of glycol and...
4924935 Thermal energy storage container system  
A plurality of generally rectangular PCM (phase-change material) containers for use in a TES (thermal energy storage) system wherein each container is shaped to lock-support at least one pair of...
4924934 Rotary heat wheel cassette assembly  
A rotary regenerative heat exchange assembly comprises (1) heat exchange wheel means including a heat exchange wheel having a rotation axis and rotably mounted for rotation about said axis and...
4919245 Heat economizer  
A heat economizing device comprises a perforated container filled with heat exchange material for supported retention within a heating duct or hot air carrying wall space.
4911227 Heat exchange apparatus for effecting heat exchange in plurality of gases, heat exchange element for use in said apparatus and process for preparation of said heat exchange element  
Disclosed are a heat exchange element obtained by forming a sheet material or honeycomb structure having a shape required for a heat exchange element from an organic filler-filled sheet made from...
4911232 Method of using a PCM slurry to enhance heat transfer in liquids  
A method of obtaining enhanced heat transfer in a closed loop thermodynamic system is disclosed. A two-component heat transfer fluid comprising a carrier fluid and a plurality of discrete...
4909307 Regenerative bed heat exchanger  
A heat exchanger has two regenerative beds and two valves connected to the beds for controlling the flow through them. Each valve has two ports connected to the beds and two other ports. The valves...
4903757 Heat exchanger rotor and a method of manufacturing such a rotor  
The invention provides a regenerative heat exchanger rotor with an outer casing which comprises a plurality of layers of a helically wound strip orientated so that its width direction is radial...
4903755 Apparatus for preheating combustion air, accompanied by simultaneous reduction of NO.sub.x contained in the flue gases  
An apparatus in the form of an air preheater for preheating air for combustion for a combustion process by acting upon the air with hot, NO x -containing flue gases from the same or an independent...
4901787 Regenerative heat exchanger and system  
A regenerative heat exchanger in which a compact arrangement of alternating thermally conductive and thermally insulating solid layers have an array of communicating passages therethrough. One of...
4877670 Cordierite honeycomb structural body and method of producing the same  
Cordierite honeycomb structural bodies having coefficients of thermal expansion of not more than 1.0×10 -6 , an improved thermal shock resistance, a very small leakage amount and an improved heat...
4875520 Desiccant heat device  
A rotary regenerative heat wheel having a heat exchange matrix comprised of a spirally wound strip of plastic having a coating of dry desiccant affixed thereto. The quantity of desiccant affixed to...
4873038 Method for producing ceramic/metal heat storage media, and to the product thereof  
A heat storage medium comprising a body of parent metal and an intrinsically cohesive ceramic layer formed integrally with the metal body and encapsulating said metal body is produced by the...
4866943 Cyrogenic regenerator  
Cryogenic regenerator formed by a spirally rolled, flexible composite material including a base layer having a top and a bottom provided with a plurality of spaced, substantially parallel...
4860729 Method and apparatus for nucleating the crystallization of undercooled materials  
A method of storing and controlling a release of latent heat of transition of a phase-change material is disclosed. The method comprises trapping a crystallite of the material between two solid...
4856577 Rotary regenerative heat exchanging ceramic body  
A rotary regenerative heat exchanging ceramic body including a plurality of matrix segments. The matrix segments of ceramic honeycomb structures are joined by a bonding material into the rotary...
4850424 Heat accumulator  
A heat accumulator includes a heat storage tank and a latent heat accumulating material which fills the tank. The heat accumulating material remains in a stable supercooled condition at...
4840220 Heat pump with electrically heated heat accumulator  
A temperature setting unit is operated to set a desired temperature. An indoor temperature detector detects an indoor temperature. A timer is operated to set an operation start time. An indoor unit...
4838342 Element basket assembly for heat exchanger  
A peripheral element basket assembly (30) for installation in the radially outward portion of the rotor 12 of a rotary regenerative heat exchanger (2) comprised of a plurality of heat transfer...
4838343 Portable apparatus for cooling compressed air  
A portable compressed air cooling apparatus for a compressed air system of the type including an air compressor having a compressed air outlet port, a compressed air output unit, and a compresssed...
4839214 Ceramic rotors for pressure wave superchargers and production thereof  
Ceramic rotors for pressure wave superchargers are disclosed, which have a honeycomb structure, wherein a material constituting partition walls of the honeycomb structure has an apparent density of...
4832999 Honeycomb structure assemblies  
Honeycomb structure assemblies comprising walled structures which admit fluid such as air for purposes of cooling or heating the walls thereof or for other purposes. The assemblies comprise spaced...
4830092 Heat enhancers and salt purifiers for thermal energy storage canister  
A solar collector thermal power system 10 which includes thermal energy storage units (22) containing thermal energy storage canisters (28) with the associated heat enhancers and purifiers. A fluid...
4825939 Polymeric compositions incorporating polyethylene glycol as a phase change material  
A polymeric composition comprising a polymeric material and polyethylene glycol or end-capped polyethylene glycol as a phase change material, said polyethylene glycol and said end-capped...
4821794 Clathrate thermal storage system  
A thermal energy storage system comprises a closed container, containing a storage medium capable of forming clathrate crystals, an emulsifier pump for intimately mixing the storage medium into a...