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A device for the transport of large conduction heat flux between two locations of differing temperature includes a pair of fluid reservoirs for positioning at the respective locati...
patent · · added 2 months ago
There is disclosed storage apparatus for storage of energy in the form of heat or cold, preferably over a prolonged storage period. The apparatus comprises a container enclosing an...
patent · · added 2 months ago
Heat storage and transfer system and method in which a liquid-solid phase change material and a liquid-vapor phase change material selected for coaction with each other are dispose...
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A coil tube bundle for a heat exchanger wherein substantially rigid strips are formed with substantially equally spaced slots inwardly along a front edge thereof with each slot def...
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A method and an apparatus is disclosed in which solar heated air is drawn down a hole in the earth by a draft from a solar heated convection column located above the surface of the...
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A geothermal space conditioning and water heating system for a building structure comprises a battery of serially coupled thermal storage wells. Each well includes a dual concentri...
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A container holds a heat storage medium such as aqueous sodium thiosulfate having properties of melting into a liquid and crystallizing into a solid and saturated solution in a par...
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Latent heat storage means having, fusible at a pre-determined temperature, a mass which is traversed by heat exchanger surfaces and which fills a container jointly with the heat ex...
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A system for transmitting, storing and utilizing cold which includes the use of mechanical refrigeration equipment for tramsmitting cold to cool anti-freezing liquid in a cold stor...
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A thermal energy storage system and method for storing substantial quantities of heat for extended periods of time. The system includes a heat collecting fluid which is in a heat-e...
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A solar heater adapted to be made as an integral, sealed unit for installation in a building exterior wall or for use in an existing window opening or the like. A collector is oper...
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An underground air tempering system for warming the supply air to a building in the winter and cooling the supply air in the summer in which a heat exchanger containing heat transf...
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An indoor space environment heating and cooling system in which a massive thermal storage unit is interposed between a geothermal heat energy storage capacity--the earth--and a hea...
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A latent heat accumulator is disclosed including a vessel for receiving a tent heat storage medium and a circuit for a heat exchanger medium. The heat exchanger medium is immiscibl...
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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...
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A method and system for the passive solar energy induced storage and use of thermal energy at both high and low temperatures, comprising a collector (76,110) communicating with the...
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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 col...
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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...
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A thermal energy storage apparatus and method in which containers holding a salt hydrate heat storage material are rotated by convection currents created in a bath liquid surroundi...
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An improvement in a method for communicating the surface and a subterranean coal seam via a borehole positioned to provide access for the positioning of power transmission and flui...
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An apparatus for storing electrically generated heat includes a sealed container holding a bed of fusible heat storage medium, such as an alkali metal hydroxide composition, and ha...
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Disclosed is a reversible, solar assisted heating system comprising an unglazed solar heat exchange panel, a storage tank, and a water source heat pump. In the heating mode, heat i...
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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 up...
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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...
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An elongated flexible elastomer or plastic double tube structure for storing heat energy includes inner and outer flexible tubes held in coaxial relationship by integral angularly...
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A method and equipment for increasing the efficiency of a heat pump is the subject of the present invention. The method comprises providing an underground pathway for air travel, f...
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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...
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A cooperative heat transfer and ground coupled storage system wherein collected solar heat energy is ground stored and permitted to radiate into the adjacent ground for storage the...
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A closed cycle, hydraulic-turbine heat engine for providing a steady electrical or mechanical power source from any available or created relative heat source comprising an evaporat...
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A system for transmitting, storing and utilizing cold which includes the use of heat pipes for transmitting the winter cold to freeze the ground water storage, and two-phase flow p...
