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There is disclosed a process for storing energy by use of the heat of fusion of hydrated salts which are within a bulk container having heat exchange means. The process prevents st...
patent · · added 2 months ago
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 stor...
patent · · added 2 months ago
A method and apparatus for utilizing the earth or other heat source/heat sink for heating and cooling buildings are disclosed. The system comprises at least one heat transfer fluid...
patent · · added 2 months ago
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...
patent · · added 2 months ago
An ice-making heat pump system is disclosed which includes a number of evaporator freezing plates, each of the plates having two fluid passageways therein. One of the passageways i...
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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...
patent · · added 2 months ago
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 d...
patent · · added 2 months ago
An off-peak, electric, central air heating system for buildings incorporating a heat storage material that is used to store heat generated electrically during off-peak electrical p...
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A heat storage apparatus comprising a plurality of heat exchanger elements mounted in a housing. Each element has a central portion containing a storage medium, surrounded by porti...
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A phase change material heat exchanger wherein the latent heat of a substance as its physical state changes from solid to liquid, and vice versa, is utilized as a heat storage medi...
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A heat storing fireplace including a fire-box surrounded by a heat storage medium which is either an enclosure containing a material having a high specific heat such as sand or gra...
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A power generator including a closed pressure resisting tubular loop having a lower warmed end and an upper cooled end joined by connecting penstock column and a return column, the...
patent · · added 2 months ago
A method and an apparatus for storing heat energy in a hybride heat storage apparatus comprising a first and a second material are disclosed, the first and the second materials hav...
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In a housing, a clothes dryer wherein dampness in washed clothes is expelled by warm air sweeping therethrough, the air being drawn in at least partly from the environment through...
patent · · added 2 months ago
The present invention provides systems for transfer of heat such as useful in solar energy systems. A heat storage medium is used, preferably salt conditioned by anti-caking anti-c...
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A regenerative heater includes a regenerator container having open opposite ends. The container contains therein a fill of heat retaining material which is permeable to the passage...
patent · · added 2 months ago
A heat storage system consisting of a compartmented tank containing a liquid medium capable of storing heat therein, a flow control system operable to establish a liquid flow in th...
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A storage tank divided into three liquid-tight compartments. The end compartments are liquid storage compartments and are separated by a central non-liquid holding or "dry" compart...
patent · · added 2 months ago
An installation for storing and recovering heat energy having a principal application in solar power stations. The heat produced is stored in a storage reservoir when the converted...
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An array of several convection tubes are positioned in a series configuration to provide the equivalent of a very tall convection current generating tower, the pressure and fluid f...
patent · · added 2 months ago
A solar or thermal gravity engine including a conduit extending substantially vertically from ground level upward into the atmosphere including a plurality of valves in the walls o...
patent · · added 2 months ago
A modular thermal energy storage system comprises a stack of individual heat storage elements, each element having a sealed metal container filled with liquid such as water and sep...
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An integrated system for storing thermal energy, for space heating and cong and for power conversion is described which utilizes the reversible thermal decomposition characteristic...
patent · · added 2 months ago
Method of low-loss thermal energy storage in and withdrawal from a heat accumulator connected with an energy source and a heat consumer in a circulatory system through which a heat...
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A compressed-air storage installation comprising a heat accumulator for storing heat contained in compressed air and the air is passed into subterranean caverns. The heat accumulat...
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A thermal energy storage apparatus and method employs a container formed of soda lime glass and having a smooth, defect-free inner wall. The container is filled substantially with...
patent · · added 2 months ago
A process and apparatus is provided for storing thermal energy and subsequently releasing and extracting the stored thermal energy upon demand. At least one sealed container of sal...
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The improved geothermal energy extraction system abstracts thermal energy stored in hot solute-bearing well water to generate a super-heated fluid from an injected flow of a workin...
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A compressed air power plant is disclosed wherein compressed air may be stored underground and later utilized as required. The storage facilities include a heat storage covern whic...
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A heat pump for cooling or heating a conditioned space includes an underground heat pipe laid into a hole in the ground back-filled with soil. The heat transfer of the soil is impr...
