Wall part, heat buffer and energy exchange system
AssigneeEcovat IP B.V.
InventorAdrianus Wilhelmus De Groot
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Abstract
Heat buffer comprising at least mechanically coupled wall parts, wherein each of the wall parts comprises a substantially plate-like body; a liquid throughflow circuit incorporated in the body; one or more hydraulic couplings accessible from the outer side of the wall part for discharge and supply of liquid to the liquid throughflow circuit and configured for coupling to hydraulic couplings of a similar device; and is coupled at a mutual angle about a substantially vertical axis to a similar wall part, wherein the mechanically coupled devices are connected such that they enclose one space and wherein the heat buffer also comprises a floor and/or cover part for closing the enclosed space on an upper and/or underside.
Claims29
A heat buffer, comprising an at least partially underground space holding a liquid medium for storing thermal energy, the heat buffer comprising coupled wall parts, wherein each wall part of the wall parts comprises:
- a body discrete from and configured to be connectable to another wall part of the wall parts,
- a liquid throughflow circuit configured for exchanging heat with the liquid medium, and
- one or more hydraulic couplings externally accessible for discharge and supply of a heat exchange liquid to the liquid throughflow circuit;
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- wherein at least a first wall part of the wall parts is configured to be:
- positioned at a mutual angle about a vertical axis to contact an adjacent second wall part of the wall parts, and
- connected to the adjacent second wall part of the wall parts to form connected wall parts,
- such that the connected wall parts at least partially enclose the at least partially underground space, and
- such that the connected wall parts provide a circumferential inner wall for that is in contact with the liquid medium;
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- wherein the heat buffer further comprises a floor and/or cover part for closing a respective underside and/or upper side of the at least partially enclosed at least partially underground space;
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- wherein the heat buffer further comprises an outer wall at a distance from the circumferential inner wall of the connected wall parts, such that the outer wall forms a cavity that at least partly surrounds and is outside the circumferential inner wall of the connected wall parts.
A method of constructing a heat buffer, comprising:
- arranging an outer wall forming a cavity that at least partially encloses a space that is at least partially underground;
- wherein the cavity further comprises a floor and/or cover part for closing a respective underside and/or upper side of the at least partially enclosed at least partially underground space;
- forming an assembly of connected wall parts within the cavity, at a distance from and at least partially surrounded by the outer wall, such that at least a portion of the cavity is outside at least a portion of the assembly of the connected wall parts, wherein each wall part of the connected wall parts:
- comprises a body discrete from and configured to be connectable to another wall part of the connected wall parts;
- comprises a liquid throughflow circuit configured for exchanging heat with a liquid medium that is disposed in the cavity;
- comprises one or more hydraulic couplings externally accessible for discharge and supply of a heat exchange liquid to the liquid throughflow circuit;
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- wherein at least a first wall part of the connected wall parts is configured to be:
- positioned at a mutual angle about a vertical axis to contact an adjacent second wall part of the connected wall parts;
- and
- connected to the adjacent second wall part of the connected wall parts,
- such that the connected wall parts at least partially enclose the at least partially enclosed at least partially underground space, and
- such that the connected wall parts provide a circumferential inner wall that is in contact with the liquid medium;
- hydraulically coupling the connected wall parts, such that the heat exchange liquid can circulate through the liquid throughflow circuits of the assembly of the connected wall part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.