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US 11,598,536 B2Granted
Systems with multi-circuited, phase-change composite heat exchangers
AssigneeAlliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
InventorsEric Kozubal, Jason David Woods, Eric Jason Bonnema, Ramin Teimouri Faramarzi
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Abstract
A system comprising a first plurality of microchannels, a second plurality of microchannels in thermal communication with the first plurality of microchannels such that the first plurality of microchannels and second plurality of microchannels form a heat exchanger, and a phase change composite in thermal communication with the heat exchanger and methods of operating are disclosed herein.
Claims9
A system configured to cool an indoor airflow of a building, the system comprising:
- a first plurality of tubes connected to a first circuit comprising a first fluid configured to thermally contact the indoor airflow via a first coil;
- a second plurality of tubes connected to a second circuit comprising a second fluid and a condenser;
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- a heat exchanger comprising the first plurality of tubes and the second plurality of tubes;
- a phase change composite in thermal communication with the first plurality of tubes and in thermal communication with the second plurality of tubes;
- wherein:
- the first fluid is configured to remove heat from the indoor airflow and release heat to the phase change composite via the heat exchanger,
- the phase change composite is configured to remove heat from the first fluid and either store heat or transfer heat to the second fluid,
- the first plurality of tubes and the second plurality of tubes are wrapped around the phase change composite,
- the condenser is configured to be in thermal contact with an external ambient,
- the condenser is configured to release heat to the external ambient, and
- a fan is configured to direct the indoor airflow to the building after the indoor airflow has been cooled by the first fluid.
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