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US 11,994,348 B2Granted
Heating and cooling systems and apparatuses with phase change materials
AssigneeStash Energy Inc.
InventorsErik Hatfield, Daniel Larsen, Hannah Mallalieu, Jordan Kennie
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Abstract
A system for selectively heating and cooling including a three-way heat exchange apparatus, a source apparatus for selectively heating and cooling a source fluid, a phase change material for selectively storing heating and cooling potential, and a distribution apparatus for selectively distributing heating and cooling a distribution fluid, wherein the three-way heat exchange apparatus is connected to the phase change material by an interface between the heat exchange apparatus and the phase change material.
Claims13
A radiator for selectively heating and cooling comprising:
- first and second spaced apart generally parallel headers, the first header for conducting a source fluid into the microchannel radiator and the second header for conducting a source fluid out of the radiator,
- a series of generally parallel pairs of microchannel tubes fluidly connecting the first and second headers, wherein
- a first spacing separating the microchannel tubes forming each of the pairs of microchannel tubes,
- a second spacing separating adjacent pairs of microchannel tubes, and,
- wherein the first spacings are narrower than the second spacings,
- fins located in the first spacings for conductively connecting the microchannel tubes forming each of the pairs, and
- a phase change material cell located in the second spacings,
- wherein the cell contacts the pair of microchannel tubes bounding the cell.
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