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US 12,292,214 B2Granted
Systems and methods for high energy density heat transfer
AssigneeSolvcor Technologies LLC
InventorEthan J. Novek
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Abstract
The application pertains to, for example, novel processes and systems for heat transfer, refrigeration, energy storage, and various cooling and heating processes. Such processes may include cooling or mixing various liquid-liquid phase transition liquids to release and/or energy. Additionally or alternatively, such processes may include charging and/or discharging thermal storage reservoirs with layered liquids of various temperatures.
Claims8
A process for heat transfer comprising:
- cooling a liquid-liquid phase transition liquid comprising a single phase below an exothermic liquid-liquid phase transition temperature range to form a liquid-liquid phase transition liquid comprising two liquid phases;
- cooling said liquid-liquid phase transition liquid comprising two liquid phases below a temperature of a solid-liquid phase change to form a composition comprising a solid-liquid slurry;
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- transferring at least a portion of said solid-liquid slurry to an application requiring cooling, a heat source, or both.
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A process for producing ice comprising:
- mixing one liquid phase of a liquid-liquid phase transition liquid with another liquid phase of a liquid-liquid phase transition liquid to form an exothermic liquid-liquid phase transition;
- removing heat;
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- mixing the liquid-liquid phase transition liquid with a phase transition temperature adjustment reagent to form an endothermic liquid-liquid phase transition;
- wherein said at least a portion of the liquid-liquid phase transition liquid comprises water and wherein the endothermic liquid-liquid phase transition reduces the temperature to about the freezing point of water or below to freeze at least a portion of liquid water to form ice.
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A process comprising:
- mixing two non-contiguous liquid phases to form an endothermic liquid-liquid phase transition liquid wherein at least a portion of the endothermic liquid-liquid phase transition liquid comprises water;
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- reducing the temperature to at or below the freezing point of water wherein at least a portion of liquid water freezes to form ice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.