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US 12,385,676 B2Granted
Metal hydride heat exchanger and method of use
AssigneeFfi Ionix IP, Inc.
InventorsBamdad Bahar, Peter Mark Golben, William Parmelee
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Abstract
A heat exchanger incorporates a metal hydride heat exchanger and mitigates the fluid mixing process, and thus greatly improves the heat transfer efficiency and heat recovery processes. The metal hydride heat exchanger has a container for the metal hydride that has a large aspect ratio. A plurality of high aspect container for the metal hydride may be coupled with a manifold.
Claims15
A high aspect ratio metal hydride heat exchanger comprising:
- a) a metal hydride containment tube comprising:
- i) metal hydride:
- ii) a length from an inlet end to a closed end;
- iii) an inner cross-length dimension;
- and
- iv) an aspect ratio of length to inner cross-length dimension of 10:1 or more;
- and
- b) a flow tube that extends along a portion of the length of the containment tube from the inlet end to provide a flow of working fluid to the metal hydride;
- and
- wherein the metal hydride containment tube is configured in a coil between said inlet end and said outlet closed end.
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