Thermal energy storage and heat exchanger
AssigneeEnergyNest AS
InventorsPål G. BERGAN, Christopher GREINER
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Abstract
Thermal energy storage and heat exchanger, distinctive in that it comprises: a number of hardened concrete thermal energy storage elements; a housing, into which said elements have been arranged; an active heat transfer and storage medium in the volume between said elements and said housing, in the form of either: a stagnant liquid or phase change material, or a dynamic fluid arranged to flow in the volume between said elements and said housing; at least one means for delivery of thermal energy to the thermal energy storage; at least one means for taking out thermal energy from the thermal energy storage; and thermal insulation.
Claims12
A thermal energy storage and heat exchanger comprising:
- a number of hardened concrete thermal energy storage elements;
- a housing, into which the elements have been arranged;
- an active heat transfer and storage medium in the volume between the elements and the housing, in the form of either:
- a stagnant liquid or phase change material, or a dynamic fluid arranged to flow in the volume between the elements and the housing;
- at least one means for delivery of thermal energy to the thermal energy storage;
- at least one means for taking out thermal energy from the thermal energy storage;
- and thermal insulation.
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