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US 2020/0049425 A1Published application
Operating a heat exchanger
AssigneeDow Global Technologies LLC
InventorsColmar Wocke, Christoph Lang, Evelyn A. Zaugg-Hoozemans
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards methods of operating a heat exchanger including transferring heat from the liquid phase change material to a heat transfer fluid through a heat exchanger surface, forming a solid on the heat exchanger surface, wherein the solid is formed from the liquid phase change material, and heating the heat exchanger surface to form a liquid portion from the solid.
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A method of operating a heat exchanger comprising:
- transferring heat from a liquid phase change material to a heat transfer fluid through a heat exchanger surface;
- forming a solid on the heat exchanger surface, wherein the solid is formed from the liquid phase change material;
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- heating the heat exchanger surface to form a liquid portion from the solid.
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