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US 2020/0056598 A1Published application
Thermal hydraulic pump
AssigneeAxiom Technologies LLC
InventorsMiguel A. Timm, Hans Swanger
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AssigneeAxiom Technologies LLC
InventorsMiguel A. Timm, Hans Swanger
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A thermal pump system energized by a daytime heating phase and a night time cooling phase associated with a naturally occurring environmental heating and cooling cycle includes a hydraulic fluid source, a thermal fluid expansion chamber having a fixed internal volume, and a hydraulic accumulator at least partially filled by a compressible gas. A first unidirectional flow valve connected to a first duct permits flow only out of the hydraulic fluid source during the night time cooling phase. A second unidirectional flow valve connected to a second duct permits flow only out of the thermal fluid expansion chamber upon expansion of the hydraulic fluid trapped in the thermal fluid expansion chamber due to heating during the daytime heating phase. The thermal fluid expansion chamber has a thermally conductive wall communicating thermal energy from the naturally occurring heating and cooling cycle to the hydraulic fluid trapped in the fixed internal volume.
A thermal pump system energized by a heating and cooling cycle naturally occurring in an environment, the naturally occurring cycle comprising a daytime heating phase and a night time cooling phase, the system comprising:
A method for providing pressurized hydraulic fluid by using a heating and cooling cycle naturally occurring in an environment, the naturally occurring cycle comprising a daytime heating phase and a night time cooling phase, the method comprising:
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