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US 2020/0348086 A1Published application
Thermal battery with encapsulated phase-change material
AssigneeValeo Systemes Thermiques
InventorsKamel Azzouz, Patrick Boisselle, Véronique Monnet
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a thermal battery having an enclosure (2) containing a bundle (3) comprising tubes (3′) of encapsulated phase change material, the bundle (3) being formed by a stack of banks of tubes (3′), said banks comprising tubes (3′) placed parallel to one another and being connected by bracing and supporting bars (5), said bars (5) comprising, on at least one of their faces, individual housings separated from one another by a lateral wall, each housing being capable of receiving one tube (3′).
Claims15
A thermal battery comprising:
- an enclosure comprising a fluid inlet and outlet, and containing a bundle comprising tubes of encapsulated phase change material,
- wherein the bundle is formed by a stack of banks of tubes, said banks comprising tubes placed parallel to one another and being connected by bracing and supporting bars,
- said bars comprising, on at least one of their faces, individual housings separated from one another by a lateral wall, each housing being capable of receiving one tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.