Systems and methods for district heating and cooling
AssigneePhase Change Energy Solutions, Inc.
InventorsJeremy Mabe, Scott A. Queen, Rami M. Saeed
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Abstract
District energy systems, also known as district heating and cooling networks, are utilized to provide distributed heating and cooling through an infrastructure of pipes and connectors from source points to destination addresses. The application of PCM within the network of pipes and connectors and with the surrounding environment improves the thermal regulation goals of transferring thermal energy in fluid form from source to destination, often times over great distances and through varying environmental conditions.
Claims21
A system for district energy thermal control, the system comprising:
- an exterior pipe, wherein the exterior pipe is configured to transport fluid;
- one or more interior pipes disposed within the exterior pipe;
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- one or more phase change materials disposed within the one or more interior pipes.
A system for district energy thermal control, the system comprising:
- an exterior pipe;
- an interior pipe disposed within the exterior pipe;
- fluid disposed within the interior pipe;
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- phase change materials disposed between the exterior pipe and the interior pipe.
A method for district energy thermal control, the method comprising:
- distributing phase change materials in one or more interior pipes disposed within an exterior pipe;
- interacting the one or more interior pipes to environmental temperatures within the exterior pipe;
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- transitioning the phase change materials, wherein transitioning the phase change materials transition states in relation to the environmental temperatures within the exterior pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.