Fractal store
AssigneeKraftblock GmbH
InventorMartin Schichtel
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Abstract
Thermal store, wherein the thermal store includes a basic framework (14) of the thermal store, wherein the basic framework (14) has the form of a three-dimensional grid having a plurality of cells, wherein boundary surfaces between adjacent cells are surrounded by grid lines of the grid, wherein at least one, preferably a plurality, of the boundary surfaces between adjacent cells is permeable to a fluid in order to form a flow path from cell to cell for the fluid.
Claims14
A thermal store, wherein the thermal store includes a basic framework (14) of the thermal store, wherein the basic framework (14) has the form of a three-dimensional grid having a plurality of cells, wherein boundary surfaces between adjacent cells are surrounded by grid lines of the grid, wherein at least one, preferably a plurality, of the boundary surfaces between adjacent cells is permeable to a fluid in order to form a flow path from cell to cell for the fluid.
The thermal store as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the thermal store includes a plurality of modules (10), wherein the modules (10) each form a cell of the grid, wherein the modules (10) are arranged adjacent to one another and/or one over another and are connected to one another in such a way that they form the basic framework and/or parts of the basic framework (14) of the thermal store.
The thermal store as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the thermal store includes a filling with a thermal storage material, which is designed as a bulk material and/or lining through which the fluid can flow.
The thermal store as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the boundary surfaces permeable to the fluid and abutting one another are open, in particular wherein the filling forms a continuous bulk material and/or lining uninterrupted by the open boundary surfaces.
The thermal store as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a part of the abutting boundary surfaces is not permeable to the fluid in order to preset a flow path through the thermal store for the fluid.
The thermal store as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the boundary surfaces are rectangular, in particular wherein the cells are cuboid.
The thermal store as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cells have identical dimensions.
The thermal store as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the individual modules (10) include structural elements (12) in the area of their edges, which structural elements form supports and/or girders in the basic framework (14) of the thermal store and are arranged in the area of the grid lines of the grid.
A method for providing a thermal store, in particular a thermal store as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein initially a plurality of modules (10) and/or structural elements (12) of the basic framework (14), in particular supports and/or girders, are prefinished and then transported to the installation location of the thermal store and arranged adjacent to one another and/or one over another and connected to one another there, so that they form a basic framework (14) of the thermal store.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.