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US 4,360,442 AGranted
Ethylene carbonate as a phase-change heat storage medium
AssigneeUnion Carbide Corporation
InventorsJames D. Reedy, Daniel Pittner
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Abstract
Ethylene carbonate is used as a heat storage medium in a process for the storage of heat wherein the medium changes phase during the release and absorption of heat.
Claims3
In a process for the storage of heat comprising heat transfer to and from a heat storage medium wherein the heat storage medium changes phase as it absorbs or releases heat, the improvement comprising the use of ethylene carbonate containing hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane as the heat storage medium.
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