Energy storage assembly and energy storage element thereof

Abstract

An energy storage element of an energy storage assembly includes a cylindrical body and a channel formed in an axial direction in an internal thereof; wherein the cylindrical body includes an energy storage material. With the energy storage element having a cylindrical body, the shape of the energy storage element is of the merit of low hydraulic resistance, which allows air flow to pass through the energy storage element(s) smoothly at great speed.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention is related to a thermal storage element, in particular, to an energy storage assembly and an energy storage element thereof.[0003]2. Description of Related Art[0004]During summer time or weather of high temperatures, air conditioners or cooling fans are often used for drawing cooling air into a room, office or confined space internally and while during winter time or weather of low temperatures, heaters or hot-air fans capable of generating heated air are often used in raising the temperature of a room, office or confined space. Nevertheless, no matter whether the air-flow generating device is generating cold air or hot air, its activation and operation require large amount of power consumption, which also typically happens at peak times of high demands of power consumption.[0005]Currently, there have been energy storage materials developed in the market, and such energy storage materials are able ...

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Benefits of technology

[0008]The present invention is to provide an energy storage assembly and an energy storage element thereof, in which the energy storage element is a cylindrical body with the merits of providing low hydraulic resistance due to the formation of its unique shape to allow the air flow to pass through the energy storage element more smoothly at great speed.

[0015](1) As the energy storage material has a large capacity for heat storage, the air flow passing through the cylindrical bodies can be kept at a lowered or raised temperature continuously while allowing the energy storage elements to pre-store energy at times of low power demands and to be reused again at times of high power demands in order to reduce the power consumption of the device during the peak time of high power demands, to reduce the efficiency of power consumption and to reduce the costs of electricity.

[0016](2) Since each one of the energy storage element is a cylindrical body having a channel with a circular cross section formed therein, the shape of the energy storage element has the merits of low hydraulic resistance such that by reducing its hydraulic resistance, the air flow passing therethrough can be of greater quantity of low and higher wind speed.

[0017](3) With the merits of low hydraulic resistance due to the shape of the cylindrical body, the air flow is allowed to smoothly pass through the energy storage elements while maintaining a certain area of contact therewith such that great heat transfer between the energy storage elements and the air flow can be achieved.

[0019](5) The cylindrical bodies can be arranged in various forms such as that they can be arranged to in a horizontal series front to rear or left to right and they can also be stacked in a vertical series top to bottom; their arrangements also allow the shape of the cylindrical bodies to have corresponding relationship with each other in order to create low hydraulic resistance; for example, the air flow channel formed by four cylindrical bodies aligned with each other can also have low hydraulic resistance to allow the air flow to smoothly pass these energy storage elements at great speed.

Problems solved by technology

Nevertheless, no matter whether the air-flow generating device is generating cold air or hot air, its activation and operation require large amount of power consumption, which also typically happens at peak times of high demands of power consumption.

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