294 results about "Thermal reservoir" patented technology

A thermal reservoir for a two-pipe hydronic air-conditioning system is disclosed. Said thermal reservoir includes a well-insulated tank for alternatively storing hot and cold water. Said thermal reservoir contains plurality of valves for directing hot water stored therein into the two-pipe hydronic air-conditioning system, thereby causing cold water within the two-pipe hydronic air-conditioning system to be displaced therefrom and into well insulated storage tank. Said process is fully reversible in that cold water displaced from the two-pipe hydronic air-condition system into said thermal reservoir may be subsequently directed from the thermal reservoir and restored to the two-pipe hydronic air-conditioning system and hot water therefrom directed back into storage. Accordingly a two-pipe hydronic air-conditioning system may be switched between heating and cooling modes with rapidity and without waste of the energy content of said hot water and said cold water.

An electronic apparatus heat extraction packaging feature wherein in the transfer of locally generated heat at a component of an electronic apparatus, the heat is stored in a buffering reservoir in the apparatus housing with a Peltier effect transfer control device being mounted external to the housing and interfaced with the thermal reservoir at the housing surface. The packaging interface permits the use of larger Peltier effect devices, greater freedom in precooling of the thermal reservoir and lighter weight portable computers where the Peltier effect devices are positioned in a docking station. In a portable computer with a battery power supply, the thermal reservoir can be independent or the battery can be employed in the thermal reservoir functions.

The invention relates to a phase change heat accumulation system for generating steam directly and a preparation method of a phase change heat accumulation agent. A phase change material is enhanced with graphite foam, and is absorbed in a porous medium of the graphite foam, so that a binary eutectic salt / graphite foam material is prepared and is used as a composite phase change material of a heat accumulation device, the composite phase change material is high in heat conduction coefficient, therefore under the same design condition, the phase change heat accumulation system provided by the invention is applied to systems of a focusing type solar thermal power generation system, an industrial waste heat recovery system and the like, and has the characteristics of high heat transfer efficiency, small volume, low cost and the like. In addition, the phase change heat accumulation system for generating steam directly can flexibly adopt a parallel connection or serial connection mode according to the temperature of high-temperature waste heat steam and the requirement of a steam user; and during serial connection, the binary eutectic salt / graphite foam composite phase change material can be combined in a cascaded manner according to a melting point, thus the efficiency of an energy accumulation system is increased, and the energy can be greatly accumulated.

Provided is a geothermal heat exchange system and method including a plurality of heat depots, each including a sealed container filled with a heat exchange fluid and further including an input heat transfer line and an output heat transfer line for carrying the heat transfer fluid. The input line proceeds through a top surface of the container at least a minimal distance into the container, and the output heat transfer line originates immediately at the upper surface of the container. Multiple heat depots connected to one another in a continuous unbroken chain are also provided.

The invention discloses a phase-change heat transfer type intermediate temperature heat reservoir and an intermediate temperature solar air-conditioning system formed by the phase-change heat transfer type intermediate temperature heat reservoir. The phase-change heat transfer type intermediate temperature heat reservoir is a closed pressure container and comprises a box body, a plurality of ring frames, screens, heat accumulation layers and heat exchanging tubes, wherein the plurality of ring frames are respectively and horizontally fixed on the inner wall at the lower part of the box body, a plurality of screens are respectively arranged on each ring frame, the heat accumulation layers are respectively paved on each sieve screen, each heat accumulation layer is formed by mixing a composite phase-change heat accumulation material and grains of sand, the heat exchanging tubes are arranged in an inner cavity in the upper part of the box body, a tube cavity of each heat exchanging tube is isolated from the inside of the box body and is communicated with the outside of the box body, wherein a heat conducting device flows in the tube cavity, the intermediate temperature heat accumulation device takes water and water vapor as phase-change heat transfer working mediums, and the phase-change heat transfer mediums are directly evaporated or condensed on the surface of the granular composite phase-change heat accumulation material to realize phase-change heat exchange. The phase-change heat transfer type intermediate temperature heat reservoir and the intermediate temperature solar air-conditioning system have the advantages of excellent heat exchange capability, high solar utilization ratio, simple structure, easy manufacture and long service life.

This invention relates to a method and apparatus for energy effective regulation of temperature and ventilation of one or more ventilation units of buildings, where one or more heat-pumps are used to exchange thermal energy between outdoor air and an indoor heat carrying fluid medium and where the heating and / or cooling of each ventilation units are achieved by distributing the indoor heat carrying fluid medium in each ventilation units, in such a manner that the natural short term variations in outdoor temperature due to passages of weather systems and the day / night variations is utilized to give the one or more heat-pumps optimized conditions such that they are only turned on for extracting outdoor heat which is delivered to the indoor heat carrying and distributing fluid medium at the relative warm periods in the case of warming the buildings, or only in the relative cold periods for cooling the heat carrying and distributing fluid medium for removal of indoor heat in the case of cooling the buildings, and that the thermal energy that is exchanged with the outdoor air is partly used to cover the ventilation units actual demand for heading or cooling while the remaining major part of the thermal energy is sent to a thermal store to cover the ventilation units heating or cooling demand during the subsequent periods where the natural weather conditions is less favorable for exchanging thermal energy from outdoor air by use of heat-pumps.

Under one aspect, a method of cooling a circuit element includes providing a thermal reservoir having a temperature lower than an operating temperature of the circuit element; and providing a nanotube article in thermal contact with the circuit element and with the reservoir, the nanotube article including a non-woven fabric of nanotubes in contact with other nanotubes to define a plurality of thermal pathways along the article, the nanotube article having a nanotube density and a shape selected such that the nanotube article is capable of transferring heat from the circuit element to the thermal reservoir.

A system for providing coolant to a heat load includes a first coolant reservoir providing coolant to the heat load and a second coolant reservoir receiving used coolant after passing through the heat load. The used coolant is refreshed by a cooling apparatus which receives the used coolant from the second coolant reservoir, cools the used coolant, and supplies refreshed coolant to said first coolant reservoir. The resulting dual reservoir system offers significant reductions in the size, weight and power of the vapor cycle system (VCS) equipment while providing for accurate temperature control of the coolant delivered to the heat load.

An electric heat therapy apparatus which includes an upper cover, a holder, a heating unit including a control circuit, an electrical connector and a light bulb, a heat reservoir, wherein the holder has no upper end connected to a lower ed of the upper cover and a lower end connected to an upper end of the electrical connector, the heat reservoir is connected to a lower end of the electrical connector, the heat reservoir has a closed bottom, and the light bulb is fitted within the heat reservoir for keeping heat and light in the heat reservoir, whereby the human skin can be prevented from causing pathological changes by the direct light given by the light bulb and the heat given by the light nulb will be efficiently retained in the heat reservoir and the temperature of the heat reservoir can be rapidly increased.

The invention provides a salt-melting heat-storing warehouse, relating to a solar heat power-generation and heat-storage system. A closed system consists of low-temperature storage tank equipment, high-temperature storage tank equipment, a heat exchanging system, a nitrogen pipeline system and a liquid salt-melting pipeline. The salt-melting heat-storing warehouse is characterized in that the nitrogen pipeline system comprises a nitrogen pipeline and a nitrogen storage tank; the nitrogen pipeline is communicated with the low-temperature storage tank equipment, the high-temperature storage tank equipment and the liquid salt-melting pipeline; the heat exchanging system is connected with the low-temperature storage tank equipment and the high-temperature storage tank equipment respectively by the liquid salt-melting pipeline; the low-temperature storage tank equipment comprises a low-temperature storage tank; the high-temperature storage tank equipment comprises a high-temperature storage tank; one end of the liquid salt-melting pipeline is arranged in the low-temperature storage tank and the other end of the liquid salt-melting pipeline is arranged in the high-temperature storage tank. When the salt-melting heat-storing warehouse is used for storing heat, the temperature of the melted salt is heated to 386 DEG C; during the heat discharging, the melted salt of the system is cooled to the temperature of about 292 DEG C; under both the heat-storing condition and the heat-discharging condition, the melted salt is in liquid state; the cold salt and the hot salt are stored in independent tanks respectively; and the heat storage system with the independent cold tank and heat tank has the advantages that both the heat storage and the heat discharging can occur at constant temperature.

A system and method are used to allow for compensation of a thermal output of an array of individually controllable elements. This can be done by inputting control signals to the array when it is not being used to pattern a projection beam in order to maintain the temperature of the array. A heating element can be provided to maintain the temperature of the array. A thermal reservoir can be provided to maintain the temperature of the array or a cooling element can be provided to reduce the temperature of the array during use.

A pyramid-like structure consisting of a base and 3 or more side frames, each side frame forming an angle to the base. The pyramid-like structure having an enclosed space within and including a way to collect solar energy and to collect and transfer thermal energy from the sun; air suction mechanisms to take surrounding air into the enclosed space; a plurality of wind turbines; a Main Thermal Reservoir to take in and hold heat transfer medium, which is heated therein and then pumped to the top day tanks. The heat transfer medium is heated by a Heat Absorption and Transfer Layer through a network of pipes on the side frame back to the Main Thermal Reservoir, wherein thermal energy is collected, absorbed and transferred to the enclosed space of the pyramid, heating the enclosed space and within the air suction means, causing a temperature differential between the surrounding air and heated air inside the enclosed space of the pyramid to create a continuous flow of the heated air to turn the wind turbines. If desired, the thermal energy can be used to by a desalination system to process seawater into potable water.

The invention relates to a thermal energy storage system comprising at least one thermal reservoir and at least one thermal energy transfer means that, at least at times, are able to transfer thermal energy from at least one first section of the thermal reservoir to at least one second section of the thermal reservoir. The invention also relates to a method changing the energy distribution of a thermal reservoir wherein thermal energy is transferred from at least one first section of the thermal reservoir to at least one second section of the thermal reservoir.