Thermal energy storage material

Patent · Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5775992

Kent, P J; Page, J K

A thermal energy storage material is disclosed that is comprised of at least one hydrated inorganic salt having a transition temperature to the anhydrous or a less hydrated form in the range 10/sup 0/ to 100/sup 0/ C (for example, sodium sulphate decahydrate), the salt being dispersed and suspended in a water-insoluble hydrogel formed from a water-soluble synthetic polymer having pendant carboxylic or sulphonic acid groups cross-linked with cations of a polyvalent metal (For example, aluminium or magnesium).

• Assignee: Calor Group Ltd The (United Kingdom)
• Patent Number(s): US 4209413
• OSTI ID: 5775992
• Resource Relation: Patent Priority Date: Priority date 10 Jun 1977, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

25 ENERGY STORAGE
LATENT HEAT STORAGE
PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CROSS-LINKING
DISPERSIONS
FUSION HEAT
INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
POLYMERS
STABILITY
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
ENERGY STORAGE
ENTHALPY
EQUIPMENT
HEAT STORAGE
MATERIALS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
POLYMERIZATION
STORAGE
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TRANSITION HEAT
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