Thermal energy storage system with tunable phase change composition

Zheng, Ying; Chen, Chien-Hua; Pearlman, Howard; Bonner, Richard; Cao, Fangyu

Title: Thermal energy storage system with tunable phase change composition

Abstract

A thermal energy storage system includes a phase change composition including a phase change material. The phase change composition has a first melting temperature at a first hydration level and a second melting temperature at a second hydration level. The phase change composition stores thermal energy by converting from a solid to a liquid. The thermal energy storage system also includes at least one compartment containing the phase change composition and at least one tuning medium receiving water to adjust the phase change composition from the first hydration level to the second hydration level and supplying water to adjust the phase change composition from the second hydration level to the first hydration level. A method of storing and releasing thermal energy is also disclosed.

Inventors:: Zheng, Ying; Chen, Chien-Hua; Pearlman, Howard; Bonner, III, Richard; Cao, Fangyu

Issue Date:: 2019-12-03

Research Org.:: Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc., Lancaster, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1600354

Patent Number(s):: 10495388

Application Number:: 15/689,245

Assignee:: Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (Lancaster, PA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28D - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT

C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE

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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28D - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
F28D20/021 - {the latent heat storage material and the heat-exchanging means being enclosed in one container

C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
C09K5/063 - {Materials absorbing or liberating heat during crystallisation

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E60/14 - Thermal storage

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL F01K - STEAM ENGINE PLANTS
F01K9/003 - {condenser cooling circuits}

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28D - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
F28D15/0275 - {Arrangements for coupling heat-pipes together or with other structures, e.g. with base blocks
F28D20/028 - {Control arrangements therefor}
F28D20/02 - using latent heat

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28B - STEAM OR VAPOUR CONDENSERS
F28B9/06 - with provision for re-cooling the cooling water or other cooling liquid
F28B1/06 - using air or other gas as the cooling medium

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DOE Contract Number:: AR0000582

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 08/29/2017

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS

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                    Zheng, Ying, Chen, Chien-Hua, Pearlman, Howard, Bonner, III, Richard, & Cao, Fangyu. Thermal energy storage system with tunable phase change composition.  United States.

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  author       = {Zheng, Ying and Chen, Chien-Hua and Pearlman, Howard and Bonner, III, Richard and Cao, Fangyu},

  abstractNote = {A thermal energy storage system includes a phase change composition including a phase change material. The phase change composition has a first melting temperature at a first hydration level and a second melting temperature at a second hydration level. The phase change composition stores thermal energy by converting from a solid to a liquid. The thermal energy storage system also includes at least one compartment containing the phase change composition and at least one tuning medium receiving water to adjust the phase change composition from the first hydration level to the second hydration level and supplying water to adjust the phase change composition from the second hydration level to the first hydration level. A method of storing and releasing thermal energy is also disclosed.},

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