Systems with multi-circuited, phase-change composite heat exchangers

Kozubal, Eric; Woods, Jason David; Bonnema, Eric Jason; Faramarzi, Ramin Teimouri

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Title: Systems with multi-circuited, phase-change composite heat exchangers

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A system comprising a first plurality of microchannels, a second plurality of microchannels in thermal communication with the first plurality of microchannels such that the first plurality of microchannels and second plurality of microchannels form a heat exchanger, and a phase change composite in thermal communication with the heat exchanger and methods of operating are disclosed herein.

Inventors:: Kozubal, Eric; Woods, Jason David; Bonnema, Eric Jason; Faramarzi, Ramin Teimouri

Issue Date:: 2020-05-12

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1650894

Patent Number(s):: 10648743

Application Number:: 15/991,275

Assignee:: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F24 - HEATING F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F25 - REFRIGERATION OR COOLING F25B - REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS

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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F24 - HEATING F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING
F24F5/0021 - {using phase change material [PCM] for storage}

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F25 - REFRIGERATION OR COOLING F25B - REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS
F25B2400/24 - Storage receiver heat
F25B25/005 - {using primary and secondary systems}
F25B39/02 - Evaporators

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
F28D15/0266 - {with separate evaporating and condensing chambers connected by at least one conduit
F28D20/021 - {the latent heat storage material and the heat-exchanging means being enclosed in one container
F28D20/023 - {the latent heat storage material being enclosed in granular particles or dispersed in a porous, fibrous or cellular structure}
F28D2015/0225 - {Microheat pipes}
F28D2021/0066 - {with combined condensation and evaporation}
F28D2021/0068 - {for refrigerant cycles}
F28D7/0025 - {the conduits for one medium or the conduits for both media being flat tubes or arrays of tubes}
F28D7/0091 - {the supplementary medium flowing in series through the units}

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28F - DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
F28F1/022 - {with multiple channels}
F28F2260/02 - having microchannels

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

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DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 05/29/2018

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 42 ENGINEERING

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