Thermal storage module for solar dynamic receivers

Beatty, Ronald L; Lauf, Robert J

Title: Thermal storage module for solar dynamic receivers

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Abstract

A thermal energy storage system comprising a germanium phase change material and a graphite container.

Inventors:

Beatty, Ronald L ^[1]; Lauf, Robert J ^[2]

Farragut, TN
Oak Ridge, TN

Issue Date:: 1991-01-01

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 868097

Patent Number(s):: 5074283

Assignee:: United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B64 - AIRCRAFT B64G - COSMONAUTICS

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

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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B64 - AIRCRAFT B64G - COSMONAUTICS
B64G1/427 - {Thermal power storage}
B64G1/446 - {Thermal solar power generation}

C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
C09K5/06 - the change of state being from liquid to solid or vice versa

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F24 - HEATING F24S - SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS
F24S20/20 - Solar heat collectors for receiving concentrated solar energy, e.g. receivers for solar power plants

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
F28D20/02 - using latent heat
F28D2020/0021 - {the heat storage material being enclosed in loose or stacked elements}

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
Y02E10/40 - Solar thermal energy
Y02E60/14 - Thermal storage
Y02E70/30 - Systems combining energy storage with energy generation of non-fossil origin

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10S - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
Y10S126/908 - Particular chemical

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DOE Contract Number:: AC05-84OR21400

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: thermal; storage; module; solar; dynamic; receivers; energy; comprising; germanium; phase; change; material; graphite; container; storage module; change material; phase change; energy storage; thermal energy; thermal storage; /126/165/

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                    Beatty, Ronald L, and Lauf, Robert J. Thermal storage module for solar dynamic receivers.  United States: N. p., 1991. 
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