Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Tomohisa Miyatani

Tetsuya Ide

Yuka Utsumi

Takashi Yamashita

Tomoko Kase

Hisanori Bessho

Daiji Sawada

Akio Miyata

Kazuhiro Deguchi

Yasuyuki Umenaka

Mitsuhiro Koden

Shigeaki Mizushima

Katsumi Kondoh

It is an object of the present invention to provide a thermal energy storage member having sufficient dissipation capabilities and a storage container using the same, and a refrigerator using the same. A thermal energy storage memberincludes: a thin-plate outer shape having an opposing upper faceand lower face; a thermal energy storage materialfilled in the inside of a package material; and a thermal conduction amount adjusting portionthat, in a case where difference occurs between temperature at the upper faceside and temperature at the lower faceside, reduces difference in thermal conduction amount per unit of time at the upper faceand the lower face

Thermal energy storage member and storage container using the same, and refrigerator using the same

The present invention is intended to provide a storage container that includes a shelf member holding a heat storage material arranged optimally. In a storage container that preserves an object at predetermined temperature, the storage container includes a storage room in which the object is preserved, and a shelf member disposed within the storage room, the shelf member including a flat portion on which the object is placed, and a heat storage material arranged to the flat portion in a way distributed depending on a temperature distribution near the flat portion within the storage room during steady operation. The heat storage material is arranged to be localized to a region of the flat portion at a relatively low-temperature side depending on the temperature distribution within the storage room.

Storage container with heat storage material that provides heat to shelf included in storage container

It is an object of the present invention to provide a heat storage capsule capable of being readily produced and a heat storage member using the same. A heat storage capsuleincludes a heat storage materialreversibly changing into a hydrate of a salt and an aqueous solution of the salt and also includes a capsule coatingencapsulating the heat storage material. The capsule coatingincludes an inner sub-coatingand an outer sub-coating. The inner sub-coatingis a hydrogenated oil layer. The outer sub-coatingis made of a hydrophilic gel. The heat storage capsulehas a W/O/W three-layer structure.

Heat storage capsule and heat storage member using the same

An object is to provide a storage container including latent heat storage materials that provide a high cold insulation effect. A storage containerhas an electric cooling function and stores an object. The storage containerincludes at least one storage chamberthat stores the object; a first latent heat storage material A that is disposed in the storage chamberand has a predetermined phase change temperature; and a second latent heat storage material B that is disposed in the storage chamberand has a phase change temperature higher than the phase change temperature of the first latent heat storage material A.

Storage container

The present invention is to provide a latent heat storage member which is able to more reliably contribute to a daily peak shift of energy consumption, and a building material provided with the latent heat storage member. A latent heat storage memberwhich is formed by using a material including a latent heat storage material such as paraffin and a gelation agent and is used as a building material, includes an outer side surfacearranged on a solar light irradiation side facing the outside, and has a phase change temperature Twithin a temperature range between a lowest temperature Tsmin and a highest temperature Tsmax of the outer side surfacein the daytime.

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Osaka, Japan

Tomohisa Miyatani