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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2016
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yoshio Ohashi, Susono, JP;
Masaki Watanabe, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A heat storage apparatus includes: a first tank; a second tank that is provided above the first tank; an on-off valve; and a heat storage solution that is accommodated in the first tank and the second tank. The heat storage solution has a characteristic of absorbing heat and separating into a first liquid and a second liquid having a lower density than the first liquid at a lower critical solution temperature or higher, the first liquid and the second liquid have a characteristic of releasing heat and mixing with each other at a temperature lower than the lower critical solution temperature, and when the heat storage solution separates into the first liquid and the second liquid, the first liquid is accommodated in the first tank and the second liquid is accommodated in the second tank.