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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Phase Change Energy Solutions, Inc., Asheboro, NC (US);
Inventors:
Byron Craig Owens, Asheboro, NC (US);
Jeffrey Neal Cox, Asheboro, NC (US);
Peter Franz Horwath, Asheboro, NC (US);
Reyad I. Sawafta, Greensboro, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 17/00 (2006.01); F28D 19/00 (2006.01); F28D 20/02 (2006.01); F28D 20/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 20/02 (2013.01); F28D 20/021 (2013.01); F28D 20/026 (2013.01); F28D 2020/0026 (2013.01); Y02E 60/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, thermal energy storage systems are described herein. In some embodiments, a thermal energy storage system comprises a thermal energy storage system comprising a container and a heat exchange apparatus disposed within the container. The heat exchange apparatus comprises a tank, a manifold at least partially disposed within the tank, and a phase change material disposed within the tank and in thermal contact with the manifold.