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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Vito NV, Mol, BE;
Inventors:
Johan Van Bael, Mol, BE;
Robbe Salenbien, Mol, BE;
Assignee:
VITO NV, Mol, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 20/02 (2006.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01); F28D 20/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 20/026 (2013.01); F28D 20/02 (2013.01); F28D 21/0012 (2013.01); F28D 2020/0082 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heat exchanger with integrated thermal storage, for example, having a new tertiary side utilising phase change material in between and in thermal contact with the primary and secondary circuits, e.g. of a plate heat exchanger. The tertiary side helps reduce e.g. leak flows in district heating applications, or reduce energy losses in periods of low flow through the heat exchanger. By including thermal energy storage in a heat exchanger or reactor, response times of the systems are reduced as well as internal energy losses, and external energy storage units are reduced in number or are potentially rendered obsolete.