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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:
Jun. 25, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Royce J Laverman, South Holland, IL (US);
Assignee:
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, Oak Brook, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24H / ; F28D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
126400 ; 165 10 ;
Abstract
A thermal energy storage apparatus comprising a thermally insulated tank having a bottom, side wall and roof; a plurality of spaced apart modular heat batteries inside the tank supported on load bearing thermal insulation on the tank bottom; each heat battery constituting an enclosed metal shell containing a bed of solid objects and around which objects a liquid can flow; a conduit to feed a hot or cold liquid from outside of the tank to the top of each bed in each battery; and a conduit to withdraw a hot or cold liquid from the bottom of each bed in each battery and deliver it to a destination outside of the tank.