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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2012
Applicants:
Wouter Ducheyne, Antwerp, BE;
Christian Stevens, Ghent, BE;
Inventors:
Wouter Ducheyne, Antwerp, BE;
Christian Stevens, Ghent, BE;
Assignees:
Technology for Renewable Energy Systems (TFRES) BVBA, Antwerp, BE;
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 20/00 (2006.01); F25B 30/06 (2006.01); F25D 5/00 (2006.01); C09K 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 5/00 (2013.01); C09K 5/18 (2013.01); F28D 20/003 (2013.01); F25B 30/06 (2013.01); F28D 2020/0026 (2013.01); Y02E 60/142 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided for storing thermal energy or increasing the thermal energy of a heat pump using reversible chemical reactions in which inorganic oxoacid compounds and/or their salts are hydrolysed and condensed or polymerized in order to release and capture heat. The method allows thermal energy to be stored at ambient circumstances in a transportable medium and allows converting a continuous heat generation process into a discontinuous and even dislocated consumption.