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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2013
Universitat Politécnica DE Catalunya, Barcelona, ES;
Asensi Oliva Llena, Barcelona, ES;
Carlos David Pérez Segarra, Barcelona, ES;
Joaquim Rigola Serrano, Barcelona, ES;
Jesús Castro González, Barcelona, ES;
Carles Oliet Casasayas, Barcelona, ES;
Ivette Rodríguez Pérez, Barcelona, ES;
Oriol Lehmkuhl Barba, Barcelona, ES;
Xavi Trias Miquel, Barcelona, ES;
Roser Capdevila Paramio, Barcelona, ES;
Ramiro Alba Queipo, Barcelona, ES;
Manuel Miguel Ordoño Martínez, Barcelona, ES;
Pedro Andrés Galione Klot, Barcelona, ES;
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, ES;
Abstract
The invention relates to a system for the storage and recovery of thermal energy, using, as its medium, at least one phase change material (solid-liquid) and a sensible heat solid material for storing/recovering the heat obtained from an external source in the form of phase change latent heat and sensible heat. The aforementioned materials are duly housed inside a single tank containing at least two zones which are differentiated by the range of temperatures to which they are subjected, each zone containing a different material. The most common configuration consists of three different zones located inside the tank, namely: a hot zone in the upper part of the tank, enclosing an encapsulated phase change material characterized by a high melting temperature; a cold zone housed in the lower part of the tank, containing a phase change material with a low melting temperature; and a middle zone containing a sensible heat solid material.