Heat exchange – Regenerator – Checker brick structure
Patent
1993-06-28
1996-03-26
Ford, John K.
Heat exchange
Regenerator
Checker brick structure
165 2, 165 10, 165 12, 165 18, 392340, 392344, 392346, 252 70, 126618, 126619, F25B 2900, F24J 302
Patent
active
055012680
ABSTRACT:
A method of energy load management for the heating and cooling of a building. The method involves utilizing a wallboard as a portion of the building, the wallboard containing about 5 to about 30 wt. % a phase change material such that melting of the phase change material occurs during a rise in temperature within the building to remove heat from the air, and a solidification of the phase change material occurs during a lowering of the temperature to dispense heat into the air. At the beginning of either of these cooling or heating cycles, the phase change material is preferably "fully charged". In preferred installations one type of wallboard is used on the interior surfaces of exterior walls, and another type as the surface on interior walls. The particular PCM is chosen for the desired wall and room temperature of these locations. In addition, load management is achieved by using PCM-containing wallboard that form cavities of the building such that the cavities can be used for the air handling duct and plenum system of the building. Enhanced load management is achieved by using a thermostat with reduced dead band of about the upper half of a normal dead band of over three degree. In some applications, air circulation at a rate greater than normal convection provides additional comfort.
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Stovall Therese K.
Tomlinson John J.
Adams H. W.
Ford John K.
Martin Marietta Energy Systems Inc.
Skinner Martin J.
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