Thermal energy storage heat exchanger

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1990-02-21

1990-12-11

Davis, Jr., Albert W.

Heat exchange

Regenerator

Heat collector

165 41, 16510411, 16510414, F28D 1502, F28D 2000

Patent

active

049763083

ABSTRACT:
A modified tube and shell heat exchanger is comprised of a tube of heat sink material having micro heat pipes extending outward into the volume between the tube and shell to enable the rapid and efficient transfer and storage of thermal energy into the heat sink from a liquid or gas circulated through the volume. Several embodiments of the invention include modifications to the heat pipes. An alternative embodiment reverses the location of the heat sink to fill the volume between the shell and tube, adapting the tube for fluid flow, and orients heat pipes inward into the tubes and outward beyond the shell in various arrangements. The heat exchanger is further shown embodied in a system for the removal, transfer, storage and dissipation of thermal energy from a heat source for ground-based and space-based applications.

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