Heat storing device
First Claim
1. A heat storing device for exchanging heat energy between a heat storing material and a fluid, comprising a heat storing module having heat storing material spaces filled with the heat storing material and fluid passages for the fluid to flow through adjacent to the heat storing material spaces, wherein:
- the heat storing module includes multiple flat plates in a stack;
each of the plates has the fluid passages in one side thereof;
mutually adjacent pairs of the plates are stacked together so that faces thereof having the fluid passages face each other;
the fluid passages of a first plate of the pairs and the fluid passages of a second plate of the pairs intersect substantially at right angles; and
the fluid passages mutually intersecting at right angles communicate with each other at positions where they intersect.
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Abstract
A heat storing device for exchanging heat energy between a heat storing material and a fluid. The heat storing device has a heat storing module having heat storing material spaces filled with a heat storing material and fluid passages for a fluid to flow through adjacent to the heat storing material spaces. The heat storing module includes multiple plates in a stack. Each of the multiple plates has fluid passages in one side thereof. In mutually adjacent pairs of plates, the sides having the fluid passages face each other. When each pair of plates is seen face-on, with respect to the fluid passages of one of the plates, the fluid passages of the other plate intersect substantially at right angles, and the fluid passages of the two plates connect at these positions where they intersect.
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10 Claims
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1. A heat storing device for exchanging heat energy between a heat storing material and a fluid, comprising a heat storing module having heat storing material spaces filled with the heat storing material and fluid passages for the fluid to flow through adjacent to the heat storing material spaces, wherein:
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the heat storing module includes multiple flat plates in a stack;
each of the plates has the fluid passages in one side thereof;
mutually adjacent pairs of the plates are stacked together so that faces thereof having the fluid passages face each other;
the fluid passages of a first plate of the pairs and the fluid passages of a second plate of the pairs intersect substantially at right angles; and
the fluid passages mutually intersecting at right angles communicate with each other at positions where they intersect. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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