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Thermal storage unit

  • US 4,993,481 A
  • Filed: 09/26/1989
  • Issued: 02/19/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/03/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A thermal storage unit, comprising:

  • a vessel having an opening communicating with the outside for receiving a fluid;

    a thermal storage body arranged within said vessel;

    said thermal storage body comprising;

    a porous ceramic molded body member having opposite ends;

    said porous ceramic molded body m ember having hollow portions and having a thermal storage material received in said hollow portions thereof; and

    sealing means at both opposite ends of said hollow portions of said porous ceramic molded body member for sealing said thermal storage material in said hollow portions of said porous ceramic molded body member; and

    means in said vessel for defining a flow path for said received fluid such that said received fluid flows through said porous ceramic molded body member and through said thermal storage material sealed therein.

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