Thermal storage unit
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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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Abstract
A thermal storage unit has a thermal storage material which performs heat exchange through a fluid filled in a thermal storage body arranged within a vessel having an opening communicated to outside. The thermal storage body is a porous ceramic molding which contains the thermal storage medium.
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1. A thermal storage unit, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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