Heat storage unit and heat storage system

    公开(公告)号:US10126072B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-13

    申请号:US15506931

    申请日:2015-09-22

    Abstract: A heat storage unit or a heat storage system is a heat storage unit including: a heat storage portion having a first material with a strongly correlated electron system material; and a heat conduction portion having a second material higher in a thermal conductivity than the first material and being in contact with the heat storage portion. The heat storage unit may have a laminated structure in which the heat storage portion and the heat conduction portion are alternately laminated on each other. For example, a metal-insulator phase transition material or a transition metal oxide may be used as the strongly correlated electron system material. The second material may be metal or ceramics.

    Thermo-magnetic cycle apparatus
    4.
    发明授权
    Thermo-magnetic cycle apparatus 有权
    热磁循环装置

    公开(公告)号:US09322579B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-26

    申请号:US14248648

    申请日:2014-04-09

    CPC classification number: F25B21/00 F25B2321/0022 Y02B30/66

    Abstract: A magneto-caloric effect type heat pump apparatus provides a thermo-magnetic cycle apparatus. A magnetic field modulating device has a rotary permanent magnet. By rotating the permanent magnet, magnetic field applied to a magneto-caloric element is modulated alternatively in a magnetized state and a demagnetized state. A magnetized period, when the magnetic field is applied, is shorter than a demagnetized period, when the magnetic field is removed. Thereby, it is possible to reduce weight of the magnetic field modulating device having the permanent magnet. The magneto-caloric element has a heat exchange portion which varies heat exchanging efficiency depending on flow directions of a heat transport medium. The heat exchanging efficiency in the magnetized period is higher than the heat exchanging efficiency in the demagnetized period. Therefore, it is possible to provide sufficient heat exchanging quantity even in a short magnetized period.

    Abstract translation: 磁热效应式热泵装置提供一种热磁循环装置。 磁场调制装置具有旋转永久磁铁。 通过旋转永磁体,施加到磁热量元件的磁场在磁化状态和退磁状态下交替地调制。 当磁场被施加时,磁化周期比去磁期短,当磁场被去除时。 由此,能够减轻具有永久磁铁的磁场调制装置的重量。 磁热量元件具有根据传热介质的流动方向改变热交换效率的热交换部分。 磁化期间的热交换效率高于退磁期的热交换效率。 因此,即使在短时间内也可以提供足够的热交换量。

    Energy conversion device
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10767538B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-08

    申请号:US16371172

    申请日:2019-04-01

    Abstract: An energy conversion device includes a first acoustic wave generator, a second acoustic wave generator, and an output unit which are provided in a pipe member. The first acoustic wave generator has a thermal energy generator configured to generate thermal energy from electric energy, and converts the thermal energy generated by the thermal energy generator into acoustic energy to generate acoustic wave in working gas by a self-excited thermo acoustic vibration. The second acoustic wave generator converts thermal energy supplied from a heat supply source into acoustic energy and generates acoustic wave in working gas by a self-excited thermo acoustic vibration. The output unit converts the acoustic energy of the acoustic waves from the first acoustic wave generator and the second acoustic wave generator into cold energy to output.

    Heat transfer system
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10377937B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-13

    申请号:US15740395

    申请日:2016-07-05

    Abstract: A heat transfer system has an energy converter, a heat transfer medium, a transfer part, and a heat exchanger. The energy converter converts an energy of an energy source into an energy in a different state and generates a heat while converting the energy. The heat transfer medium is in a liquid state and receives the heat from the energy converter. The heat exchanger dissipates the heat from the heat transfer medium to an outside of the heat transfer system. The heat transfer medium contains H2O and a solute compatible with the H2O. The solute has a molecular structure including two hydroxyl groups. A length of a binding chain between an oxygen atom of one of the two hydroxyl groups and an oxygen atom of an other of the two hydroxyl groups is shorter than a length of a binding chain between two hydroxyl groups of an ethylene glycol molecule.

    Energy management system
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10279657B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-07

    申请号:US15329608

    申请日:2015-07-09

    Abstract: An energy management system is applied to a vehicle having a first power source, a first converter, an electricity storage part, and a second power source. The energy management system has a second converter, a heat storage part, a mode switching part, and a controller. The mode switching part switches between a heat storage mode and a heat radiation mode. The heat storage part changes to a first phase in a solid state when a temperature of the heat storage part is lower than or equal to a phase transition temperature, and changes to a second phase in a solid state when a temperature of the heat storage part exceeds the phase transition temperature. The controller controls the operations of the second converter and the mode switching part based on at least one of an electricity storage condition of the electricity storage part and a conversion condition of the first converter.

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