GB1596883A - Latent heat storage apparatus - Google Patents

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GB1596883A
GB1596883A GB13956/78A GB1395678A GB1596883A GB 1596883 A GB1596883 A GB 1596883A GB 13956/78 A GB13956/78 A GB 13956/78A GB 1395678 A GB1395678 A GB 1395678A GB 1596883 A GB1596883 A GB 1596883A
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28DHEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
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    • F28D20/021Heat storage plants or apparatus in general; Regenerative heat-exchange apparatus not covered by groups F28D17/00 or F28D19/00 using latent heat the latent heat storage material and the heat-exchanging means being enclosed in one container
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(54) LATENT HEAT STORAGE APPARATUS (71) We, DORNIER SYSTEM G.m.b.H., a German limited liability company, of postfach 1360,7990 Friedrichshafen 1, Federal Republic of Germany, do hereby declare the invention, for which we pray that a patent may be granted to us, and the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement: This invention relates to a latent heat storage apparatus containing as the storage medium a change phase material.
Numerous change phase materials for use in latent heat storers are already known. For example crystalline low molecular weight organic substances are used as storage media.
In Patent Specification No. 1 543 336, for example, a latent heat storer is disclosed in which the storage medium is a system comprising potassium fluoride hydrate having a potassium fluoride content of between 44 and 48% weight of the total weight of water and additives present, the medium being preferably (KF.4H2 0) which melts congruently at 18.5 C.
Similar or chemically related, and as far as possible isomorphous, compounds, are added to the eutectic mixture as inoculation nuclei to encourage crystallisation of the potassium fluoride hydrate. Substances such as gelatine, silicic acid, montmorillonite, on an organic polymer consisting of a pectin or a polysaccaride.
Another latent heat storer is described in Patent Specification No. 1 543 655. In this case a closed container holds a storage medium which is a substance susceptible to supercooling and contains a heat exchanger and a pump for circulating the storage medium in the liquid state. Hydrated salts are provided as the storage medium, preferably the system already mentioned above, consisting of potassium fluoride and water containing from 44 to 48% by weight of potassium fluoride. Na2S04.10H20 is also mentioned as an example of a suitable alternative hydrated salt for use as a storage medium. The use of crystalline, cross-linked synthetic resins, in particular epoxide resins, as storage media in latent heat storers is disclosed in German Patent Specification No. 2 523 273.
Epoxy resins, polyurethane resins, polyester resins and mixtures of these synthetic resins are mentioned as preferred substances.
A disadvantage of such storage media is that for some purposes their melting point, their heat of fusion and their storage capacity are too low and their mass too great. In addition, they tend to decompose after several changes of phase or if exposed to excessively high temperatures.
According to this invention a latent heat storage apparatus has a storage medium comprising a change phase material which has a melting temperature within the range of from 1800C to 1900C and a latent heat of fusion within the range of from 410 joules/g and 440 joules/g.
The advantage of the invention lies particularly in the fact that the change phase materials used have a high melting temperature combined with a high heat of fusion. These change phase materials are defined by the values shown below: Change phase Melting Heat of Density material T50C fusion D g/crn3 joules/g Boric acid (H3BO3) 185 440 1.43 Eutectic mixture Lithium nitrate and Lithium hydroxide 183 410 2.0 60% by weight LiNO3+ 40% by weight LiOH The slightly lower heat of fusion of the eutectic mixture compared with that of boric acid is compensated by the higher density of the mixture.In both substances, the transition from the solid to the liquid phase is accompanied by an increase in volume of less than 10% and they form a homogeneous melt, and on cooling they solidify in a crystalline form.
In the case of boric acid, it should be noted that a water vapour pressure of 4 bar prevails at the melting point, so that the latent heat storer must be vacuum tight and designed as an excess pressure container. Owing to the corrosiveness of the melt, particularly of boric acid on copper or aluminium, the container must be made of a corrosion-resistant material.
The operation of a latent heat storer requires the use of a heat exchanger which transfers the heat produced by a source (e.g. heat of exhaust gases from a motor vehicle engine) to the latent heat storer and from this to a heat sink. The heat exchanger for the supply of heat may be identical to the one for the removal of heat, for example if the source of heat and the heat sink are in direct contact with the wall of the latent heat storer. The transfer of heat is in this case neither adjustable nor controllable.
One advantageous application of the combination of such a latent heat storer with a heat exchanger, for example, is the utilization of the heat of the exhaust gases ofinternal combustion engines (e.g. engines of motor vehicles) for preheating the cooling water and the fuel. The advantage of this arrangement is that the latent heat storer is charged up by the hot exhaust gases of the engine while the vehicle is in motion, and the heat is stored over a considerable period. When the engine is switched off, the discharge of heat from the laterit heat storer can be used for pre-heating the cooling water (thus avoiding a cold start), the fuel (improving vapourisation and combustion) and the passenger space of the car.No additional energy is required apart from a very slight consumption of electrical energy from the battery of the vehicle for driving a fan and a circulating pump, and no noxious exhaust gases are produced. The pre-heating of the fuel and consequently improved vapourisation and combustion of the fuel mixture improve the efficiency of the engine as well as reducing the emission of harmful substances. Since the preheating temperature for fuels used in carburettor engines, for example, must not exceed 2000C owing to risk of cracking, the temperature of between 180"C and 190"C obtained with the change phase materials used as a storage medium and comprising boric acid (H3BO3) or a mixture of 60% by weight of lithium nitrate (LiN03) + 40% by weight lithium hydroxide (LiOH) is suitable.The wide fluctuations in the exhaust gas temperature from the exhaust to the carburettor can be levelled out by using such a combination of latent heat storer and heat exchanger so that the critical temperature of 2000C will not be exceeded.
For such an application, it is therefore suitable to use a latent heat storer whose operating temperature (melting point) is sufficiently below the exhaust gas temperature to ensure sufficiently rapid charging of the storer. The average exhaust gas temperature in motor car engines depends on the travelling velocity, the engine revolutions, the time in operation, the extemal temperature, etc., and is much lower in diesel engines than in carburettor engines. Temperatures of between 300"C and 8000C may occur.
The choice of a change phase material having an operating temperature of from 180"C to 1 900C is suitable for the requirements exemplified above. It ensures a sufficient temperature difference between the heat sink (cooling water, fuel, air) and the source of heat (gases from the exhaust).
A latent heat storer equipped with this change phase material is very suitable for use as temperature equalization element for fuel atomization because it does not exceed the critical temperature of 200"C.
Temperatures above 2000C would entail considerable difficulties for heat transfer if the heat conductor is a heat pipe and because the fluid used in such heat pipes (e.g. water) has too high a vapour pressure at these temperatures.
Embodiments are described below by way of example, with reference to the drawings, in which: Figure 1 shows the main components of a latent heat storage apparatus; and shows an apparatus which includes a latent heat storer with heat exchangers or heat conductors for pre-heating cooling water.
In Figure 1, the other components of the apparatus which are required for operating a latent heat storer 1 are represented schematically in a row in the order in which they operate. Heat is supplied to the latent heat storer 1 from a source of heat 3 by way of a heat exchanger or heat conductor 2. If the latent heat storer 1 is charged with heat, i.e.
if the change phase material 4 contained in it as storage medium has changed from the solid to the liquid aggregate state, this stored heat is transmitted as required through another heat exchanger or heat conductor 5 to a heat sink 6 connected thereto.
Figure 2 shows a latent heat storer 1 with heat exchanger and heat conductor 2,9 which conduct the heat from its source 3 (exhaust) to the change phase material 4 (boric acid H3 B03 or mixture of 60% by weight LiNO3 + 40to by weight LiOH) used as storage medium in the container 7, this change phase material 4 being arranged round one or more than one heat pipe 9 situated at the centre of the container 7.
Additional pipes 10 designed to function as heat exchangers also extend through the change phase material 4. These pipes 10 have metal plates 11 mounted on them and liquid flowing through them. Spaces 12', 13' are provided at the ends of the container 7 for communication between the pipes 10 in said container.
When the latent heat storer 1 comes into operation, heat is removed from the source of heat 3 (exhaust pipe) by the heat exchanger 2 arranged in the stream of hot exhaust gas 14 and is transmitted to the change phase material 4 through the heat pipe 9. When installing the latent heat storer 1, it must be placed in the correct position in relation to gravity 15. If, for example, in the case of a heat pipe, the source of heat lies below the heat sink, the heat pipe will transmit very large quantities of heat (up to about 103 times more than a corresponding copper rod). If, on the other hand, the heat sink is situated below the source of heat, the heat pipe will cut off the stream of heat. The heat pipe thus acts like a diode if it is operated in the direction of gravity.
Under these conditions, heat from the exhaust gas 14 is supplied to the latent heat storer 1 when the engine is running but accidental discharge of the latent heat storer 1 through the heat pipe 9 when the engine is switched off is not possible. Auxiliary devices (e.g. electrically driven pumps) are therefore unnecessary when heat pipes are used. The pipes 10 with metal plates 11 mounted on them are provided for the removal of heat (in the direction of the heat sink 6, Figure 1). To discharge the latent heat storer 1, cold cooling liquid 8 is pumped through the pipes 10, with- draws the heat stored in the change phase material 4, and leaves the latent heat storer 1 as hot liquid through the discharge 13 for cooling liquid.
WHAT WE CLAIM IS: 1. A latent heat storage apparatus having a storage medium comprising a change phase material which has a melting temperature within the range of from 180"C to 190"C and a latent heat of fusion within the range of from 410 joules/g and 440 joules/g.
2. An apparatus according to Claim 1 wherein the change phase material is boric acid (H3B03).
3. An apparatus according to Claim 1 wherein the change phase material is a eutectic mixture containing 60% by weight of lithium nitrate (LiN03) and 40% by weight of lithium hydroxide (Lioll).
4. A latent heat storage apparatus comprising a storage device according to any preceding claim connected to a heat exchanger or heat conductor for the supply or removal of heat to or from the device.
5. An apparatus according to Claim 4 including a heat pipe connected between a source of heat and the storage device, the device being situated above the source.
6. An apparatus according to Claim 4 or Claim 5 wherein the heat exchanger or heat conductor for the removal of heat comprises a plurality of pipes which are arranged inside the storage device and through which, in use of the apparatus, liquid flows.
7. A latent heat storage apparatus constructed and arranged substantially as herein described and shown in the drawings.
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**WARNING** start of CLMS field may overlap end of DESC **. exhaust gas 14 is supplied to the latent heat storer 1 when the engine is running but accidental discharge of the latent heat storer 1 through the heat pipe 9 when the engine is switched off is not possible. Auxiliary devices (e.g. electrically driven pumps) are therefore unnecessary when heat pipes are used. The pipes 10 with metal plates 11 mounted on them are provided for the removal of heat (in the direction of the heat sink 6, Figure 1). To discharge the latent heat storer 1, cold cooling liquid 8 is pumped through the pipes 10, with- draws the heat stored in the change phase material 4, and leaves the latent heat storer 1 as hot liquid through the discharge 13 for cooling liquid. WHAT WE CLAIM IS:
1. A latent heat storage apparatus having a storage medium comprising a change phase material which has a melting temperature within the range of from 180"C to 190"C and a latent heat of fusion within the range of from 410 joules/g and 440 joules/g.
2. An apparatus according to Claim 1 wherein the change phase material is boric acid (H3B03).
3. An apparatus according to Claim 1 wherein the change phase material is a eutectic mixture containing 60% by weight of lithium nitrate (LiN03) and 40% by weight of lithium hydroxide (Lioll).
4. A latent heat storage apparatus comprising a storage device according to any preceding claim connected to a heat exchanger or heat conductor for the supply or removal of heat to or from the device.
5. An apparatus according to Claim 4 including a heat pipe connected between a source of heat and the storage device, the device being situated above the source.
6. An apparatus according to Claim 4 or Claim 5 wherein the heat exchanger or heat conductor for the removal of heat comprises a plurality of pipes which are arranged inside the storage device and through which, in use of the apparatus, liquid flows.
7. A latent heat storage apparatus constructed and arranged substantially as herein described and shown in the drawings.
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