Heat storage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10514208-B2
Application number	US-201515521823-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2015
Priority date	Oct 29, 2014
Publication date	Dec 24, 2019
Grant date	Dec 24, 2019

Abstract

Provided is a heat storage including a container including a first container made of ceramics and a second container made of ceramics, the first container and the second container being combined, and a heat storage material housed inside the container. The first container and the second container are bonded via a bonding member. A volume occupied by pores in the first container, in a first contact region including a surface section in contact with the bonding member, is greater than a volume occupied by pores in regions other than the first contact region. A volume occupied by pores in the second container, in a second contact region including a surface section in contact with the bonding member, is greater than a volume occupied by pores in regions other than the second contact region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat storage comprising:
a container comprising a first container made of a ceramics and a second container made of a ceramics, the first container and the second container being combined; and
a heat storage material housed inside the container;
the first container and the second container being bonded via a bonding material;
wherein
a volume occupied by pores in the first container, in a first contact region comprising a surface section in contact with the bonding material, is greater than a volume occupied by pores in regions other than the first contact region, and
a volume occupied by pores in the second container, in a second contact region comprising a surface section in contact with the bonding material, is greater than a volume occupied by pores in regions other than the second contact region.

2. The heat storage according to claim 1 , wherein
the heat storage material contains NaCl as a main component.

3. The heat storage according to claim 1 , wherein
the bonding material comprises a plurality of pores, and at least a portion of the pores is exposed to the interior of the container.

4. The heat storage according to claim 3 , wherein
the bonding material contains pores, and the pores in the first contact region and the pores in the second contact region communicate with the interior of the container via the pores in the bonding material.

5. The heat storage according to claim 1 , wherein
the bonding material contains SiO 2 as a main component.

6. The heat storage according to claim 5 , wherein
the bonding material contains SiO 2 as a main component, and wherein the bonding material further contains CaO.

7. The heat storage according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first container comprises a first opening and a first side wall portion surrounding the first opening;
the second container comprises a second opening and a second side wall portion surrounding the second opening; and
the second opening has a smaller opening diameter compared to that of the first opening, an outer peripheral surface of the second side wall portion is located close to an inner peripheral surface of the first side wall portion, and the inner peripheral surface of the first container and an end portion of the second side wall portion are bonded via the bonding material.

8. The heat storage according to claim 7 , wherein
the first opening and the second opening have circular shapes.

9. The heat storage according to claim 7 , wherein
the second side wall portion comprises a region where the outer peripheral surface of the second side wall portion comes closer to an inner peripheral surface of the second side wall portion as a distance to an end portion on the second opening side decreases.

10. The heat storage according to claim 2 , wherein
the bonding material comprises a plurality of pores, and at least a portion of the pores is exposed to the interior of the container.

11. The heat storage according to claim 2 , wherein
the bonding material contains SiO 2 as a main component.

12. The heat storage according to claim 3 , wherein
the bonding material contains SiO 2 as a main component.

13. The heat storage according to claim 4 , wherein
the bonding material contains SiO 2 as a main component.

14. The heat storage according to claim 2 , wherein:
the first container comprises a first opening and a first side wall portion surrounding the first opening;
the second container comprises a second opening and a second side wall portion surrounding the second opening; and
the second opening has a small opening diameter compared to that of the first opening, an outer peripheral surface of the second side wall portion is located close to an inner peripheral surface of the first side wall portion, and the inner peripheral surface of the first container and an end portion of the second side wall portion are bonded via the bonding material.

15. The heat storage according to claim 3 , wherein:
the first container comprises a first opening and a first side wall portion surrounding the first opening;
the second container comprises a second opening and a second side wall portion surrounding the second opening; and
the second opening has a small opening diameter compared to that of the first opening, an outer peripheral surface of the second side wall portion is located close to an inner peripheral surface of the first side wall portion, and the inner peripheral surface of the first container and an end portion of the second side wall portion are bonded via the bonding material.

16. The heat storage according to claim 4 , wherein:
the first container comprises a first opening and a first side wall portion surrounding the first opening;
the second container comprises a second opening and a second side wall portion surrounding the second opening; and
the second opening has a small opening diameter compared to that of the first opening, an outer peripheral surface of the second side wall portion is located close to an inner peripheral surface of the first side wall portion, and the inner peripheral surface of the first container and an end portion of the second side wall portion are bonded via the bonding material.

17. The heat storage according to claim 5 , wherein:
the first container comprises a first opening and a first side wall portion surrounding the first opening;
the second container comprises a second opening and a second side wall portion surrounding the second opening; and
the second opening has a small opening diameter compared to that of the first opening, an outer peripheral surface of the second side wall portion is located close to an inner peripheral surface of the first side wall portion, and the inner peripheral surface of the first container and an end portion of the second side wall portion are bonded via the bonding material.

18. The heat storage according to claim 6 , wherein:
the first container comprises a first opening and a first side wall portion surrounding the first opening;
the second container comprises a second opening and a second side wall portion surrounding the second opening; and
the second opening has a small opening diameter compared to that of the first opening, an outer peripheral surface of the second side wall portion is located close to an inner peripheral surface of the first side wall portion, and the inner peripheral surface of the first container and an end portion of the second side wall portion are bonded via the bonding material.

19. The heat storage according to claim 8 , wherein
the second side wall portion comprises a region where the outer peripheral surface of the second side wall portion comes closer to an inner peripheral surface of the second side wall portion as a distance to an end portion on the second opening side decreases.

20. A heat storage comprising:
a container comprising a first container made of ceramics and a second container made of ceramics, the first container and the second container connected to form the container; and
a heat storage material inside the container;
the first container and the second container being bonded together via a bonding material;
wherein
the first container comprises a plurality of pores,
the first container has a first contact region in contact with the bonding material,
a volume of the plurality of pores in the first contact region is greater than a volume of the plurality of pores elsewhere in the first container;
the second container comprises a pluralit

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Hamashima Hiroshi
• Nakamura Katsumi

Classifications

• F28F21/04

  of ceramic; of concrete; of natural stone · CPC title

• F24S90/00

  Solar heat systems not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• F28F2275/02

  by using bonding materials; by embedding elements in particular materials · CPC title

• F28D20/028

  Control arrangements therefor · CPC title

• F24S60/00

  Arrangements for storing heat collected by solar heat collectors (working fluids forming pools or ponds F24S10/10) · CPC title