Michael Bernard Arthur

US Patent:

20200109901, Apr 9, 2020

Filed:

Oct 3, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/150351

Inventors:

- Waltham MA, US
Nicholas I. Maniscalco - Plano TX, US
Katherine P. Carpenter - Plano TX, US
Michael J. Arthur - Indianapolis IN, US

International Classification:

F28D 20/02
C09K 5/06

Abstract:

A thermal energy storage unit is arranged on a surface to be cooled or heated and includes a housing defining at least one flow path that extends along the surface, and at least one non-rectilinear structure that is arranged in the at least one flow path and has a plurality of substructures that are interconnected. The interconnected substructures define a plurality of exterior fluid channels external to the substructures and a plurality of interior cavities within the substructures. The exterior flow paths cross over or under the interior cavities. One of either the plurality of exterior fluid channels or the plurality of interior cavities is configured to contain a phase change material and the other of the plurality of exterior fluid channels and the plurality of interior cavities accommodates a heat transfer fluid that cross-flows the phase change material.