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Process for the energy-saving recovery of useful or available heat from the environment or from waste heat
Assignee: Studiengesellschaft Kohle gGmbH
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Filing: 1981-06-01
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Granted: 1983-11-08
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Expires: 2001-06-01
Abstract
Abstract A process for the energy-saving recovery of useful heat from the environment or from waste heat with the use of a reversible chemical reaction comprising, charging and discharging alternatingly and successively by pressure variation with hydrogen two vessels which are interconnected by lines and filled with a metal hydride and the hydride-forming metal and removing as useful heat the heat of compression and of hydride formation thereby liberated by heat exchange and replacing consumed heat of expansion and hydrogen evolution of the hydride by heat exchange with the environment or by waste heat.
Inventors
- 👤 Alfred E. Ritter
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 22:34
CPC Classifications
F; F25; F25B; F25B17/00; F25B17/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
A process for the energy-saving recovery of useful heat from the environment or from waste heat with the use of a reversible chemical reaction of the formation and decomposition of metal hydrides, comprising the steps of: providing two vessels interconnected by lines and which are filled with about equal parts of a metal hydride and the hydride forming metal or the hydride forming alloy, alternatingly and successively charging and discharging the vessels with hydrogen by pressure variation and exchanging the heat of compression and the hydride formation, removing the useful heat and replacing consumed heat of expansion and hydrogen evolution of the hydride by heat exchange with the environment or by waste heat, wherein the heat exchange removing useful heat and the heat exchange with the environment or waste heat is conducted by heat pipes which transfer heat only in one direction.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
142 words
A process for the energy-saving recovery of useful heat from the environment or from waste heat with the use of a reversible chemical reaction of the formation and decomposition of metal hydrides, comprising the steps of: providing two vessels interconnected by lines and which are filled with about equal parts of a metal hydride and the hydride forming metal or the hydride forming alloy, alternatingly and successively charging and discharging the vessels with hydrogen by pressure variation and exchanging the heat of compression and the hydride formation, removing the useful heat and replacing consumed heat of expansion and hydrogen evolution of the hydride by heat exchange with the environment or by waste heat, wherein the heat exchange removing useful heat and the heat exchange with the environment or waste heat is conducted by heat pipes which transfer heat only in one direction.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein a low temperature hydride is used as the metal hydride and the pressure variation is effected mechanically.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein iron-titanium hydride is used as the metal hydride.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein two different metal hydrides are used and the pressure variation is effected thermally.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
A process according to claim 4, having a titanium-iron-manganese hydride and a titanium-zirconium-chromium-manganese hydride are used as metal hydrides.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the heat exchange is effected with air/air.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein said heat exchange is effected by irrigation of water over a battery of pipes and, on reversal, the heat capacity of the system by irrigation with cold fresh water is used for preheating warm service water.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein two systems of the same size are connected in parallel and reversed with phase displacement of removing useful heat.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
127 words
An apparatus for the energy saving recovery of useful heat from the environment or from waste heat which comprises at least one system comprising: two reservoirs which have about the same size and each of which is filled with about one half of metal hydride and one half of the hydride-forming metal or the hydride-forming alloy; pressure varying means for alternatingly and successively charging and discharging the two vessels with hydrogen and means for removing the useful heat and replacing consumed heat of expansion and hydrogen evolution of the hydride by heat exchange with the environment or by waste heat comprising heat pipes which transfer heat only in one direction for removing the useful heat and for conducting waste heat for the heat exchange with the environment.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
127 words
An apparatus for the energy saving recovery of useful heat from the environment or from waste heat which comprises at least one system comprising: two reservoirs which have about the same size and each of which is filled with about one half of metal hydride and one half of the hydride-forming metal or the hydride-forming alloy; pressure varying means for alternatingly and successively charging and discharging the two vessels with hydrogen and means for removing the useful heat and replacing consumed heat of expansion and hydrogen evolution of the hydride by heat exchange with the environment or by waste heat comprising heat pipes which transfer heat only in one direction for removing the useful heat and for conducting waste heat for the heat exchange with the environment.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
82 words
An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the two reservoirs are each filled with about one half of each of the metal hydride and the hydride-forming metal of two different metal hydrides; wherein the pressure varying means comprises means for thermally effecting pressure variations; and means for supplying fossil heat including at least one line and reversible gate valve connected to the heat pipes for preventing direct retransmission of the heat generated from the fossil fuel to the stream of useful heat.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
An apparatus according to claim 10, comprising an intermittent direct heating system for supplying the fossil heat.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein two systems having almost the same size are connected in parallel with phase displacement for removing the useful heat.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1986-11-07 | 1987-05-09 | 1987-11-08 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1990-11-07 | 1991-05-09 | 1991-11-08 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1994-11-07 | 1995-05-09 | 1995-11-08 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |