US 12,078,425 B2
Heat storage device
Antoine Meffre, Perpignan (FR); Guilhem Dejean, Perpignan (FR); and Davy Bruyère, Montils (FR)
Assigned to ECO-TECH CERAM, Perpignan (FR)
Appl. No. 17/633,303
Filed by ECO-TECH CERAM, Perpignan (FR)
PCT Filed Aug. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/072173
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/023834, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1909070 (FR), filed on Aug. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0364797 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. F28D 20/00 (2006.01); F28D 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC F28D 20/0056 (2013.01) [F28D 17/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for storing heat energy/cold energy, comprising:
a container comprising a first end wall comprising a first interface suitable for letting a fluid into the device, a second end wall comprising a second interface suitable for letting the fluid out of the device, and a side wall connecting the first end wall and the second end wall along a main longitudinal direction of the container,
a plurality of storage elements arranged in the container and configured to store heat energy/cold energy supplied by the fluid,
wherein the container has at least one perforated internal wall comprising openings of dimensions smaller than the dimensions of the storage elements and defining a first compartment and a second compartment in the container, the plurality of storage elements being distributed in the first compartment and in the second compartment,
wherein each of the first compartment and the second compartment has a respective drainage orifice in the side wall.