HEAT STORAGE MICROCAPSULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

• Main Authors: KAMIYAMA MIKIO, OMURA TAKESHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.07.2012
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; BLASTING; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; DYES; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL; HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS,IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT; HEATING; LIGHTING; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; PAINTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; POLISHES; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a heat storage microcapsule that involves a water soluble latent heat storage material and is excellent in stability when used repeatedly, and to provide a method for manufacturing the same.SOLUTION: The heat storage microcapsule includes a core coated with a shell, wherein the core consists at least one sort of water soluble latent heat storage material selected from a salt hydrate and sugar alcohol, and also a polymer obtained from a water soluble monomer mixture comprised of a water soluble monofunctional monomer and a water soluble polyfunctional monomer, and the shell is formed of a hydrophobic resin.