Abstract: Venting difficulties in a heat battery including a first container (10) for housing a heat storage salt that may be in the solid phase or in the liquid phase, a heat exchanger (22) within the container (10) and a second container (12) surrounding the first container (10) in generally spaced relation to provide an insulating space (14) about the first container (10) along with coolant inlet and outlet connections (40, 42) to the heat exchanger (22) are avoided in a vent system (52) including a vent inlet (66) generally centrally located in the top wall (56) of the first container (10) generally centrally of the ends thereof. A vent passage includes a check valve (106) located in close proximity to the vent opening (66) and the vent opening is surrounded by a cup shaped baffle (60) having an opening (62) facing the interior of the container (10). A filter (78) is located between the check valve (106) and the opening (62) to the baffle (60).

Abstract: A heat accumulator, in particular latent-heat accumulator, has an inner casing containing an accumulator core and with an outer casing enclosing the inner casing at a distance thereto so as to form an insulation space, the insulation space being baked out and evacuated. The inner casing has a pipe connection with a fill opening through which the storage medium can b introduced and which can be closed by a mechanical closing element after the storage medium has been introduced. The outer casing has a pipe connection with a fill opening through which the insulation space can be filled with insulating medium and or evacuated and which can be closed by a mechanical closing element. The pipe connection of the inner casing is disposed coaxially to the pipe connection of the outer casing. This simplifies manufacture of the heat accumulator.

Abstract: A heat accumulator, in particular a latent heat accumulator has an inner jacket arranged to surround an accumulator core and an outer jacket surrounding the inner jacket so as to form an insulation chamber therebetween, two conduits extending from the insulating chamber outside and forming a supply conduit and a return conduit for a heat transporting medium and elements for counteracting heat losses and associated with the conduits, each of the conduits in its course having a conduit interruption and being provided with a thermal insulation in the region of the conduit interruption so as to form the heat losses counteracting elements.