Patent ID: 8863703
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: B04B,F01P,F28D,F28F,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An assembly comprising a coolant circuit for an internal combustion engine, wherein the internal combustion engine thermally coupled to at least one coolant circuit through which circulates a coolant with a maximum coolant temperature, the coolant circuit thermally coupled or at least temporarily thermally coupled via at least one heat exchanger to a latent heat accumulator, the latent heat accumulator has a latent heat accumulator medium with a phase transition temperature that is higher than the maximum coolant temperature, the latent heat accumulator medium is disposed in a vessel of the latent heat accumulator, the vessel is movable in relation to the at least one heat exchanger, the vessel and the heat exchanger are moveable into at least two different relative positions in which the transfer of heat from the latent heat accumulator medium to the coolant in the coolant circuit varies.