Patent ID: 8695346

Claim:
A caloric energy retention, absorption, and management system comprising: an open-ended enclosure comprising a turret attached to a box; a ring-shaped caloric energy transfer device attached to the turret, the energy transfer device configured to impart caloric energy from outside of the box into an energy transport media to increase energy density of said transport media, wherein said transport media is composed of non-hydrogenated cottonseed oil; a spiral caloric embedding loop formed between two plates (D) and (E), the loop configured to transfer caloric energy to hot spots inserted into plate (E), wherein said hot spots have quills along an inner surface of matching spiral grooves to enhance energy transfer; a magnetically-controlled reciprocating drive member configured to impart rotary motion to a pump; a caloric energy storage device comprising five square plates, (S 4 ), (S 5 ), (S 6 ), (S 7 ), and (S 8 ), the energy storage device forming three sets of spiral tubes between adjacent joined plate pairs, wherein the three sets of spiral tubes are connected with entry and exit cavities to form a continuous spiral path, wherein said plate (S 8 ) of the energy storage device comprises quills along the spiral tube inner surface which cause the energy transport media to eddy and increase thermal transfer, and wherein the spiral tubes are thermally isolated from the outside of the box; a caloric energy embedding sandwich thermally connected to the caloric energy storage device, the caloric energy embedding sandwich comprising two additional square plates, (S 9 ) and (S 9 A), and an electric heating element, wherein said plate (S 9 A) is composed of a thermally conductive material and said plate (S 9 ) is composed of a material with less thermal conductivity than the material of plate (S 9 A), the caloric energy embedding sandwich configured to direct caloric energy towards said plate (S 8 ); a magnetically-controlled ball valve controlling the flow of the caloric energy transport media, wherein the ball is composed of a ceramic material with a ferrite core responsive to magnetic forces; and wherein plates (S 4 ), (S 5 ), (S 6 ), (S 7 ), (S 8 ), (S 9 ), and (S 9 A) are located within the box.