Sensible heat exchanging rotor

Abstract

A sensible heat exchanging rotor includes a rotor body rotatably mounted between a first channel and a second channel, and a heat storage medium disposed in the rotor body and configured to suck thermal energy from a fluid passing through the first channel, and configured to transfer the sucked thermal energy to a fluid passing through the second channel, wherein the heat storage medium is formed of a polymer material.

1 . A sensible heat exchanging rotor, comprising:
 a rotor body rotatably mounted between a first channel and a second channel; and   a heat storage medium disposed in the rotor body, and configured to suck thermal energy from a fluid passing through the first channel and to transfer the sucked thermal energy to a fluid passing through the second channel,   wherein the heat storage medium is formed of a polymer material.   
     
     
         2 . The sensible heat exchanging rotor of  claim 1 , wherein the heat storage medium has a plurality of air holes for passing through the fluids which pass through the first and second channels. 
     
     
         3 . The sensible heat exchanging rotor of  claim 1 , wherein the heat storage medium may have a porosity corresponding to 0.8˜0.9 times of an area of the heat storage medium. 
     
     
         4 . The sensible heat exchanging rotor of  claim 1 , wherein the polymer material includes one of polyethylene, polypropylene, PVC, a super absorbent polymer (SAP) and a super desiccant polymer (SDP). 
     
     
         5 . The sensible heat exchanging rotor of  claim 1 , wherein a surface of the heat storage medium is coated with a hardening agent. 
     
     
         6 . The sensible heat exchanging rotor of  claim 5 , wherein the heat storage medium is coated with the hardening agent in a thickness of 1 mm˜5 mm. 
     
     
         7 . The sensible heat exchanging rotor of  claim 1 , wherein the heat storage medium has a structure in which a plurality of heat storage layers formed of different polymer materials are radially arranged. 
     
     
         8 . The sensible heat exchanging rotor of  claim 7 , wherein a layer positioned at a central portion among the plurality of heat storage layers has a higher strength than the rest layers.