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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2016
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Llc, Golden, CO (US);
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (US);
Nathan P. Siegel, Lewisburg, PA (US);
Michele L. Olsen, Arvada, CO (US);
Eric S. Toberer, Golden, CO (US);
David Samuel Ginley, Evergreen, CO (US);
Philip A. Parilla, Lakewood, CO (US);
Emily L. Warren, Golden, CO (US);
Aaron Daniel Martinez, Arvada, CO (US);
Jonathan E. Rea, Lakewood, CO (US);
Corey Lee Hardin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Christopher J. Oshman, Golden, CO (US);
Nathan P. Siegel, Lewisburg, PA (US);
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Abstract
An aspect of the present disclosure is a system that includes a thermal valve having a first position and a second position, a heat transfer fluid, and an energy converter where, when in the first position, the thermal valve prevents the transfer of heat from the heat transfer fluid to the energy converter, and when in the second position, the thermal valve allows the transfer of heat from the heat transfer fluid to the energy converter, such that at least a portion of the heat transferred is converted to electricity by the energy converter.