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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2015
Applicant:

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/s, Brande, DK;

Inventors:

Till Andreas Barmeier, Hamburg, DE;

Volker Seidel, Barcelona, ES;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 3/02 (2006.01); F01K 3/12 (2006.01); F01K 5/00 (2006.01); F28D 20/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 20/0056 (2013.01); F01K 3/12 (2013.01); F01K 5/00 (2013.01); F01K 3/02 (2013.01); F28D 2020/0078 (2013.01); F28D 2020/0082 (2013.01); Y02E 10/46 (2013.01);
Abstract

A thermal energy storage plant is provided including a charging circuit and a discharging circuit, the charging circuit including: a first fluid transporting machine for generating a flow of a working fluid in the charging circuit, a heating device for transferring heat to the working fluid, a main heat accumulator for storing the thermal energy of the working fluid, the discharging circuit including the main heat accumulator, a heat exchanger included in a thermal cycle for transforming the thermal energy stored into mechanical power, the thermal energy storage plant further comprising a secondary heat accumulator including a first end connected to the charging circuit, downstream the heating device, a second end connected to the discharging circuit, upstream the heat exchanger.


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