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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2020
Applicant:
Malta Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin R. Bollinger, Cambridge, MA (US);
Bao H. Truong, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
MALTA INC., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 13/00 (2006.01); F02C 1/00 (2006.01); F02C 1/05 (2006.01); F28D 20/00 (2006.01); F02C 1/10 (2006.01); F02C 6/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 1/005 (2013.01); F02C 1/007 (2013.01); F02C 1/05 (2013.01); F02C 1/10 (2013.01); F02C 6/14 (2013.01); F28D 20/0056 (2013.01); F05D 2260/213 (2013.01); F28D 2020/0078 (2013.01); F28D 2020/0082 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system including: (i) a pumped-heat energy storage system ('PHES system'), wherein the PHES system is operable in a charge mode to convert electricity into stored thermal energy in a hot thermal storage ('HTS') medium; (ii) an electric heater in thermal contact with the hot HTS medium, wherein the electric heater is operable to heat the hot HTS medium above a temperature achievable by transferring heat from a working fluid to a warm HTS medium in a thermodynamic cycle.