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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2021
Norwich Technologies, Inc., White River Junction, VT (US);
Troy McBride, Norwich, VT (US);
Jonathan Lynch, St. Johnsbury, VT (US);
Joel Stettenheim, Norwich, VT (US);
Oliver James Brambles, Wesham, GB;
Leif Kilkenny Johnson, West Lebanon, NH (US);
Per Erik Kristoffer Edstrom, Stockbridge, VT (US);
Norwich Technologies, Inc., White River Junction, VT (US);
Abstract
A floating piston configured to be disposed in a vessel of a thermal energy storage system to separate a hot working fluid from a cold working fluid. The floating piston includes a piston body having a first end, a second end, and a central region. There is a compressible member which is disposed in the central region of the piston and which is configured to engage with an inner surface of the vessel when the piston is disposed in the vessel.