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Patent No.:

US 11578622 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2021

Use of external air for closed cycle inventory control

Applicant:

Malta Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

Raj Apte, Cambridge, MA (US);

Philippe Larochelle, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:

MALTA INC., Cambridge, MA (US);

Attorney:

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Primary Examiner:

Mark A Laurenzi

Assistant Examiner:

Xiaoting Hu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 3/02 (2006.01); F02C 9/24 (2006.01); F02C 1/05 (2006.01); F02C 1/10 (2006.01); F01K 13/00 (2006.01); F02C 1/04 (2006.01); F02C 6/16 (2006.01); F02C 6/14 (2006.01); F01K 3/12 (2006.01); F01K 13/02 (2006.01); B01D 53/26 (2006.01); F02C 1/08 (2006.01); F28D 20/00 (2006.01); F01K 3/10 (2006.01); F01K 3/06 (2006.01); F01K 3/18 (2006.01); F01K 7/38 (2006.01); F01K 25/10 (2006.01); F22B 1/00 (2006.01); F01K 25/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 3/02 (2013.01); B01D 53/265 (2013.01); F01K 3/06 (2013.01); F01K 3/10 (2013.01); F01K 3/12 (2013.01); F01K 3/18 (2013.01); F01K 7/38 (2013.01); F01K 13/00 (2013.01); F01K 13/02 (2013.01); F01K 25/103 (2013.01); F02C 1/04 (2013.01); F02C 1/05 (2013.01); F02C 1/08 (2013.01); F02C 1/10 (2013.01); F02C 1/105 (2013.01); F02C 6/14 (2013.01); F02C 6/16 (2013.01); F02C 9/24 (2013.01); F22B 1/006 (2013.01); F28D 20/00 (2013.01); F01K 25/06 (2013.01); Y02E 60/14 (2013.01); Y02E 60/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods relating to use of external air for inventory control of a closed thermodynamic cycle system or energy storage system, such as a reversible Brayton cycle system, are disclosed. A method may involve, in a closed cycle system operating in a power generation mode, circulating a working fluid may through a closed cycle fluid path. The closed cycle fluid path may include a high pressure leg and a low pressure leg. The method may further involve in response to a demand for increased power generation, compressing and dehumidifying environmental air. And the method may involve injecting the compressed and dehumidified environmental air into the low pressure leg.

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