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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2021
Supercritical Storage Company, Inc., Lewes, DE (US);
Timothy J. Held, Akron, OH (US);
SUPERCRITICAL STORAGE COMPANY, INC., Sussex County, DE (US);
Abstract
A method for operating a pumped thermal energy storage ('PTES') system includes circulating a working fluid through a working fluid circuit, the working fluid having a mass flow rate and a specific heat capacity and balancing a product of the mass and the specific heat capacity of the working fluid on a high-pressure side of a recuperator and a low side of the recuperator as the working fluid circulates through the working fluid circuit. The PTES system includes a bypass in the working fluid circuit by which a first portion of the working fluid bypasses the high-pressure side of the recuperator while a second portion of the working fluid circulates through the high-pressure side of the recuperator.