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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2022
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 3/00 (2006.01); F01D 15/10 (2006.01); F01K 3/18 (2006.01); F01K 13/02 (2006.01); F02C 6/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 3/004 (2013.01); F01D 15/10 (2013.01); F01K 3/186 (2013.01); F01K 13/02 (2013.01); F02C 6/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method including: (i) operating a pumped-heat energy storage system ('PHES system') in a charge mode to convert electricity into stored thermal energy in a hot thermal storage medium (“HTS medium”) by transferring heat from a working fluid to a warm HTS medium, resulting in a hot HTS medium, wherein the PHES system is further operable in a generation mode to convert at least a portion of the stored thermal energy into electricity; and (ii) heating the hot HTS medium with an electric heater above a temperature achievable by transferring heat from the working fluid to the warm HTS medium.