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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2023
Applicant:
Pintail Power Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
William M. Conlon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
PINTAIL POWER LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 1/10 (2006.01); F01K 3/18 (2006.01); F01K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 1/10 (2013.01); F01K 3/186 (2013.01); F01K 15/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates generally to methods and apparatus for operation of hydrogen fueled electric power plants integrated with thermal energy storage. It is an object of this invention to reduce the cost of providing reliable electricity from variable renewable energy sources by storing excess renewable energy and using the stored renewable energy to reduce the quantity of fuel required, to reduce the cost of producing hydrogen fuel by electrolysis, and to produce and store hydrogen at the power plant to eliminate the cost of transporting hydrogen and the need to upgrade natural gas pipelines and pipeline compressors.