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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2023
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Carlos E. Romero, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Sudhakar Neti, St. Augustine, FL (US);
Clay Naito, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Alparslan Oztekin, Center Valley, PA (US);
Spencer Quiel, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Muhannad Suleiman, Orefield, PA (US);
Zheng Yao, Allentown, PA (US);
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Abstract
A thermal energy storage device may include a heat storage medium, one or more thermosyphons, a discharging plenum chamber, and a discharging plenum chamber. The one or more thermosyphons may include an evaporative section configured to charge the thermal energy storage device, a condensing section configured to discharge the thermal energy storage device, and a heat transfer section extending between the evaporative section and the condensing section and fluidically coupled to the evaporative section and the condensing section. At least a portion of the heat transfer section may be disposed in the solid heat storage medium. At least a portion of the evaporative section and the condensing section may be disposed outside the solid heat storage medium.