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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2011
Applicants:
Troy O. Mcbride, Norwich, VT (US);
Benjamin R. Bollinger, Windsor, VT (US);
Michael Schaefer, Port Orchard, WA (US);
Dax Kepshire, Enfield, NH (US);
Inventors:
Troy O. McBride, Norwich, VT (US);
Benjamin R. Bollinger, Windsor, VT (US);
Michael Schaefer, Port Orchard, WA (US);
Dax Kepshire, Enfield, NH (US);
Assignee:
SustainX, Inc., Seabrook, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02G 1/04 (2006.01); F01K 21/04 (2006.01); F01K 21/02 (2006.01); F16D 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In various embodiments, energy-storage systems are based upon an open-air arrangement in which pressurized gas is expanded in small batches from a high pressure of, e.g., several hundred atmospheres to atmospheric pressure. The systems may be sized and operated at a rate that allows for near isothermal expansion and compression of the gas.