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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2012
Applicants:
Troy O. Mcbride, Norwich, VT (US);
Benjamin Bollinger, Windsor, VT (US);
Inventors:
Troy O. McBride, Norwich, VT (US);
Benjamin Bollinger, Windsor, VT (US);
Assignee:
Sustainx, Inc., Seabrook, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 49/00 (2006.01); F15B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to methods and systems for the storage and recovery of energy using open-air hydraulic-pneumatic accumulator and intensifier arrangements that combine at least one accumulator and at least one intensifier in communication with a high-pressure gas storage reservoir on a gas-side of the circuits and a combination fluid motor/pump, coupled to a combination electric generator/motor on the fluid side of the circuits.