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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2012
Troy O. Mcbride, Norwich, VT (US);
Benjamin R. Bollinger, Windsor, VT (US);
Michael Izenson, Hanover, NH (US);
Weibo Chen, Hanover, NH (US);
Patrick Magari, Plainfield, NH (US);
Benjamin Cameron, Hanover, NH (US);
Robert Cook, West Lebanon, NH (US);
Horst Richter, Norwich, VT (US);
Troy O. McBride, Norwich, VT (US);
Benjamin R. Bollinger, Windsor, VT (US);
Michael Izenson, Hanover, NH (US);
Weibo Chen, Hanover, NH (US);
Patrick Magari, Plainfield, NH (US);
Benjamin Cameron, Hanover, NH (US);
Robert Cook, West Lebanon, NH (US);
Horst Richter, Norwich, VT (US);
Sustainx, Inc., Seabrook, NH (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to systems and methods for rapidly and isothermally expanding and compressing gas in energy storage and recovery systems that use open-air hydraulic-pneumatic cylinder assemblies, such as an accumulator and an 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. The systems use heat transfer subsystems in communication with at least one of the cylinder assemblies or reservoir to thermally condition the gas being expanded or compressed.