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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
May. 30, 2013
Thermal Storage Systems, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Alan J. Spero, Ramona, CA (US);
Frank Stephen Wyle, Los Angeles, CA (US);
James H. Cohen, Glendale, CA (US);
Thermal Storage Systems, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A novel thermal storage device is made up of a plurality of thermal storage canisters. The canisters are in thermal contact with one another so as to form a single thermal storage body. Because the thermal storage device can be broken down into a plurality of discrete thermal storage canisters, it is portable and has a high thermal storage capacity. In a particular embodiment, each canister contains a metal phase change material. In a more particular embodiment, the canisters each have a concave region such that when the canisters are assembled the concave regions, together, define a solar receiver.