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Heat-of-compression recycle system, and sub-systems thereof

US12301000B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Highview Enterprises Limited · GB

Inventors

Nicola Castellucci · Woking, GB
Colm John Cochrane · London, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 13, 2019
Grant date	May 13, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 28, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/16
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A power recovery sub-system for a cryogenic energy storage system, the sub-system comprising: a first and a second thermal energy storage device (TESD); a first, a second and a fourth heat exchanger (HEX); a first, a second and a fourth expansion stage; a first arrangement of conduits, having an upstream end and a downstream end, and configured to pass a working fluid through the first HEX, the first expansion stage, the second HEX, and the second expansion stage; a second arrangement of conduits configured to pass a first heat transfer fluid from the first TESD, through the first and the second HEX; and a third arrangement of conduits configured to pass a second heat transfer fluid from the second TESD, through the fourth HEX, wherein the first arrangement of conduits is configured to pass the working fluid through the fourth HEX and the fourth expansion stage.

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