US Patent Issued to Rondo Energy on April 21 for "Energy storage system and alumina calcination applications" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,136, issued on April 21, was assigned to Rondo Energy Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Energy storage system and alumina calcination applications" was invented by John Setel O'Donnell (Oakland, Calif.), Yusef Desjardins Ferhani (Menlo Park, Calif.), Peter Emery Von Behrens (Oakland, Calif.) and Robert Ratz (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy storage system (TES) converts variable renewable electricity (VRE) to continuous heat at over 1000deg C. Intermittent electrical energy heats a solid medium. Heat from the solid medium is delivered continuously on demand. Heat delivery via flowing gas establishes a thermocline whi...