US Patent Issued to Rondo Energy on April 7 for "Thermal energy storage system with high efficiency heater control" (California, Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,973, issued on April 7, was assigned to Rondo Energy Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Thermal energy storage system with high efficiency heater control" was invented by Peter Emery Von Behrens (Oakland, Calif.) and John Whitney (Haynesville, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal energy storage (TES) system converts variable renewable electricity (VRE) to continuous heat at over 900deg 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 which maintains high outlet temperature throughout discharge. The delivered he...