ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,789, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Rondo Energy Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).
"Thermal energy storage systems for use in material processing" was invented by John Setel O'Donnell (Oakland, Calif.), Yusef Desjardins Ferhani (Menlo Park, Calif.), Peter Emery Von Behrens (Oakland, Calif.), Chiaki Treynor (Berkeley, Calif.) and Matthieu Jonemann (Redwood City, 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 900deg C. Intermittent electrical energy heats a solid medium. Heat from the solid medium is delivered continuously on demand. Heat delivery vi...