US Patent Issued to Rondo Energy on March 3 for "Thermal energy storage system coupled to a heat exchanger with thermal protection" (Louisiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,034, issued on March 3, was assigned to Rondo Energy Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Thermal energy storage system coupled to a heat exchanger with thermal protection" was invented by 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 heat which may be used for proce...