US Patent Issued to Rondo Energy on Oct. 6 for "Thermal energy storage system coupled with a solid oxide electrolysis system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,710, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Rondo Energy Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Thermal energy storage system coupled with a solid oxide electrolysis system" was invented by John Setel O'Donnell (Oakland, Calif.) and Yusef Desjardins Ferhani (Menlo Park, 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 which maintains high outlet temperature throughout discharge. Th...