US Patent Issued to Terrafore Technologies on June 16 for "Passive management of thermal stratification within long-duration liquid-based thermal energy storage reservoirs" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,067, issued on June 16, was assigned to Terrafore Technologies LLC (Shoreview, Minn.).

"Passive management of thermal stratification within long-duration liquid-based thermal energy storage reservoirs" was invented by Anoop Mathur (Shoreview, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal energy storage system configured to maintain thermal stratification and enhance energy storage efficiency over repeated charge and discharge cycles. The system includes a containment structure, such as a repurposed hydrocarbon wellbore, configured to retain a thermal energy storage fluid. A plurality of phase change material (PCM) elements are encap...