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Systems and methods for efficient two-phase heat transfer in compressed-air energy storage systems

A technology for compressing storage and energy, applied in fluid pressure actuation system components, open gas positive displacement engine plants, the arrangement of multiple different prime movers in general power plants, etc. The effect of increasing the surface area

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-07-16
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However, in many applications, even faster heat exchange is desired, whereas smaller and smaller heat exchange droplet sizes (i.e., for increasing heat exchange surface area) may be difficult or impossible to achieve

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[0168] figure 1 An exemplary system 100 is shown that may be part of a larger system (not shown) for storing and releasing energy. The subsequent figures will illustrate the application of embodiments of the invention to such a system. figure 1 The system 100 shown in FIG. 2 features an assembly 101 for compressing and expanding a gas. Expansion / compression assembly 101 may include or consist essentially of one or more separate devices for expanding or compressing gas (e.g., a turbine or cylinder assembly, each of which may include a movable boundary mechanism ) or graded series of these devices, and figure 1 Auxiliary equipment (e.g. valves) not expressly shown.

[0169] A motor / generator 102 (eg, a rotary or linear motor) is physically connected to the expansion / compression assembly 101 (eg, via a hydraulic pump, piston shaft, or mechanical crankshaft). The motor / generator 102 can be electrically connected to figure 1 Sources and / or sinks of electrical energy not ex...

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In various embodiments, foam is compressed to store energy and / or expanded to recover energy.

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[0001] related application [0002] This application claims U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 486,937, filed May 17, 2011, U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 489,762, filed May 25, 2011, filed July 29, 2011 U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 512,981, U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 569,528 filed December 12, 2011, U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 601,641 filed February 22, 2012 and Benefit and Priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 620,018, filed April 4, 2009. The entire contents of each of the above applications are hereby incorporated by reference. [0003] Statement Regarding Federally Sponsored Research [0004] This invention was made with government support under IIP-0923633 awarded by NSF and DE-OE0000231 awarded by DOE. The government has certain rights in this invention. technical field [0005] In various embodiments, the present invention relates to aerodynamics, hydraulics, power generation, and ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): F01K25/06
CPCB60K2006/123F01K7/025F01K7/36F01K25/04F01K25/06Y10T137/0318Y10T137/6416F01K25/00F01B15/02F01B23/00F02G1/02F02G1/043F15B15/00F15B21/00
Inventor T·O·麦克布里德B·保林格J·贝塞特A·贝尔D·凯普夏尔A·拉文A·罗尔丁克
Owner SUSTAINX
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