F28D 2020/0047
Using molten salts or liquid metals
Official title: {using molten salts or liquid metals}
F28D2020/0047 (Using molten salts or liquid metals) appears on 156 US grants and 225 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F28D- Granted patents
- 156
- Published applications
- 225
- Assignees
- 131
- Inventors
- 437
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Thermal energy storage system and method with heat recovery steam generator1 Sep 2026US 12,723,525 B2Nooter/Eriksen, Inc.
- Thermodynamic cycle system with thermal plant integration1 Sep 2026US 12,723,542 B2Malta Inc.
- Method and apparatus for manufacturing cement using rotary generated thermal energy28 Jul 2026US 12,692,192 B2Coolbrook Oy
- Method and apparatus for heating fluids in processes related to refining and petrochemical industries using rotary generated thermal energy9 Jun 2026US 12,649,689 B2Coolbrook Oy
- Hydrogen fueled electric power plant with thermal energy storage12 May 2026US 12,624,649 B2Pintail Power LLC
- Improvements in and relating to nucleation agent compositions and nucleation agent pieces and methods for nucleating phase change materials (pcms)24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287274 A1Sunamp Limited
- Refining and/or petrochemical facility and apparatus for heating fluids in processes related to refining and petrochemical industries using rotary generated thermal energy17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274747 A1Coolbrook Oy
- Heat-power decoupling system coupled with molten salt energy storage and method for improving efficiency of heat-power decoupling system9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194306 A1Beijing Minli Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd.
- Peak load and frequency regulation system for thermal power unit25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176987 A1Xi'an Thermal Power Research Institute Co., Ltd.
- Methods of in situ corrosion mitigation in molten salt processes, and related systems18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167510 A1Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Molten salt receiver cooling system100US 6,701,711 B1The Boeing Company · 2004
- Hot liquid thermal energy storage tank and method87US 4,643,212 AChicago Bridge & Iron Company · 1987
- Method and apparatus for operating an improved thermocline storage unit77US 4,523,629 AThe United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy · 1985
- Solar power plant and method and/or system of storing energy in a concentrated solar power plant71US 7,954,321 B2Research Foundation of the City University of New York · 2011
- Thermoelectric energy storage system with an intermediate storage tank and method for storing thermoelectric energy62US 8,904,793 B2ABB Research Ltd. · 2014