US 10,823,331 B1 · Big mass battery including manufactured pressure vessel for energy storage

Abstract

Embodiments of the inventive concept include a manufactured pressure vessel including pressure cells having an impermeable layer containing porous material in which air can permeate, and a big mass layer disposed atop the pressure vessel to pressurize the air within the pressure vessel. The impermeable layer can include rubber from recycled vehicle tires. The big mass layer can have a total weight of between one (1) million and one (1) billion tonnes, or more. The big mass layer can include a remediated upper surface. The pressure vessel can include an interface section through which the air can enter and exit the pressure vessel. Pressure lines can be coupled to the interface section. A turbine center can be coupled to the pressure lines to generate electricity in response to pressurized air received through the pressure lines, or to pump air through the pressure lines into the pressure vessel to pressurize the pressure vessel.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A method for constructing a big mass battery using big mass in transit at a strip mine, the method comprising:

removing first mine overburden of a first mining strip of the strip mine;
disposing an impermeable pressure cell bottom part in the first mining strip up to an active mining face of the strip mine;
disposing an impermeable pressure cell side part in the first mining strip on an opposite end of the mining strip relative to the active mining face;
and
cast blasting a second mining strip so that second porous mine overburden is deposited on the pressure cell bottom part.

2 more elements

A big mass battery, comprising:

a manufactured pressure vessel including a plurality of pressure cells each having one or more impermeable layers containing porous material in which air can permeate;
and
a big mass layer disposed atop the manufactured pressure vessel to pressurize the air within the manufactured pressure vessel,
wherein the manufactured pressure vessel further comprises:
a first impermeable pressure cell containing first porous earthen materials and first pressurized air;
a second impermeable pressure cell atop the first impermeable pressure cell, the second impermeable pressure cell containing second porous earthen materials and second pressurized air;
and
a third impermeable pressure cell atop the second impermeable pressure cell, the third impermeable pressure cell containing third porous earthen materials and third pressurized air,
wherein:
the first impermeable pressure cell has a first diameter;
the second impermeable pressure cell has a second diameter greater than the first diameter;
and
the third impermeable pressure cell has a third diameter greater than the second diameter.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/372,168Filed 1 Apr 2019 · continuation

Priority

24 Mar 2015

Granted

3 Nov 2020

Term ends

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Classification23 codes

F17C 1/007
Pressure vessels, e.g. gas cylinder, gas tank, replaceable cartridge: underground or underwater storage
F03D 9/257
Connected to electrical distribution networks; Arrangements therefor: the wind motor being part of a wind farm
F03D 9/28
Wind motors characterised by the driven apparatus: the apparatus being a pump or a compressor
F17C 13/081
Mounting arrangements for vessels: for large land-based storage vessels

Family

Application62/137,730Us provisional application · filed 24 Mar 2015

Application15/078,881Parent of this continuation · filed 23 Mar 2016

US 10,288,221 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2016/0281925 A1Published application

US 10,823,331 B1This patent

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Big mass battery including manufactured pressure vessel for energy storage

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Big mass battery including manufactured pressure vessel for energy storage

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Abstract

Claims13