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US 2011/0079010 A1Published application
Systems and methods for combined thermal and compressed gas energy conversion systems
OwnerTroy O. McBride, Benjamin R. Bollinger +4inventors
InventorsTroy O. McBride, Benjamin R. Bollinger, Michael Izenson, Weibo Chen, Patrick Magari, Benjamin Cameron
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Abstract
The invention relates to systems and methods including an energy conversion system for storage and recovery of energy using compressed gas, a source of recovered thermal energy, and a heat-exchange subsystem in fluid communication with the energy conversion system and the source of recovered thermal energy.
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An energy storage and recovery system suitable for the efficient use and conservation of energy resources, the system comprising:
- a pressure vessel for storage of compressed gas;
- selectively fluidly coupled to the pressure vessel, at least one cylinder assembly for expansion or compression of the gas;
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- a heat-exchange subsystem in fluid communication with the pressure vessel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.