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US 2020/0028380 A1Published application
Energy storage barge
AssigneeEnisEnerGen, LLC
InventorsBen M. Enis, Paul Lieberman
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Abstract
An Energy Storage Barge provides supplemental energy for a power system when renewable energy sources fail to provide enough hour at peak times. In an embodiment, the Energy Storage Barge is further provided a freeze chamber for pure water and mineral collection. In another embodiment, the Energy Storage barge produces super-chilled air to conduct freeze processing or maintain temperature of a cold storage facility.
Claims16
An offshore compressed air energy storage system comprising:
- a. a barge, the barge having a deck surface, and one or more pressure vessels attached to the bottom of the deck surface, the one or more pressure vessels providing floatation for the barge, the pressure vessels being in fluid communication with one another via a manifold;
- b. a power source;
- c. at least one air compressor provided on the deck surface of the barge, the power source being configured to power the at least one air compressor, the at least one air compressor is configured to pressurize the one or more pressure vessels;
- and
- d. a compander provided on the deck surface of the barge, the compander having at least one turboexpander, at least one turbo expander having an input, an output, and a shaft, the compander further having at least one heat exchanger, and the compander having at least one turbocompressor, wherein the compander exhausts a high mass flow of super-chilled air;
- e. a mass air control valve configured to control compressed air flow from the manifold of the one or more pressure vessels to the turboexpander;
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- f. a turboexpander and generator set provided on the deck surface of the barge, wherein the turboexpander and generator set receives the high mass flow of super-chilled air from the compander.
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