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US 2025/0129773 A1Published application
Coal ash thermal battery
AssigneeScalia Technologies, LLC
InventorWilliam Henry SCALIA, JR.
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Abstract
A thermal energy system includes a heat source configured to produce heat, a device configured to use the heat produced by the heat source to produce energy, and a thermal battery configured to store the heat produced by the heat source and transfer the heat to the device for use by the device. The thermal battery includes a thermal-storage mass having coal ash.
Claims20
A thermal energy system, comprising
- a heat source configured to produce heat;
- a device configured to use the heat produced by the heat source to produce energy;
- and
- a thermal battery configured to store the heat produced by the heat source and transfer the heat to the device for use by the device, the thermal battery comprising:
- a thermal-storage mass configured to store heat from the heat source;
- a thermal-input system configured to input the heat into the thermal-storage mass for storage in the thermal-storage mass;
- and
- a thermal-output system configured to output the heat from the thermal-storage mass to the device,
- wherein the thermal-storage mass includes coal ash.
6 more elements
A thermal battery, comprising
- a thermal-storage mass consisting essentially of coal ash and configured to store heat from a heat source;
- a conduit extending through the thermal-storage mass;
- and
- a working fluid contained in the conduit and configured to transfer heat to or from the thermal-storage mass.
1 more element
A method comprising
- heating coal ash to provide heated coal ash,
- circulating a working fluid through the heated coal ash to provide heated working fluid, and
- producing energy using the heated working fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.