System and method for thermal energy storage
AssigneeOrca Sciences LLC
InventorsAustin Blake Vernon, James Williams, Aravindh Rajan, Ian Salmon McKay
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Abstract
A system can include: a heat storage medium (e.g., soil, dirt, gley, sand, earth, bedrock, gravel, clay, silt, loam, rock, talus, scree, volcanic material, glacial debris, humus, and/or other earthen material), a heat transfer mechanism (e.g., resistive heater, inductive heater, forced air heater, forced fluid heater, etc.), and a heat output mechanism (e.g., thermoelectric device, fluid coupling, etc.). A method can include heating a heat storage medium with a heat transfer mechanism and extracting heat from the heat storage medium using a heat transfer mechanism.
Claims6
A method comprising, iteratively:
- heating a first earthen material to a temperature between 400 and 600° C. using a set of heaters embedded within the first earthen material, wherein the first earthen material is insulated by a second earthen material;
- and
- extracting the heat from the first earthen material to provide energy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.