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US 5,685,155 AGranted
Method for energy conversion
OwnerCharles V. Brown, James S. Colemaninventors
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Abstract
A method for energy conversion and storage includes the steps of providing a supply of processed natural gas. The natural gas is compressed and stored in a sub-surface storage reservoir. The compressed natural gas is then delivered from the reservoir to an electrical power generator to thereby generate electrical energy.
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A method for energy conversion and storage comprising the steps of:
- providing a supply of natural gas;
- providing a supply of electrical energy to produce compressed natural gas from the supply of natural gas;
- delivering the compressed natural gas to a means for storing gas;
- and
- delivering the compressed natural gas from the means for storing gas to a turbine expander driving an electrical generator to thereby generate electrical energy.
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A method for energy conversion and storage comprising the steps of:
- providing a supply of natural gas;
- providing electrical power from a renewable power source;
- using the power from the renewable power source to produce compressed natural gas from the supply of natural gas;
- delivering the compressed natural gas to a means for storing gas;
- recovering the stored compressed natural gas;
- heating the recovered compressed natural gas;
- and
- expanding the heated recovered compressed natural gas to drive a first electrical generator to produce electrical energy.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.