US Patent Issued to MAGALDI POWER on July 1 for "Device for the storage of thermal energy of solar origin based upon multiple reflections" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,448, issued on July 1, was assigned to MAGALDI POWER S.P.A. (Rome).

"Device for the storage of thermal energy of solar origin based upon multiple reflections" was invented by Mario Magaldi (Salerno, Italy) and Fulvio Bassetti (Salerno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device is disclosed for the storage and transfer of solar thermal energy which includes a casing having a irradiation opening for the entry of incident solar radiation in a irradiation region of the casing. a bed of fluidizable solid particles received within the casing, and a plurality of reflecting and radiating surfaces arranged within the irradiation region and...