US Patent Issued to Rondo Energy on Nov. 25 for "Thermal energy storage system for simple and combined cycle power generation" (California, Kansas, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,719, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Rondo Energy Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Thermal energy storage system for simple and combined cycle power generation" was invented by John Setel O'Donnell (Oakland, Calif.), Rahul Terdalkar (Lake Mary, Fla.), Yusef Desjardins Ferhani (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Colin Riley (Overland Park, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal energy storage (TES) system converts variable renewable electricity (VRE) to continuous heat at over 900deg C. Intermittent electrical energy heats a solid medium. Heat from the solid medium is delivered continuously on demand. Heat delivery via flowing gas establishes ...