ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,697, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION Ltd. (Haifa, Israel).
"Heat-transfer-liquid-operated turbine and compressor" was invented by Carmel Rotschild (Haifa, Israel) and Joseph Cassell (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy storage and retrieval system including an air chamber, a first air compressor operating with Heat Transfer Liquid (HTL-compressor) connected to the air chamber, a second turbine, operating with Heat Transfer Liquid (HTL-turbine) connected to the air chamber, accepting compressed air from the air chamber and producing work. Related apparatus and methods are ...