ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,718, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TEXEL Energy Storage AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Thermochemical energy storage device" was invented by Lars Valentin Jacobsson (Hovas, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for storing electric energy includes a heat reaction chamber. The heat reaction chamber can include a metal carbonate or a metal hydride material, a gas storage and an electric heater adapted to heat the reaction chamber, a Stirling engine including a heater head and adapted to be powered by the heated reaction chamber, a generator connected to and adapted to be driven by the Stirling engine. The device can be provide...