EP2780555A4 - Thermal energy storage system - Google Patents

Thermal energy storage system

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Publication number: EP2780555A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: energy storage; storage system; thermal energy; thermal; storage
Prior art date: 2011-11-14
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP12849192.5A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2780555A1 (en

Inventor

Robert Charles Mierisch

Stephen James Bisset

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Terrajoule Corp

Original Assignee

Terrajoule Corp

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2011-11-14

Filing date

2012-11-14

Publication date

2015-07-22

2012-11-14 Application filed by Terrajoule Corp filed Critical Terrajoule Corp

2014-09-24 Publication of EP2780555A1 publication Critical patent/EP2780555A1/en

2015-07-22 Publication of EP2780555A4 publication Critical patent/EP2780555A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01K—STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES
- F01K3/00—Plants characterised by the use of steam or heat accumulators, or intermediate steam heaters, therein
- F01K3/12—Plants characterised by the use of steam or heat accumulators, or intermediate steam heaters, therein having two or more accumulators
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01K—STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES
- F01K3/00—Plants characterised by the use of steam or heat accumulators, or intermediate steam heaters, therein
- F01K3/006—Accumulators and steam compressors

EP12849192.5A 2011-11-14 2012-11-14 Thermal energy storage system Withdrawn EP2780555A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US201161559318P	2011-11-14	2011-11-14
PCT/US2012/065120 WO2013074699A1 (en)	2011-11-14	2012-11-14	Thermal energy storage system

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2780555A1 EP2780555A1 (en)	2014-09-24
EP2780555A4 true EP2780555A4 (en)	2015-07-22

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP12849192.5A Withdrawn EP2780555A4 (en)	2011-11-14	2012-11-14	Thermal energy storage system

Country Status (4)

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US (1)	US20130118170A1 (en)
EP (1)	EP2780555A4 (en)
JP (1)	JP2015503048A (en)
WO (1)	WO2013074699A1 (en)

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US20130118170A1 (en)	2013-05-16
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JP2015503048A (en)	2015-01-29

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2015-07-22	RA4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched (corrected)	Effective date: 20150623
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2016-01-27	18W	Application withdrawn	Effective date: 20151223

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