US 11,702,183 B2
Ice battery vessel and cold energy storage
Thomas S. Laird, Houston, TX (US); Jesse Mark Brumbaugh, Houston, TX (US); and Neal Langdon, Goodlettsville, TN (US)
Assigned to ARCOSA MARINE PRODUCTS, INC., Dallas, TX (US); and REV CLEAN POWER LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Appl. No. 16/633,902
Filed by Arcosa Marine Products, Inc., Dallas, TX (US); and REV Clean Power LLC, Houston, TX (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 22, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/063056
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 24, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/050554, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/556,675, filed on Sep. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0198750 A1, Jun. 25, 2020
Int. Cl. B63J 2/14 (2006.01); F24F 5/00 (2006.01); F28D 20/02 (2006.01)
CPC B63J 2/14 (2013.01) [F24F 5/0017 (2013.01); F25B 2400/24 (2013.01); F28D 20/02 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A floating cold thermal energy storage vessel comprising an ice battery, the ice battery comprising:
a storage tank configured to store thermal energy in the form of ice and chilled liquid, wherein the storage tank is integrated into a hull of the floating thermal energy storage vessel;
a chiller coupled to a refrigerant loop, the chiller operable to cool the refrigerant in the refrigerant loop;
the refrigerant loop coupled to the storage tank and operable to transfer thermal energy between the chiller and storage tank to cool the liquid in the storage tank to form ice; and
a heat exchanger coupled to the refrigerant loop, a liquid inlet, and a liquid outlet, the heat exchanger configured to cool heated liquid received from the liquid inlet and supply cooled liquid to the liquid outlet using the thermal energy stored in the storage tank via the refrigerant loop.