US 11,873,743 B2
Methods for material activation with thermal energy storage system
John Setel O'Donnell, Oakland, CA (US); Peter Emery von Behrens, Oakland, CA (US); Chiaki Treynor, Berkeley, CA (US); Jeremy Quentin Keller, Seattle, WA (US); Matthieu Jonemann, Redwood City, CA (US); Robert Ratz, San Jose, CA (US); and Yusef Desjardins Ferhani, Menlo, CA (US)
Assigned to Rondo Energy, Inc., Alameda, CA (US)
Filed by Rondo Energy, Inc., Alameda, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/171,602.
Application 18/171,602 is a division of application No. 17/650,522, filed on Feb. 9, 2022, granted, now 11,585,243.
Application 17/650,522 is a continuation of application No. 17/537,407, filed on Nov. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,603,776.
Application 17/537,407 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/061041, filed on Nov. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/231,155, filed on Aug. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/170,370, filed on Apr. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/165,632, filed on Mar. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/155,261, filed on Mar. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/119,443, filed on Nov. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0203968 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. F01K 3/02 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); F01K 3/08 (2006.01); F01K 3/18 (2006.01); F01K 15/00 (2006.01); F28D 20/00 (2006.01); H01M 8/04014 (2016.01); H01M 8/04029 (2016.01); H01M 8/04007 (2016.01); B63H 11/00 (2006.01); F03G 6/00 (2006.01); F01K 13/02 (2006.01); F22B 29/06 (2006.01); F22B 35/10 (2006.01); H02J 1/10 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/04 (2006.01); F03D 9/18 (2016.01); B63H 11/12 (2006.01); B63H 11/14 (2006.01); B63H 11/16 (2006.01); F01K 11/02 (2006.01); F01K 19/04 (2006.01)
CPC F01K 3/02 (2013.01) [B63H 11/00 (2013.01); F01K 3/08 (2013.01); F01K 3/186 (2013.01); F01K 13/02 (2013.01); F01K 15/00 (2013.01); F03G 6/071 (2021.08); F22B 29/06 (2013.01); F22B 35/10 (2013.01); F28D 20/00 (2013.01); H01M 8/04014 (2013.01); H01M 8/04029 (2013.01); H01M 8/04037 (2013.01); H01M 8/04052 (2013.01); H01M 8/04074 (2013.01); H02J 1/102 (2013.01); H02J 3/00 (2013.01); H02J 3/04 (2013.01); H02M 1/0003 (2021.05); H02M 1/007 (2021.05); B63H 11/12 (2013.01); B63H 11/14 (2013.01); B63H 11/16 (2013.01); F01K 11/02 (2013.01); F01K 19/04 (2013.01); F03D 9/18 (2016.05); F28D 2020/0004 (2013.01); Y02E 60/14 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for material activation, comprising:
receiving, by a thermal energy storage (TES) system of a material activation system, energy supplied by an energy source;
storing, by the TES system, the received energy as thermal energy by heating a storage medium with the received energy;
circulating, by the TES system, a non-combustive fluid through the heated storage medium;
receiving, by a heat exchanger, the circulated non-combustive fluid from the TES system;
transferring, by the heat exchanger, heat from the circulated non-combustive fluid to a second fluid;
providing the second fluid to a material heating system of the material activation system; and
applying, by the material heating system, thermal energy derived from the second fluid to a raw material to produce an activated material.