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Title:
IMPROVED HEAT STORAGE SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/104556
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Apparatus (1) for storing energy, comprising: a high pressure storage vessel (10) for receiving high pressure gas, the high pressure storage vessel (10) comprising high pressure heat storage means comprising a first chamber housing a first gas-permeable heat storage structure (14); and a low pressure storage vessel (11,12) for receiving low pressure gas, the low pressure storage vessel (11,12) comprising low pressure heat storage means comprising a second chamber housing a second gas-permeable heat storage structure (16,18); wherein the first heat storage structure (14) has a mean surface area per unit volume which is higher than a mean surface area per unit volume of the second heat storage structure (16,18).

Inventors:
HOWES JONATHAN SEBASTIAN (GB)
MACNAGHTEN JAMES (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/GB2011/050370
Publication Date:
January 12, 2012
Filing Date:
February 24, 2011
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Assignee:
ISENTROPIC LTD (GB)
HOWES JONATHAN SEBASTIAN (GB)
MACNAGHTEN JAMES (GB)
International Classes:
F01K3/00; F01K3/12; F02C6/16; F02G1/044; F03G7/04; F23L15/02; F28D17/00; F28D17/04; F28D19/00; F28D19/02
Domestic Patent References:
WO2009053593A12009-04-30
WO2008148962A22008-12-11
WO2009044139A22009-04-09
Foreign References:
AT118225B1930-06-25
DE2419778A11975-09-04
US4353214A1982-10-12
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ABRAHAM, Richard (24 East StreetSt Ives, Cambridgeshire PE27 5PD, GB)
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