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Energy storage and recovery utilizing low-pressure thermal conditioning for heat exchange with high-pressure gas

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OSTI ID:1531860

In various embodiments, gas is compressed to store energy and/or expanded to recover energy to or from high pressures, and the gas is exchanges heat with a heat-exchange fluid that is thermally conditioned at low pressures.

Research Organization:
SustainX, Inc., Seabrook, NH (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
OE0000231
Assignee:
SustainX, Inc. (Seabrook, NH)
Patent Number(s):
8,495,872
Application Number:
13/211,440
OSTI ID:
1531860
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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