Solar thermoelectricity via advanced latent heat storage
Abstract
An aspect of the present disclosure is a system that includes a thermal valve having a first position and a second position, a heat transfer fluid, and an energy converter where, when in the first position, the thermal valve prevents the transfer of heat from the heat transfer fluid to the energy converter, and when in the second position, the thermal valve allows the transfer of heat from the heat transfer fluid to the energy converter, such that at least a portion of the heat transferred is converted to electricity by the energy converter.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1502828
- Patent Number(s):
- 10203164
- Application Number:
- 15/290,051
- Assignee:
- Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F24 - HEATING F24S - SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28D - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2016 Oct 11
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
Citation Formats
Olsen, Michele L., Toberer, Eric S., Ginley, David Samel, Parilla, Philip A., Warren, Emily L., Martinez, Aaron Daniel, Rea, Jonathan E., Hardin, Corey Lee, Oshman, Christopher J., and Siegel, Nathan P. Solar thermoelectricity via advanced latent heat storage. United States: N. p., 2019.
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Olsen, Michele L., Toberer, Eric S., Ginley, David Samel, Parilla, Philip A., Warren, Emily L., Martinez, Aaron Daniel, Rea, Jonathan E., Hardin, Corey Lee, Oshman, Christopher J., & Siegel, Nathan P. Solar thermoelectricity via advanced latent heat storage. United States.
Olsen, Michele L., Toberer, Eric S., Ginley, David Samel, Parilla, Philip A., Warren, Emily L., Martinez, Aaron Daniel, Rea, Jonathan E., Hardin, Corey Lee, Oshman, Christopher J., and Siegel, Nathan P. Tue .
"Solar thermoelectricity via advanced latent heat storage". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1502828.
@article{osti_1502828,
title = {Solar thermoelectricity via advanced latent heat storage},
author = {Olsen, Michele L. and Toberer, Eric S. and Ginley, David Samel and Parilla, Philip A. and Warren, Emily L. and Martinez, Aaron Daniel and Rea, Jonathan E. and Hardin, Corey Lee and Oshman, Christopher J. and Siegel, Nathan P.},
abstractNote = {An aspect of the present disclosure is a system that includes a thermal valve having a first position and a second position, a heat transfer fluid, and an energy converter where, when in the first position, the thermal valve prevents the transfer of heat from the heat transfer fluid to the energy converter, and when in the second position, the thermal valve allows the transfer of heat from the heat transfer fluid to the energy converter, such that at least a portion of the heat transferred is converted to electricity by the energy converter.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {2}
}
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