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Title: High temperature synthesis for power production and storage

Abstract

A reservoir for containing a fluid includes a cylindrical wall sized to engage a shaft bored into ground, a bottom end cap fixed to a lower end of the cylindrical wall and a top end cap fixed to an upper end of the cylindrical wall. The top end cap is concave such that the top end cap extends below a top end of the cylindrical wall. The bottom end cap, the top end cap, and the cylindrical wall define a subterranean chamber. A plug made of a composite material is on the top end cap, with a lower face disposed on the concave top end cap and a peripheral face engaging the shaft. At least one pressure port extends downwardly into the shaft and through the plug and the top end cap, defining a fluid path to the subterranean chamber.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1823968
Patent Number(s):
11009261
Application Number:
16/862,289
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B65 - CONVEYING B65G - TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F04 - POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS F04B - POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS
DOE Contract Number:  
EE0006536
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 04/29/2020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Lovegrove, Keith, Lavine, Adrienne Gail, Wirz, Richard Edward, Aryafar, Hamarz, and Chen, Chen. High temperature synthesis for power production and storage. United States: N. p., 2021. Web.
Lovegrove, Keith, Lavine, Adrienne Gail, Wirz, Richard Edward, Aryafar, Hamarz, & Chen, Chen. High temperature synthesis for power production and storage. United States.
Lovegrove, Keith, Lavine, Adrienne Gail, Wirz, Richard Edward, Aryafar, Hamarz, and Chen, Chen. Tue . "High temperature synthesis for power production and storage". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1823968.
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