Patents by Inventor Brendan R. Geels

Brendan R. Geels has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Concrete and tube hot thermal exchange and energy store (TXES) including temperature gradient control techniques
    Patent number: 10634436
    Abstract: A thermal heat capture, storage, and exchange arrangement, includes at least one thermal exchange and storage (TXES) array, with each TXES array including one or more TXES elements that receive a fluid flow of a heat source fluid and a working fluid, with the TXES elements providing for a transfer of thermal energy between the heat source fluid and the TXES elements. A manifold system provides the working fluid to an input of the TXES elements and receives the working fluid from an output of the TXES elements. At least one heat engine operable with the TXES array extracts heat from the TXES array and converts it to mechanical energy, with the heat engine being selectively connected to the manifold system of a TXES array to pass the working fluid through the TXES elements, such that a transfer of thermal energy between the working fluid and the TXES elements occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Bright Energy Storage Technologies, LLP
    Inventors: Scott Raymond Frazier, Jennifer Fon Tuey, Miles L. Abarr, Brendan R. Geels, Karl Ginter, Alex Lau
  • CONCRETE AND TUBE HOT THERMAL EXCHANGE AND ENERGY STORE (TXES) INCLUDING TEMPERATURE GRADIENT CONTROL TECHNIQUES
    Publication number: 20180320986
    Abstract: A thermal heat capture, storage, and exchange arrangement, includes at least one thermal exchange and storage (TXES) array, with each TXES array including one or more TXES elements that receive a fluid flow of a heat source fluid and a working fluid, with the TXES elements providing for a transfer of thermal energy between the heat source fluid and the TXES elements. A manifold system provides the working fluid to an input of the TXES elements and receives the working fluid from an output of the TXES elements. At least one heat engine operable with the TXES array extracts heat from the TXES array and converts it to mechanical energy, with the heat engine being selectively connected to the manifold system of a TXES array to pass the working fluid through the TXES elements, such that a transfer of thermal energy between the working fluid and the TXES elements occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Scott Raymond Frazier, Jennifer Fon Tuey, Miles L. Abarr, Brendan R. Geels, Karl Ginter, Alex Lau
  • Concrete and tube hot thermal exchange and energy store (TXES) including temperature gradient control techniques
    Patent number: 10054373
    Abstract: A thermal heat capture, storage, and exchange arrangement, includes at least one thermal exchange and storage (TXES) array, with each TXES array including one or more TXES elements that receive a fluid flow of a heat source fluid and a working fluid, with the TXES elements providing for a transfer of thermal energy between the heat source fluid and the TXES elements. A manifold system provides the working fluid to an input of the TXES elements and receives the working fluid from an output of the TXES elements. At least one heat engine operable with the TXES array extracts heat from the TXES array and converts it to mechanical energy, with the heat engine being selectively connected to the manifold system of a TXES array to pass the working fluid through the TXES elements, such that a transfer of thermal energy between the working fluid and the TXES elements occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Bright Energy Storage Technolgies, LLP
    Inventors: Scott Raymond Frazier, Jennifer Fon Tuey, Miles L. Abarr, Brendan R. Geels, Karl Ginter, Alex Lau
  • CONCRETE AND TUBE HOT THERMAL EXCHANGE AND ENERGY STORE (TXES) INCLUDING TEMPERATURE GRADIENT CONTROL TECHNIQUES
    Publication number: 20160108761
    Abstract: A thermal heat capture, storage, and exchange arrangement, includes at least one thermal exchange and storage (TXES) array, with each TXES array including one or more TXES elements that receive a fluid flow of a heat source fluid and a working fluid, with the TXES elements providing for a transfer of thermal energy between the heat source fluid and the TXES elements. A manifold system provides the working fluid to an input of the TXES elements and receives the working fluid from an output of the TXES elements. At least one heat engine operable with the TXES array extracts heat from the TXES array and converts it to mechanical energy, with the heat engine being selectively connected to the manifold system of a TXES array to pass the working fluid through the TXES elements, such that a transfer of thermal energy between the working fluid and the TXES elements occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Scott Raymond Frazier, Jennifer Fon Tuey, Miles L. Abarr, Brendan R. Geels, Karl Ginter, Alex Lau