Patents by Inventor Jonathon Kennedy

Jonathon Kennedy 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).

  • Publication number: 20180180325
    Abstract: Thermochemical energy storage (TCES) for concentrating solar power (CSP) systems provides higher energy density than sensible energy storage systems. An ammonia-based TCES system dissociates endothermically into hydrogen and nitrogen. The stored energy is released when supercritical hydrogen and nitrogen react exothermically to synthesize ammonia. Prior ammonia synthesis systems are unable to produce temperatures consistent with modern power blocks requiring a working fluid, for example steam or carbon dioxide, to be heated to greater than 600° C., for example about 650° C. An ammonia synthesis system heats steam from, for example 350° C. to 650° C. under pressure of about 26 MPa. The hydrogen and nitrogen are preheated with a flow of supercritical fluid prior to the synthesis step to provide reaction rates sufficient to heat power block working fluid to the desired temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Adrienne Gail Lavine, Richard Edward Wirz, Hossein Pirouz Kavehpour, Hamarz Aryafar, Gabriela Alejandra Bran-Anleu, Chen Chen, Gopinath Warrier, Dante Adam Simonetti, Keith Lovegrove, Joshua Jordan, Jonathon Kennedy