Patents by Inventor Martin Skottene

Martin Skottene 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).

  • Thermal energy battery
    Patent number: 11709024
    Abstract: Thermal energy battery, comprising: an evaporator-condenser thermal energy storage (ec-TES), with an end for vapor and an end for liquid, comprising one-phase stationary material storing at least 70% of the thermal energy stored within the ec-TES, a storage tank for vapor and liquid (ST), with a vapor part at a higher elevation and a liquid part at a lower elevation, a vapor line, arranged to the vapor end of the ec-TES, for inlet and outlet of vapor, a liquid line arranged between the liquid end of the ec-TES and the liquid part of the ST, a tank vapor line arranged from the vapor part of the ST to the vapor line or the vapor end of the ec-TES, and an evaporation control valve (CV6) in the tank vapor line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: EnergyNest AS
    Inventors: Martin Skottene, Christopher Greiner, Pål G. Bergan, Nils Høivik
  • THERMAL ENERGY BATTERY
    Publication number: 20220214119
    Abstract: Thermal energy battery, comprising: an evaporator-condenser thermal energy storage (ec-TES), with an end for vapor and an end for liquid, comprising one-phase stationary material storing at least 70% of the thermal energy stored within the ec-TES, a storage tank for vapor and liquid (ST), with a vapor part at a higher elevation and a liquid part at a lower elevation, a vapor line, arranged to the vapor end of the ec-TES, for inlet and outlet of vapor, a liquid line arranged between the liquid end of the ec-TES and the liquid part of the ST, a tank vapor line arranged from the vapor part of the ST to the vapor line or the vapor end of the ec-TES, and an evaporation control valve (CV6) in the tank vapor line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: EnergyNest AS
    Inventors: Martin Skottene, Christopher GREINER, Pål G. BERGAN, Nils HØIVIK