Patents by Inventor Nickolas ROBERTS

Nickolas ROBERTS 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: 20260016155
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and systems for generating industrial heat. The methods may comprise storing, by a thermal energy storage system, heat generated by one or more heat pump cycles as thermal energy in a thermal storage assemblage, and generating, by the thermal energy storage system, an output fluid flow of fluid that has absorbed heat from the heated thermal storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2025
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Nickolas Roberts, Todd M. Bandhauer, Ashwin Salvi, Addison Stark
  • Publication number: 20250327567
    Abstract: A system for generating steam for industrial heat. The system may include a plurality of heat pump cycles in thermal communication with each other and in thermal communication with a steam generation cycle. The plurality of heat pump cycles may include first and second heat pump cycles. The first heat pump circulates a first a working fluid and includes a first heat exchanger. The second heat pump cycle circulates a second working fluid and includes a second heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger transfers heat from the first to the second working fluid. The second heat exchanger transfers heat to a third working fluid in the steam generation cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Inventors: Nickolas ROBERTS, Todd M. Bandhauer, Ashwin Salvi, Addison Stark
  • Patent number: 12449121
    Abstract: A system for generating steam for industrial heat. The system may include a plurality of heat pump cycles in thermal communication with each other and in thermal communication with a steam generation cycle. The plurality of heat pump cycles may include first and second heat pump cycles. The first heat pump circulates a first a working fluid and includes a first heat exchanger. The second heat pump cycle circulates a second working fluid and includes a second heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger transfers heat from the first to the second working fluid. The second heat exchanger transfers heat to a third working fluid in the steam generation cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignees: Colorado State University Research Foundation, AtmosZero, Inc.
    Inventors: Nickolas Roberts, Todd M. Bandhauer, Ashwin Salvi, Addison Stark
  • Publication number: 20240392701
    Abstract: An ultra-efficient turbo-compression cooling system links an organic Rankine power cycle and a vapor compression cooling cycle using a turbine and compressor that shares a single shaft and further linked to an evaporative condenser. The power cycle implements a waste heat exchanger configured to evaporate a working fluid and a turbine configured to receive the evaporated working fluid. The turbine has a plurality of vanes disposed around a central shaft and configured to rotate as the working fluid expands to a lower pressure within the turbine. An evaporative condenser then condenses the working fluid to a saturated liquid and a mechanical pump pumps the saturated liquid to reenter the waste heat waste heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Todd Bandhauer, Nickolas Roberts
  • Publication number: 20230296243
    Abstract: A system for generating steam for industrial heat. The system may include a plurality of heat pump cycles in thermal communication with each other and in thermal communication with a steam generation cycle. The plurality of heat pump cycles may include first and second heat pump cycles. The first heat pump circulates a first a working fluid and includes a first heat exchanger. The second heat pump cycle circulates a second working fluid and includes a second heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger transfers heat from the first to the second working fluid. The second heat exchanger transfers heat to a third working fluid in the steam generation cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Todd M. BANDHAUER, Nickolas ROBERTS, Ashwin SALVI, Addison STARK