Patent ID: 11906202
Assignee: HIGHER DIMENSION MATERIALS, INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  H  Y | IPC F  H

Claim 14:
15. A method of storing energy, the method comprising:
delivering electrical energy to energize one or more resistive heating devices that are each disposed in a respective open space of one or more open spaces defined by exterior surfaces of a thermal energy storage tank, wherein the exterior surfaces of the thermal energy storage tank also define an enclosed interior space containing a thermal energy storage medium, and wherein, prior to the delivering of the electrical energy to energize the one or more resistive heating devices, a movable radiant barrier is disposed over at least some of the exterior surfaces of the thermal energy storage tank that define the one or more open spaces;
delivering a fluid to a heating reservoir disposed in an additional open space of the one or more open spaces defined by the thermal energy storage tank; and
moving an additional portion of the movable radiant barrier at least partially out of the additional open space to increase a radiative heat transfer from the thermal energy storage medium to the fluid.