Patent ID: 11867093
Assignee: RONDO ENERGY, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC F  B  C  H  Y | IPC B  F  H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a thermal storage unit (TSU) including a plurality of thermal storage means, wherein at least some of the thermal storage means include multiple radiation cavities and multiple fluid flow slots, wherein some of the radiation cavities and some of the fluid flow slots are configured to define fluid pathways through the thermal storage means;
heater means positioned within at least some of the thermal storage means and adjacent to some of the radiation cavities, wherein the heater means is configured to heat at least one of the thermal storage means via energy radiated into multiple ones of the radiation cavities and onto surfaces that bound the respective radiation cavities within the at least one thermal storage means; and
fluid movement means for directing a stream of fluid through the TSU, including through the fluid pathways.