Patent ID: 11873742
Assignee: RONDO ENERGY, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC F  B  C  H  Y | IPC B  F  H

Claim 20:
21. A thermal energy storage system, comprising:
a thermal storage assemblage configured to store heat generated from received energy as thermal energy;
one or more temperature sensors; and
a control system configured to generate an output fluid flow of fluid that has absorbed heat from the heated thermal storage assemblage, including being configured to:
during a first discharge interval, partially discharge the thermal storage assemblage to reduce the temperature of the thermal storage assemblage to a first minimum temperature that is not within a deep-discharge temperature region; and
based on temperature information generated by the one or more temperature sensors, initiate a deep discharge cycle of the thermal storage assemblage, during a second discharge interval, to reduce the temperature of the thermal storage assemblage to a second minimum temperature that is within a deep-discharge temperature region that is lower than the first minimum temperature.