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

Claim 26:
27. A system for thermal energy storage and delivery, including:
a plurality of thermal storage blocks positioned to define:
a first tier that includes an alternating pattern of block portions, with radiation cavities between neighboring block portions;
a second tier that includes an alternating pattern of block portions, with radiation cavities between neighboring block portions, wherein second-tier block portions are positioned adjacent first-tier radiation cavities, and second-tier radiation cavities are positioned adjacent first-tier block portions;

fluid flow slots formed in some of the block portions of the thermal storage blocks, the fluid flow slots and radiation cavities positioned to form multiple fluid flow paths through the system;
a plurality of heating elements positioned adjacent multiple ones of the radiation cavities in the first and second tiers and configured to heat the plurality of thermal storage blocks via energy radiated into multiple ones of the radiation cavities and onto surfaces that bound the respective radiation cavities within the thermal storage blocks; and
a blower configured to direct a stream of fluid through the multiple fluid flow paths.