Patent ID: 11952920
Assignee: nan
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  H  Y | IPC F  H

Claim 8:
9. A method for recovering electricity generated from at least one energy source, comprising:
providing a thermal energy storage vessel, the thermal energy storage vessel including:
a vessel floor;
a vessel roof;
a plurality of walls affixed to the vessel floor and the vessel roof;
a first pipe header affixed to at least one supply pipe;
a second pipe header affixed to at least one return pipe;
a truss construction positioned on the vessel roof;
and
at least one vertically-installable unit at least partially supported by the truss construction, each of the at least one vertically-installable unit comprising a heating element and a tubing, each of the at least one tubing affixed to a respective one of the at least one supply pipe and to a respective one of the at least one return pipe;

collecting electricity from the at least one energy source in the thermal energy storage vessel;
converting the electricity to heat via the heating element of each of the at least one vertically-installable unit positioned within the thermal energy storage vessel, the at least one vertically-installable unit at least partially submerged in a thermal storage fluid contained within the vessel and heated by the heat;
passing power cycle working gas through the tubing of each of the at least one vertically-installable unit;
heating the power cycle working gas via the thermal storage fluid;
and
sending the heated power cycle working gas to a turbine to convert the heated steam, into rotational energy, wherein a generator converts the rotational energy into usable electricity.