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

Claim 16:
17. A method of operating a thermal energy storage system, comprising:
storing, by the thermal energy storage system, heat generated by one or more heater devices from received energy as thermal energy in a thermal storage assemblage;
generating, by the thermal energy storage system, an output fluid flow of fluid that has absorbed heat from the heated thermal storage assemblage, including:
executing, during a first discharge interval, a partial discharge cycle of the thermal storage assemblage, during which the thermal storage assemblage reaches a first minimum temperature that is not within a deep-discharge temperature region; and
executing, during a second discharge interval, a deep discharge cycle of the thermal storage assemblage during which the thermal storage assemblage reaches a second minimum temperature that is within a deep-discharge temperature region and is lower than the first minimum temperature, wherein the second minimum temperature is selected to prevent thermal runaway of the thermal storage assemblage.