Patent ID: 11913361
Assignee: RONDO ENERGY, INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B  H  Y | IPC B  F  H

Claim 15:
16. A method of calcination, including:
storing thermal energy derived at least in part from a variable renewable energy source having intermittent availability by a thermal energy storage (TES) system, by heating a storage medium using electricity from the variable renewable energy source, and delivering useful heat in the form of a heated fluid;
receiving and heating a material stream in a calciner with the heated fluid heated by the TES system, to calcine the material stream, and generate a calcined product; and
evaporating moisture from the material stream having a first moisture content to a second, lower moisture content by transferring thermal energy from the heated fluid provided by the TES system into the material stream prior to entering the calciner.