Patent ID: 8899025

Claim:
A system for reducing the amount of one or more undesirable substances in a flow of a fluid from the discharge of an emission source, the system comprising: a. an emission reduction device capable of reducing a quantity of the undesirable substance, wherein the undesirable substance includes an undesirable chemical, an undesirable particle, or both; b. a heat storage device including a thermal energy storage material; c. one or more valves for controlling the flow of the fluid; and d. one or more exit points; wherein the system includes a sufficient number of valves, of said one or more valves, that are positioned with respect to the emission reduction device, the heat storage device and the one or more exit points so that the system is capable of operating in at least two modes including: i) a warm-up mode, wherein the emission reduction device, the heat storage device, and at least one of the one or more valves are in fluid communication with each other and at least some of the flow of the fluid passes through the heat storage device prior to passing through the emission reduction device, wherein thermal energy is removed from the heat storage device; and ii) a charging mode wherein the emission source, the emission reduction device, the heat storage device, at least one of the one or more exit points, and at least one of the one or more valves are in fluid communication with each other; and the heat storage device receives heat from the flow of the fluid from the discharge of the emission source, and at least some of the flow of the fluid passes through the emission reduction device and then said flow of fluid passes through the heat storage device, and then being discharged from the one or more exit points.