Energy storage system with fuel gas

• Main Authors: Peter Fraenkel, Martin Thomas Ian Wright
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.08.2022
• Subjects: BLASTING; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER; SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY; WEAPONS; WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS

An energy storage system having a first, gravity-based energy storage sub-system having at least one weight 13 movable between a first upper position and a second lower position defining a vertical displacement and a second energy storage sub-system comprising a vessel 55 for storage of a pressurize...