Prime-mover dynamo plants – Fluid-current motors
Patent
1987-08-24
1989-07-18
Shoop, Jr., William M.
Prime-mover dynamo plants
Fluid-current motors
290 43, F15B 102
Patent
active
048496480
ABSTRACT:
A system and method of selectively deployed and utilized compressed air energy storage satellite facilities within an electrical power grid network. The satellite facilities are independent of geological formations and provide means for increasing the load carrying capacity of an electrical power system without increasing the size of the baseload electrical power generation facility or of the power transmission lines. A portion of the compressed gas is circulated back through a compressor located in a gas flow circuit, causing turbulent flow in a series of tanks, thus slowing heat energy loss to the environment. A heat exchanger located in the circuit of gas flow cools the gas while it is being stored, thus reducing the work needed to compress a given mass of gas into the tanks. The system and method utilizes low cost electrical energy produced by a baseload facility during non-peak periods and converts such electricity into potential energy in the form of compressed air. The compressed air is deployed in outlying areas, away from the baseload facility, to provide ready electrical energy during peak demand periods from a location closer to the peak electrical demand consumer. The system and method may also be utilized to boost dropped and/or lagging voltage and/or current to reduce line loss during electrical power transmission.
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Columbia Energy Storage, Inc.
Duncanson Jr. W. E.
Shoop Jr. William M.
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