IP Library Granted Patent US 12,522,096
Granted Patent B2
US 12,522,096 · App. 17/600,627 · Granted Jan 13, 2026

Energy supply system

Inventor: Martin Schichtel (Sulzbach, DE)
Assignee: Kraftblock GmbH
B60L53/50B60L53/52H02N11/002
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Patent No.
US 12,522,096
App. No.
17/600,627
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat accumulator is charged with thermal energy in a heat charging station and the thermal energy is converted into electrical energy in a conversion station, which may be in a separate location from the heat charging station. An energy supply system has at least one heat accumulator and a heat charging station that charges the heat accumulator with thermal energy. The energy supply system has a conversion station for converting the thermal energy stored in the heat accumulator into electrical energy. An energy generating device generates electrical energy that is converted into thermal energy and stored in the heat accumulator.

Claims (28)

1 . A method for the supply of electrical energy, comprising:

charging a heat accumulator in a heat charging station at a first location with thermal energy, the heat accumulator having a thermal energy storage medium;

transporting the heat charging station to a second location different from the first location; and

converting the thermal energy into electrical energy in a conversion station at the second location, wherein the thermal energy storage medium includes solid core particles and at least one phosphorus compound, wherein at least part of the phosphorus compound is an oligomer, wherein the thermal energy storage medium includes core particles with a shell, wherein the shell includes shell-phosphorus compounds which are bound to the core particles by chemisorption or physisorption, wherein the thermal energy storage medium includes matrix phosphorus compounds, at least some of the shell phosphorus compounds and/or the matrix phosphorus compounds being oligomers.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical energy is used for supplying electrically powered vehicles with electrical energy.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the conversion of the thermal energy into electrical energy uses at least one of: a steam turbine, a Stirling engine, a thermoelectric material, a thermoelectric generator, a Kalina process, an organic Rankine cycle process, or a steam Rankine cycle process.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the thermal energy with which the heat accumulator is charged is waste heat.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when charging the heat accumulator with thermal energy, the thermal energy storage medium of the heat accumulator reaches an average temperature of at least 200° cand/or at most 1,300° C.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein operating data of the heat charging station, the conversion station and/or the heat accumulator are recorded and evaluated by a higher-level logistical controller and transport routes and/or transport times of the heat accumulator are calculated and/or determined on the basis of the operating data.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the heat accumulator is compatible with a transport system for freight containers.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the heat accumulator is a latent heat accumulator.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the heat accumulator is a sensible heat accumulator.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of heat accumulators form a supply network that provides a district heating network.

11 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein part of the thermal energy stored in the heat accumulator is released to a heat supply network.

12 . Energy supply system for supplying electrical energy, comprising:

at least one heat accumulator having a thermal energy storage medium;

a heat charging station that charges the heat accumulator with thermal energy;

a conversion station that converts the thermal energy stored in the heat accumulator into electrical energy; and

an energy generating device that generates electrical energy that is converted into thermal energy and stored in the heat accumulator, wherein the thermal energy storage medium includes solid core particles and at least one phosphorus compound, wherein at least part of the phosphorus compound is an oligomer, wherein the thermal energy storage medium includes core particles with a shell, wherein the shell includes shell-phosphorus compounds which are bound to the core particles by chemisorption or physisorption, wherein the thermal energy storage medium includes matrix phosphorus compounds, at least some of the shell phosphorus compounds and/or the matrix phosphorus compounds being oligomers.

13 . System according to claim 12 , wherein the energy generating device generates the electrical energy from renewable energies.

14 . System according to claim 12 , wherein the thermal energy is stored and/or converted into electrical energy and released to an energy supply network, depending on power generated by the energy supply device and/or a demand for electrical energy of the energy supply network.

15 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the electrical energy is used for charging accumulators of electrically powered vehicles.

16 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the thermal energy with which the heat accumulator is charged is waste heat from an industrial facility.

17 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein when charging the heat accumulator with thermal energy, the thermal energy storage medium of the heat accumulator reaches an average temperature of at least 300° C., and/or at most 650° C.

18 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the heat accumulator is compatible with TEU-ISO containers and/or FEU-ISO containers.

19 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the heat accumulator has an inner support structure.

20 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the heat accumulator is a thermochemical heat accumulator.

21 . System according to claim 13 , wherein the energy generating device generates the electrical energy from a wind turbine.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2022
From: SCHICHTEL, MARTIN, DR.
To: KRAFTBLOCK GMBH
Reel/Frame 059233/0805 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 108 392.3 · Apr 1, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220324346A1 · Oct 13, 2022
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