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A thermal energy storage and utilization system including at least a pair of especially configured liquid containing tanks interconnected by a heat exchanger for transferring thermal energy therebetween so that one of the tanks becomes a cold storage tank and the other becomes a heat storage tank. V

A thermal energy storage and utilization system including at least a pair of especially configured liquid containing tanks interconnected by a heat exchanger for transferring thermal energy therebetween so that one of the tanks becomes a cold storage tank and the other becomes a heat storage tank. Various types of thermal energy input and output devices are connected to the liquid containing tanks for selectively supplying and/or utilizing the thermal energy stored therein.

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A thermal energy storage system comprising: (a) at least a pair of storage tanks each containing a heat absorbing liquid; (b) a heat exchanger system connected between said pair of storage tanks so as to be in contact with the liquids thereof, said heat exchanger system operable to transfer thermal

A thermal energy storage system comprising: (a) at least a pair of storage tanks each containing a heat absorbing liquid; (b) a heat exchanger system connected between said pair of storage tanks so as to be in contact with the liquids thereof, said heat exchanger system operable to transfer thermal energy from the liquid of one of said pair of storage tanks to the liquid of the other of said pair of storage tanks; and (c) each of said pair of storage tanks comprising: (I) an elongated vertically disposed columnar shaft formed in the earth below the surface thereof, said shaft being closed, (II) a pliable, thermally insulative, leakproof liner within said shaft for containing the heat absorbing liquid, said liner in bearing supportive engagement with the side and end walls which define said shaft so that structural support of said liner is provided by the disposition thereof between the walls of said shaft and the liquid contained therein.