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Document | Title | Date |
20090139232 | Ambient Temperature Energy Generating System - A system for generating energy which utilizes motive chemicals | 06-04-2009 |
20100005800 | PORTABLE SOLAR POWER GENERATOR - A solar power generator includes a number of solar cell units, a shaft and a connector assembly. Each of the solar cell units has a housing defining a through hole at one end and an opening in an upper surface thereof. A number of solar panels are received in the opening. The shaft passes through each through hole thereby aligning the solar cell units in a manner that one stacked on another. Each of the solar cell units is capable of rotating around the shaft. The connector assembly is electrically coupled to the solar panel for providing electrical energy to a power consuming device. | 01-14-2010 |
20110067398 | CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER SYSTEM - Systems and methods for concentrating and storing solar energy are provided. A solar energy receiver for use with the systems and methods may include a container for holding a solar absorption material, such as a phase change material, and a cooled cover disposed above the container for condensing and collecting vaporized phase change material collected along an underside of the cover. | 03-24-2011 |
20110079010 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMBINED THERMAL AND COMPRESSED GAS ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS - The invention relates to systems and methods including an energy conversion system for storage and recovery of energy using compressed gas, a source of recovered thermal energy, and a heat-exchange subsystem in fluid communication with the energy conversion system and the source of recovered thermal energy. | 04-07-2011 |
20110131987 | PENDULAR ENGINE - Pendular and differential periodic heat engines with theoretical efficiencies of ONE, and industrial efficiencies close to ONE, exclusively subordinate to the physical constraints inherent in any material device under ordinary conditions of use, operating with recirculation of the gases in closed loops between a thermodynamic pendulum ( | 06-09-2011 |
20110131988 | SOLAR HEATING OF WORKING FLUID IN A CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER-ENABLED POWER PLANT - Increasing power generation efficiency of a solar-fossil-fuel-hybrid power plant includes heating working fluid with a concentrating solar field by directing a first portion of a steam turbine drive working fluid from an economizer of a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) of the solar-fossil-fuel hybrid power plant into a concentrated solar power (“CSP”) field where the first portion of the steam turbine drive working fluid is heated to a predefined temperature and pressure above that which is in a CSP inlet to the steam boiler while a second portion of the steam turbine drive working fluid is directed from the economizer to a steam boiler and the first portion of the steam turbine drive working fluid is combined with the second portion of the working fluid at the inlet. | 06-09-2011 |
20110131989 | SUPPLEMENTAL WORKING FLUID HEATING TO ACCOMMODATE VARIATIONS IN SOLAR POWER CONTRIBUTIONS IN A CONCENTRATED SOLAR-POWER ENABLED POWER PLANT - Controlling a solar-fossil-fuel hybrid power plant to provide supplemental heat includes receiving concentrated solar power thermal energy from a concentrated solar power (CSP) field for use in a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) that uses waste heat thermal energy from waste heat produced by a gas combustion process and the concentrated solar power thermal energy to produce steam to drive a steam generator. Supplemental fossil fuel generated heat is added to the (HRSG) such that the temperature of steam produced by the (HRSG) is maintained within an inlet operating tolerance of the steam generator when the concentrated solar power thermal energy contribution to the (HRSG) falls below a predetermined threshold. | 06-09-2011 |
20110209474 | SOLAR THERMAL POWER GENERATION USING MULTIPLE WORKING FLUIDS IN A RANKINE CYCLE - A system to convert the heat collected by solar thermal collectors into electricity using a Rankine cycle generator with multiple working fluids and multiple temperature-level heat sources is disclosed. | 09-01-2011 |
20110314810 | ENERGY STORAGE AND RECOVERY UTILIZING LOW-PRESSURE THERMAL CONDITIONING FOR HEAT EXCHANGE WITH HIGH-PRESSURE GAS - In various embodiments, gas is compressed to store energy and/or expanded to recover energy to or from high pressures, and the gas is exchanges heat with a heat-exchange fluid that is thermally conditioned at low pressures. | 12-29-2011 |
20120090323 | Solar concentration plant for the production of superheated steam - A solar concentration plant which uses water/steam as a fluid, in any thermodynamic cycle for the exploitation of process heat, comprising an evaporation subsystem, where saturated steam is produced, a superheater subsystem through which the steam reaches the required conditions of pressure and temperature at the turbine inlet, and an attemperation system interconnected by a drum. A field of heliostats is pointed towards either of the subsystems (evaporator or superheater), in such a way to control both the pressure within the drum and the outlet temperature of the superheated steam. | 04-19-2012 |
20120144828 | MULTI-RESOURCE RENEWABLE ENERGY INSTALLATION AND METHOD OF MAXIMIZING OPERATIONAL CAPACITY OF SAME - A renewable energy resource management system manages a delivery of a power requirement from a multi-resource offshore renewable energy installation to an intelligent power distribution network. The installation includes multiple renewable energy resource components and is capable of variably and independently generating power from each to microgrids comprising the intelligent power distribution network so that the entire power requirement is satisfied from renewable energy resources. An electricity grid infrastructure is also disclosed in which power production is balanced with power consumption so that power storage requirements are minimized. | 06-14-2012 |
20140026566 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A SOLAR STEAM SYSTEM - Methods, apparatus and systems for operating a solar steam system in response to a detected or predicted reduced or impending reduced insolation event are disclosed herein. Examples of transient reduced insolation events include but are not limited to cloud-induced reduction in insolation, dust-induced reduction in insolation, and insolation events caused by solar eclipses. In some embodiments, in response to the detecting or predicting, steam flow is regulated within the solar steam system to reduce a flow rate into a steam turbine. Alternatively or additionally, one or more heliostats may be responsively redirected onto a steam superheater or steam re-heater. | 01-30-2014 |
20140026567 | THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION TO ELECTRICITY - A system or methodology for converting thermal energy obtained from solar thermal, photovoltaic, geothermal or industrial waste heat into electrical power is disclosed. The energy efficient way of transferring two steams of liquid solutions containing different concentrations of ionic species is disclosed. The combination of thermal gradient in addition to concentration gradient to improve efficiency, reduce or avoid fouling is disclosed. This invention describes a method of efficient ion migration from concentrated stream to dilute stream thereby improving DC power generation process. The utilization of solar thermal energy from solar collector or concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) generator system or solar thermal power generation (CSP) system provides the additional driving force for ions transport from concentrated stream to dilute stream, apart from the concentration grading to generating power. The thermal power is also used to bring back the diluted steam to original concentration in the reverse Electro dialysis system. The utilization of CPV process heat or solar or waste heat for bringing back the dilute stream into the concentrated stream for next operation of ions gradient power generation is also disclosed in this invention. | 01-30-2014 |
20140075937 | CASCADED POWER PLANT USING LOW AND MEDIUM TEMPERATURESOURCE FLUID - The present invention provides a method for operating a plurality of independent, closed cycle power plant modules each having a vaporizer comprising the steps of. serially supplying a medium or low temperature source fluid to each corresponding vaporizer of one or more first plant modules, respectively, to a secondary preheater of a first module, and to a vaporizer of a terminal module, whereby to produce heat depleted source fluid; providing a primary preheater for each vaporizer; and supplying said heat depleted source fluid to all of said primary preheaters in parallel. | 03-20-2014 |
20140174080 | Hybrid Trigeneration System based Microgrid Combined Cooling, Heat and Power providing Heating, Cooling, Electrical Generation and Energy Storage using an Integrated Automation System for Monitor, Analysis and Control - Provided is a consumer to industrial scale energy trigeneration process based microgrid combined cooling, heat and power. The present invention includes conversion, processing, extraction and/or storage systems for electrical, chemical and thermal energy. The invention provides a quintessential renewable energy ecosystem incorporating vital energy generation, thermal heating and cooling processes with integrated components installed to encompass a distributed renewable energy generation, energy storage and integrated automation system. The automation system of the invention provides the ability to view, monitor, analyze, control and interact with system components. | 06-26-2014 |
20160194543 | Compositions, Devices, Systems and Methods for Concentrating Solar Power | 07-07-2016 |