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| 060645000 |
Process of power production or system operation
| 562 |
| 060670000 |
Power system involving change of state
| 231 |
| 060660000 |
Having condition responsive control
| 63 |
| 060659000 |
Including heat, steam, or compressed gas storage means
| 39 |
| 060682000 |
Single state motive fluid energized by indirect heat transfer
| 33 |
| 060657000 |
Having apparatus cleaning, sealing, lubricating, purging, standby, or protecting feature
| 29 |
| 060644100 |
Heating motive fluid by nuclear energy
| 13 |
| 060655000 |
Noncommunicating heat transferring motive fluid system (e.g., cascade, etc.) | 5 |
| 20110072820 | HEAT ENGINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A process fluid cooler can extract thermal energy from a process fluid including carbon dioxide. An absorber can transfer carbon dioxide from the process fluid to a removal fluid. A reboiler can heat the removal fluid so as to cause carbon dioxide to be released from the removal fluid and outputted as part of a reboiler output stream. The reboiler can also output a heating fluid. A stripper condenser can extract thermal energy from the reboiler output stream so as to cause condensation of water associated with the reboiler output stream and to remove carbon dioxide therefrom. A compression system can remove thermal energy from carbon dioxide received from the stripper condenser. A heat engine can be configured to operate according to an organic Rankine cycle, receiving thermal energy from the heating fluid and/or extracted at the process fluid cooler, at the stripper condenser, and/or at the compression system. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20140033713 | Controlled Organic Rankine Cycle System for Recovery and Conversion of Thermal Energy - A system for controlled recovery of thermal energy and conversion to mechanical energy. The system collects thermal energy from a reciprocating engine, specifically from engine jacket fluid and/or engine exhaust and uses this thermal energy to generate a secondary power source by evaporating an organic propellant and using the gaseous propellant to drive an expander in production of mechanical energy. A monitoring module senses ambient and system conditions such as temperature, pressure, and flow of organic propellant at one or more locations; and a control module regulates system parameters based on monitored information to optimize secondary power output. A tertiary, or back-up power source may also be present. The system may be used to meet on-site power demands using primary, secondary, and tertiary power. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140041387 | Integrated Power, Cooling, and Heating Apparatus Utilizing Waste Heat Recovery - The present invention provides an apparatus for utilizing waste heat to power a reconfigurable thermodynamic cycle that can be used to selectively cool or heat an environmentally controlled space, such as a room, building, or vehicle. The present invention also integrates an electric machine, which may operate as a motor or generator, or both, and an additional prime mover, such as an internal combustion engine. Different combinations of these components are preferable for different applications. The system provides a design which reasonably balances the need to maximize efficiency, while also keeping the design cost effective. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140208754 | RANKINE CYCLE - A Rankine cycle includes an waste-heat recovery device that is configured to exchange heat between cooling water coming out from an engine and exhaust gas exhausted from the engine, a heat exchanger including an evaporator through which the cooling water coming out from the engine flows to recover waste-heat of the engine to refrigerant, and a superheater through which the cooling water coming out from the waste-heat recovery device flows to recover the waste-heat of the engine to the refrigerant, an expander that is configured to generate power using the refrigerant coming out from the heat exchanger, a condenser that is configured to condense the refrigerant coming out from the expander, and a refrigerant pump that is configured to supply the refrigerant coming out from the condenser to the heat exchanger by being driven by the expander. The cooling water coming out from the superheater is returned to the engine after being joined with the cooling water coming out from the evaporator. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20160017760 | COGENERATING SYSTEM - A cogenerating system includes a Rankine cycle, a high-temperature heat transfer medium circuit, a low-temperature heat transfer medium circuit, a bypass channel, a heat exchanger, and a flow rate adjustment mechanism. The high-temperature heat transfer medium circuit is configured such that an evaporator is supplied with a high-temperature heat transfer medium by a high-temperature heat transfer medium heat exchanger. The low-temperature heat transfer medium circuit is configured such that a condenser is supplied with a low-temperature heat transfer medium by a low-temperature heat transfer medium heat exchanger. The flow rate adjustment mechanism includes at least a flow rate limiter that limits the flow rate of the high-temperature heat transfer medium to be supplied to the evaporator, and adjusts a ratio of the flow rate of the high-temperature heat transfer medium flowing through the bypass channel to the flow rate of the high-temperature heat transfer medium flowing through the evaporator. | 01-21-2016 |
| 060668000 |
Power system physically related to vehicle structure | 2 |
| 20120324891 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING HEAT AND CONVERTING IT INTO MECHANICAL POWER IN A DRIVE SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A method and an apparatus recover heat and convert the heat into mechanical power in a drive system for motor vehicles. A working medium carried in a working medium circuit is evaporated by an evaporator integrated into the working medium circuit by waste heat from an internal combustion engine. The vapor generated is fed to an expansion machine coupled to the internal combustion engine, and the exhaust vapor from the expansion machine is then converted back into the liquid phase in at least one condenser. Accordingly at least one valve, which can be subjected to control by a control device, and a vapor accumulator are integrated into the working medium circuit downstream of the evaporator such that the vapor generated is fed into the vapor accumulator. The vapor stored in the vapor accumulator is fed back at least in part into the working medium circuit to drive the expansion machine. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130312418 | SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING THERMAL ENERGY TO MECHANICAL ENERGY IN A VEHICLE - A system for converting thermal energy to mechanical energy in a vehicle: A line circuit ( | 11-28-2013 |
| 060656000 |
Having ancillary structure for starting | 2 |
| 20090288417 | MICRO-HYBRID SYSTEM WITH A PLURALITY OF STARTER-ALTERNATORS - A micro-hybrid system ( | 11-26-2009 |
| 20140150430 | WARMING ARRANGEMENT FOR A POWER PLANT - The invention relates to a warming arrangement having a warming system for warming a steam turbine. The warming system has a makeup line and recycle line fluidly connected to the steam turbine. A gas moving device and a heater are located in either of these two lines. The warming system further includes a pressure measurement device that is configured and arranged to determine a gauge pressure in the steam turbine as well as a controller. The controller is configured to control a flow rate of the warming gas through the steam turbine, based on the pressure measurement device. | 06-05-2014 |
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| 20090120092 | SINGLE LOOP HEAT PUMP GENERATOR - A single loop heat pump generator includes a vaporizer in which a liquid working medium can gasify by unordered heat in the air and produce high-speed gas flow, a turbine generator unit for changing the kinetic energy of the high-speed gas flow into electric energy and a compressor for compressing the exhaust of a turbine into hot and compressed gas and transferring the hot and compressed gas to a liquefier, and the liquefier is connected with the vaporizer by a feed pipe of the liquid working medium. The generator has a closed loop, and it can output electric power. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090272113 | HEAT RECOVERY EQUIPMENT - Heat recovery equipment recovers heat from flue gas. The heat recovery equipment includes a power generation plant that drives a steam turbine by superheated steam produced in a boiler, and an exhaust-gas treatment line that treats flue gas output from the boiler. The exhaust-gas treatment line includes a first air preheater, a heat extractor unit, and a dry electrostatic precipitator. The power generation plant includes a condensed water line. The condensed water line includes a condenser, a condensed water heater, and a low-pressure feedwater heater. The condensed water heater heats water condensed by the condenser with the heat recovered by the heat extractor unit. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100115946 | Heat engine/ heat pump using centrifugal fans - An engine/heat pump is shown. Most of its parts rotate around the same central axis. It comprises two doubly connected chambers. Blades in each chamber substantially rotate with the chamber and may be firmly attached to the walls of the chamber, thus forming a modified centrifugal pump with axial input and discharge. An expandable fluid is rotated outward by one of the pumps and then heat is added for an engine of removed for a heat pump as the fluid is being sent to the outer part of the second pump. The fluid travels toward the center of the second pump, thus impelling the pump in the rotation direction. Then heat is removed for an engine or added for a heat pump as the fluid leaves the second pump and travels back to the first pump near the center of rotation. Rotation energy of the fluid is typically much larger than the circulation energy. A modified centrifugal pump with axial discharge having a casing rotating with the blades is also claimed. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100115947 | ROTARY HEAT ENGINE POWERED BY RADIANT ENERGY - Provided is a rotating energy conversion device that includes a heat absorber having a working fluid therein, a power converter in fluid communication with the heat absorber, and a heat rejecter in fluid communication with each one of the heat absorber and the power converter. The device may utilize an energy source that provides radiant energy to the heat absorber. The device may utilize a segmented energy source that may have a plurality of segments, wherein each segment may be either activated or deactivated to deliver the radiant energy to the heat absorber. The device may utilize waste heat produced by the device to create additional work. Furthermore, the device may utilize multiple thermodynamic cycles. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100293946 | Compact Radial Counterflow Recuperator - An annular design heat exchanger is formed from an arrangement of wedge-shaped stacks of wafers. Each wafer includes sheets of material separated by peripheral and supporting walls that define interior flow channels through which a first fluid can flow. Holes in the sheets provide inlets and outlets to the channels, and walls surrounding the holes mate with neighboring wafers in the stack, forming integral inlet and outlet manifolds, while ensuring uniform spacing between the wafers. A second fluid can flow around the manifolds and through the spaces between the wafers in a counterflow pattern. In the annular assembly, the manifolds are oriented substantially axially, and the flow channels are oriented substantially radially. The heat exchanger can be formed from a ceramic material, and can be incorporated into an engine assembly or a heat-recirculating combustor. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110131990 | COMBUSTION PLANT WITH ABATEMENT OF POLLUTANTS - A combustion plant, comprising: a combustion chamber ( | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110146275 | High efficiency processes and inventions for producing continuing work from transient liquid pressures in a confined liquid - High work/energy efficiency and liquid efficiency processes and inventions for producing continuing work from confined liquid transient pressures in a pressure conduit. More particularly work processes and inventions that conserve liquid and increase and maintain the amount of continuing work done by transient pressures produced in a liquid within a confined pressure system. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110167821 | COMBUSTION SYSTEMS, POWER PLANTS, AND FLUE GAS TREATMENT SYSTEMS INCORPORATING SWEEP-BASED MEMBRANE SEPARATION UNITS TO REMOVE CARBON DIOXIDE FROM COMBUSTION GASES - Disclosed herein are combustion systems, power plants, and flue gas treatment systems that incorporate sweep-based membrane separation units to remove carbon dioxide from combustion gases. In its most basic embodiment, the invention is a combustion system that includes three discrete units: a combustion unit, a carbon dioxide capture unit, and a sweep-based membrane separation unit. In a preferred embodiment, the invention is a power plant including a combustion unit, a power generation system, a carbon dioxide capture unit, and a sweep-based membrane separation unit. In yet another embodiment, the invention is a flue gas treatment system that incorporates three membrane separation units with a carbon dioxide liquefaction unit. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110167822 | Fluid Machine - A fluid machine which can be compact and produced at reduced costs and which can increase the amount of heat added to a refrigerant circulating in a Rankine cycle and thus greatly increase the efficiency of the Rankine cycle. A fluid machine ( | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110185729 | THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICE - A waste heat recovery system, method and device executes a thermodynamic cycle using a working fluid in a working fluid circuit which has a high pressure side and a low pressure side. Components of the system in the working fluid circuit include a waste heat exchanger in thermal communication with a waste heat source also connected to the working fluid circuit, whereby thermal energy is transferred from the waste heat source to the working fluid in the working fluid circuit, an expander located between the high pressure side and the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit, the expander operative to convert a pressure/enthalpy drop in the working fluid to mechanical energy, a recuperator in the working fluid circuit operative to transfer thermal energy between the high pressure side and the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit, a cooler in thermal communication with the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit operative to control temperature of the working fluid in the low side of the working fluid circuit, a pump in the working fluid circuit and connected to the low pressure side and to the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit and operative to move the working fluid through the working fluid circuit, and a mass management system connected to the working fluid circuit, the mass management system, method and device having a working fluid vessel connected to the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit and configured to passively control an amount of working fluid mass in the working fluid circuit. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110185730 | Three-conductor and four-conductor system for saving energy in connection with district heat - The patent application relates to a district-heat consumer plant which is capable of being linked to a district-heat network and which comprises at least one heat-consumer which is capable of being supplied with heat from the district-heat network, the district-heat consumer plant comprising a port via which the district-heat consumer plant is capable of being linked to a district-heat reflux of the district-heat network, in order to withdraw heat from the district-heat reflux for the purpose of supplying the at least one heat-consumer. The patent application further relates to a district-heat network, to which a district-heat consumer plant is capable of being linked, the district-heat network comprising a district-heat reflux, and the district-heat reflux comprising a port for the district-heat consumer plant, in order to supply the district-heat consumer plant with heat from the district-heat reflux. Lastly, the patent application relates to a district-heat system which comprises a district-heat consumer plant and a district-heat network. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110203274 | STEAM TURBINE PLANT - An exemplary steam plant having a steam circuit which includes a superheater defining a boundary between a superheated steam region and an unsuperheated steam region. The steam circuit includes a branch, from a superheated steam region of the steam circuit, with a branch valve and a steam desuperheater upstream of the branch valve. The desuperheater provides cooling to the branch during flow mode operation of the branch. During a no flow mode, a first preheat line and a second preheat line provide the cooling by supplying unsuperheated steam to the branch and directing this flow through to a lower pressure region of the steam circuit. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110214425 | ENERGY-EFFICIENT SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CARBON BLACK, PREFERABLY IN ENERGETIC COOPERATION WITH SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING SILICON DIOXIDE AND/OR SILICON - The object of the invention is a more energy-efficient system for utilizing waste heat and residual gases from the engineered generation of carbon compounds, such as carbon black, graphite or from sugar pyrolysis, using a coupling of energy-heat or a thermal heat-generating plant for generating electrical energy, in particular for operating melt furnaces, and/or for utilizing the waste heat in endothermal processes. The invention also relates to the use of waste heat. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110247332 | External Combustion Engine - An external combustion engine comprising a drive shaft, a first cylinder kinematically connected to the drive shaft, a second cylinder kinematically connected to the drive shaft, and a thermodynamic circuit fluidly connected to both the cylinders, and having at least an expansion chamber and a compression chamber for a heat-carrying fluid, in order to determine the cyclic movement of the first cylinder and the second cylinder. The first cylinder is mounted on a first support frame and the second cylinder is mounted on a second support frame, distinct from and constrained in a mobile manner to the first support frame. Movement means are mechanically connected to the first support frame and/or the second support frame, in order to determine the desired relative movement of the first support frame and the second support frame and to vary the reciprocal kinematic connection phasing of the two cylinders with respect to the drive shaft. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110277473 | Thermal Energy Transfer System - A thermally isolated counter flowing heat exchanger comprising two isolated fluids having different energy levels flowing in contained systems separated by fluid heat trap passages and utilizing gates that control flow into different cells based on temperature. A system for transferring and storing thermal energy comprising a refrigerant circulating in a tank in a vortex such that when the vortex flow of the refrigerant is in contact with multiple spaced tubing located inside the tank, energy is transferred between the refrigerant and a fluid flowing inside the tubing. A system for generating energy comprising a hot regenerator and a cold regenerator, each thermally isolated and connected to counter cycling hot expansion pistons that utilize compression of exhausting hot gas as it flows into the cold regeneration area to create a suction effect on the exhausting hot gas that adds power to the compression stroke of the piston to provide energy. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110277474 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING NATURAL GAS POWER PLANT - Provided herein are methods and systems for sequestering carbon dioxide from a multi-component gaseous stream, such as flue gas from natural gas-burning power plant to produce a protonated carbonate. Also provided herein are methods and systems for electrochemically producing proton-removing agents to form a deprotonated carbonate from the protonated carbonate. The electrochemical process may consume less energy than the amount of energy generated during production of the multi-component gaseous stream. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110314814 | HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - The amount of high-temperature steam supplied from external equipment is reduced. Provided is a hydrogen production system ( | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120285169 | ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE SYSTEMS USING WASTE HEAT FROM CHARGE AIR COOLING - The present application and the resultant patent provide a waste heat recovery system for recovering heat from a number of turbocharger stages. The waste heat recovery system may include a simple organic rankine cycle system and a number of charge air coolers in communication with the turbocharger stages and the simple organic rankine cycle system. The charge air coolers are positioned in a number of parallel branches of the simple organic rankine cycle system. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20130014509 | PLANT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ENERGY BASED UPON THE ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLEAANM Perico; CostanzoAACI Presezzo (BG)AACO ITAAGP Perico; Costanzo Presezzo (BG) ITAANM Nasini; ErnestoAACI Strozza (BG)AACO ITAAGP Nasini; Ernesto Strozza (BG) ITAANM Rottoli; MarcoAACI Terno D'isola (BG)AACO ITAAGP Rottoli; Marco Terno D'isola (BG) IT - A plant for the production of energy that is based upon the organic Rankine cycle (ORC). The plant comprises a first ORC system, comprising a first organic operating fluid circulating, in sequence, between a first evaporator in conditions of heat exchange with a heat source, a first expansion stage in a turbine operatively connected to a generator, a first evaporator/condenser, and a first pump for recirculating said first organic operating fluid to said first evaporator. Said turbine is a partializable turbine and comprises means for partializing the incoming flowrate of said organic operating fluids, said means being designed to partialize said incoming flowrate to keep the r.p.m. of said turbine constant. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130047612 | BUTTERFLY PLATE FOR A STEAM TURBINE EXHAUST HOOD - A steam turbine exhaust hood includes an exhaust hood section, and a butterfly plate arranged in the exhaust hood section. The butterfly plate includes a complex curvilinear cross-sectional profile having a first section that extends between a first end portion and a middle portion, and a second section that extends between the middle portion and a second end portion. One of the first and second sections is formed from at least two curvilinear segments including at least one curvilinear segment having a positive curvature and at least one curvilinear segment having a negative curvature. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130125546 | THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE AND RECOVERY SYSTEM COMPRISING A STORAGE ARRANGEMENT AND A CHARGING/DISCHARGING ARRANGEMENT BEING CONNECTED VIA A HEAT EXCHANGER - A thermal energy storage and recovery system including a storage arrangement having a thermal energy storage device for temporarily storing thermal energy, a charging/discharging arrangement having a fluid energy machine for exchanging mechanical work with a working fluid cycling through the charging/discharging arrangement, and a heat exchanger which is arranged between the storage arrangement and the charging/discharging arrangement and which thermodynamically couples a heat transfer fluid cycling through the storage arrangement with the working fluid is provided. The storage arrangement is configured in such a manner that the heat transfer fluid is under a first pressure and the charging/discharging arrangement is configured in such a manner that the working fluid is at least partially under a second pressure, wherein the second pressure is higher than the first pressure. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130186090 | HEAT ENGINE WITH EXTERNAL HEAT SOURCE AND ASSOCIATED POWER GENERATION UNIT AND VEHICLE - A heat engine includes structure for compressing a cooled working gas, heating the compressed working gas using an external heat source, expanding the heated compressed working gas, cooling the working gas using a heat exchanger with a cold source, and subsequently, returning the cooled working gas into the compression structure. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130192227 | DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PRESSURIZED WATER AND THEIR USE FOR PRODUCING BEVERAGES | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130205779 | Molecular Transformation Energy Conversion System - A Molecular Transformation Energy Conversion System (MTECS), converts thermal energy to work energy. Unlike Rankine cycle engines that typically use a liquid to gas state change to extract work from the system, the MTECS uses a liquid to solid and/or austenite to martensite state change to extract work. Operation of the system involves extracting work from a thermally reactive material that changes in crystalline structure over a relatively small temperature range (as compared to Rankine cycle systems). Input thermal energy is transferred into either or both the thermal transfer component (typically a gas/liquid refrigerant) and/or the molecular transformation component (typically either water/ice or a shape memory material) to power the system. Sources of input thermal energy and methods of their transference into the system may be numerous. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130232974 | ADVANCED ADIABATIC COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - A compressed air energy storage (CAES) system is disclosed for the generation of power. The system may include a compressor configured to receive inlet air and output compressed air to an air storage during an off-peak period. During a peak load period, compressed air from the air storage may be released to generate power. A heat exchanger fluidly coupled to the air storage may receive the released compressed air and transfer heat to the compressed air. An air expander may receive the heated compressed air from the heat exchanger, expand the heated compressed air to generate a first power output, and output an exhaust. The system may further include a bypass line configured to circumvent compressed air around the air expander. A second power output may be generated through a turbine configured to receive the compressed air from the air storage and the exhaust from the air expander. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130232975 | Compact energy cycle construction utilizing some combination of a scroll type expander, pump, and compressor for operating according to a rankine, an organic rankine, heat pump, or combined organic rankine and heat pump cycle - A compact energy cycle construction that operates as or in accordance with a Rankine, Organic Rankine, Heat Pump, or Combined Organic Rankine and Heat Pump Cycle, comprising a compact housing of a generally cylindrical form with some combination of a scroll type expander, pump, and compressor disposed therein to share a common shaft with a motor or generator and to form an integrated system, with the working fluid of the system circulating within the housing as a torus along the common shaft and toroidally within the housing as the system operates. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130239573 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT AND PLANT TO CARRY OUT SUCH A METHOD - Disclosed is a method for operating a gas turbine ( | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130247570 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERY OF WASTE HEAT FROM DUAL HEAT SOURCES - A waste heat recovery system includes a heat recovery cycle system coupled to at least two separate heat sources having different temperatures. The heat recovery cycle system is coupled to a first heat source and at least one second heat source. The heat recovery cycle system is configured to circulate a working fluid. The at least one second heat source includes a lower temperature heat source than the first heat source. The working fluid is circulatable in heat exchange relationship through a first heat exchange unit, a second heat exchange unit for heating the working fluid in the heat recovery cycle system. The first heat exchange unit is coupled to the at least one second heat source to heat at least a portion of a cooled stream of working fluid to a substantially higher temperature. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130263596 | POWER RECEIVING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF POWER RECEIVING DEVICE, AND POWER FEEDING SYSTEM - A power receiving device including: a power receiving coil configured to receive power when a power feeding device supplies the power via a magnetic field; an alternating-current power supply configured to apply an alternating voltage to the power receiving coil; and a foreign matter detecting section configured to generate an amount of change in impedance of the power receiving coil from a current induced in the power receiving coil to which the alternating voltage is applied and the alternating voltage, and detect foreign matter between the power receiving coil and the power feeding device on a basis of the amount of change. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130269344 | INDIRECTLY HEATED GAS TURBINE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an indirectly heated gas turbine system comprising a combustion chamber ( | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130305719 | HIGH-TEMPERATURE STEAM TURBINE POWER PLANT WITH DOUBLE REHEAT - A steam power plant is described including on a single rotor at least one high pressure turbine or turbine section having a steam exit connected in operation to a first steam reheater and at least two intermediate pressure turbines or turbine sections with a first of the at least two intermediate pressure turbines or turbine sections having a steam exit connected in operation to a second steam reheater and with a second of the at least two intermediate pressure turbines or turbine sections having a steam entry to receive steam from the second steam reheater and a steam exit connected to one or more low pressure turbines or turbine sections, whereby the at least two intermediate pressure turbines or turbine sections are each separated into a high temperature turbine or turbine section and into a low temperature turbine or turbine section. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130340432 | LIQUID METAL THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems and methods for storing thermal energy from working fluid heated by a high-temperature heat source and retrieving the thermal energy. The heated working fluid is in thermal communication with heat exchanger elements that can efficiently store thermal energy by, for example, phase change in one or more metal alloys. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140000258 | Steam turbine facility | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140020386 | Gas Recovering System - The invention related gas recovering system contains at least one gas supply system, a gas treatment system, and a gas separation system. The gas supply system includes a gas supply unit and a supply source. The gas treatment system includes a gas reactor and a gas reduction device. Also, the gas separation system includes a first exhaust unit, a purifying unit, a second exhaust unit and a heating evaporation unit. The gas recovering system can avoid the unnecessary waste of gas to form hazardous waste. Therefore, gas can make more effective use to reduce cost. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140026572 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM SHIFTED SYNGAS - A system for capturing carbon dioxide from a shifted syngas is disclosed. The system may generally include a solid sorbent configured to absorb carbon dioxide at a first temperature and release carbon dioxide at a second temperature. In addition, the system may include an absorption chamber configured to receive the shifted syngas at the first temperature and a regeneration chamber separate from the absorption chamber. The regeneration chamber may be maintained at the second temperature. The solid sorbent may be cycled between the absorption chamber and the regeneration chamber such that carbon dioxide from the shifted syngas is absorbed within the absorption chamber to produce a decarbonized fuel gas and released within the regeneration chamber to produce a carbon dioxide stream. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140033709 | Kinematically Independent, Thermo-Hydro-Dynamic Turbo-Compound Generator - A power generator may include a digital programmable governor, a plurality of power modules that have working fluid including compound gas and a magneto-responsive liquid column disposed therein, a thermal generator capable of adding heat to the working fluid, one or more cooling exchangers configured to remove heat from the working fluid, at least one set of electro-hydro-dynamic actuators, and a plurality of bidirectional turbines. The set of electro-hydro-dynamic actuators are disposed proximate to the power modules to, responsive to control of the digital programmable governor and in association with a thermal cycle of adding heat to and removing heat from the working fluid, provide influence to drive reciprocal flows of the working fluid through the power modules. The bi-directional turbines are disposed to receive the reciprocal flows and perform a kinematically independent conversion of the operating medium reciprocal flows to rotary motion power output. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140033710 | RANKINE CYCLE SYSTEM - In a configuration in which a first shaft portion configured to drive a pump mechanism and a second shaft portion configured to drive an expansion mechanism are coupled to each other, a Rankine cycle system which is capable of continuing the circulation of working fluid by an expansion machine even when the pump mechanism is locked is provided. This Rankine cycle system of the invention employs a pump and an expansion machine coupled in a tandem manner. A first shaft of the pump and a second shaft of the expansion machine are concentric and the first shaft is capable of transmitting power to the second shaft. A pump torque limiter is provided between the first shaft and a main gear. A one-way clutch is provided between a sensing shaft and the second shaft. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140053554 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEM HAVING THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE - A power generation system includes a power generation module coupled to a thermal storage system via a heat transfer connection. The thermal storage system includes a heat storage medium contained in a storage tank. The thermal storage system is operable for receiving an energy input in the form of electrical energy or mechanical energy at a first point in time, converting the input energy into thermal energy, transferring the thermal energy to the heat storage medium to thereby cause an increase in enthalpy of the heat storage medium, and storing the thermal energy in the heat storage medium. The power generation module converts the stored thermal energy, which is recovered from the thermal storage system via the heat transfer connection, into an electrical power output. The stored thermal energy is recovered from the thermal storage system at a second point in time temporally shifted from the first point in time. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140053555 | HEAT TRANSFER TUBE REPAIRING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND STEAM GENERATOR - A heat transfer tube repairing apparatus including a wire that is flexible and is insertable into a heat transfer tube, a sleeve that is fixed to a predetermined position in the longitudinal direction of the wire, a pair of pressing members that is provided at the front and rear sides of the sleeve in the longitudinal direction of the wire and is able to press the inner surface of the heat transfer tube, and operation members that are able to move the pressing members between a pressing position where the pressing members press the inner surface of the heat transfer tube and a separating position where the pressing members are separated from the inner surface of the heat transfer tube. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140102096 | CARBON-DIOXIDE RECOVERY SYSTEM - It is an object to supply stable motive power to a compressor even if load variations have occurred in an electric power station. Provided is a CO | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140109574 | COMBINED HEAT EXCHANGER EXPANDER MOUNTING SYSTEM - A heat engine system is disclosed and includes first and second condensers fluidly and structurally coupled to first and second recuperators. An expansion device is coupled to the condensers at a drive end and suspended from the recuperators at a non-drive end. The recuperators can be printed circuit heat exchangers which provide superior heat transfer capabilities but are also robust enough to support the expansion device, and thereby form an integral part of a structural baseplate for mounting and aligning various components of the heat engine system. Exhaust conduits extending between the expansion device and the recuperators also provide added structural support for the expansion device. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140109575 | METHOD FOR REDUCING FLUE GAS CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS - Plants, devices, and methods are presented which economically and effectively reduce carbon dioxide (CO | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140216033 | WASTEWATER PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR POWER PLANTS AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL SOURCES - Methods, systems, and/or apparatuses for treating wastewater produced at a thermoelectric power plant, other industrial plants, and/or other industrial sources are disclosed. The wastewater is directed through a wastewater concentrator including a direct contact adiabatic concentration system. A stream of hot feed gases is directed through the wastewater concentrator. The wastewater concentrator mixes the hot feed gases directly with the wastewater and evaporates water vapor from the wastewater. The wastewater concentrator separates the water vapor from remaining concentrated wastewater. A contained air-water interface liquid evaporator may be arranged to pre-process the wastewater before being treated by the wastewater concentrator. | 08-07-2014 |
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| 20140325987 | Hydrogen Jet Propulsion System - A propulsion system for watercraft that uses steam generated from low energy reactor to enable long range high power propulsion. The system preferably uses steam generated from a low energy reactor to provide on-demand steam generated without external power. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20150068206 | KINEMATICALLY INDEPENDENT, THERMO-HYDRO-DYNAMIC TURBOCOMPOUND GENERATOR - A power generator may include a digital programmable governor, a plurality of power modules. The power modules have working fluid including compound gas and a magneto-responsive liquid column disposed therein, a thermal generator capable of adding heat to the working fluid, one Or more cooling exchangers configured to remove heat from the working fluid, at sets of electro-hydro-dynamic actuators, and a plurality of bidirectional turbines. The sets of electro-hydro-dynamic actuators are disposed proximate to the power modules, responsive to control of the digital programmable governor and in association with a thermal cycle of adding heat to and removing heat from the working fluid, provide influence to drive reciprocal flows of the working fluid through the power modules. The bi-directional turbines are disposed to receive the reciprocal flows and perform a kinematically independent conversion of the operating medium reciprocal flows to rotary motion power output. | 03-12-2015 |
