101 |
Hybrid power generation system and method using supercritical CO2 cycle |
US14797991 |
2015-07-13 |
US09677432B2 |
2017-06-13 |
Sung Gju Kang; Young Oon Kim; Hyung Keun Chi; Jeong Ho Hwang |
A hybrid power generation system using a supercritical CO2 cycle includes a steam power generation unit including a plurality of turbines driven with steam heated using heat generated by a boiler to produce electric power, and a supercritical CO2 power generation unit including an S—CO2 heater for heating a supercritical CO2 fluid, a turbine driven by the supercritical CO2 fluid, a precooler for lowering a temperature of the supercritical CO2 fluid passing through the turbine, and a main compressor for pressurizing the supercritical CO2 fluid, so as to produce electric power. The steam power generation unit and the supercritical CO2 power generation unit share the boiler. The hybrid power generation system may improve both the power generation efficiencies of the steam cycle and the supercritical CO2 cycle by interconnecting the steam cycle and the supercritical CO2 cycle. |
102 |
THERMAL ENERGY POWER DEVICE AND WORK-DOING METHOD THEREFOR |
US15323958 |
2014-12-05 |
US20170159620A1 |
2017-06-08 |
Yuanjun GUO |
A thermal energy power device is disclosed. A gasification reactor is arranged on a TDC of a cylinder bulk of an internal combustion engine, wherein the gasification reactor includes gasifying plates (19) and gas holes (23). The gasifying plates are arranged with gaps on the TDC of the cylinder. The gas holes (23) are distributed evenly, in an array, or in a staggered manner on the gasifying plate (19). A cylinder head above the gasification reactor is provided with an atomizer (12). Heat absorption plates (26) are arranged inside the exhaust passage in parallel with an air flow direction. The heat absorption plates (26) absorb thermal energy of exhaust gas and transfer the thermal energy to the gasification reactor. The internal combustion engine is wrapped with an insulation layer. An added working stroke enables the temperature of the cylinder bulk to be lowered. The compression ratio is high. |
103 |
THERMAL POWER PLANT WITH A STEAM TURBINE |
US14817287 |
2015-08-04 |
US20160040558A1 |
2016-02-11 |
Gunter Bauer; Uwe Lenk; Alexander Tremel |
A thermal power plant has a primary heat supply, a steam generator, a steam turbine and an auxiliary gas turbine, wherein the primary heat supply is fluidically connected to the steam generator, wherein the auxiliary gas turbine is fluidically connected to the steam generator and is set up to keep the steam generator at a predefined minimum temperature when the primary heat supply is off-line, wherein a fan is encompassed, which fan is fluidically connected to the steam generator. A method is for the variable-power operation of such a thermal power plant, wherein the auxiliary gas turbine is brought on-line in dependence on an operating state of the primary heat supply, which is defined by the power to be provided by the latter. |
104 |
Rotary machine drive system |
US14045111 |
2013-10-03 |
US09249688B2 |
2016-02-02 |
Masayoshi Matsumura; Shigeto Adachi; Yutaka Narukawa |
A rotary machine drive system includes: a first heat source heat exchanger that receives a first heating medium and gasifies a liquid working medium; a first expander that is connected to a rotation shaft and rotates the rotation shaft by expanding the working medium that has been gasified by the first heat source heat exchanger; a rotary machine that has a rotor part provided to the rotation shaft; a second heat source heat exchanger that receives a second heating medium and gasifies a liquid working medium; a second expander that is connected to the rotation shaft and rotates the rotation shaft by expanding the second heating medium; and a condenser that condenses the working medium that has been used in the first expander and the working medium that has been used in the second expander. |
105 |
HYBRID POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SUPERCRITICAL CO2 CYCLE |
US14797991 |
2015-07-13 |
US20160010513A1 |
2016-01-14 |
Sung Gju KANG; Young Oon KIM; Hyung Keun CHI; Jeong Ho HWANG |
A hybrid power generation system using a supercritical CO2 cycle includes a steam power generation unit including a plurality of turbines driven with steam heated using heat generated by a boiler to produce electric power, and a supercritical CO2 power generation unit including an S—CO2 heater for heating a supercritical CO2 fluid, a turbine driven by the supercritical CO2 fluid, a precooler for lowering a temperature of the supercritical CO2 fluid passing through the turbine, and a main compressor for pressurizing the supercritical CO2 fluid, so as to produce electric power. The steam power generation unit and the supercritical CO2 power generation unit share the boiler. The hybrid power generation system may improve both the power generation efficiencies of the steam cycle and the supercritical CO2 cycle by interconnecting the steam cycle and the supercritical CO2 cycle. |
106 |
System and method for detecting electric power plant equipment overheating with real-time plural parallel detection and analysis parameters |
US13463865 |
2012-05-04 |
US09158302B2 |
2015-10-13 |
Edward D. Thompson |
An overheating detection processing system monitors in real time and stores data samples from the different types of power plant overheating detectors. The system determines a likelihood of whether a stored detector output sample reading, alone or in combination with other readings, is indicative of monitored power plant equipment overheating. The system references previously stored information in an information storage device that associates respective types of detector sample reading levels with equipment overheating. The system also compares a combination of stored sample readings and establishes overheating determination confidence levels. The confidence levels information is combined to derive an overall confidence level of whether the power plant equipment is overheated. An overheating alarm response is initiated if an overheating condition is determined at any confidence level. Additional responses are made based on a combination of calculated confidence levels. |
107 |
Systems and Methods for Integrating Alarm Processing and Presentation of Alarms for a Power Generation System |
US13708405 |
2012-12-07 |
US20140159907A1 |
2014-06-12 |
Justin Alexander Sykes; Scott Wood; Jia Q. Ma; Dibakar Chandra; William Darryl Herbert; Craig Foster |
Systems and methods for integrating alarm processing and presentation of alarms for a power generation system are described. A template or graphical user interface (GUI) for displaying information associated with alarms may be generated for various types of alarms. Information associated with an alarm may be identified based on certain criteria and stored in a template associated with the alarm for presentation to a user. One or more status messages may be output to a display such a that a user or other person responsible for responding to an alarm may receive a current status associated with an alarm, including that an alarm has been processed and is ready to be acted upon. An alarm may be analyzed, categorized, and escalated based on historical information associated with the alarm, as well as determinations made by a user based on information stored in a template associated with alarm. |
108 |
ROTARY MACHINE DRIVE SYSTEM |
US14045111 |
2013-10-03 |
US20140150432A1 |
2014-06-05 |
Masayoshi MATSUMURA; Shigeto Adachi; Yutaka Narukawa |
A rotary machine drive system includes: a first heat source heat exchanger that receives a first heating medium and gasifies a liquid working medium; a first expander that is connected to a rotation shaft and rotates the rotation shaft by expanding the working medium that has been gasified by the first heat source heat exchanger; a rotary machine that has a rotor part provided to the rotation shaft; a second heat source heat exchanger that receives a second heating medium and gasifies a liquid working medium; a second expander that is connected to the rotation shaft and rotates the rotation shaft by expanding the second heating medium; and a condenser that condenses the working medium that has been used in the first expander and the working medium that has been used in the second expander. |
109 |
ENGINE ASSEMBLY |
US13928637 |
2013-06-27 |
US20140007574A1 |
2014-01-09 |
Ian A. Pegg; Robert Helle-Lorentzen |
An engine assembly includes an engine control unit, an internal combustion engine having an exhaust, a turbine driven in use by said exhaust, and an energy storage mechanism for storing energy recovered from said exhaust by said turbine, wherein the engine control unit is operable to vary the rate of storing energy in the energy storage mechanism. |
110 |
PLASMA-BASED WASTE-TO-ENERGY TECHNIQUES |
US12759636 |
2010-04-13 |
US20110067376A1 |
2011-03-24 |
Alan Tompkins; Jim Kingzett |
Plasma-Based Waste-to-Energy (PBWTE) methods/systems, including plasma-assisted gasification systems, are described that can be integrated into a single system which when fed a steam of municipal solid waste, discarded tires, or electronic wastes, organic or inorganic, which have been shredded to a uniform size produces a synthesis gas (syngas) and a molten slag, and/or electricity. The systems can be mobile, for example, implemented on a vehicle. |
111 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING ENERGY FROM DRIVING ENGINES |
US12744176 |
2008-11-20 |
US20100281867A1 |
2010-11-11 |
Christoph Schwienbacher |
Method for recovering energy from engines (20), characterized in that it comprises the following steps: operating the engine (20) by means of a pressurised fluid (A1,A2); recovering the operating fluid (A1,A2) of the engine (20); supplying the recovered pressurised fluid to at least one tank (120) containing water; pressuring the water in said tank (120) by means of said pressurised fluid; supplying said pressurised water to a turbine (140) operating a secondary shaft (2); recovering the outlet water from the turbine (140); supplying the outlet water from the turbine (140) to the said at least one tank (120) for pressurisation; repetition of the cycle. |
112 |
Vehicle with combustion engine and auxiliary power unit |
US10993759 |
2004-11-19 |
US07464550B2 |
2008-12-16 |
Michael Hoetger; Detlef Wüsthoff; Herbert Clemens |
Motor vehicle comprises a combustion engine with internal combustion of fuel and/or cold-flame product for driving the motor vehicle and thereby producing exhaust gas and an auxiliary power unit comprising an external burner and an expansion machine. A fuel tank with fuel provides energy to the burner and the combustion engine. The motor vehicle has a cold-flame-reactor with means for feeding the fuel from the fuel tank to the cold-flame reactor, and at least a portion of the fuel is pre-combusted to a cold-flame product in the cold-flame reactor. |
113 |
Dual thermodynamic cycle cryogenically fueled systems |
US11592683 |
2006-11-03 |
US20070163261A1 |
2007-07-19 |
Michael Strathman |
Systems and methods for converting thermal energy, such as solar energy, from a localized thermal energy source to another form of energy or work comprise dual thermodynamic cycle systems that utilize the liquid-to-gas phase transitions of a cryogenic fluid such as liquid nitrogen and a working fluid such as sulfur hexafluoride to drive prime movers. Heat transfer between the fluids as they undergo the phase transitions is used to increase the energy in the system and its work output, and improve system efficiency. |
114 |
Converting fossil fuel and liberated water constituents to electrical
energy, synthetic natural gas or miscellaneous hydrocarbons while
avoiding befoulment of environment |
US781013 |
1977-03-24 |
US4143515A |
1979-03-13 |
Carsten I. Johnsen |
An abstract of my disclosure envisions a continuously repeated series of treatments a gaseous and fluidized powder stream is subjected to after it is made and unceasingly renewed from fossil fuel, oxygen and steam in a gasifier at slagging temperatures; and then impelled to flow through connected steam making, processing and electricity generating units forming a closed circulatory system; producing a stream of carbon monoxide and hydrogen while generating electrical energy. |
115 |
Combined gas and steam turbine |
US48214030 |
1930-09-15 |
US1887001A |
1932-11-08 |
VIKTOR ZETTERBERG GUSTAF |
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116 |
Power-generator. |
US1901073236 |
1901-08-26 |
US976547A |
1910-11-22 |
CAVANAUGH LEANDER J; YOUNG EDWARD T |
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117 |
Combined internal-combustion and air engine. |
US1900135462 |
1900-08-21 |
US778289A |
1904-12-27 |
WALLMANN HENNING FRIEDRICH |
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118 |
Internal-combustion engine. |
US1901058753 |
1901-05-04 |
US702246A |
1902-06-10 |
ROGERS J S |
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119 |
atkinson |
US454936D |
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US454936A |
1891-06-30 |
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120 |
James hargreaves |
US431581D |
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US431581A |
1890-07-08 |
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