序号 专利名 申请号 申请日 公开(公告)号 公开(公告)日 发明人
201 WASTE HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM AND WASTE HEAT RECOVERY METHOD US14662735 2015-03-19 US20150285103A1 2015-10-08 Yuji TANAKA; Kazuo TAKAHASHI; Ryo FUJISAWA; Shigeto ADACHI; Yutaka NARUKAWA
A waste heat recovery system includes: a heater which evaporates a working medium by exchanging heat between supercharged air supplied to an engine and the working medium; an expander which expands the working medium which has flowed out from the heater; a power recovery device connected to the expander; a condenser which condenses the working medium which has flowed out from the expander; a cooling medium supply pipe for supplying a cooling medium to an air cooler which cools the supercharged air which has flowed out from the heater; a cooling medium pump which is provided in the cooling medium supply pipe and which sends the cooling medium to the air cooler; and a branch pipe which bifurcates a part of the cooling medium flowing in the cooling medium supply pipe, to the condenser, in such a manner that the working medium is cooled by the cooling medium.
202 METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT US14696670 2015-04-27 US20150226092A1 2015-08-13 Stefan Eduard BROESAMLE; Christoph RUCHTI
A method for operating a combined cycle power plant is disclosed, which has a gas turbine installation and a water-steam cycle connected to the gas turbine installation by a waste heat steam generator and has at least one steam turbine, the gas turbine installation includes a compressor, a combustion chamber, and a turbine. To cool the turbine, air compressed at the compressor is removed, cooled in at least one cooler flowed through by water, thus generating steam, and introduced into the turbine. At least with the gas turbine installation running, prior to or during the start-up of the water-steam cycle, waste heat, which is contained in the steam generated in the at least one cooler, is used to good effect for pre-heating the installation inside the combined cycle power plant.
203 High efficiency power generation system and system upgrades US14451863 2014-08-05 US09068468B2 2015-06-30 William Edward Simpkin
A thermal/electrical power converter includes a gas turbine with an input couplable to an output of an inert gas thermal power source, a compressor including an output couplable to an input of the inert gas thermal power source, and a generator coupled to the gas turbine. The thermal/electrical power converter also includes a heat exchanger with an input coupled to an output of the gas turbine and an output coupled to an input of the compressor. The heat exchanger includes a series-coupled super-heater heat exchanger, a boiler heat exchanger and a water preheater heat exchanger. The thermal/electrical power converter also includes a reservoir tank and reservoir tank control valves configured to regulate a power output of the thermal/electrical power converter.
204 Method and apparatus for recovering heat and converting it into mechanical power in a drive system for motor vehicles US13530767 2012-06-22 US09051851B2 2015-06-09 Gottfried Raab; Josef Klammer
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.
205 Method for operating a combined cycle power plant US13714568 2012-12-14 US09046037B2 2015-06-02 Stefan Eduard Broesamle; Christoph Ruchti
A method for operating a combined cycle power plant is disclosed, which has a gas turbine installation and a water-steam cycle connected to the gas turbine installation by a waste heat steam generator and has at least one steam turbine, the gas turbine installation includes a compressor, a combustion chamber, and a turbine. To cool the turbine, air compressed at the compressor is removed, cooled in at least one cooler flowed through by water, thus generating steam, and introduced into the turbine. At least with the gas turbine installation running, prior to or during the start-up of the water-steam cycle, waste heat, which is contained in the steam generated in the at least one cooler, is used to good effect for pre-heating the installation inside the combined cycle power plant.
206 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF WASTE HEAT RECOVERY US13905897 2013-05-30 US20140352305A1 2014-12-04 Pierre Sebastien Huck; Matthew Alexander Lehar; Christian Vogel
A novel Rankine cycle system configured to convert waste heat into mechanical and/or electrical energy is provided. In one aspect, the system provided by the present invention comprises a novel configuration of the components of a conventional Rankine cycle system; conduits, ducts, heaters, expanders, heat exchangers, condensers and pumps to provide more efficient energy recovery from a waste heat source. In one aspect, the Rankine cycle system is configured such that an initial waste heat-containing stream is employed to vaporize a first working fluid stream, and a resultant heat depleted waste heat-containing stream and a first portion of an expanded second vaporized working fluid stream are employed to augment heat provided by an expanded first vaporized working fluid stream in the production of a second vaporized working fluid stream. The Rankine cycle system is adapted for the use of supercritical carbon dioxide as the working fluid.
207 HIGH EFFICIENCY POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND SYSTEM UPGRADES US14451863 2014-08-05 US20140338335A1 2014-11-20 William Edward Simpkin
A thermal/electrical power converter includes a gas turbine with an input couplable to an output of an inert gas thermal power source, a compressor including an output couplable to an input of the inert gas thermal power source, and a generator coupled to the gas turbine. The thermal/electrical power converter also includes a heat exchanger with an input coupled to an output of the gas turbine and an output coupled to an input of the compressor. The heat exchanger includes a series-coupled super-heater heat exchanger, a boiler heat exchanger and a water preheater heat exchanger. The thermal/electrical power converter also includes a reservoir tank and reservoir tank control valves configured to regulate a power output of the thermal/electrical power converter.
208 High efficiency power generation system and system upgrades US13971273 2013-08-20 US08826639B2 2014-09-09 William Edward Simpkin
A thermal/electrical power converter includes a gas turbine with an input couplable to an output of an inert gas thermal power source, a compressor including an output couplable to an input of the inert gas thermal power source, and a generator coupled to the gas turbine. The thermal/electrical power converter also includes a heat exchanger with an input coupled to an output of the gas turbine and an output coupled to an input of the compressor. The heat exchanger includes a series-coupled super-heater heat exchanger, a boiler heat exchanger and a water preheater heat exchanger. The thermal/electrical power converter also includes a reservoir tank and reservoir tank control valves configured to regulate a power output of the thermal/electrical power converter.
209 ENERGY-STORING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STORING ENERGY US14346728 2012-09-05 US20140223910A1 2014-08-14 Christian Brunhuber; Carsten Graeber; Gerhard Zimmermann
An energy-storing device with a charging circuit for a working gas for storing thermal energy, comprising a compressor, a heat accumulator, and an expansion turbine is provided. The compressor is connected to the inlet of the expansion turbine at the outlet side of the compressor via a first line for the working gas, and the heat accumulator is connected into the first line. The compressor and the expansion turbine are arranged on a common shaft, and the heat exchanger of the heat accumulator is designed such that the working gas which is expanded in the expansion turbine largely matches the thermodynamic state variables of the working gas prior to entering the compressor. Only a part of the thermal energy is transferred to the heat accumulator in the process. The working gas fed to the expansion turbine remains relatively hot.
210 SYSTEM CONFIGURED TO CONTROL AND POWER A VEHICLE OR VESSEL US14171589 2014-02-03 US20140210255A1 2014-07-31 Jason Craig
A system configured to power a vehicle or vessel. The system may include an enhanced power control system. The enhanced power control system having a distributed architecture such that power conversion and/or management is provided for individual energy supplies and/or system loads. The distributed architecture of the power control system may enhance the power efficiency of the vehicle or vessel. The distributed architecture of the power control system may enable a plurality of different energy supplies and/or system loads to be incorporated into the power system in a selectable, configurable manner. This may facilitate the addition and/or subtraction of energy supplies and/or system loads from the system to customize the vehicle or vessel for a specific use and/or mission without having to reconfigure the power control system as a whole.
211 Waste heat recovery system for recapturing energy after engine aftertreatment systems US13206386 2011-08-09 US08752378B2 2014-06-17 Timothy C. Ernst; Christopher R. Nelson
The disclosure provides a waste heat recovery (WHR) system including a Rankine cycle (RC) subsystem for converting heat of exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine, and an internal combustion engine including the same. The WHR system includes an exhaust gas heat exchanger that is fluidly coupled downstream of an exhaust aftertreatment system and is adapted to transfer heat from the exhaust gas to a working fluid of the RC subsystem. An energy conversion device is fluidly coupled to the exhaust gas heat exchanger and is adapted to receive the vaporized working fluid and convert the energy of the transferred heat. The WHR system includes a control module adapted to control at least one parameter of the RC subsystem based on a detected aftertreatment event of a predetermined thermal management strategy of the aftertreatment system.
212 CASCADED POWER PLANT USING LOW AND MEDIUM TEMPERATURE SOURCE FLUID US14086655 2013-11-21 US20140075937A1 2014-03-20 Dany BATSCHA; Rachel HUBERMAN; Tomer HASHMONAY
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.
213 System configured to control and power a vehicle or vessel US13859577 2013-04-09 US08648490B2 2014-02-11 Jason Craig
A system configured to power a vehicle or vessel. The system may include an enhanced power control system. The enhanced power control system having a distributed architecture such that power conversion and/or management is provided for individual energy supplies and/or system loads. The distributed architecture of the power control system may enhance the power efficiency of the vehicle or vessel. The distributed architecture of the power control system may enable a plurality of different energy supplies and/or system loads to be incorporated into the power system in a selectable, configurable manner. This may facilitate the addition and/or subtraction of energy supplies and/or system loads from the system to customize the vehicle or vessel for a specific use and/or mission without having to reconfigure the power control system as a whole.
214 Controlled organic rankine cycle system for recovery and conversion of thermal energy US12529539 2008-03-03 US08528333B2 2013-09-10 Victor Juchymenko
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.
215 METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANT WITH COGENERATION, AND A COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANT FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD US13863557 2013-04-16 US20130227958A1 2013-09-05 Francois Droux; Dario Ugo Breschi; Karl Reyser; Stefan Rofka; Johannes Wick
The invention relates to a method for operating a combined-cycle power plant with cogeneration, in which method combustion air is inducted in at least one gas turbine, is compressed and is fed to at least one combustion chamber for combustion of a fuel, and the resultant exhaust gas is expanded in at least one turbine producing work, and in which method the exhaust gas which emerges from the at least one turbine is fed through a heat recovery steam generator in order to generate steam, which heat recovery steam generator is part of a water-steam circuit with at least one steam turbine, a condenser, a feedwater tank and a feedwater pump, wherein heat is produced by extraction of steam from the at least one steam turbine. In a method such as this, simple decoupling of heat and electricity production, which is advantageous for operation, is achieved in that the steam can be selectively extracted from the at least one steam turbine as low-pressure steam or intermediate-pressure steam, and in that the steam extraction is switched from low-pressure steam to intermediate-pressure steam in order to restrict the electricity production.
216 POWER GENERATING SYSTEM US13520641 2010-09-28 US20120272650A1 2012-11-01 Hiroshi Ogata
The present invention relates to a power generating system which can recover exhaust heat from a working fluid of a fluid coupling and utilize the recovered exhaust heat to generate power. In the power generating system, water is supplied to a boiler (1) by a feed pump (BP) to generate steam, a steam turbine (2) is driven by using the generated steam to generate power, the steam discharged from the steam turbine (2) is condensed in a condenser (4), and then the condensed water is resupplied to the boiler (1) by the feed pump (BP). The power generating system includes a fluid coupling (10) provided between the feed pump (BP) and a motor (M) to transmit a torque from the motor (M) to the feed pump (BP) by a working fluid, and the condensed water supplied from the condenser (4) is heated by the working fluid discharged from the fluid coupling (10).
217 WASTE HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM FOR RECAPTURING ENERGY AFTER ENGINE AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEMS US13206386 2011-08-09 US20120036850A1 2012-02-16 Timothy C. ERNST; Christopher R. NELSON
The disclosure provides a waste heat recovery (WHR) system including a Rankine cycle (RC) subsystem for converting heat of exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine, and an internal combustion engine including the same. The WHR system includes an exhaust gas heat exchanger that is fluidly coupled downstream of an exhaust aftertreatment system and is adapted to transfer heat from the exhaust gas to a working fluid of the RC subsystem. An energy conversion device is fluidly coupled to the exhaust gas heat exchanger and is adapted to receive the vaporized working fluid and convert the energy of the transferred heat. The WHR system includes a control module adapted to control at least one parameter of the RC subsystem based on a detected aftertreatment event of a predetermined thermal management strategy of the aftertreatment system.
218 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING STEAM WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF EFFICIENCY US13138700 2010-03-17 US20120012280A1 2012-01-19 Bernd Gromoll
Steam is produced from a working medium of a steam generator, e.g., a waste heat steam generator, a Kalina steam generator or an ORC steam generator, using a thermal generator mounted upstream from the steam generator. To evaporate the working medium, the steam generator uses a hot heat transmitting medium that is heated in the thermal generator before being supplied to the steam generator, thereby increasing the efficiency of the steam generator. The residual or waste heat of an industrial plant or a geothermal plant using geothermal energy is used, for example, as a heat source for the thermal generator
219 Method and system for producing power from a source of steam US11347309 2006-02-06 US07797940B2 2010-09-21 Uri Kaplan
The present invention provides a power plant system for producing power using a source of steam, comprising: a vaporizer into which steam from a source of steam is supplied, for vaporizing organic working fluid flowing through the vaporizer; at least one turbine wherein one of the turbines is an organic vapor turbine to which the vaporized working fluid is supplied and which is suitable for generating electricity and producing expanded organic vapor; a recuperator for heating organic vapor condensate flowing towards the vaporizer the expanded organic vapor exhausted from the organic vapor turbine; and two or more stages of preheating means for additionally heating organic working fluid exiting the recuperator and flowing towards the vaporizer, wherein fluid extracted from one of the turbines is delivered to one of the stages of preheating means.
220 Highly Efficient Heat Cycle Device US11579268 2004-06-01 US20080028766A1 2008-02-07 Noboru Masada
A high-efficient heat cycle device formed by combining a heat engine (A) with a refrigerating machine (J), wherein steam (Eg) generated in a boiler (B) is cooled by a condenser (Y1) after driving turbine (S2), built up by a pump (P2), and circulated into the boiler (B) in the form of high-pressure condensate. Refrigerant gas (Fg) compressed by a compressor (C) is passed through the radiating side of a heat exchanger (7) for cooling after driving the turbine (S) to output a work (W1), and built up by a pump (P1) to form high-pressure refrigerant liquid. The high-pressure refrigerant liquid drives a reaction water-turbine (K) to output a work (W2) and is expanded and vaporized to form refrigerant gas. The refrigerant gas is led into the compressor (C) after being passed through the heat absorbing side of the heat exchanger (7) and the condenser (Y1) for heating.
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