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8151569 |
System and method for transmitting thermal energy
A system and method for transmitting thermal energy. The system includes an intake for introducing air at a first temperature; an exhaust for exhausting the air, the exhaust being provided at a...
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7882703 |
System and method for deployment of a cold water pipe
A cold water pumping system comprises a center tube and a cold water pipe surrounding the center tube. The cold water pipe is supported from a bottom end of the center tube and an impeller is...
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7877999 |
Power generation and space conditioning using a thermodynamic engine driven through environmental heating and cooling
A thermodynamic engine is configured to convert heat provided in the form of a temperature difference to a nonheat form of energy. Heat is directed through a heating loop in thermal contact with a...
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7810330 |
Power generation using thermal gradients maintained by phase transitions
Power is generated from an ambient environment through the use of thermodynamic engines. A thermodynamic engine is disposed in the ambient environment and converts heat provided in the form of a...
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7735321 |
OTEC cold water pipe system
A system for relieving the stress on an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) cold water pipe includes a slidable joint that couples the OTEC cold water pipe to a surge tank at an opening in the...
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7726129 |
Stirling cycle engine
An intermediate duct (108) is connected between first and second positive displacement machines (104, 106). An inlet duct (107) is connected to the first positive displacement machine (104). An...
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7718887 |
Apparatus and method for harnessing heat energy
Apparatus and method for harnessing heat energy uses at least one thermally conductive material in communication with a heat collecting material in order to conduct heat from a first region of the...
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7621129 |
Power generation system
A geothermal power system for production of power, and in particular electrical energy, utilizing naturally occurring geothermal energy sources and a method for identifying and converting manmade...
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7581592 |
System and method for the manufacture of fuel, fuelstock or fuel additives
A method and system is provided relating to the production of ethanol or other renewable bio-fuels on a mass, large scale basis while maintaining a positive energy balance. In one example, the...
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7498087 |
Vapour turbine
Vapor turbine operating with geothermal vapors containing corrosive agents such as chlorides and/or sulfides in particular. The turbine comprises a series of rotor blades made of a nickel alloy...
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7469541 |
Portable power system
A remote and portable, hybrid power system comprising one or more of the following components: a solar system, batteries, a back-up generator, a wind energy system, and a communications system. The...
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7340897 |
Method of and apparatus for producing power from a heat source
A method for producing power from a heat source comprises the steps of: heating an intermediate fluid with heat from the heat source and producing a vaporized intermediate fluid in an intermediate...
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7328578 |
Integrated OTEC platform
An integrated platform to house an ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) system that utilizes: (i) a cold water circuit consisting of a way of receiving and distributing the cold water from the...
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7249459 |
Fluid machine for converting heat energy into mechanical rotational force
A fluid machine according to the present invention has an expansion device for collecting waste heat from an internal combustion engine and converting the collected heat energy into mechanical...
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7225620 |
Diffusion driven water purification apparatus and process
An apparatus for purifying water, such as for desalinization, includes a source of a heated air stream, the heated air stream having a temperature above an ambient temperature. A diffusion tower...
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7168251 |
Wind energy turbine
A wind energy turbine includes a tower, a nacelle rotatably supported by the tower, a rotor rotatably supported by the nacelle, and at least one unit to be cooled and arranged in the tower and/or...
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7150153 |
Renewable portable stored energy power generating apparatus with alternate water source capability
A renewable portable stored energy generating apparatus is provided, comprising a fully contained and stand-alone container. The container includes one or more storage batteries for providing...
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7062911 |
Natural thermo-carrier heat release system
A natural thermo-carrier heat release system that provides open or closed temperature regulation on an object with temperature delta to receive the heat release based on the work principle of...
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6962052 |
Energy generation mechanism device and system
The present invention is converting any environmental heat into a useful form of energy, by utilizing kinetic energy of randomly moving particles, by use a mechanism which selectively block...
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6962053 |
Wind power plant comprising a seawater desalination system
A wind power plant with a tower, a gondola carried by the latter so as to rotate about an axis and a rotor mounted in the gondola, the tower containing an evaporator and a vapor compressor...
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6945049 |
Regasification system and method
The present invention provides a novel regasification method and system in which the evaporative coolant is forced through an evaporation and condensation cycle, allowing control of the evaporative...
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6851260 |
Shape memory alloy actuator
A shape memory alloy actuator comprising a body (1) connected through an arm (5) with an activating member (15), the body (1) being arranged for rotation around a pivot (2) and connected to a first...
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6831221 |
System and method for power generation
A method for powering a vehicle comprises, in one embodiment, receiving infrared radiation emitted as heat from a roadway surface, and converting energy of the infrared radiation to a form of...
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6688105 |
Iceberg utilization process improvement
Improvements to a process for moving icebergs from Antartica to arid destinations wherein the iceberg is thermally insulated on bottom and sides with kelp grown into mats, pushed with a subtug...
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6536215 |
Method for optimally operating co-generation of electricity and heat and optimally operating district heating power plant
A method for optimally operating co-generation of electricity and heat in which the district heating power range is divided to a lower range and a higher range is characterized in that base load...
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6438957 |
Piezoelectric power generating arrangement activated by elements caused to rotate by natural energy source
A piezoelectric power generating arrangement activated by elements caused to rotate by a natural energy source, includes a plurality of bristles; a plurality of piezoelectric elements in...
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6434941 |
Ordinary temperature heat engine
A room temperature heat engine, wherein only one pipe structure for connecting a high pressure part to a low pressure part, which is a fatal structural defect of the room temperature heat engine...
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6422016 |
Energy generating system using differential elevation
A system generates energy using the difference in elevation between an upper elevation (e.g., at the top of a mountain) and a lower one (e.g., at or near the bottom of the mountain.) The system...
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6367258 |
Method and apparatus for vaporizing liquid natural gas in a combined cycle power plant
A method and apparatus for increasing the efficiency of a combined cycle generation plant by assisting the vaporization of cold liquid including liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) or liquefied pet...
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6301893 |
Method and apparatus for converting natural heat energy into another form of energy
A method and apparatus for converting natural heat energy into another form of energy is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: (a) exposing one end of a superconductor body to a source of...
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6301894 |
Geothermal power generator
A geothermal power generation system having an input well extending from the surface into a hot rock strata and an output well spaced away from the input well extending from the surface into the...
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6276140 |
Device to generate energy through a turbo engine
An apparatus for the generation of energy by means of a fluid-flow machine is described, for the drive of which a compressor arrangement for compressing a compressible medium, preferably air, is...
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6240729 |
Converting thermal energy to mechanical motion
An apparatus for converting thermal energy to mechanical motion including a frame mounted onto an axle above a heat source. A flow circuit including at least three elongate chambers connected by...
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6167704 |
Energy generation device
Method, device and system for converting the kinetic energy of randomly moving particles into a usable form of mechanical energy. The device (74) includes a cylinder (75) which supports selectively...
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6164247 |
Intermediate fluid type vaporizer, and natural gas supply method using the vaporizer
An intermediate fluid type vaporizer has an intermediate fluid evaporator for containing an intermediate fluid. The intermediate fluid evaporator includes heat source tubes for evaporating the...
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6089022 |
Regasification of liquefied natural gas (LNG) aboard a transport vessel
A system and a method for regasifing LNG aboard a carrier vessel before the re-vaporized natural gas is transferred to shore. The pressure of the LNG is boosted substantially while the LNG is in...
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6076354 |
Power generator driven by environment's heat
If rotor blades have such form that between them are formed channels which have between their inlets and outlets a narrow cross section, then when the rotor rotates a fluid flowing from the inlet...
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6073448 |
Method and apparatus for steam generation from isothermal geothermal reservoirs
A geothermal energy conversion system extracts heat from a heat source below the Earth's surface, which has a temperature above that of a fluid circulating through a closed system. A geothermal...
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5924287 |
Domestic energy supply system
An energy supply system which utilizes a vaporizing chamber containing a vaporisable liquid. A heat source is supplied to vaporize the liquid which drives an engine to produce mechanical energy. A...
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5775107 |
Solar powered electrical generating system
A solar powered electrical generating system (10) comprising a continuous hydraulic circuit (12) carrying a liquid (14) therethrough. A boiler (16) is fluidly connected to a first side of the...
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5099648 |
Hydraulic air compressor and turbine apparatus
Hydraulic air compressor and turbine apparatus includes a hydraulic air compressor having an air intake disposed above the water intake for entraining air in falling water, and the output of the...
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5009069 |
Method of recovering energy from ocean water
A conduit extends from a platform on the surface of the ocean into cold deep ocean water containing dissolved gases. Sufficient water is drawn from the top of the conduit to cause the gas...
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4878349 |
Atmospheric latent heat engine
An atmospheric latent heat engine has a passageway extending from a converging entrance nozzle upward to an exit at a substantially higher elevation. Turbo generators, arranged within the...
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4742682 |
Energy-saving, direct-contact, parallel-flow heat exchanger
An energy-saving, direct-contact parallel-flow heat exchanger includes a vertically oriented tower open at the top and bottom for defining a gas-flow conduit. A spray-head adjacent to the top of...
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4541246 |
Limitless heat source power plants
A method of employing the thermal energy from essentially limitless sources, such as the ocean or the atmosphere, to produce mechanical work or electricity by power plants wherein; the fluid from...
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4507916 |
Wind generating means
A system for obtaining air movement is disclosed which includes a dome which is supported a spaced distance above the earth to provide for the inlet of air from a location outside the dome. A...
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4475342 |
Method and means for lifting water and generating power therefrom
Water is raised from a lower to a higher level by creating an air/water-droplet environment which is effective to establish a pressure head that imparts an upward velocity to the air in excess of...
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4455834 |
Windmill power apparatus and method
Air compressed by a windmill-driven compressor is stored as liquid in an underground cryogenic insulated tank. Pressurized air released from the tank is vaporized by a refrigerant circuit, heated,...
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4444015 |
Method for recovering power according to a cascaded Rankine cycle by gasifying liquefied natural gas and utilizing the cold potential
The present invention discloses a method for recovering effective energy as power between liquefied natural gas and a high temperature source by cascading two kinds of Rankine cycles when the...
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4433552 |
Apparatus and method for recovering atmospheric moisture
An apparatus and method for recovering atmospheric moisture utilizing a wind driven electrical generator for powering a mechanical refrigeration system for condensing atmospheric moisture. A...
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