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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
4377071 Solar energy power station  
A solar power station has a heat source in the form of the heat storage layer of a solar pond, a heat sink in the form of the wind-mixed layer of the pond covering the halocline interposed between...
4344286 Energy converter machine  
An energy convertor machine generally includes an elongated member and at least two sets of one or more elastomeric bag members, each elastomeric bag member having a liquid with a low vaporization...
4299198 Wind power conversion and control system  
A combination wind rotor and output energy transducer to provide output energy from the system and to automatically regulate the wind rotor at all wind velocities to thereby allow the wind rotor to...
4281514 Apparatus for the production of energy and method for utilizing the pressure and/or temperature conditions in deep waters  
Apparatus for the production of energy and method for utilizing the pressure and/or temperature conditions in deep waters, particularly in the sea, for the production of energy. Two similar tanks...
4269030 Power plant optimization control  
Fouling which occurs in the heat exchangers of a thermal energy conversion power plant causes the heat transfer between the circulating fluid and working fluid to be degraded, diminishing the...
4230963 Hydro-thermic energy converter  
A hydro-thermic energy converter capable to convert thermal energy contained in hot water in mechanical energy by utilizing the low Curie-temperature property of ferromagnetic alloys in a...
4215551 Environmentally assisted heating and cooling system  
A heating and cooling system comprises a first reservoir containing liquid at an elevated temperature, solar collecting means exposed to solar radiation for collecting solar energy and means...
4211084 Conversion of energy by means of tethered whirlwinds  
Various low grade forms of energy, particularly superadiabatic ground level air, are used to power a whirlwind. The whirlwind is tethered in a fixed place by confinement of the formative whirl from...
4207034 Pump without motoric drive  
A heat operated pump comprising: a boiler containing a driving fluid; means for heating said driving fluid in said boiler; condenser means; a pumping chamber including a flexible...
4206608 Natural energy conversion, storage and electricity generation system  
An apparatus and method for utilizing natural energy in the production of electricity having an alternating current is disclosed wherein the natural energy is utilized to pressurize hydraulic...
4099381 Geothermal and solar integrated energy transport and conversion system  
An energy transport and conversion system for conducting geothermal energy over extended distances without loss of the geothermal energy so as to permit efficient conversion of geothermal energy at...
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