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6205814 Apparatus and method for producing liquid nitrogen  
Liquid nitrogen producing apparatus and method. Solar energy is used to heat liquid mercury which expands and applies pressure to an incompressible fluid which in turn drives a piston in a...
6141949 Process and apparatus using solar energy in a gas and steam power station  
In order to create a process for using solar energy in a gas and steam power station, which incorporates a gas turbine circuit and a steam turbine circuit for converting thermal energy into...
6128903 Solar portable steam engine  
This Device is a simplified Solar Steam Engine. It consists of a sole reciprocating piston within a slotted cylinder. A piston actuating arm extends through the slot to provide the power take off....
6093884 Solar cell module, solar cell array having the module, power generation apparatus using the array, and inspection method and construction method of the apparatus  
For facilitating work and improving durability of a grounding conductor without a need for preparation of a separate grounding conductor for grounding a solar cell array, a solar cell array is...
6022080 Process and system for the solution mining of evaporites and preparation of saline solutions  
A process and a system for the solution mining of evaporites and preparation of the obtained saline solution and in particular for the dissolution of salts, evaporation and cooling of the obtained...
5983634 Solar energy powerplant with mobile reflector walls  
A solar energy powerplant is described which involves a system of mobile reflector walls. The powerplant comprises: a group of four or more vertical towers open at both ends, said towers being...
5953917 Thermo-volumetric motor  
A thermo-volumetric motor (10) includes a continuous incompressible fluid path in the form of a hydraulic oil path (12), a continuous compressible fluid path in the form of a refrigerant path (14),...
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...
5899071 Adaptive thermal controller for heat engines  
A solar to mechanical or electric power conversion system which has a controller that varies the speed of a cooling fan and cooling fluid pump fan in accordance with the available solar energy...
5884481 Heat engine heater assembly  
A heater assembly for a heat engine designed to utilize solar energy and heat produced by combustion of a fuel such as natural gas. A receiver housing allows concentrated solar energy to be...
5857322 Hybrid solar and fuel fired electrical generating system  
An electric power generation system combines a gas turbine generator with a solar power plant and utilizes the gas turbine exhaust for steam superheating and feed water heating only. The solar...
5809784 Method and apparatus for converting radiation power into mechanical power  
A method and apparatus for converting radiation power, especially solar radiation, into mechanical power. A piston is provided that is movable in a cylinder accompanied by the formation of a...
5806317 Method and device for solar steam generation  
Steam is generated by conducting a medium through a line which is exposed to solar irradiation. The line has a starting point where a medium supply line issues into the line. The heated medium is...
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...
5755102 Method of and means for producing power using concentrated brine  
A hygroscopic power plant utilizes low salinity liquid (e.g., sea water having a salinity of about 4%) and a source of high salinity liquid (e.g., brine having a salinity of about 38%) for...
5727379 Hybid solar and fuel fired electrical generating system  
An electric power generation system combines a gas turbine generator with a solar power plant and utilizes the gas turbine exhaust for steam superheating and feed water heating only. The solar...
5685151 U.S. solar power supply  
A method and apparatus for collecting, converting, storing and using solar energy includes solar energy concentrating apparatus, a first apparatus containing a first fluid for transferring heat...
5551237 Methods for producing hydroelectric power  
A process of converting steam to hydro-electric power through a process of allowing steam to displace water from a tank for operating a turbine or pelton wheel. The process allows hydro-electric...
5548957 Recovery of power from low level heat sources  
A system based on a refrigeration cycle for converting low grade heat into useful work. A plurality of pressure vessels are interconnected with a common high pressure feed manifold and a common low...
5518554 Cascade process heat conversion system  
This invention discloses a solar energy system wherein some of the waste heat of a thermophotovoltaic system is made to operate a thermionic power generator. The waste heat of the thermionic power...
5512145 Energy conversion system  
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for converting energy to hydrogen gas using an electrolyzer and a metal alloy hydride tank for hydrogen storage, wherein a passive load matching...
5444972 Solar-gas combined cycle electrical generating system  
A design of a power plant which uses hydrocarbon fuels in conjunction with solar power to produce electricity. The power plant consists of an array of heliostats for concentrating sunlight on a...
5419135 Space-based power generator  
A power generation system for use in outer space includes a radiation receiver disposed for receiving energy from solar, stellar or planetary heat radiation. The radiation receiver includes at...
5337562 Stirling engine  
In a Stirling engine having a housing chamber (1) which is divided by a reciprocating gas-permeable regenerator plate (4) into two part chambers (6, 7), of which one can be heated and the second is...
5335497 Rotary Stirling cycle engine  
A rotary Stirling cycle engine which has a pair of hollow chambers (20) each having an elliptical rotor (30) positioned inside and rotatably sealed to the chambers inner walls. A crankshaft (40)...
5308187 Parking lot pavement for making hot precombustion air for a fossil fuel burner  
A method of making hot air in the range of 200 degrees (F) from the sunlight striking the paved surface of a parking lot is described. The transparent surface is above an opaque surface forming a...
5246350 High efficiency solar powered pumping system  
A high efficiency solar powered water pumping system (10) includes a solar collector (12) for heating and vaporizing a working fluid. The vaporized working fluid is passed to a motor and valve...
5220792 Method of and means for extracting heat from a hot fluid containing foreign material that interferes with heat transfer  
A method is provided for extracting heat from a hot liquid containing scaling material whose solubility is proportional to the temperature of the liquid. The method includes providing a pond...
5214921 Multiple reflection solar energy absorber  
This invention the multiple reflection solar energy absorber makes possible the direct absorption of solar energy into a transparent working fluid, thereby heating the fluid and discharging it...
5163821 Solar thermal powered water pump  
A solar powered water pump combines an evacuated tubular solar collector array for heating air with a diaphragm type pump by providing an internal heat exchanger in the manifold of the collector...
5123247 Solar roof collector  
A solar roof collector comprising a plate collector with a plurality of transparent conduits to channel a thin film of water from an insulated reservoir in order to increase the temperature of...
5113659 Solar thermal energy receiver  
A plurality of heat pipes in a shell receive concentrated solar energy and transfer the energy to a heat activated system. To provide for even distribution of the energy despite uneven impingement...
5103646 Solar and wind powered generator  
A wind powered device incorporates a solar furnace and vortex generator to provide additional power and boost the efficiency of the complete system. Two concentric dome assemblies connected by a...
5005360 Solar energy system for generating electricity  
A solar energy system for generating electricity. The system tracks the sun during the day to produce a concentrated beam of light which is focused through a fixed opening in a heat storage...
4982569 Parallel hybrid system for generating power  
An intermitently operable non-fuel-consuming power generator, such as a photovoltaic array or a wind generator, is connected through a control circuit to a battery for charging the same and...
4947825 Solar concentrator - radiator assembly  
A combined solar concentrator and radiator assembly (10) is provided in a relatively lightweight and compact geometry adapted particularly for use in electrical power generation systems in space....
4945731 Absorbing fluid receiver for solar dynamic power generation and solar dynamic power system  
A receiver is described for a solar dynamic power generator. The generator has a heat cycle engine to generate power. The receiver has a working fluid including a radiant eneryg absorber selected...
4926643 Closed loop system with regenerative heating and pump-driven recirculation of a working fluid  
A closed loop thermodynamic system that recirculates a vaporizable working fluid between its liquid and vapor states includes a thermal regeneration unit that receives exhausted working fluid after...
4922720 Solar liquid heating system  
A solar heating system for heating fluid enclosed in a waterproof, heatable flexible bag held in a support which can be a cavity in the earth, insulated from ambient temperatures by alternate...
4910963 Solar energy process  
Solar energy produces electric current which powers an electrolysis unit and a cryogenic cooling unit. Gaseous hydrogen and gaseous oxygen are liquified in the cooling unit and pumped into...
4896507 Solar power system  
A solar power system includes a solar concentrator and a power conversion unit for converting direct solar energy from the concentrator to electrical energy to power appropriate loads. The power...
4884953 Solar powered pump with electrical generator  
A compressed gas engine is adapted for pumping ground water. The engine is powered by a low temperature heat source provided with a hydridable metal and hydrogen arranged operatively in a sealed...
4881372 Stirling engine  
A Stirling engine includes a heater device for collecting solar radiation energy, a heater tube disposed in the heater device and connecting the expansion space and the compression space of...
4876854 Solar energy thermally powered electrical generating system  
A thermally powered electrical generating system for use in a space vehicle is disclosed. The rate of storage in a thermal energy storage medium is controlled by varying the rate of generation and...
4841731 Electrical energy production apparatus  
A solar-powered system for supplying large quantitites of usable power consists of an array of photo-voltaic cells which drive an electrolysis generator in which water is converted into oxygen and...
4830092 Heat enhancers and salt purifiers for thermal energy storage canister  
A solar collector thermal power system 10 which includes thermal energy storage units (22) containing thermal energy storage canisters (28) with the associated heat enhancers and purifiers. A fluid...
4821516 Stirling cycle engine  
A Stirling cycle engine includes a cylinder and a displacer piston received in the cylinder. The cylinder has a cylinder head for receiving external heat radiation. The cylinder head is made of a...
4781173 Evaporating device and electric supply station provided with such an evaporating device  
An evaporating device comprises sets of solar heating units of a type having an insulated oblong room provided at the top with a slit, a mirror structure mounted on said room and a pipe extending...
4781018 Solar thermal propulsion unit  
This invention relates to a space vehicle 10 in which solar radiation is utilized to generate thrust by virtue of a solar thermal propulsion unit 12. The propulsion unit comprises basically...
4765914 Method of and apparatus for reduction of turbidity in a body of fluid  
The turbidity of a fluid is reduced by adding a treatment solution containing a flocculation agent to said fluid. The treatment solution has a density different from that of the fluid. It is added...
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