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5531073 Rankine cycle power plant utilizing organic working fluid  
A Rankine cycle power plant includes a pair of multistage turbine modules each of which has an input for receiving vaporized working fluid and an output shaft, and each of which is responsive to...
5519998 Apparatus for introducing feed water into a combined-cycle power station  
An apparatus for introducing feed water into a steam generator, preferably into a waste-heat boiler of a combined-cycle power station having at least one waste-heat boiler, includes at least one...
5461863 Transducer for converting linear energy to rotational energy  
Multiple steam powered cylinders reciprocate to pivot arms back and forth connected to output drive shafts through one way clutches with the output drive shafts being interconnected through gears...
5450821 Multi-stage combustion system for externally fired power plants  
A multi-stage combustion apparatus and method for use with externally fired power plants that allows the temperature of the heat released at any stage to be matched to the thermal characteristics...
5448889 Method of and apparatus for producing power using compressed air  
A method for producing power comprises compressing gas from an ambient source during a first period of time; storing the compressed gas in a storage reservoir; and supplying said compressed gas...
5379588 Reheat steam cycle for a steam and gas turbine combined cycle system  
A combined cycle power system is disclosed in which condensate from a steam turbine is reheated in at least one heat recovery steam generator by exhaust gas from at least one gas turbine, and...
5347814 Steam system in a multiple boiler plant  
A boiler plant, comprising at least a first boiler and a second boiler. The first boiler comprises a first superheater and a first reheater for generation and heating of steam. The second boiler...
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)...
5327726 Staged furnaces for firing coal pyrolysis gas and char  
A pyrolyzer unit and two-staged furnaces are provided in a compact furnace assembly for combusting coal to generate power. Coal is reacted in the pyrolyzer to produce a clean hot fuel gas and char....
5319934 Combined gas turbine and steam turbine power plant for high efficiency use of low grade coal  
A power generating system for processing and converting low grade coal to electrical power comprises apparatus for grinding a stream of coal into fine powder, separating the coal into high grade...
5311741 Hybrid electric power generation  
A new hybrid electric power production cycle is revealed, which utilizes hot, dry-rock, geothermal energy to produce dry, saturated steam, and utilizes natural gas or other fossil fuel to superheat...
5272879 Multi-system power generator  
A geothermal power system utilizes a fluid refrigerant capable of changing phase between liquid and gaseous states. The system includes a heat exchanger exposed to a heat source such as earth,...
5228293 Low temperature solar-to-electric power conversion system  
The apparatus is a low-temperature solar to electric power conversion system. A solar collector directs solar insolation to a cavity receiver which heats primary thermal transport fluid to...
5181381 Power plant with dual pressure reheat system for process steam supply flexibility  
A power plant having multiple steam boilers for supplying steam for processing and for powering a turbine generator comprises a steam turbine having first and second stages, a steam powered...
5111662 Gas/steam power station plant  
In a gas/steam power station plant, which consists essentially of at least one fossil-fired internal combustion engine (2), at least one steam circuit (1) and at least one heat exchanger (3), the...
5109665 Waste heat recovery boiler system  
A waste heat recovery boiler system has a plurality of waste heat recovery boilers each having a main steam generator and a reheater capable of generating main steam and reheat steam by heat...
5038567 Method of and means for using a two-phase fluid for generating power in a rankine cycle power plant  
A method for using a two-phase fluid includes separating the fluid into its two phases, oen of which is a hot gas containing energy in the form of latent heat, and one of which is a hot liquid...
5029443 Method and device for the generation of steam and power for the start-up and/or auxiliary operation of a steam power station  
A method and device for generating steam and electric power for the start-up and/or auxiliary operation of a steam power station include at least one start-up gas turbine, a generator driven by the...
4942736 Method of and apparatus for producing power from solar energy  
The present invention provides a method of and apparatus for producing power from solar energy wherein a solar collector heats gas supplied to a gas turbine; compressors compress the gas, the gas...
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...
4894989 Heater for a stirling engine  
A heater for use with a Stirling engine and a method for heating a working fluid for a Stirling engine is disclosed. The heater has a burner, heater tubes disposed in the burner, a space formed...
4870823 Low load operation of steam turbines  
In the operation of a turbine system composed of apparatus (6,12,14,16) for generating steam and a turbine first stage (4) having inlet nozzles connected to be supplied with steam from the steam...
4860696 Apparatus for controlling boiler system  
The output vapor pressure of a boiler system is controlled by selectively starting or stopping a plurality of boiler units (#1 to #4) shiftable between a high combustion state to a low combustion...
4760706 Method and system for current generation  
Method and system for generating electric power utilizing a coolant circuit, in which a coolant is evaporated at a lower level position, allowed to rise via tubing to a higher level position,...
4757687 System for current generation  
An electric power generating system includes a substantially conically tapering tower adapted to provide for the condensation of a vaporized fluid which has risen to the top of the tower. The...
4753079 Evaporating apparatus  
An evaporating apparatus comprising a high temperature side evaporator and a low temperature side evaporator connected in series in a flowing direction of a heat source, a first and second pipe...
4745758 System for economic unit load distribution during process load transition  
In a plant including a multiplicity of energy conversion units which together supply load upon demand to a given process through a common junction, a system is included to economically optimize the...
4697424 Power generation system  
A system wherein a fluid is agitated by microwave frequency to produce motive power. A fluid, preferably the refrigerant CHClF, is cycled within a closed system. From a holding tank, the fluid, in...
4686832 Integrated fuel cleaning and power generation  
Disclosed is a method for the generation of electricity or propulsive power from fossil-fuels which combines fuel cleaning with a thermodynamic cycle utilizing two or more combustors which fire the...
4674285 Start-up control system and vessel for LMFBR  
A reflux condensing start-up system comprises a steam generator, a start-up vessel connected parallel to the steam generator, a main steam line connecting steam outlets of the steam generator and...
4644751 Integrated fuel-cell/steam plant for electrical generation  
An electrical generating plant of high efficiency utilizes a conventional steam plant powered by a fossil fuel such as coal, gas or oil, in internal integration with a high temperature solid-oxide...
4628212 Oceano-thermosteric power plant  
An oceano-thermosteric power plant is provided with plural evaporators and plural condensers, alternate parts of which are not operated at night and in winter on light load and hence a high...
4586339 Thermal energy conversion  
In heat transfer from a warm water source, efficiency is improved in a thermal energy conversion (TEC) by increasing the temperature of heat supplied to a turbine system substantially above the...
4574590 High temperature engine and seal  
A method and apparatus for better sealing a piston to its cylinder, to effectively eliminate efficiency loss due to leakage of the high-temperature, high pressure driving gas around the edges of...
4559785 Boiler control  
Boiler optimization is included in on-line control of parallel boilers by multiplying the total heat per unit time which must be supplied to all parallel boilers by the percentage of the total heat...
4545208 Method of operating an industrial furnace  
The disclosure relates to a method of operating an industrial furnace which is heated by recuperator burners from which the exhaust gases are extracted via steam jet injectors. The exhaust...
4541247 Steam turbine gland seal control system  
A high pressure steam turbine having a sealing gland where the turbine rotor penetrates the casing of the turbine. Under certain conditions the gland is sealed by an auxiliary steam supply, and...
4516402 Limitless and limited heat sources power plants  
A method to draw the thermal energy from essentially limitless heat sources, such as the ocean or the atmosphere and limited heat sources such as the combustion of fossil fuels, is provided for the...
4462213 Solar-wind energy conversion system  
A combined solar-wind energy conversion system in which the combined effects of solar and wind energy are utilized in raising water from a lower to an upper water storage tank to increase its...
4455835 Thermal energy storage and recovery apparatus and method for a fossil fuel-fired vapor generator  
Apparatus and method for storing excess thermal energy of a fossil fuel-fired vapor generator during low demand periods and for recovering the stored thermal energy for use during high demand...
4452046 System for the obtaining of energy by fluid flows resembling a natural cyclone or anti-cyclone  
A system for obtaining energy by means of fluid flows resembling those of a natural cyclone or anti-cyclone comprises a cyclonic conversion tower constituted by a group of convectors all situated...
4442678 Vapor generating and vapor superheating installations  
A vapor generating and vapor superheating installation for marine propulsion purposes, and a method of operating such an installation. The installation including a vapor generating and vapor...
4438630 Method and system for maintaining operating temperatures in a molten salt co-generating unit  
A method of operating a co-generating steam supply system having two units, the second of which utilizes a molten-salt primary heat transfer fluid, is disclosed for utilizing the steam produced by...
4428203 Power generation using fractionation column reboiler systems  
A process is disclosed for generating steam or electrical power from surplus heat transferred to the total bottoms liquid of a fractionation column. Preferably the reboiler of the column is...
4428201 Power generation with fractionator overhead vapor stream  
A method is disclosed for recovering useful energy from the overhead stream of a fractionation column. A high efficiency for the overall process is achieved by first removing heat from the overhead...
4421068 Optimization of steam distribution  
A system and process is provided for controlling a steam generation and distribution system including a plurality of headers. Each of the headers is coupled to steam using devices such as steam...
4418541 Boiler loading system  
A boiler loading system is disclosed which is used for loading one of a plurality of boilers in a power plant to satisfy a load demand. Each of the boilers is continuously monitored for an optimum...
4398391 Solar energy conversion apparatus provided with an automatic cut-in heat-supplying standby apparatus  
An improved solar energy conversion apparatus for effectively converting solar radiation thermal energy, on a high-efficiency basis, into captive stored thermal energy in a captive working medium...
4372124 Recovery of power from the vaporization of natural gas  
Power is recovered from the vaporization of liquefied natural gas by liquefying a multicomponent refrigerant. The liquefied multicomponent refrigerant is then pressurized, vaporized and expanded in...
4347702 Power system  
A vapor cycle power system in which the low level heat source is furnished by water or air via the medium of a compression cycle heat pump, and subsequent higher temperature level heat energies are...
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