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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 temperature differential to a nonheat form of energy. Conditions in the... | 10/12/2010 |
| 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 components are disposed on a platform that is portable and transport... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7352074 | System for producing hydrogen making use of a stream of water A system for producing hydrogen from water, making use of a stream of water such as a gulf stream or tidal stream, includes a number of submerged modules, each having a turbine that can be driven by the stream of water. The turbine is coupled to a generator for gene... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 fluid heater/vaporizer. Heat from the vaporized intermediate fluid va... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331178 | Hybrid generation with alternative fuel sources A generating facility is provided for generating electricity from both solar and non-solar energy sources. The solar generating portion of the facility includes capability to directly generate electricity from solar insolation, or to store the solar energy in a tang... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 cold water pipe (CWP) to vertical conduits housing the condensers into ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329962 | Hydrocratic generator A mixing apparatus for mixing relatively low salinity fluid with relatively high salinity fluid comprises a housing having an upper end and a lower end, a fluid inlet at or near the lower end, and a fluid outlet at or near the upper end, wherein the relatively high ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320348 | Forest rejuvenation and preservation A method of rejuvenating and preserving a forest by transforming wood waste. Tree species are identified in a forest area. Equipment is then selected or modified based on the identified tree species. Wood waste of the identified tree species is gathered and transfor... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7287962 | Construction apparatus and method for a wind power installation Wind power installation technology has seen dramatic developments in the last 20 years. In the meantime there are installations of the order of magnitude of up to 5 MW and future development leads to an expectation of installations with an even greater nominal power... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7276808 | Tower for a wind power station Disclosed is a tower for a wind power station comprising a machine pod disposed on the tower and a rotor mounted on the machine pod so as to be rotatable about an essentially horizontal axis. Said rotor is provided with at least one blade. The tower is composed of a... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 rotational force, an electric rotating device selectively operating as an... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245035 | Modular energy-generating system The system comprises a main combined generating module which can be supplied with a flow of a fuel and which can generate electrical energy and thermal energy in the form of a flow of at least a first hot fluid, preferably water. The main module has an electrical ou... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239037 | Hydrocratic generator A mixing apparatus for mixing relatively low salinity fluid with relatively high salinity fluid comprises a housing having an upper end and a lower end, a fluid inlet at or near the lower end, and a fluid outlet at or near the upper end, wherein the relativel... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234314 | Geothermal heating and cooling system with solar heating A sealed well direct expansion geothermal heat exchange unit, whose sealed well can be placed in ground and/or in water, consisting of a conventional direct expansion, or other heat pump, system wherein the exterior refrigerant heat exchange lines are placed within ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230819 | Mobile power system A mobile power system for producing power at a desired location includes a first power generating device of a first type coupled to a transportable housing, and a second power generating device of a second type coupled to the transportable housing. The first type of... | 06/12/2007 |
| 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 having high surface area material therein receives a water stream inclu... | 06/05/2007 |
| 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 the nacelle. The unit is adapted to be cooled by a cooling medium flow... | 01/30/2007 |
| 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 auxiliary electrical power when required, with one or more renewable energ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7118307 | Cooling water intake system A cooling water intake system is configured to minimize entrainment, impingement and thermal plumes associated with the operation of onshore industrial facilities, such as a power plant, and includes a delivery system guiding ground waters from under the sand bottom... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7086231 | Thermal and compressed air storage system Combined thermal and compressed air storage systems are provided that utilize an exhaustless heater, such as a thermal storage unit, to provide power with enhanced efficiency. Compressed air is heated by the thermal storage unit prior to entering a turbine, which po... | 08/08/2006 |
| 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 descending of a flow at lower temperature and ascending at higher temperat... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7026723 | Air filtering chimney to clean pollution from a city and generate electric power A solar chimney assembly including a chimney (3) is build using a mountain (11) as support. The chimney (3) receives air from a solar heat collector (1) that heats the air below it creating an updraft of air. The air goes up because of th... | 04/11/2006 |
| 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 particles by their direction related said mechanism, for creating a force, o... | 11/08/2005 |
| 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 mechanically driven by the rotor by a gear. ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 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 coolant condensation pressure; thus yielding a more flexible and mor... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6911744 | System and method for converting wind into mechanical energy A system for converting an airflow into mechanical energy includes a drawtube and an airflow turbine capable of converting an airflow through the drawtube into rotational mechanical energy. The drawtube includes a tubular member with first and second open ends and a... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6862886 | Method of combining wastewater treatment and power generation technologies Applicant's preferred embodiment utilizes municipal wastewater effluent to replenish a depleted geothermal field. Condensate produced by expanding steam produced in the geothermal field through a steam turbine-generator may be pooled with cooked water collected from... | 03/08/2005 |
| 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 wire (9) and a second wire... | 02/08/2005 |
| 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 energy that is useful for providing power to the vehicle. In another embod... | 12/14/2004 |
| 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 below sea level to direct its force vector throught the iceber... | 02/10/2004 |
| 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 electricity and regulation electricity are produced with a s... | 03/25/2003 |
| 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 surrounding relation to and in contact with the bristles; a rotating... | 08/27/2002 |
| 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 for decorative toys (water drinking bird, peace bird) which ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 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 includes a compressor located at the upper location which sup... | 07/23/2002 |
| 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 petroleum gas (LPG) in a combined cycle power plant. Cold liquid va... | 04/09/2002 |
| 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 hot rock strata. The input and output wells extend into the ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 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 natural heat energy; (b) inserting another end of the superc... | 10/16/2001 |
| 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 provided, which medium, via a feed-line system, can be fed t... | 08/21/2001 |
| 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 fluid conduits is mounted onto the frame, and one-way valves... | 06/05/2001 |
| 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 permeable membranes (76) covered on one side with molecul... | 01/02/2001 |
