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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109095 | Method and an apparatus for producing and regulating electrical power A method of producing electrical power for delivery on an electrical power supply grid includes (a) providing a combined heat and power plant generating heat and electrical power from one or more of biomass, fossil fuel, and nuclear fuel; (b) providing a fuel produc... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8096128 | Heat engine and heat to electricity systems and methods A waste heat recovery system, method and device executes a thermodynamic cycle using a working fluid in a working fluid circuit which has a high pressure side and a low pressure side. Components of the system in the working fluid circuit include a waste heat exchang... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7980078 | Vapor vortex heat sink A hermetic Rankine cycle in a sealed casing powers an internal centrifugal condensate pump with an internal vapor turbine during forced convective heat transfer between a heat source and a heat sink. No work is imported into the cycle during operation. A centrifugal... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7963115 | Magnetic field enhanced metal fuel combustion A magnetic flux enhanced metal fuel combustion system and method for producing energy. The energy may be used to drive a water vessel such as a submarine. The system and method includes a ring-shaped coil of an electromagnet surrounding a combustion chamber. The ele... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7908861 | Heat energy supply system and method, and reconstruction method of the system A heat energy supply system and method capable of drastically increasing energy efficiency and energy supply efficiency, as well as a reconstruction method of the heat energy supply system. The heat energy supply system comprises a boiler for heating a heat medium a... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7900453 | Metal fuel combustion and energy conversion system A metal fuel combustion system and method for producing energy. The energy may be used to drive a water vessel such as a submarine. The system and method comprises a combustion device having inner and outer combustion chambers. The metal fuel comprises aluminum, mag... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7874155 | Systems and methods for energy storage and recovery using rapid isothermal gas expansion and compression The invention relates to systems and methods for rapidly and isothermally expanding and compressing gas in energy storage and recovery systems that use open-air hydraulic-pneumatic cylinder assemblies, such as an accumulator and an intensifier in communication with ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7767359 | Device for producing water on board of an airplane A device for producing water on board an aircraft includes at least one high temperature fuel cell entirely or partially integrated into a combustion chamber arrangement of a gas turbine aircraft engine. The combination of at least one fuel cell and a gas turbine en... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7752845 | Solar-powered, liquid-hydrocarbon-fuel synthesizer A synchronous reaction cell, rotating as a unit, disassociates hydrogen from water, traps and filters hydrogen, mixes and pressurizes hydrogen and ingested carbon, hydrogenates carbon by surface catalysis, isolates and exhausts liquid hydrocarbon products above a de... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7748220 | Method and device for converting heat into mechanical work A novel method converts heat into mechanical work. In a cyclic process, a working medium is compressed while giving off heat and it is subsequently brought in thermal contact with the surroundings via a first heat exchanger. Then it is expanded while obtaining mecha... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7669418 | Heat energy supply system and method, and reconstruction method of the system A heat energy supply system and method capable of drastically increasing energy efficiency and energy supply efficiency, as well as a reconstruction method of the heat energy supply system. The heat energy supply system comprises a boiler for heating a heat medium a... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7650755 | Water recirculation system for boiler backend gas temperature control A water recirculation system for a steam power plant includes a tapoff line which receives water from a downcomer, and an economizer link which receives water from the tapoff line and transports the water to an economizer. ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7481058 | High temperature steam valve and steam turbine plant A high temperature steam valve has a valve casing including a main steam inlet, a main steam outlet and a valve chest. The high temperature steam valve also has a valve seat positioned in the valve chest, a valve element facing the valve seat, and a valve rod slidab... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7430866 | Air-independent fuel combustion energy conversion A metallic fuel mixture including solidic powders such as silicon, aluminum and magnesium together with an oxidant, and steam and hydrogen are fed into a combustor to undergo combustion therein. The combustor is positioned within a steam chamber enclosure filled wit... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7412947 | Internal combustion engine system with hydrogen generation capability A dehydrogenated fuel tank 32 which is replenished with an organic hydride-contained hydrogenated fuel and a gasoline tank 48 which is replenished with normal gasoline are provided. In order to separate the hydrogenated fuel into a hydrogen rich gas an... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7395666 | Thermal hydro-machine on hot gas with recirculation A thermal hydro-machine on hot gas with recirculation (FIGS. 3, 4 and 5) belongs to the group of multi-cylinder piston rotational machines for converting the heat into the mechanical work. The heat is conducted to on the outer side of one part of rotat... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7367177 | Combined cycle power plant with auxiliary air-cooled condenser A combined cycle power plant (20) including a main air-cooled condenser (22) condensing steam at a first pressure and an auxiliary air-cooled condenser (24) condensing steam at a second pressure higher than the first pressure. Designing an air-c... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7340879 | Locally powered water distillation system A system for distributed utilities including electrical power and water. A generation device is provided for converting an available resource to a desired utility; the resource may be water, in which case the generator is a purifier for purifying untreated water, or... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331180 | Thermal conversion device and process An apparatus and method for converting a differential in thermal energy between a first thermal source having a thermal conducting fluid and a second thermal source having a thermal conducting fluid is provided. The apparatus emplys a first vessel and a second vesse... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328579 | Rotary piston heat engine system A rotary piston heat engine system is composed of two units. Each includes two pistons mounted for movement in opposite directions. Each piston is mounted for rotation in a cylinder. The longitudinal axes of the pistons and cylinder are collinear. The pistons are mo... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325399 | Coolant penetrating cold-end pressure vessel An improvement is provided to a pressurized close-cycle machine that has a cold-end pressure vessel and is of the type having a piston undergoing reciprocating linear motion within a cylinder containing a working fluid heated by conduction through a heater head by h... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326480 | Fuel cell power system and method of controlling a fuel cell power system A fuel cell power system includes a fuel cell which has an optimal voltage; an energy storage device having a nominal voltage substantially similar to the optimal voltage of the fuel cell; and an electrical switch that, in operation, selectively electrically couples... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325400 | Rankine cycle and steam power plant utilizing the same A steam power plant (100) implementing an improved Rankine cycle (55) wherein steam is injected (82, 96) directly into the energy addition portion of the plant, and the resulting two-phase flow is pressurized by multiphase pumps (88, 98).... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326263 | Method and apparatus for hydrogenating hydrocarbon fuels In the present invention, there is provided a process and an apparatus for hydrogenating hydrocarbon fuels. A receptacle is partly filled an aqueous solution containing sodium hydroxide. A hydrocarbon fuel is then introduced inside the receptacle atop the aqueous so... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7308792 | Steam power plant arrangement A steam power plant arrangement with a steam turbine and a steam generator, a condenser and a preheating system is characterized according to the invention in that the steam generator, the condenser and the preheating system are configured as individual functionally... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7288921 | Method and apparatus for providing economic analysis of power generation and distribution An economic dispatch program optimally allocates load demand specifying real power and reactive power to be generated by a power plant among various power generators in a manner so that each of the power generators are operated within its optimal operating space as ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7278938 | Power transmission device A power transmission device includes a first one-way clutch that transmits a rotational power of a pulley to a rotating shaft, and a second one-way clutch that transmits a rotational power of a rotor of a motor to the rotating shaft. The first one-way clutch is of i... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7261008 | Air sampler An air sampler having a fan; an air inlet tube; a main body having a cyclonic cup, a stripping column and a demister; and fluidic circuitry for inputting fluids to the main body and the air inlet tube, and for outputting fluids from the main body. Air flow through t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7241322 | Pyrolyzing gasification system and method of use The gasifier includes a furnace bed segmented into individual cells, each cell is independently monitored using a ramp temperature probe, and provided with controlled air injection to provide individually controlled burn regions within the gasifier. Gasifier air inj... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241524 | System architecture for managing hydrogen leaks into fluid circuits of fuel cell systems A pressure management system that balances pressure between first and second fluid circuits of a fuel cell system includes a first fluid reservoir associated with the first fluid circuit and a second fluid reservoir associated with the second fluid circuit. The seco... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7216484 | Arc-hydrolysis steam generator apparatus and method An arc-hydrolysis steam generator apparatus and method of use thereof, the steam generator comprising of an arc-plasma hydrolysis using a high pressure vessel and electrodes exposed to high frequency, high amperage pulses and an inductor placed around an arc-hydroly... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7200538 | Methods and apparatus for modeling gas turbine engines A method enables modeling of a gas turbine engine that includes a pulse detonation system. The method includes providing a pulse detonation modeling system, predicting characteristics of the engine using the pulse detonation modeling system, and predicting character... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195443 | Variable pressure-controlled cooling scheme and thrust control arrangements for a steam turbine A method and system for actively controlling thrust pressure in a steam turbine is disclosed. The method may comprise monitoring a thrust pressure affecting a thrust fitting in a steam turbine, and adjusting the thrust pressure to maintain a desired thrust pressure ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190149 | Method and apparatus for determining actual reactive capability curves A system for generating updated reactive capability curves of a generator operates the generator at a number of operating load levels and at a number of different power factors to collect data regarding the real and reactive power generated at each of the various op... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185491 | Steam engine A steam engine has a looped fluid container, in which working fluid is filled. A heating device, a cooling device and an output device are arranged at the fluid container. A lower side valve is provided at a fluid passage of the fluid container between the heating d... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7174732 | Cooling control device for condenser Cooling control device for a condenser is provided which includes the condenser, a cooling device for cooling the condenser, and a control device for controlling the cooling device. The cooling device includes a first cooling fan for cooling a gaseous-phase portion ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168233 | System for controlling steam temperature A system for controlling steam temperature that includes steam circuit including a reheater circuit, at least one reheater dilution region, at least one reheater dilution conduit, and at least one reheater supply region disposed upstream of the at least one reheater... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7144567 | Renewable energy carrier system and method There is provided a renewable energy carrier system and method wherein the aluminum metal is the carrier. Aluminum metal is reacted with water in a catalytic reaction, thereby splitting the water into hydrogen, oxygen and forming a clean aluminum derivative. The hyd... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7131270 | Apparatus and method for a heat engine A heat engine includes a plurality of heating side expansion chambers and cooling side expansion chambers, positioned on opposite sides of an axis, for providing rotation of an apparatus about its axis when the fluids inside the chambers expand and contract on the s... | 11/07/2006 |
