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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7328591 | Jet ejector system and method According to one embodiment of the invention, a jet ejector method includes providing a primary jet ejector having a primary inlet stream, coupling one or more secondary jet ejectors to the primary jet ejector such that all of the jet ejectors are in a cascaded arra... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7293606 | Heat exchanging apparatus A heat exchanging apparatus including a gas fuelled flameless heater and a heat exchanger loop. The heat exchanger loop includes a heat absorbing section which is contained within the flameless heater so that the flameless heater provides a heat source for the heat ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7171721 | Cleaning apparatus for dispensing a heated cleaning fluid A cleaning apparatus is disclosed and which includes a fluid dispensing tank which dispenses a cleaning fluid; a heat exchanger coupled in downstream fluid flowing relation relative to the fluid dispensing tank; a source of a combustible fluid fuel; a source of air;... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7019412 | Power generation methods and systems A closed loop system for generating mechanical energy at high efficiencies. The system can have a heating source, a superheater, an expander, a receiver, an absorber, a desorber, and regenerator with pumps and controls. The superheater heats a working fluid (a refri... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6907845 | Boiler improvements with oxygen-enriched combustion for increased efficiency and reduced emissions A method and apparatus to conduct 02/CO2 combustion or oxygen-enriched combustion. The boiler exhaust gas passes through a Gas Primer Sector (GPS) combined with the boiler to effect heat transfer to the combustion gas in indirect counter-flow h... | 06/21/2005 |
| 5711257 | Sleeved boiler-reactor A sleeved boiler-reactor provides enhanced nucleate boiling and reduced risk of film-boiling within boiling tubes of the boiler-reactor, in the same manner as prior boiler-reactors of seam-welded construction, without the high fabrication cost incident wi... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5464006 | Water heater A water heater has a gas inlet (8) for a mixture of gas and air and an in for a fluid (2) to be heated. The gas-air mixture passes through a combustion chamber (11,18) which is at least partly surrounded by at least one fluid chamber (4,7) filled with th... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5387396 | Reactor for carrying out exothermic reactions With a view to improving the heat transfer in exothermic reactions and simplifying the construction of the cooling system of the reactor, in particular a stirrer reactor, vertical boiling tubes which are sealed at the bottom are provided, above which is a... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5143047 | Material and method for fast generation of hydrogen gas and steam A high power pulse of electrical current causes a metal conductor to expl and initiate a reaction between an aluminum or aluminum alloy powder and water which generates hydrogen gas at a high temperature and pressure. The reaction mixture is released int... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5096413 | Ignition mechanism for a heater An ignition mechanism for a heater which includes a metal exothermic container in which are mounted an exothermic part, a firing part and an igniter. The igniter is a type which may be actuated by pushing or pulling a string. The mechanism comprises a tub... | 03/17/1992 |
| 4846113 | Power source utilizing lithium and perhalogenated polymers The expense of provide pelletized metallic lithium for use in a heat exchanger for a thermal power source is eliminated by a construction including a closeable chamber (10, 12, 20, 22) with an ignition device (28) within the chamber (10, 12, 20, 22), and ... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4846112 | Fuel bath volume compensator for stored chemical energy power propulsion system An ullage compensator is disclosed for a stored chemical energy power propulsion system. With the invention, at least one movable wall (16) is provided within a reactor having a chamber (10) which is movable between a first position at which the chamber h... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4803958 | Absorption heat pumped cogeneration engine An open-cycle absorption apparatus for compressing steam from a low pressure to a higher useful pressure is disclosed. The apparatus is particularly useful for upgrading low-temperature jacket-cooling heat from an internal combustion engine to useful pres... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4794682 | Making a power source utilizing encapsulated lithium pellets A heat exchanger 16 for a thermal power source includes a chamber 18 provided with an igniter 28 and a reactant inlet 30. Within the chamber 18 is a mass of lithium pellets 10 and 12, each provided with a coating 14.... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4793323 | Single-use self-heating container for liquids and/or solids A single-use self-heating container has an insulating external envelope. A plastic vessel is within and attached to the envelope. A membrane separates the vessel into an upper compartment which contains one reagent and a lower compartment which contains a... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4771738 | Dual sleeve boiler mounting apparatus A dual sleeve boiler is arranged to dispose a portion (72, 74, 76) of its fluid conduit between a support member (64) of the boiler and the heat generating portion (20, 24) of the boiler. The end of a conduit through which water is introduced to the boile... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4714051 | Power source utilizing encapsulated lithium pellets and method of making such pellets Encapsulated lithium including a shot shaped and sized body of lithium metal encapsulated in a thin layer of a predominantly fluorine substituted polyolefin based polymeric material, a method of making the same and a power plant utilizing the encapsulated... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4704993 | Apparatus for producing power using concentrated brine A power plant includes a source of water, a heat exchanger having an evaporator side maintained below atmospheric pressure for converting the water to steam, and a turbine responsive to said steam for producing work and heat depleted steam. The heat excha... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4697550 | Device for cooling a reactor A device for cooling a reactor positioned in a vessel. The vessel comprises a water space and a steam space. Cooling pipes that convey evaporating water extend through the reactor. The pipes communicate outside the reactor with the water space at the inta... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4681066 | Boiler for boiling mash or wort The invention relates to a boiler for boiling a mash or wort, having an interior partition dividing the boiler into a heat exchanger section and a precipitation section. The boiler according to the invention is characterized in that the partition divides ... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680934 | Boiler for a torpedo and system including the same Weight, noise and response difficulties in boilers utilized in torpedoes are eliminated in a construction including a housing having an interior wall, defining a chamber with at least one oxidant inlet. A plurality of working fluid conduits each have an i... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4671211 | Power source utilizing encapsulated lithium pellets and method of making such pellets A heat exchanger (16) for a thermal power source includes a chamber provided with an igniter and a reactant inlet. Within the chamber is a mass of lithium pellets, each provided with a coating.... | 06/09/1987 |
| 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 fuel-cell. In one embodiment, the spent fuel and the wast ... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4643166 | Steam engine reaction chamber, fuel composition therefore, and method of making and operating same A fuel composition for a reaction chamber which when combined with a selected reactant produces heat energy and hydrogen gas. A reaction chamber structure, method of making and method of operating the reaction chamber are also disclosed.... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4425251 | Water-activated exothermic chemical formulations Intimately mixed dry chemical formulations consisting of (1) a stable acid-acetate salt and (2) a chemical base for use as water-activated exothermic deicing agents, and/or as the dry chemical components of a warming device. The salt is optionally calcium... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4411384 | Heat driven heat pump using paired ammoniated salts A cycle for a heat driven heat pump using two salts CaCl2.8NH.sub.3 and ZnCl2.4NH.sub.3 which may reversibly react with ammonia with the addition or evolution of heat. These salts were chosen so that both ammoniation processes occur ... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4325355 | Heating system A heating system in which a flameless chemical reaction occurs between a solid metal and a solution which includes means for adding or subtracting the solid metal and separate means for adding the solution. The reaction is under the control of mechanism r... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4319627 | Chemical storage of energy A method of storing energy at ambient temperature and recovering same at an elevated temperature which comprises decomposition of a chemical compound at high temperature with a decomposition product being used to form another compound at low temperature. ... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4319626 | Chemical storage of energy A method of storing energy at ambient temperature and recovering same at an elevated temperature which comprises decomposition of a chemical compound at high temperature with a second compound being used to form another product at low temperature. Upon re... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4152899 | Thermal energy storage and release utilizing combined sensible heat and latent heat of fusion A method for the storage and retrieval of thermal energy is disclosed, which in a two phase, two component system is able to utilize both the sensible heat of water (always one of the components) and the heat of fusion of the second component (a salt whic... | 05/08/1979 |
| 3975913 | Gas generator and enhanced energy conversion systems A gas generator is disclosed which will simply and reliably effect a gas producing reaction between a gaseous and a liquid reactant. The generator can operate at elevated temperatures and has heat exchange means incorporated. The gas generator is applied ... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3955556 | Catalytic fluid heater A catalytic fluid heater formed of a number of nested fluid heating chambers spaced from one another to provide therebetween a heating zone having a chimney effect such that a mixture of fuel gas and air is caused to flow through the heating zone from the... | 05/11/1976 |
