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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8051637 | Heat energy recapture and recycle and its new applications A heat absorbing radiator and a gas turbine engine or a reciprocating piston engine are used to recapture and reconvert wasted heat energies into electric power and finally into hydrogen-deuterium fuel by having the engine's tailpipes submerged in cold compressed ai... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7921631 | Method of recovering energy from a fluid catalytic cracking unit for overall carbon dioxide reduction In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a method of recovering energy from a FCC unit having a reactor and a regenerator for overall CO2 reduction is provided. The method comprises cooling syngas to a predetermined low temperature to define c... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7654072 | Method and apparatus for generating compressed air from liquefied air, for supplying compressed air to an engine An engine unit, particularly for urban transport, comprising an engine (3) supplied with a compressed gas and having a expansion chamber (9), a liquid gas tank (28) in communication with the engine (3), and means (M, M′) for gasifying t... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7574853 | Microturbine with CHP system having a distillation apparatus A power plant with a CHP system having a distillation apparatus to yield a high thermally efficient electrical power plant for reduced fuel usage and subsequent lower CO2 emission specie. The incorporation of a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system with a microturbin... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7431015 | Fuel metering system proportional bypass valve error compensation system and method A method and system for controlling fuel flow in a fuel metering system that includes a metering valve and a proportional bypass valve that produces a differential pressure error across the metering valve includes supplying a first fraction of fuel through the meter... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7416137 | Thermodynamic cycles using thermal diluent A thermodynamic system that produces mechanical, electrical power, and/or fluid streams for heating or cooling. The cycle contains a combustion system that produces an energetic fluid by combustion of a fuel with an oxidant. A thermal diluent may be used in the cycl... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7390471 | Apparatus and method for catalytic treatment of exhaust gases An exhaust gas treatment apparatus (20) for reducing the concentration of NOx, HC and CO in an exhaust gas stream (18) such as produced by a gas turbine engine (12) of a power generating station (10). The treatment apparatus in... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7284709 | System and method for hydronic space heating with electrical power generation This invention provides a system and method for cogeneration of electric power and building heat that efficiently interfaces a liquid-cooled electric power generator with a multi-zone forced hot water (hydronic) space heating system. The system and method utilizes a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7040544 | System and method for warm air space heating with electrical power generation This invention provides a system and method for cogeneration of building heat and electric power and that efficiently interfaces a warm air heating system with a liquid-cooled electric power generator. The system and method utilizes an electric generator that is rat... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7021554 | Heating appliance A domestic combined heat and power system comprising a Stirling engine (1) and water heater in the form of a supplementary burner (17). The exhaust gas from the Stirling engine is used to preheat combustible gas entering the Stirling engine and subsequ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6887284 | Dual homogenization system and process for fuel oil A system and process for improving the combustion of fuel oil in boilers employs: (1) dual homogenization of fuel oil and water; (2) recovery of heat from, and injection of, boiler waste water in the homogenization system; (3) mixing of urea and boiler waste water a... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6862330 | Systems and methods of producing hydrogen using a nuclear reactor A system for generating hydrogen includes a liquid metal nuclear reactor having a non-radioactive secondary heat loop, a steam generator connected to the secondary heat loop, a high temperature water cracking system, and a topping heater. The heat produced by the nu... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6836086 | Controlled starting system for a gas turbine engine A starting system and method for a gas turbine engine includes a controlled starter system and a controlled fuel system. The controlled starter motor is accelerated along an acceleration profile to a dwelling point. Concurrently with the starter motor spinning up th... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6799112 | Methods and apparatus for operating gas turbine engines A method is provided for detecting airflow reversal in a sump system of a gas turbine engine. The method includes positioning a first pressure sensor at a sump vent to sense a discharge flow pressure from a sump within the sump system, positioning a second pressure ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6742394 | Gas turbine combustor hybrid dynamic-static probe A removable instrumentation assembly and probe for use in simultaneously measuring dynamic pressure, at least one static pressure, and temperature for a gas turbine combustor. The instrumentation assembly allows combustor performance analysis as well as monitoring o... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6725663 | Power plant and associated starting method The invention relates to a power plant (1), with at least one turbo group (2) comprising at least one turbine (3) and at least one main burner (5) which is arranged upstream of the turbine (3), with at least one recup... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6673845 | Production of hydrocarbon products An integrated process for producing hydrocarbon products and energy includes reforming a hydrocarbonaceous gaseous feed stock to synthesis gas, and exothermally reacting the synthesis gas at elevated temperature and pressure, and in the presence of a Fisc... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6669744 | Process and apparatus for the production of synthesis gas A process for the production of synthesis gas from a hydrocarbon fuel and steam and/or oxygen gas wherein at least part of any steam requirement is provided by heat exchange against exhaust gas from a gas turbine driving an air separation unit supplying a... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6595431 | Exhaust heat trap and redirecting system An exhaust heat trap and redirecting system for utilizing exhaust heat includes an electric generator including an internal combustion engine. The electric generator is electrically coupled to an electrical system of a dwelling. An exhaust conduit is flui... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6550234 | Integrated air-separation/energy-generation process and plant for implementing such a process Integrated air-separation process and plant, including at least two air separation units (1, 101), an air compressor (13), which feeds a combustion chamber and at least one of the air separation units with compressed air, and at least one dedicated air co... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6539711 | Integral multifunctional system for motor vehicle In a motor vehicle provided with an internal combustion engines and at least one auxiliary hydraulic mechanism, a system is provided that integrates pressurizing hydraulic fluid for the auxiliary hydraulic mechanism using of heat energy from the engine ex... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6534551 | Process and apparatus for the production of synthesis gas A process for the production of synthesis gas from a hydrocarbon fuel and steam and/or oxygen gas wherein at least part of any steam requirement is provided by heat exchange against exhaust gas from a gas turbine driving an air separation unit supplying a... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6233940 | Dual-pressure stem injection partial-regeneration-cycle gas turbine system In the partial-regeneration cycle gas turbine system wherein part of the air compressed by a compressor 2 is extracted before a combustor 3, mixed with steam, and after the mixed gas is superheated by exhaust heat of a turbine, and the mixed gas is inject... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6124646 | Aircraft air conditioning system including electric generator for providing AC power having limited frequency range An air conditioning system for an aircraft includes cascaded high and low pressure turbines, an electric generator that is driven at variable speeds by the low pressure turbine, and a fan that is also driven by the low pressure turbine. During operation o... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5440490 | Aircraft engine emergency control system In the event of incipient engine speed or loss of normal engine control fuel flow rate in a jet engine is limited by a speed governor. A speed governor arrangement with optionally selectable emergency speed control is described. Maximum engine speed limit... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5271222 | Jet propulsion powerplants A flow diverter arrangement for an aircraft comprises a first duct 17 for receiving propulsion fluid from the powerplant 11 and delivering it to a first location 18, a second duct 19 merging with the first duct 17 at a communication aperture 23 and adapte... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5115633 | Compact high-energy auxiliary power method and means A low-cost, lightweight mobile gas turbine capable of rotating in excess of ne hundred thousand RPM is coupled to a centrifugal air compressor which supplies high volume airflow to a diesel fueled combustion chamber for supplying hot gas to the turbine. Th... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4707991 | Multiple reactor cyclic velox boiler plant A dual or multiple combustion chamber is described for use with cyclic velox boiler plants wherein one or more inner reactors are fastened inside one or more of the combustion containers of the cyclic velox boiler. These inner reactors are filled with and... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4610135 | Combustion equipment for a gas turbine engine Combustion equipment for a gas turbine engine operating on the pre-mix lean combustion bases comprises a flame tube having a plurality of alternately arranged main and pilot air ducts each having a respective fuel injector and receiving axially directed a... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4455837 | Cyclic velox boiler A cyclic velox boiler is described wherein solid carbonaceous fuels are burned in pressure vessel containers by cyclic compression and expansion with air or with air and steam as usual gas reactants. During compression air is forced deeply into the pores ... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4072006 | Chemical reaction furnace system A chemical reaction furnace system having a reaction furnace, a reaction gas exhaust flowpath, and a gas scrubbing device in the exhaust flowpath and having a capability of controlling the furnace top pressure is characterized by the provision of a turbin... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4069660 | Chemical reaction furnace system A chemical reaction furnace system having a reaction furnace, a reaction gas exhaust flowpath, and a gas scrubbing device in the exhaust flowpath and having a capability of controlling the furnace top pressure is characterized by the provision of a turbin... | 01/24/1978 |
