Class 60/683 - Motor exhaust fed into combustion device

Subclass of Class 60 - Power plants
Definition: Apparatus, in which the motive fluid after discharge from
No. of patents: 36
Last issue date: 03/20/2012

Number	Title	Issue Date
8136358	Heat reservoir for a power plant A heat reservoir for use in a power plant that burns a dirty fuel such as coal to absorb the heat from the resulting dirty hot gas flow. The heat reservoir includes a number of heat absorbing walls that form dirty hot gas flow passages and clean hot gas flow passage...	03/20/2012
7284363	Method of power generation for airborne vehicles A closed cycle turbine system is provided for the generation of power in a light, high altitude airborne vehicle. The closed cycle turbine system may operate according to either the Brayton or the Rankine cycles. The working fluid for the closed cycle may be alterna...	10/23/2007
7189270	Method and apparatus for gasification-based power generation A method and apparatus for conversion of solid and liquid fuels to a synthesis gas, steam and/or electricity in which about 10% to about 40% of a solid fuel and/or a liquid fuel is introduced into a gasifier and gasified, resulting in formation of a synthesis gas. T...	03/13/2007
7152407	Thermal energy recovery device Device (1) for the recovery of thermal energy from a first gas flow (11) from an internal combustion engine (10), the device being designed for the transfer of thermal energy from the first gas flow (11) to a second gas flow (12). ...	12/26/2006
7134270	External combustion engine An external combustion engine comprising a body (8), at least one working chamber (18), combustion chamber (13), crankcase (21) and compression chamber (6), at least one working piston (20), compression piston (7) and...	11/14/2006
7124586	Individual cogeneration plant and local network The invention concerns a cogeneration plant preferably using a compressor-alternator unit equipped with a thermal heater operating independently, by drawing compressed air supplied by one or several compression stages, which is then heated to increase its temperatur...	10/24/2006
7043920	Hydrocarbon combustion power generation system with CO2 sequestration A low or no pollution engine is provided for delivering power for vehicles or other power applications. The engine has an air inlet which collects air from a surrounding environment. At least a portion of the nitrogen in the air is removed. The remaining gas is prim...	05/16/2006
7021063	Reheat heat exchanger power generation systems A reheat heat exchanger is provided particularly for use in Rankine cycle power generation systems. The reheat heat exchanger includes a high pressure path between a high pressure inlet and a high pressure outlet. The reheat heat exchanger also includes a low pressu...	04/04/2006
7000401	Method for operating a steam power plant and steam power plant for carrying out said method The invention relates to a method for operating a steam power plant comprising a steam generator and a combustion chamber associated therewith, wherein pre-warmed combustion air is guided therein in addition to a fossil fuel. According to the invention, said plant c...	02/21/2006
6629412	Electricity-producing heating apparatus utilizing a turbine generator in a semi-closed brayton cycle The present invention provides apparatus and methods for producing both heat and electrical energy by burning fuels in a stove or boiler using a novel arrangement of a surface heat exchanger and microturbine-powered generator and novel surface heat exchan...	10/07/2003
6598398	Hydrocarbon combustion power generation system with CO2 sequestration A low or no pollution engine is provided for delivering power for vehicles or other power applications. The engine has an air inlet which collects air from a surrounding environment. At least a portion of the nitrogen in the air is removed using a techniq...	07/29/2003
6523349	Clean air engines for transportation and other power applications A low or no pollution engine is provided for delivering power for vehicles or other power applications. The engine has an air inlet which collects air from a surrounding environment. At least a portion of the nitrogen in the air is removed using a techniq...	02/25/2003
6389814	Hydrocarbon combustion power generation system with CO2 sequestration A low or no pollution engine is provided for delivering power for vehicles or other power applications. The engine has an air inlet which collects air from a surrounding environment. At least a portion of the nitrogen in the air is removed using a techniq...	05/21/2002
6247316	Clean air engines for transportation and other power applications A low or no pollution engine is provided for delivering power for vehicles or other power applications. The engine has an air inlet which collects air from a surrounding environment. At least a portion of the nitrogen in the air is removed using a techniq...	06/19/2001
6167706	Externally fired combined cycle gas turbine An externally fired gas turbine system according to the present invention has a compressor for compressing ambient air and producing compressed air, an air heat exchanger for heating the compressed air to produce heated compressed air, a turbine for expan...	01/02/2001
6125633	Sewage organic waste compaction and incineration system integrated with a gas turbine power driver exhaust gas flow stream The invention comprising an apparatus for evaporating water in a mixture of water and solids derived from the organic output from a waste water treatment plant. A low cost source of gaseous heat (as the exhaust from a gas turbine driver and in combination...	10/03/2000
6035644	Turbine control valve A combustion gas turbine control valve for regulating the inlet temperature of an indirect fired gas turbine at the turbine expander inlet and is useful in indirect fired gas turbine power generation systems....	03/14/2000
5934065	Apparatus for generating power utilizing lowgrade and high grade fuels Apparatus for generating power includes a gas turbine unit having a compressor for compressing ambient air and producing compressed air, a combustion chamber to which the compressed air is supplied, a source of relatively high grade fuel for burning in th...	08/10/1999
5687570	Externally fired combined cycle gas turbine system An externally fired gas turbine system according to the present invention has a compressor for compressing ambient air and producing compressed air, an air heat exchanger for heating the compressed air to produce heated compressed air, a turbine for expan...	11/18/1997
5685155	Method for energy conversion A method for energy conversion and storage includes the steps of providing a supply of processed natural gas. The natural gas is compressed and stored in a sub-surface storage reservoir. The compressed natural gas is then delivered from the reservoir to a...	11/11/1997
5680764	Clean air engines transportation and other power applications A low or no pollution engine is provided for delivering power for vehicles or other power applications. The engine has an air inlet which collects air from a surrounding environment. The air is compressed through multiple stages of compression with interc...	10/28/1997
5255507	Combined cycle power plant incorporating atmospheric circulating fluidized bed boiler and gasifier A combined cycle power generation system is disclosed. The system includes a fluidized bed boiler, a hot separator, a steam turbine system and a gas turbine system. The gas turbine system is provided with a source of high temperature compressed air heated...	10/26/1993
5165239	Water augmented indirectly-fired gas turbine systems and method An indirectly-fired gas turbine system utilizing water augmentation for increasing the net efficiency and power output of the system is described. Water injected into the compressor discharge stream evaporatively cools the air to provide a higher driving ...	11/24/1992
5083425	Power installation using fuel cells A method and installation is proposed for generating electrical energy in an open circuit for a gaseous fluid, comprising a compressor unit driven by a turbine receiving the compressed fluid after its passage through an exhaust gas heat exchanger, said me...	01/28/1992
5025631	Cogeneration system with low NO_x combustion of fuel gas Cogeneration of at least electricity and refrigeration with low NOx combustion of fuel gas supplied at high pressure involves expanding the gas, after preheating, in a turbo-expander which drives a centrifugal compressor for the refrigerant vap...	06/25/1991
4922709	Plant for the generation of mechanical energy, and a process for generating the energy A plant for the generation by means of a gaseous fluid of mechanical energy comprising an assembly consisting of a gas turbine (1) with a combustion chamber (4) and a compressor unit (C) driven by a turbine (T). The turbine (T) is fed by compressed air fr...	05/08/1990
4827723	Integrated gas turbine power generation system and process The system includes a circulating fluidized bed combustor coupled at its outlet to a separator. A vertical return channel is provided for conveying separated solid particles from the separator back to the combustion chamber. A gas turbine cycle is provide...	05/09/1989
4503681	State-of-the-art gas turbine and steam turbine power plant A state-of-the-art power plant in which the heat from solid or low quality fuels is utilized to heat indirectly a motive stream composition of a mixture of steam and gases to drive a gas turbine. The thermal energy from the burning of the solid or low qua...	03/12/1985
4492085	Gas turbine power plant The present invention relates to a gas turbine power plant wherein the gas turbine is driven by gases and steam heated indirectly through a heat exchanger by the burning of corrosive fuels. One of the main improvements in the present invention is to utili...	01/08/1985
4479355	Power plant integrating coal-fired steam boiler with air turbine A power plant is disclosed in which a steam turbine/coal-fired steam boiler is integrated with an air turbine via using the convection section of the boiler to heat compressed air for the turbine, by indirect heat exchange with the flue gas, the hot turbi...	10/30/1984
4369624	High temperature gas turbine systems High temperature gas turbine generation systems utilizing multiple heating stages between the primary compressor and expander, including coal based reactors and direct fired combustors....	01/25/1983
4326382	Power plant An indirect gas turbine power plant is provided which includes primary and secondary combustors wherein fuel is burned and heat is conveyed to a turbine working medium which is subsequently passed through the turbine section of a gas turbine. The gas turb...	04/27/1982
4164124	Turbine system using unclean fuel Unclean fuel, such as coal is reduced to particle size passing 200 mesh in an attrition mill. Pyrite and ash removal is performed in conjunction with the attrition milling. The resulting fine particles are combusted in the turbine exhaust gas and the prod...	08/14/1979
4137706	Engine in which fuel is reacted in a plurality of stages An engine having a first reaction chamber to which fuel is to be supplied, either alone or with another reactant, and to which heat is applied to effect an endothermic chemical reaction to produce, under substantially reversible conditions, a reformed fue...	02/06/1979
4116005	Combined cycle power plant with atmospheric fluidized bed combustor A combined cycle steam and gas power plant is disclosed in which energy for generating steam to drive a steam turbine and for heating air to drive a gas turbine is provided by combustion of a single carbonaceous sulfur-bearing fuel such as coal at nearly ...	09/26/1978
4008574	Power plant with air working fluid An open circuit heat engine, utilizing air as the working fluid, is described wherein an intermittent flow heat exchanger recovers heat energy from spent air to add heat to air prior to expansion into the working chamber....	02/22/1977

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