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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8037703 | Heat recovery system for a turbomachine and method of operating a heat recovery steam system for a turbomachine A heat recovery system includes a source of waste heat, and a refrigeration system operatively connected to the source of waste heat. The refrigeration system is capable of extracting heat rejected from the source of waste heat to form a cooling medium. ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8020397 | Reduction of diluent nitrogen compressor power using vapor absorption chiller A diluent nitrogen compressor inlet cooling system comprises a bottoming cycle heat source; a vapor absorption chiller powered by the bottoming cycle heat source, the vapor absorption chiller being configured to cool diluent nitrogen; and a diluent nitrogen compress... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7950243 | Carbon dioxide as fuel for power generation and sequestration system An integrated energy production system and carbon dioxide reaction system for enhancing the energy efficiency and minimizing greenhouse gas emissions of thermally activated power production methods. The system utilizes heat of reaction from the carbon dioxide reacti... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7930896 | Air conditioning system A refrigerant circuit (40) is provided with an outdoor heat exchanger (54), an indoor heat exchanger (55) and two adsorption heat exchangers (56, 57). The indoor heat exchanger (55) is disposed in an indoor unit (11), while ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7827815 | Apparatus and method for cooling liquid in intravascular cooling system A portable apparatus and method for providing a cooled liquid for vascular administration are disclosed. The portable apparatus includes a source of liquid for vascular administration, a cooling reservoir for receiving liquid from the source, and a sorption-based he... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7624588 | Hybrid absorption chiller The present invention relates to hybrid absorption chiller, which uses high-temperature steam and medium-temperature water generated in industrial processes as a heat source, the hybrid absorption chiller including a high temperature generator that uses the high-tem... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7441589 | Absorption heat-transfer system A waste heat source (100) is used to heat a high temperature heat transfer fluid which is used to heat an absorption heat transfer machine (10) having a generator (20), an absorber (30), a condenser (40), and an evaporator (50 | 10/28/2008 |
| 7422993 | Adsorbent for adsorption heat pump, adsorbent for humidity-control air conditioner, adsorption heat pump and humidity-control air conditioner The present invention provides an adsorbent for adsorption heat pump and humidity-control air conditioner, which is capable of adsorbing an adsorbate therein and desorbing the adsorbate therefrom in a narrow relative vapor pressure range, and can be regenerated (des... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7360375 | Climate control system with a vapour compression circuit combined with an absorption circuit The system (SC) includes a first, vapour compression circuit (A), including a compressor (1) with its output connected to a condenser (2; 2′) followed by an expansion device (4) and an evaporator (5; 16) having its output connected to t... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353655 | Method and apparatus for achieving power augmentation in gas turbine using wet compression A gas turbine unit as well as a method for operating a gas turbine with high-pressure turbine and a low-pressure turbine unit are disclosed. A very quick and at the same time easily controllable augmentation or reduction of the shaft power of the gas turbine unit ca... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353656 | Method and apparatus for achieving power augmentation in gas turbines using wet compression A gas turbine unit and method of operation thereof are disclosed. A very quick and easily controllable augmentation or reduction of shaft power produced by the gas turbine unit, in particular of large gas turbine units exhibiting a pressure ratio larger than 15 bar,... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353654 | Method and apparatus for achieving power augmentation in gas turbines using wet compression A gas turbine unit and method of operation thereof are disclosed. A very quick and easily controllable augmentation or reduction of shaft power produced by the gas turbine unit, in particular of large gas turbine units exhibiting a pressure ratio larger than 15 bar,... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350372 | System and method for selective heating and cooling A combined heating/cooling system and method is provided wherein an absorption tank (20) houses a refrigerant and absorbant mixture composition. A boiler (50) heats the high pressure mixture composition and vaporizes the refrigerant. Heated absorbant i... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340912 | High efficiency heating, ventilating and air conditioning system A primary air flow path has a pre-cooler and an evaporator. A secondary air flow path includes portions of an air conditioner assembly including a compressor and an condenser. The air conditioner assembly also has lines connecting the compressor and the condenser th... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331383 | Shore power system including a HVAC system A shore power HVAC system for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle has a vehicular HVAC system with an engine compressor, a condenser, and an expansion valve and an evaporator coupled to each other in series by a plurality of conduits. The shore power HVAC system incl... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316126 | Absorption refrigerating machine The present invention provides a high-efficiency absorption refrigerating machine which can recover heat from a heat source and can efficiently recover heat from an internal cycle. The absorption refrigerating machine includes an evaporator, an absorber (A), a conde... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317296 | Electric motor The electric motor is equipped with an electronic control, for example in the form of a frequency converter (2) and comprises at least one Seebeck element (6) whose one side is connected to the motor (1) in a heat-conducting manner and whose oth... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7287381 | Power recovery and energy conversion systems and methods of using same In various illustrative examples, the system may include heat recovery heat exchangers, one or more turbines or expanders, a desuperheater heat exchanger, a condenser heat exchanger, a separator, an accumulator, and a liquid circulating pump, etc. In one example, a ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7266967 | Air conditioner for automotive vehicle An air conditioner for an automotive vehicle having a water-cooling type internal combustion engine includes: a first refrigerator; and an adsorption type refrigerator having adsorbent. The first refrigerator controls temperature of air to be blown into a passenger ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7240494 | Vapor compression circuit and method including a thermoelectric device A system and method includes a vapor-compression circuit having a working fluid flowing therethrough, a thermoelectric device positioned in a heat-transfer relation with the working fluid, and a power supply providing current to the thermoelectric device to generate... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7228682 | System for augmented electric power generation with distilled water output The system for augmented electric power generation with distilled water output employs a combined cycle gas turbine power generation system for electrical power generation. A multistage evaporator uses steam drawn from the steam turbine as a heating medium to power ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222495 | Motor vehicle cooling and depolluting device The invention concerns a motor vehicle cooling and depolluting device designed for conditioning said vehicle passenger compartment and for cooling its cylinder block (22). The elements of the device are connected through a main tube (25) containing an ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222500 | Method and device for absorption cooling When using systems that use the principle of absorption for the production of cold there is a great delay between the starting of the installation and the production of cold. This delay is due to the necessary time for the production of vapour. According to t... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7201011 | Integrated noise and heat management system An integrated noise and heat management system for the management of noise and heat around a heat and noise source is described. The system includes an enclosure for surrounding the heat and noise source, the enclosure having a double wall structure defining an air ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7194869 | Turbine exhaust water recovery system The exhaust gas of a turbine engine can include water vapor. Aspects of the invention relate to various systems for recovering water from the exhaust gas of a gas turbine engine. In one system, a portion of the exhaust gas can be routed to an absorption chiller. In ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7178355 | HVAC desiccant wheel system and method An HVAC system includes a desiccant wheel, wherein the wheel's speed varies with airflow, the wheel is energized for at least a set period at startup, and/or a heat recovery system (e.g., an air-to-air heat exchanger) upstream of the wheel enhances the system's abil... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178348 | Refrigeration power plant The invention relates to a power station comprising at least one steam turbine and/or gas turbine which is connected to at least one absorption type refrigeration machine in order to produce refrigeration, whereby the absorption type refrigeration machine is operate... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7143589 | Sorption cooling systems, their use in automotive cooling applications and methods relating to the same A sorption cooling system for providing cooled air to the cabin of a vehicle. The sorption cooling system includes an evaporator, a condenser adapted to fluidly communication with the evaporator, and a plurality of adsorbent beds adapted for fluid communication with... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7100369 | Thermoelectric generating device A thermoelectric generating device has a thermoelectric element which utilizes an exhaust gas from an engine as a high temperature heat source and an engine coolant as a low temperature heat source in order to generate electricity. An introducing passage introduces ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7086242 | Dehumidifying air-conditioning apparatus A dehumidifying air-conditioning apparatus comprises a pressurizer (4) for raising a pressure of a refrigerant, a condenser (5) for condensing the refrigerant to heat a high-temperature heat source fluid, and an evaporator (1) for evaporating th... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077113 | Combined intercooler and flame arrester A combined flame arrester and intercooler for cooling intake gas for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The intercooler comprises an elongated body having a longitudinal axis. The elongated body has a central passageway that extends substantially parallel t... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073341 | Air conditioner An air conditioner is provided that includes an exhaust heat recovery unit for recovering exhaust heat in a heat transfer medium, a heat transfer medium passage in which the heat transfer medium outputted from the exhaust heat recovery unit flows, an auxiliary heati... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7055335 | Venting arrangement for a vehicle refrigerator and related method A venting arrangement for a vehicle refrigerator including a lower vent assembly and an upper vent assembly. The lower vent assembly provides ventilation intake for cooling of refrigeration components. The upper vent assembly provides ventilation exhaust for cooling... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7022889 | Isomerization process using novel catalyst A process for the isomerization of a feedstream comprising C5–C6 hydrocarbons where the process involves charging hydrogen and a feedstream comprising at least normal C5–C6 hydrocarbons into an isomerization zone and c... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015175 | High-activity isomerization catalyst and process A catalyst and process is disclosed to selectively upgrade a paraffinic feedstock to obtain an isoparaffin-rich product for blending into gasoline. The catalyst comprises a support of a sulfated oxide or hydroxide of a Group IVB (IUPAC 4) metal, a first component of... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7003973 | Refrigerator and cooling system therefor A refrigerator, including a cabinet having an inner casing to define an inner surface of the refrigerator and an outer casing to define an outer surface of the refrigerator, a machine room defined by the outer casing so as to be provided outside the outer casing, a ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6978625 | System for forming aerosols and cooling device incorporated therein The present invention relates to a cooling device (30) of the reverse Carnot cycle-type using a refrigerant, and an areosol generation system including it. The cooling device (30) includes a refrigerator (310, 320) of the reverse Carnot cycle-ty... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979396 | Combination reforming and isomerization process A reforming and isomerization process has been developed. A reforming feedstream is charged to a reforming zone containing a reforming catalyst and operating at reforming conditions to generate a reforming zone effluent. Hydrogen and an isomerization feedstream is c... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978633 | Absorption chiller-heater There is constructed a constitution including an exhaust gas fired regenerator constituting a heat source by exhaust gas from an external machine generating the exhaust gas, an introducing flow path for guiding the exhaust gas to the exhaust gas fired regenerator, a... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6964168 | Advanced heat recovery and energy conversion systems for power generation and pollution emissions reduction, and methods of using same Disclosed herein are various systems and methods for producing mechanical power from a heat source. In various illustrative examples, the system may include a heat recovery heat exchanger, a turbine, an economizer heat exchanger, a condenser heat exchanger, and a li... | 11/15/2005 |
