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https://drivepatents.com/patents/1003689 · 4 Apr 2012
A Rankine cycle system (101) mounted on a vehicle includes a Rankine cycle circuit (100), a pressure detector (121), a temperature detector (122) and a controller (119). The Rankine cycle circuit includes a fluid expansion device (114), a fluid transferrin...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1005000 · 29 Feb 2012
Embodiments of the invention can provide systems and methods for pre-warming a heat recovery steam generator and associated steam lines. According to one embodiment, a method for pre-warming a heat recovery steam generator can be provided. The method can i...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1004996 · 29 Feb 2012
A system comprises a first heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) (102) having an upstream intake duct portion (101), a first gas turbine engine (106) connected to a first exhaust duct operative to output exhaust from the first gas turbine engine (106) to th...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1005860 · 25 Jan 2012
A grid frequency rate limiting system (106) for a droop governor (136) is disclosed, the grid frequency rate limiting system (106) including: a rate limit calculator (130) for: obtaining data including at least one of: a transient power response requiremen...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1007386 · 7 Dec 2011
A combined cycle power plant (2) includes a gas turbomachine (4), a steam turbomachine (18) operatively coupled to the gas turbomachine (4), and a heat recovery steam generator (37) operatively coupled to the gas turbomachine (4) and the steam turbomachine...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1009561 · 14 Sep 2011
The device has a heat exchanger (22) i.e. evaporator, for evaporation fluid, and an expansion unit (30) for expanding the fluid in vapor form. A cooling exchanger (40) i.e. condenser, is swept by cold fluid (Fr) for condensation of the fluid in vapor form....
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1010020 · 24 Aug 2011
The method involves coupling an energy production unit with a consumption unit such that energy required by the consumption unit is estimated by a rule and/or prognosis algorithm based on consumption profile in the past over a time response. The energy req...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1010761 · 27 Jul 2011
In one embodiment, a component (66) for a power generation system (2) includes an interior volume (68) for containing steam condensate or gas turbine exhaust gas (22). A phase change material (72) is disposed around an external surface of the combined cycl...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1011745 · 22 Jun 2011
A waste heat recovery system of an internal combustion engine, in which the amount of regenerative energy transmitted to the internal combustion engine is increased with a simple mechanism. A controller of the waste heat recovery system of an internal comb...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1013101 · 11 May 2011
A Rankine cycle (6) of a waste heat utilization device includes a circulation path (7) for circulating a working fluid therethrough, an evaporator (12) for causing heat to transfer from cooling water delivered from an internal combustion engine (2) to the ...