Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Versatile pinch point avoidance recuperator for supercritical carbon dioxide power generation systems
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Application No.: US15052005Application Date: 2016-02-24
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Publication No.: US09726050B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Lyman J. Petrosky
- Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA Cranberry Township
- Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
- Current Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Cranberry Township
- Agency: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
- Agent Daniels C. Abeles
- Main IPC: F01K3/12
- IPC: F01K3/12 ; F01K25/10 ; F01K3/18 ; F01K7/16 ; F02C1/10 ; F01K3/00 ; F02C9/24 ; F01K7/32 ; F02C9/18
Abstract:
A supercritical carbon dioxide power generation Brayton cycle system and method that employs an alternate heat recuperation method and apparatus that utilizes switched banks of bead filled tanks to accumulate and recover the thermal energy of the two streams of working fluid in such a way that the variable thermal properties of the supercritical carbon dioxide can be accommodated without significant loss of thermal efficiency.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160281545A1 Versatile Pinch Point Avoidance Recuperator for Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Generation Systems Public/Granted day:2016-09-29
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