Recovery of enthalpy from hot fluids

Patent · Tue May 15 00:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6392209

Molini, A E; Zener, C

Enthalpy is recovered from hot industrial effluents by converting a working fluid into a foam in a flashing unit and using the foam to propel a turbine located within or at the output of the flashing unit. For liquid effluents the effluent itself serves as the working fluid. For gaseous effluents a liquid is heated by the gas and then the liquid is used as the working fluid. If the effluents contain undesirable levels of pollutants working fluid is cleaned before it is flashed. The specification discloses both impulse and reactive turbines which the foam can propel.

• Assignee: EDB-84-189608
• Patent Number(s): US 4448024
• OSTI ID: 6392209
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 18 Sep 1981; Other Information: PAT-APPL-303385
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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