Energy recovery during expansion of compressed gas using power plant low-quality heat sources
Patent
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OSTI ID:908555
- Albany, OR
- Lebanon, OR
A method of recovering energy from a cool compressed gas, compressed liquid, vapor, or supercritical fluid is disclosed which includes incrementally expanding the compressed gas, compressed liquid, vapor, or supercritical fluid through a plurality of expansion engines and heating the gas, vapor, compressed liquid, or supercritical fluid entering at least one of the expansion engines with a low quality heat source. Expansion engines such as turbines and multiple expansions with heating are disclosed.
- Research Organization:
- Albany Research Center (ARC), Albany, OR (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Assignee:
- The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
- Patent Number(s):
- 7,007,474
- Application Number:
- 10/309,287
- OSTI ID:
- 908555
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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