Title:
METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING PROCESS ENERGY
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS5741477
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A system for recovering energy from a pressured reactor (10) comprising a reactor (10), a reciprocating engine (21, 22, 23, 24) connected to the reactor to receive reaction effluent from said reactor thereby driving the pistons (56) of the reciprocating engine by expansion of the effluent and recovery apparatus (27) downstream of the engine for recovering products from the effluent.
The expanding reactor effluent is used to drive the pistons which are in one embodiment especially valved in conjunction with the effluent inlet port (41) in the cylinder 40 to facilitate handling the effluents, the pistons in turn operate a crankshaft (30) through a crosshead (62) which may power compressors (11) or operate a generator to produce electricity.
In another embodiment the inlet valves (146) to the cylinders of the engine are operated by independently time adjustable actuating means (117, 144), thereby making possible recovery of substantially more energy in a directly usable form.
Inventors:
JIEI ROBAATO SHIMUZU JIYUNIA
Application Number:
JP11288681A
Publication Date:
March 08, 1982
Filing Date:
July 18, 1981
Export Citation:
Assignee:
EXXON RESEARCH ENGINEERING CO
International Classes:
F01K25/14; F01B17/02; F01L23/00; F03G7/00; (IPC1-7): F01K27/00; F03G7/00