Title:
ELECTRICITY-GENERATING INSTALLATION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/039537
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An electricity-generating installation comprises an internal-combustion engine (1) driving a primary electricity generator (2), the engine having an ex-haust gas outlet arranged to pass exhaust gases through a pair of heat ex- changers (5, 6), in each of which a plurality of heat pipes are configured to trans- fer heat from the exhaust gases into a closed non-condensing steam circuit. The circuit contains a reciprocating steam engine (12) driving a secondary electricity generator (13), control means being provided to admit lower-pressure ex-haust steam from the steam engine alternately to the heat exchangers and to pass higher-pressure steam from the heat-exchangers to an accumulator (7) feeding higher-pressure steam to the steam engine.
Inventors:
MONGAN STEPHEN FRANCIS (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/GB2010/051627
Publication Date:
December 15, 2011
Filing Date:
September 29, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MONGAN STEPHEN FRANCIS (GB)
International Classes:
F01K23/06; F22B1/18
Foreign References:
| DE10043547A1 | 2002-03-28 | |||
| DE102004041669A1 | 2005-04-14 | |||
| US20080116691A1 | 2008-05-22 | |||
| DE19930659A1 | 2001-01-18 | |||
| DE19924739A1 | 2000-12-07 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
LOVEN, Keith James (Runcorn RoadLincoln, Lincolnshire LN6 3QP, GB)
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