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WO/1998/008699A1
A viscous heater which is capable of preventing the interference of an outer surface of a rotor with a wall surface of a heating chamber while keeping adequate that generation per revolution of the rotor. To form such a viscous heater, r...  
WO/1998/004011A2
An energy system that couples or integrates an electrochemical converter, such as a fuel cell for the production of electricity, with a Heating, Ventilation and Cooling (HVAC) system, is disclosed. Waste heat (16) generated by the fuel c...  
WO/1997/047487A1
A non-Newtonian fluid (for instance, a specific silicone oil) having a tendency that the apparent viscosity decreases as the shearing speed of a rotor (33) increases is used as a viscous fluid (F) that is contained in a vehicle heat gene...  
WO/1997/046051A1
Boiler comprising a heating chamber (14) provided with an inlet tube (11), an outlet tube (12) and at least a surface transmitting heat to the fluid to be heated, formed by a metallic drum (7) heated by eddy currents induced by a rotatin...  
WO/1997/045686A1
Dryer, in particular for continuous sheet materials, comprising at least a surface which gives heat to the material (9) to be dried, formed by a metal plate or drum (7) heated by eddy currents induced by a rotating cylinder (1) arranged ...  
WO/1997/037865A1
A viscous heater is provided which can attain the improvement of heating efficiency while preventing the leakage of a viscous fluid ascribed to the expansion thereof. To form such a viscous heater, a flat disc type rotor (15) is employed...  
WO/1997/031796A1
Auxiliary machines for a vehicle capable of being handled independently of each other while satisfying requirements of installation in a limited space and reduction of manufacturing costs. To this end, an autotensioner idler (ID) as one ...  
WO/1997/021059A1
The invention concerns a device for treating and producing fresh air in an air-delivery system disposed in a bed (22, 24, 26) of solids particles, the device comprising an air-collector shaft (1) and connected thereto an air-extraction p...  
WO/1997/018619A1
A sealed pressure-resistant container is partially filled with any type of substance and exposed to at least one ray of any spectrum, wave length or frequency such as a light or heat ray. By forming a whirling current from the focal poin...  
WO/1997/017219A1
A heating system for vehicles which does not require a considerable space for installation in an engine compartment, can be manufactured at low cost and adequately heat a compartment at the engine start. A water pump (WP) and a viscous h...  
WO/1997/016323A1
A variable capacity viscous heater whose capacity is reliably decreased and whose heating efficiency does not lower even after a long term use. Formed are, for example, a recovery passage (3a) communicating with the central area of a hea...  
WO/1997/013103A1
A heating apparatus (2) draws in a liquid medium through a motor (7) driven, high pressure pump (5, 172), the liquid medium is greatly increased in pressure and temperature through frictional heating thereof and then the liquid medium is...  
WO/1997/010112A1
There is provided a capacity variable viscous heater in which its capacity is positively reduced and which prevents reduction in heat generating efficiency after a service life of a long-term use. For instance, a control chamber (9) is d...  
WO/1997/008000A1
There is provided a viscous heater that is produced easily and at a low cost. A rear housing (6) comprises a rear plate (2) and a rear housing main body (3), and the rear plate (2), the rear housing main body (3) and a front housing (1) ...  
WO/1997/008002A1
There is provided a viscous heater which can positively prevent the leakage of viscous fluid even after a service life. A shaft sealing device (10) is provided in a housing (28) that seals a driving shaft (12) between a heat generating c...  
WO/1997/008001A1
There is provided a viscous heater that ensures sufficient heat exchange. For instance, fins (2c-2f) are formed on a housing that project into a water jacket (RW) so that the surface area of a wall surface constituting the water jacket i...  
WO/1997/000179A1
A heater for the cooling water of an internal combustion engine equipped with a cooling water pump has a housing (6) and a rotor (19) located in the housing (6). Housing and rotor are rotated in opposite directions by the engine. The vis...  
WO/1996/041769A1
A system (10) and method for electrolyzing and/or heating a liquid electrolyte (59) containing water having a conductive salt in solution and for producing excess heat within the water for use. An electrolytic cell (12) includes a non-co...  
WO/1996/041104A2
A system (10) for the generation of electricity from geothermal energy relies on using endothermic reactions at the bottom of a well (12) to capture and store geothermal heat, and exothermic reactions at the top of the well (12) to relea...  
WO/1996/033794A1
Improved methods and systems are provided for transferring heat in a combustion system. The methods and systems provide for alternately exposing a reducing (60) and a gas containing molecular oxygen (88) to an unmixed combustion catalyst...  
WO/1996/033374A1
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for heating a liquid using mechanical vibrations. The liquid is introduced into a cavity (1) in a rotating wheel (2) and expelled into an annular chamber (4) formed by the wheel and stator (7), passes...  
WO/1996/032531A1
Steam (preferably clean steam) having less noncondensible gases than steam produced by conventional black liquor flashing is produced from hot black liquor from a digester of a pulp mill. A heat exchanger (19) is utilized and the hot bla...  
WO/1996/029844A1
The invention concerns a heating device (10) for heating a solid or liquid medium (11). Disposed on the periphery of a rotor (15, 18) are a plurality of permanent magnets (22, 24) which generate a magnetic field in the region of which th...  
WO/1996/029845A1
The invention concerns a device (10) for heating a solid or liquid medium (11), the device having a rotating part (15, 18) with, disposed round its circumference, several permanent magnets (22, 24) which generate a magnetic field in whic...  
WO/1996/025990A1
A liquid vaporizer (100) includes a stack of coaxially aligned, thermally conductive, thin, flat disks (120) having different diameters. The larger diameter disks (140) each include at least one aperture and preferably a plurality of clo...  
WO/1996/023181A1
A hole in the earth for transferring geothermal energy from the earth around the hole to an energy carrier fluid which is introduced into the hole. According to the invention the lower ends (7, 8) of at least two substantially vertically...  
WO/1996/020377A1
The proposed method of obtaining energy involves feeding a liquid phase substance into a treatment zone where cavitation bubbles are created in the substance by producing a fluctuating pressure with constant and variable components based...  
WO/1996/011366A1
Materials of all kinds are converted and their intrinsic energy released and applied to the container walls as heat by one or more light sources in an airtight container. The heat can be used to produce stema, hot water, heating water an...  
WO/1995/033968A1
The present invention relates to a fluid heating system (10) to be used in connection with a boiler or the like and more particularly relates to a heat exchanger type device which can supply a large quantity of hot fluid such as water wi...  
WO/1995/030864A1
In a borehole (2), a pump (22) at the bottom end of a flow duct (20) is surrounded by a shroud pipe (18) which terminates at a distance (a) from the bottom (8) of the bore-hole (2). Extending radially around the outside of the shroud pip...  
WO/1995/023942A1
The application concerns a method and a device for producing heat energy by contacting water with hot oil in a reaction vessel (11), which leads to a violent reaction outputting a flame-like eruption of very hot gases, the generated heat...  
WO/1995/015466A1
The thermal extraction system and method utilizes a geothermal heat source to provide thermal energy at the surface by drilling a bore hole (12, 41, 42, 72, 102) into the geothermal heat source and equipping the bore hole with a casing (...  
WO/1995/014896A1
In the process of the invention, oil is circulated in a sub-oil installation (8) in an open circuit and thus heated owing to the movement and the heat losses from the individual components in such a way that the energy stored in the oil ...  
WO/1995/013508A1
It is disclosed a device for conversion of kinetic energy from an external source, e.g. wind or flowing water, into thermal energy, by means of internal friction in a liquid. The device comprises a pump (2) connected to a shaft (10) rece...  
WO/1994/027097A1
In the heating process, especially for dwellings, using a powdered or granulated mixture of plastic and a stabiliser which is fluidised in a dry mixer with air, whereby water circulating in a heating circuit flows around the outer wall o...  
WO/1994/021889A2
A first aspect of the invention provides a method of extracting fluid from a reservoir (7) of said fluid comprising the use of geothermal energy. Preferably, the method comprises the drilling of a well (1) into an area of geothermal ener...  
WO/1994/018510A1
An improved ground source heat pump system wherein the subterranean piping installation comprises modular heat exchange units. Each modular heat exchange unit (36, 38, 40) comprises a plurality of parallel secondary or branch conduits (5...  
WO/1994/018121A1
A silica product preferably obtained from geothermal water, its uses (e.g. with paper) and preparation. It has a tertiary aggregate structure (preferably of Type I, II or III as defined in EP 0396242) with an average secondary particle d...  
WO/1992/018815A1
A device for tapping and converting thermal energy. A method and a device are provided for tapping thermal energy from any source or deposit regardless of its temperature, wherein a refrigerating device for absorbing calories from withou...  
WO/1991/018205A1
The device proposed has a pipe (3) sunk into the Earth's crust and designed to convey to the surface a fluid heated by geothermal energy, possibly in vapour form. The device also has a second, outer, pipe (2) surrounding the conveyor pip...  
WO/1991/003690A1
The Hot-Weak-Rock process avoids the technical limitation of the Hot-Dry-Rock process that, from a given depth, the shear forces building up in the rock for releasing the heating area through hydro-frac cannot be overcome. The hot-weak-r...  
WO/1990/008862A1
A building (1) where steel plates (2, 8, 9) are used partly as heat transporting elements to and from the heat magazine and constant heat area of the earth and partly as load-bearing elements. The steel plates (2, 8, 9) maintain a signif...  
WO/1989/012728A1
An in-well heat exchange method for improved recovery of subterranean fluids with poor flowability. The method includes conducting a fluid from a subterranean formation (F) through a well in fluid communication therewith to the surface, ...  
WO/1989/004913A1
A steam plant which includes a steam driven turbine (237), and a condenser (254) in which the steam exhausted from the turbine is condensed, the condenser (254) being at least 200 metres above the level of the turbine (237) and preferabl...  
WO/1989/001114A1
An impeller (10) for frictionnaly heating liquid is arranged that upon rotation thereof in a liquid reservoir, liquid is forced from the exterior of the impeller (10) through passages (20) having restricted orifices (24) therein to an in...  
WO/1988/009468A1
A binary compression heat pump or refrigerating machine comprises a degasser (12) connected in a solution circuit to a resorber (20) through a branch line (18) with at least one incorporated solution pump (36) and a second branch line (3...  
WO/1988/007652A1
Reservoirs for liquids, essentially provided with several, or at least one means of generating energy, capable, for example, of being heated by solar radiation with a supply of thermal circulation heat, by the incineration of rubbish, wi...  
WO/1988/007507A1
A process for aerobic, fermentative hydrolysis, in particular for composting organic materials (1), is carried out in a closed container (5). Fresh air (7, 26) is fed into the organic materials (1). The warm moisture-laden outgoing air (...  
WO/1988/007161A1
The invention relates to a method for recovering latent heat from a heat transfer medium comprising a mixture of water and alcohol, which is circulated through a closed system through a heat collector and a heat exchanger for heat exchan...  
WO/1988/007159A1
An installation for the exploitation of atmospheric and terrestrial heat comprises a solid absorber (5) with storage capacity, located in the open, having a heat-withdrawal/heat-exchanger system built on grown soil for withdrawing heat f...  

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