Distillation: apparatus – Apparatus – Systems
Patent
1981-08-03
1983-12-13
Bascomb, Jr., Wilbur L.
Distillation: apparatus
Apparatus
Systems
202176, 202205, 202235, 202236, 62500, 122441, 159 24A, 159 24B, 159 482, 203 11, 203 25, 203 26, 203 88, 203 90, 208DIG8, 203DIG14, 203DIG20, B01D 128, C02F 104, F22D 100
Patent
active
044203730
ABSTRACT:
A mechanical energy conversion method and system for the restoration of dissipated heat energy, contained in natural or artificial water bodies at or near ambient temperatures, to industrial process heat, mainly in the form of steam up to 200.degree.-400.degree. C. The sensible heat contained in a water body is concentrated as latent heat in low pressure water vapor which is thermo-compressed by steam ejection to an intermediate pressure level, wherefrom mechanical compression takes over, generating highly superheated output steam. The ejecting steam is not generated in a boiler, but is continuously regenerated by the compressor and routed back for repeated ejection. The compressor is driven by a heat engine whose reject heat is collected and upgraded as well. The output of heat energy is essentially equal to the sun of the heating value of the fuel consumed and the intake of latent heat and amounts thus to substantially more than the heating value of the fuel alone.
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