Power plants – Motive fluid energized by externally applied heat – Process of power production or system operation
Patent
1990-06-15
1991-07-02
Ostrager, Allen M.
Power plants
Motive fluid energized by externally applied heat
Process of power production or system operation
60649, 60671, F01K 2510
Patent
active
050276026
ABSTRACT:
A process and apparatus by means of which the premier vapor cycle, known as the Carnot cycle, can be approximated in practice, involve the application of novel energy-efficient, mixed phase, high volume-ratio fluid-handling machinery to a single-component working fluid that exists during certain processes as a mixture of fine droplets of saturated liquid in saturated vapor. This combination of fluid-handling machinery and the saturated mixed-phase working fluid enables the approximation of isentropic saturated liquid/vapor expansion and compression. These process approximations, in addition to isothermal heat addition and rejection, enable Carnot heat engine, refrigeration and heat pump cycles to be approximated.
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Edwards Thomas C.
Glen John S.
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
Jarcho Harold G.
Ostrager Allen M.
Ross John W.
Toupal John E.
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