Power plant

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1984-07-11

1986-06-10

Ostrager, Allen M.

Power plants

Motive fluid energized by externally applied heat

Having condition responsive control

60667, 165 39, 165 40, B60H 100, B61D 2700, F01K 1302

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045935270

ABSTRACT:
In a power plant comprising an evaporator for transferring heat to the working fluid from a heat source whose temperature is subject to variation, thereby evaporating a working fluid, and a turbine driven by the evaporated working fluid, the temperature of the heat source is detected, an optimum physical value relating to the evaporation at the evaporator is caluculated in accordance with the detected temperature, and evaporation of the working fluid at the evaporator is controlled in accordance with the calculated optimum value.

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patent: 3255084 (1966-06-01), Doroszlai
patent: 3382917 (1968-05-01), Rice
Vincent, Semon P. and Kostors, Charles H., "Performance Optimization of an OTEC Turbine" Proceedings of the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Conference No. 790632, Jun. 19-22, 1979, vol. 1, pp. 8.7-1 through 8.7-6.

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