F01K 17/06
Returning energy of steam, in exchanged form, to process
Official title: Returning energy of steam, in exchanged form, to process, e.g. use of exhaust steam for drying solid fuel or plant
F01K17/06 (Returning energy of steam, in exchanged form, to process) appears on 92 US grants and 114 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F01K- Granted patents
- 92
- Published applications
- 114
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 273
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2019 | 4 | 9 |
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| 2021 | 10 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 8 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 9 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- High-temperature dual-source organic Rankine cycle with gas separations92US 8,046,999 B2Doty Scientific, Inc. · 2011
- Gas turbine power plant51US 4,492,085 AGeneral Electric Company · 1985
- Process for the efficient conversion of water-containing organic materials as fuels into energy42US 4,290,269 AMoDo-Chemetics AB · 1981
- Method for producing dried particulate coal fuel and electricity from a low rank particulate coal24US 5,137,539 AAtlantic Richfield Company · 1992
- Conversion of hydrocarbons to carbon dioxide and electrical power19US 9,216,903 B2Johnson Matthey PLC · 2015