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US 10,473,091 B2Granted
Power generation using liquids with different vapour pressures
AssigneeDelta Driven 24 Sprl
InventorsGuillaume Halloy, Elise Halloy, Louis Halloy, Helene Halloy
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to apparatus and methods of generating power that utilise the flow of vapour between two or more liquid bodies having different vapour pressures. Power is generated as a result of the flow of vapour from a liquid body having a higher vapour pressure to a liquid body having a lower vapour pressure.
Claims13
An apparatus for generating power comprising
- a chamber, wherein:
- the chamber comprises a source liquid portion and a sink liquid portion;
- the sink liquid portion is rotatable about an axis of rotation;
- the axis of rotation is not coincident with any part of the sink liquid portion;
- the sink liquid portion comprises an outlet;
- the sink liquid portion outlet is positioned such that a release of liquid through the sink liquid portion outlet causes the sink liquid portion to rotate about the axis of rotation;
- the source liquid portion comprises an inlet for connecting to a first liquid source;
- the sink liquid portion comprises an inlet for connecting to a second liquid source;
- in use, the first liquid source has a lower salinity than the second liquid source, and liquid is transferred via vapour phase from source liquid in the source liquid portion to sink liquid in the sink liquid portion due to a difference between vapour pressures of the source liquid and the sink liquid;
- and
- the apparatus comprises a first mechanism for generating power from the rotation of the sink liquid portion about the axis of rotation.
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