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US 11,698,058 B1Granted
Multi-source sustainable-renewable energy harvester
AssigneeUNM Rainforest Innovations
InventorsNima Fathi, Peter V. Vorobieff, Patrick McDaniel, Seyed Sobhan Aleyasin, Mahyar Pourghasemi
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Abstract
A method, approach, system, apparatus and solution that generates electricity from the removal heat of sustainable thermal cycles combined with a renewable thermal energy source.
Claims1
A solar chimney power plant comprising:
- a collector, said collector covered with a transparent roof that collects solar radiation;
- a chimney having a base and top, said base of said chimney located at the center of said collector;
- a turbine located in said base;
- said collector in communication with said chimney to allow air heated in said collector to flow into and up through said chimney to drive said turbine;
- a heat exchanger, said heat exchanger configured to heat ambient air that is fed into and mixed with heated air in said collector;
- said heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat sinks, each of said heat sinks comprised of parallel channels, said parallel channels located between a base and cover plate;
- each of said heat sinks inlet side for cooler fluid and an outlet side where heated fluid exits said heat sink;
- said parallel channels include a cladding made of an alloy;
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- said solar chimney further adapted to use heat from a nuclear power plant to increase the temperature of the air in said collector to drive said turbine.
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