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US 11,976,573 B2Granted
Thermal power plant
AssigneeOqab Dietrich Induction Inc.
InventorsHaroon B. Oqab, George B. Dietrich
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Abstract
The present disclosure teaches a system and method of generating electricity via a thermal power plant. The system and method includes a fuel heating chamber configured to receive a nano-thermite fuel, an induction assembly configured to inductively heat the fuel in the fuel heating chamber, and an electricity generating subsystem configured to convert heat from the heated nano-thermite fuel into electricity.
Claims25
A thermal power plant to generate electricity, the thermal power plant comprising:
- a fuel heating chamber configured to receive a nano-thermite fuel;
- an induction heating assembly configured to heat the nano-thermite fuel in the fuel heating chamber via induction heating;
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- an electricity generating subsystem comprising:
- a heat exchanger including a fluid heating chamber in thermal communication with the fuel heating chamber and configured to receive a working fluid, the heat exchanger to transfer heat from the heated nano-thermite fuel to the working fluid in the fluid heating chamber;
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- a flow line coupled to the heat exchanger and configured to receive the heated working fluid from the fluid heating chamber and circulate the heated working fluid to propel a turbine and generate electricity via a generator.
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A method of generating electricity using a thermal power plant, the method comprising:
- receiving a nano-thermite fuel by a fuel heating chamber;
- heating the nano-thermite fuel in the fuel heating chamber using induction heating;
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- converting heat from the heated nano-thermite fuel into electricity via an electricity generating subsystem, the electricity generating subsystem comprising:
- a heat exchanger including a fluid heating chamber in thermal communication with the fuel heating chamber and configured to receive a working fluid, the heat exchanger to transfer heat from the heated nano-thermite fuel to the working fluid in the fluid heating chamber;
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- a flow line coupled to the heat exchanger and configured to receive the heated working fluid from the fluid heating chamber and circulate the heated working fluid to propel a turbine and generate electricity via a generator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.