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US 12,221,907 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for converting thermal energy
AssigneeEnerscale GmbH
InventorsHermann Oberwalder, Gerhard P. Fleischer
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Abstract
An apparatus for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy by a cycle, having a heat exchanger, a reservoir for an operating medium, a feed line, a turbine, and a return line having at least one recovery device. To utilize waste heat for the generation of electrical energy, the turbine is embodied as a disc rotor turbine with full condensation of the operating medium, whereby a separate condenser can be eliminated.
Claims22
An apparatus for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy by a cycle, comprising:
- a heat exchanger,
- a reservoir for an operating medium,
- a feed line,
- a turbine, and
- a return line having at least one recovery device,
- wherein the turbine is embodied as a disc rotor turbine configured to perform full condensation of the operating medium without a separate condenser such that the disc rotor turbine receives the operating medium in a gaseous state and outputs the operating medium solely in the liquid state, the solid state, or a combination thereof.
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