Organic rankine cycle decompression heat engine
AssigneeHeat Source Energy Corp.
InventorKeith Sterling Johnson
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Abstract
A heat engine is configured to receive a high-pressure fluid and release a low-pressure fluid. The heat engine includes a main housing including an expansion tank and a generator housing. The heat engine includes a scroll decompressor disposed in the expansion tank. The scroll decompressor is configured to progressively decompress the high-pressure fluid to the low-pressure fluid while rotating a main shaft. The heat engine includes a generator disposed in the generator housing. The generator is driven by the main shaft. The heat engine includes a coupling disposed on the main housing configured to couple with a power receiving device. The coupling is configured to transfer rotational motion of the generator to a rotational input of the power receiving device.
Claims22
A heat engine configured to receive a high-pressure fluid and release a low-pressure fluid, the heat engine comprising:
- a main housing including an expansion tank and a generator housing;
- a scroll decompressor disposed in the expansion tank, wherein the scroll decompressor is configured to progressively decompress the high-pressure fluid to the low-pressure fluid while rotating a main shaft, wherein the scroll decompressor includes an outlet open to atmosphere;
- a generator disposed in the generator housing, wherein the generator is driven by the main shaft;
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- a coupling disposed on the main housing configured to couple with a power receiving device, wherein:
- the coupling is configured to transfer rotational motion of the generator to a rotational input of the power receiving device, and
- the power receiving device is external to the heat engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.