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US 2010/0300099 A1Published application
Air-medium power system
OwnerMoxian Cheninventor
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Abstract
A system and method for generating power using air as the working medium. External air is compressed by an air compressor and heated by a heat exchanger and then used to cause rotation of an air turbine. The air is then mixed with fuel in a combustion chamber to allow for combustion. The resulting combustion gas is used by the heat exchanger to heat the incoming external air.
Claims17
A system for generating power, said system comprising:
- an air intake for introducing external air into said system;
- an air compressor for compressing said external air to form compressed air;
- a heat exchanger for heating said compressed air to form compressed, heated air;
- an air turbine, wherein said air turbine is adapted to receive said compressed, heated air from said heat exchanger and wherein expansion of said compressed, heated air causes said air turbine to rotate;
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- a combustion chamber, wherein said combustion chamber is adapted to receive air exiting from said air turbine and to combust said air with fuel to produce high-temperature gas;
- and wherein said high-temperature gas is introduced into said heat exchanger for use in heating said compressed air.
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A system for generating power, said system comprising:
- an air intake for introducing external air into said system;
- an air compressor for compressing said external air;
- two or more intermediate sets, wherein each intermediate set comprises one heat exchanger connected to one air turbine, and wherein the first of said intermediate sets is connected to said air compressor and the next of said intermediate sets is connected to the air turbine of the preceding intermediate set;
- a combustion chamber, wherein said combustion chamber receives air exiting from the air turbine of the last of said intermediate sets and combusts said air with fuel to produce high-temperature gas;
- and wherein said high-temperature gas is introduced into each of said heat exchangers for use in heating said compressed air.
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A method for generating power, said method comprising the steps of
- introducing external air through an air intake;
- compressing said external air with an air compressor to form compressed air;
- heating said compressed air with a heat exchanger to form compressed, heated air;
- allowing said compressed, heated air to expand in an air turbine, wherein expansion of said compressed, heated air causes said air turbine to rotate;
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- combusting air exiting from said air turbine with fuel in a combustion chamber to produce high-temperature gas;
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- introducing said high-temperature gas into said heat exchanger to heat said compressed air.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.