Hybrid energy system
AssigneeApollo Hybrid, Inc.
InventorsEdward Aaron VanDyne, Volker Schumacher
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Abstract
Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for providing energy to a defined space, such as a house or other building. In one implementation, thermal energy is received from a solar power source at a solar boiler, and steam is generated from the thermal energy using the solar boiler. One or pistons of a steam engine is driven with a pressure from the steam. The steam engine outputs a first waste heat. The first waste heat is received from the steam engine at a chiller. The chiller generates conditioned air from the first waste heat.
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A method for providing energy to a defined space, the method comprising:
- receiving thermal energy from a solar power source at a solar boiler;
- generating steam from the thermal energy using the solar boiler;
- driving one or pistons of a steam engine with a pressure from the steam, the steam engine outputting a first waste heat;
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- receiving the first waste heat from the steam engine at a chiller, the chiller generating conditioned air from the first waste heat.
A system for providing energy to a defined space, the system comprising:
- a first boiler having a first heat exchanger generating a first heat output from a first energy source having a first temperature;
- a second boiler having a second heat exchanger generating a second heat output from a second energy source having a second temperature, the second heat output supplementing the first heat output to form a two-stage boiler having a cogenerated heat output, the second heat exchanger being disposed above the first heat exchanger, the first energy source being different from the second energy source and the first temperature being lower than the second temperature;
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- a piston steam engine driven by steam generated by the cogenerated heat output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.