Production of industrial electrical energy from hydraulic energy
AssigneeRaymond Goyat
InventorEugene Goyat
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Abstract
A process for the production of electrical energy from a fluid circulating in a closed circuit, of the type employing a fluid brought to saturating vapor phase in a substantially vertical column, at the upper part of which the fluid is returned to liquid phase before being directed towards a fall column which it takes to return to the lower part of the first column where vaporization takes place and to actuate, between these two levels and within the fall column, at least one energy-producing member; a temperature being arranged to prevail in the vapor column which enables the vapor to be maintained close to its critical point.
Claims6
A process for the production of electrical energy from a fluid circulating in a closed circuit and comprising the steps of bringing said fluid to its saturating vapour phase in a substantially vertical column, returning said fluid to its liquid phase at the upper portion of said column, directing the liquid phase fluid downward through a fall column to return said fluid to the lower portion of said vertical column, vaporizing said fluid at said lower portion of said vertical column, and actuating at least one energy-producing member with said fluid in said fall column, said at least one energy-producing member being disposed in said fall column between said upper and lower portions, said process being characterized by maintaining the temperature in said vertical column such that the vapour phase of said fluid is close to its critical point.
An installation for producing electrical energy from a fluid circulating in a closed circuit, comprising a vapour column, a vaporization chamber disposed at the lower portion of said vapour column, a liquefactor disposed at the upper portion of said vapour column, a fall column connecting said liquefactor and said vaporization chamber, energy-conversion means positioned in said fall column, energy-producing means driven by said energy-conversion means, and heating means disposed in said vaporization chamber for maintaining the temperature in said vapour column such that the fluid in said vapour column is in its vapour phase close to its critical point.
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