Heat recovery in a liquid ring pump seal liquid chiller system

A power plant comprising:

• a boiler for heating a fluid in order to form a gaseous phase of said fluid;
• a power generator for generating electrical power from said gaseous phase, said power generator having a first conduit for conveying said gaseous phase from said boiler to said power generator;
• a condenser for partly condensing said gaseous phase to a liquid phase of said fluid after said gaseous phase has passed through said power generator, said condenser having a second conduit for conveying said gaseous phase from said power generator to said condenser;
• a liquid ring pump for evacuating uncondensed gaseous phase from said condenser at a predetermined rate through a third conduit connected between said liquid ring pump and said condenser;
• a chiller for cooling seal liquid discharged from said liquid ring pump, said chiller having a fourth conduit for conveying said seal liquid discharged from said liquid ring pump to said chiller, and a fifth conduit for conveying said seal liquid from said chiller to said liquid ring pump for re-use in said liquid ring pump after said seal liquid has been cooled by said chiller;
• a sixth conduit for conveying a predetermined portion of said liquid phase from said condenser to said chiller so that said predetermined portion of said liquid phase is heated by heat generated during the operation of said chiller;
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• a seventh conduit for conveying said predetermined portion of said liquid phase from said chiller to said boiler after said predetermined portion of said liquid phase has been heated by said chiller, said predetermined portion of said liquid phase being re-used in said boiler by being further heated in order to generate electrical power.