Mobile congeneration apparatus including inventive valve and boiler

A cogeneration apparatus comprising:

• transporting means for transporting said cogeneration apparatus, said transporting means including a support frame;
• electrical generator means, mountable on said support frame, for generating an electrical current;
• driving means, mountable on said support frame, for driving said electrical generator means, said driving means producing an exhaust gas when operated;
• heat recovery means, mountable on said support frame, for recovering heat from said exhaust gas;
• exhaust discharge means for discharging at least a portion of said exhaust gas before said portion of said exhaust gas enters said heat recovery means;
• and
• diverter means for selectively diverting said portion of said exhaust gas to said exhaust discharge means,
• wherein said diverter means comprises:
• a housing having an inlet port, a first outlet port, and a second outlet port;
• a valve element support member pivotably mountable in said housing;
• a valve element;
• and
• a spherical bearing assembly operable for associating said valve element with said valve element support member,
• said valve element being positionable, by pivoting said valve element support member, for selectively sealing said outlet ports such that, when said valve element is positioned to fully close a selected one of said outlet ports, the other of said outlet ports is open.

A cogeneration apparatus comprising:

• transporting means for transporting said cogeneration apparatus, said transporting means including a support frame;
• electrical generator means, mountable on said support frame, for generating an electrical current;
• driving means, mountable on said support frame, for driving said electrical generator means, said driving means producing an exhaust gas when operated;
• and
• heat recovery means, mountable on said support frame, for recovering heat from said exhaust gas,
• wherein said heat recovery means is a boiler comprising:
• a boiler housing;
• a first drum;
• a second drum;
• a first set of vertical boiler tubes positioned inside said boiler housing;
• a second set of vertical boiler tubes positioned inside said boiler housing;
• first conduit means for conducting water between said drums and for conducting water to said first set of tubes;
• second conduit means for conducting water between said drums and for conducting water to said second set of tubes;
• third conduit means for conducting substantially all of the steam generated in said first set of tubes from said first set of tubes to one of said first and second drums;
• and
• fourth conduit means for conducting substantially all of the steam generated in said second set of tubes from said second set of tubes to the other of said first and second drums.

A cogeneration apparatus comprising:

• transporting means for transporting said cogeneration apparatus, said transporting means including a support frame;
• electrical generator means, mountable on said support frame, for generating an electrical current;
• driving means, mountable on said support frame, for driving said electrical generator means, said driving means producing an exhaust gas when operated;
• and
• heat recovery means, mountable on said support frame, for recovering heat from said exhaust gas,
• said electrical generator means comprising a first electrical generator and a second electrical generator,
• said driving means comprising a first engine operably associatable with said first electrical generator for driving said first electrical generator,
• said driving means further comprising a second engine operably associatable with said second electrical generator for driving said second electrical generator,
• said first engine and said first electrical generator can be operated simultaneously with said second engine and said second electrical generator, and
• said first engine and said first electrical generator can be operated when said second engine and said second electrical generator are not in operation.