443 results about "Thermodynamic system" patented technology

A thermodynamic system that produces mechanical, electrical power, and / or fluid streams for heating or cooling. The cycle contains a combustion system that produces an energetic fluid by combustion of a fuel with an oxidant. A thermal diluent may be used in the cycle to improve performance, including but not limited to power, efficiency, economics, emissions, dynamic and off-peak load performance, and / or turbine inlet temperature (TIT) regulation and cooling heated components. The cycle preferably includes a heat recovery system and a condenser or other means to recover and recycle heat and the thermal diluent from the energetic fluid to improve the cycle thermodynamic efficiency and reduce energy conversion costs. The cycle may also include controls for temperatures, pressures, and flow rates throughout the cycle, and controls power output, efficiency, and energetic fluid composition.

Devices and methods for moving a working fluid through a controlled thermodynamic cycle in a positive displacement fluid-handling device (20, 20′, 20″) with minimal energy input include continuously varying the relative compression and expansion ratios of the working fluid in respective compressor and expander sections without diminishing volumetric efficiency. In one embodiment, a rotating valve plate arrangement (40, 42, 44, 46) is provided with moveable apertures or windows (48, 50, 56, 58) for conducting the passage of the working fluid in a manner which enables on-the-fly management of the thermodynamic efficiency of the device (20) under varying conditions in order to maximize the amount of mechanical work needed to move the target quantity of heat absorbed and released by the working fluid. When operated in refrigeration modes, the work required to move the heat is minimized. In power modes, the work extracted for the given input heat is maximized.

A thermodynamic system that can approximate the Ericsson or Brayton cycles and operated in reverse or forward modes to implement a cooler or engine, respectively. The thermodynamic system includes a device for compressing a first fluid stream containing a first gas-liquid mixture having a sufficient liquid content so that compression of the gas within the first gas-liquid mixture by the compressing device is nearly isothermal, and a device for expanding a second fluid stream containing a second gas-liquid mixture having a sufficient liquid content so that expansion of the gas within the second gas-liquid mixture by the expanding device is nearly isothermal. A heat sink is in thermal communication with at least the liquid of the first gas-liquid mixture for transferring heat therefrom, and a heat source is in thermal communication with at least the liquid of the second gas-liquid mixture for transferring heat thereto. A device is provided for transferring heat between at least the gas of the first gas-liquid mixture after the first fluid stream exits the compressing device and at least the gas of the second gas-liquid mixture after the second fluid stream exits the expanding device. The compressing and expanding devices are not liquid-ring compressors or expanders, but instead are devices that tolerate liquid flooding, such as scroll-type compressors and expanders.

The invention discloses a solar energy and fuel coal coupled flexible power generation system and a running method. The system comprises a coal-fired power generation unit thermodynamic system and a high-temperature heat storing system which comprises a solar heat collection system, cold and hot heat storing medium tanks, a heat storing medium pump, a heat storing medium and feed water heat exchanger and the like and is coupled with solar thermal power generation; a heat storing medium heater is arranged in a boiler flue; the flow of a heat storing medium entering the solar heat collection device and the heat storing medium heater is adjusted through cooperation of a solar heat storing medium adjusting valve and the heat storing medium pump, therefore, influences of sunlight irradiation changes are eliminated, and the output power is kept stable; peak regulation is conducted through the heat storing medium tank, and the steam turbine output power is reduced under the stable combustioncondition of a boiler; and the flow and temperature of feed water entering the heat storing medium and feed water heat exchanger are adjusted through opening and closing of a high-pressure heater adjusting valve group, and then the system meets the requirements of the quick load changing rate of a unit. According to the solar energy and fuel coal coupled flexible power generation system and the running method, solar energy and fuel coal power generation coupling can be achieved, coal consumption is reduced, and the flexibility and economical efficiency of the unit are significantly improved.