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GB2405450B - Working energy recovery system including a turbine - Google Patents

Working energy recovery system including a turbine

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Publication number
GB2405450B
GB2405450B GB0320022A GB0320022A GB2405450B GB 2405450 B GB2405450 B GB 2405450B GB 0320022 A GB0320022 A GB 0320022A GB 0320022 A GB0320022 A GB 0320022A GB 2405450 B GB2405450 B GB 2405450B
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
turbine
system including
recovery system
energy recovery
working energy
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB0320022A
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GB2405450A (en
GB0320022D0 (en
Inventor
Richard James Biddle
Mym Biddle
Miriam Simcock
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Freepower Ltd
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Freepower Ltd
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Priority to GB0320022A priority Critical patent/GB2405450B/en
Publication of GB0320022D0 publication Critical patent/GB0320022D0/en
Priority to ES04764554T priority patent/ES2299856T3/en
Priority to JP2006524335A priority patent/JP2007503546A/en
Priority to CA002536962A priority patent/CA2536962A1/en
Priority to RU2006109471/06A priority patent/RU2006109471A/en
Priority to DE602004011087T priority patent/DE602004011087T2/en
Priority to PL04764554T priority patent/PL1668226T3/en
Priority to PT04764554T priority patent/PT1668226E/en
Priority to PCT/EP2004/009580 priority patent/WO2005021936A2/en
Priority to US10/569,228 priority patent/US20070007771A1/en
Priority to EP04764554A priority patent/EP1668226B1/en
Priority to AU2004269148A priority patent/AU2004269148A1/en
Priority to AT04764554T priority patent/ATE382776T1/en
Priority to BRPI0413986-0A priority patent/BRPI0413986A/en
Priority to TW093126014A priority patent/TW200607912A/en
Publication of GB2405450A publication Critical patent/GB2405450A/en
Priority to IL173934A priority patent/IL173934A0/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2405450B publication Critical patent/GB2405450B/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
    • F01D1/00—Non-positive-displacement machines or engines, e.g. steam turbines
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C17/00—Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement
    • F16C17/10—Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement for both radial and axial load
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
    • F01D15/00—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of engines with devices driven thereby
    • F01D15/10—Adaptations for driving, or combinations with, electric generators
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
    • F01D25/00—Component parts, details, or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, other groups
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
    • F01D25/00—Component parts, details, or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, other groups
    • F01D25/16—Arrangement of bearings; Supporting or mounting bearings in casings
    • F01D25/162—Bearing supports
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
    • F01D25/00—Component parts, details, or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, other groups
    • F01D25/18—Lubricating arrangements
    • F01D25/22—Lubricating arrangements using working-fluid or other gaseous fluid as lubricant
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01K—STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES
    • F01K21/00—Steam engine plants not otherwise provided for
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01K—STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES
    • F01K25/00—Plants or engines characterised by use of special working fluids, not otherwise provided for; Plants operating in closed cycles and not otherwise provided for
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01K—STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES
    • F01K25/00—Plants or engines characterised by use of special working fluids, not otherwise provided for; Plants operating in closed cycles and not otherwise provided for
    • F01K25/08—Plants or engines characterised by use of special working fluids, not otherwise provided for; Plants operating in closed cycles and not otherwise provided for using special vapours
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02G—HOT GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS; USE OF WASTE HEAT OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F02G5/00—Profiting from waste heat of combustion engines, not otherwise provided for
    • F02G5/02—Profiting from waste heat of exhaust gases
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C33/00—Parts of bearings; Special methods for making bearings or parts thereof
    • F16C33/02—Parts of sliding-contact bearings
    • F16C33/04—Brasses; Bushes; Linings
    • F16C33/06—Sliding surface mainly made of metal
    • F16C33/10—Construction relative to lubrication
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16N—LUBRICATING
    • F16N15/00—Lubrication with substances other than oil or grease; Lubrication characterised by the use of particular lubricants in particular apparatus or conditions
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16N—LUBRICATING
    • F16N17/00—Lubrication of machines or apparatus working under extreme conditions
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02M—APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF
    • H02M7/00—Conversion of AC power input into DC power output; Conversion of DC power input into AC power output
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
    • Y02T10/10—Internal combustion engine [ICE] based vehicles
    • Y02T10/12—Improving ICE efficiencies

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  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Engine Equipment That Uses Special Cycles (AREA)
GB0320022A 2003-08-27 2003-08-27 Working energy recovery system including a turbine Expired - Fee Related GB2405450B (en)

Priority Applications (16)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0320022A GB2405450B (en) 2003-08-27 2003-08-27 Working energy recovery system including a turbine
PCT/EP2004/009580 WO2005021936A2 (en) 2003-08-27 2004-08-27 Energy recovery system
EP04764554A EP1668226B1 (en) 2003-08-27 2004-08-27 Energy recovery system
CA002536962A CA2536962A1 (en) 2003-08-27 2004-08-27 Energy recovery system
RU2006109471/06A RU2006109471A (en) 2003-08-27 2004-08-27 ENERGY REGENERATION SYSTEM
DE602004011087T DE602004011087T2 (en) 2003-08-27 2004-08-27 ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM
PL04764554T PL1668226T3 (en) 2003-08-27 2004-08-27 Energy recovery system
PT04764554T PT1668226E (en) 2003-08-27 2004-08-27 Energy recovery system
ES04764554T ES2299856T3 (en) 2003-08-27 2004-08-27 ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM.
US10/569,228 US20070007771A1 (en) 2003-08-27 2004-08-27 Energy recovery system
JP2006524335A JP2007503546A (en) 2003-08-27 2004-08-27 Energy recovery system
AU2004269148A AU2004269148A1 (en) 2003-08-27 2004-08-27 Energy recovery system
AT04764554T ATE382776T1 (en) 2003-08-27 2004-08-27 ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM
BRPI0413986-0A BRPI0413986A (en) 2003-08-27 2004-08-27 energy recovery system, uses of hfe-7100 or hexane or water and one of the alkanes, electrical power generation system, radial inflow turbine unit, bearing, rotary magnetic coupling, method performed on an energy recovery system to extract energy from a waste heat source, control method of an energy recovery system, and programmable control and work fluid purification systems for an energy conversion system
TW093126014A TW200607912A (en) 2003-08-27 2004-08-30 Energy recovery system
IL173934A IL173934A0 (en) 2003-08-27 2006-02-26 Energy recovery system

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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GB0320022A GB2405450B (en) 2003-08-27 2003-08-27 Working energy recovery system including a turbine

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GB0320022D0 GB0320022D0 (en) 2003-10-01
GB2405450A GB2405450A (en) 2005-03-02
GB2405450B true GB2405450B (en) 2006-09-06

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US8739538B2 (en) 2010-05-28 2014-06-03 General Electric Company Generating energy from fluid expansion
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US8984884B2 (en) 2012-01-04 2015-03-24 General Electric Company Waste heat recovery systems
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US764586A (en) * 1903-06-13 1904-07-12 Per Johan Hedlund Steam-turbine.
JPH08338207A (en) * 1995-06-15 1996-12-24 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd Exhaust heat recovery device

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US764586A (en) * 1903-06-13 1904-07-12 Per Johan Hedlund Steam-turbine.
JPH08338207A (en) * 1995-06-15 1996-12-24 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd Exhaust heat recovery device

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8839622B2 (en) 2007-04-16 2014-09-23 General Electric Company Fluid flow in a fluid expansion system
US8739538B2 (en) 2010-05-28 2014-06-03 General Electric Company Generating energy from fluid expansion
US9024460B2 (en) 2012-01-04 2015-05-05 General Electric Company Waste heat recovery system generator encapsulation

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