Patent · US Active

Functional synergies of thermodynamic cycles and heat sources

US10577984B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by

0References

18Claims

0Family size

Assignee

ORCAN ENERGY AG · DE

Inventors

Richard Aumann · Munich, DE
Nicolas Restrepo · Munich, DE
Andreas Schuster · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
Andreas Sichert · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 6, 2016
Grant date	Mar 3, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 6, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF04D25/04
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The system according to the invention comprises a heat source and a cooling device for discharging heat from the heat source, the cooling device comprising: a heat exchanger/radiator for transferring heat to a surrounding medium, in particular wherein the radiator is an air cooler and the surrounding medium is air; and a thermodynamic cycle device, in particular an ORC device, comprising a working medium, an evaporator for evaporating the working medium by transferring heat from the heat source to the working medium, an expansion device for generating mechanical energy, and a condenser for condensing the working medium expanded in the expansion device; wherein the cooling device further comprises a condenser coolant circuit for discharging heat out of the condenser of the thermodynamic cycle device via the heat exchanger/radiator. The method according to the invention is suitable for discharging heat from a heat source with a cooling device.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.