Systems and methods for improving the performance of air-driven generators using solar thermal heating
US12049899B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 21, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jul 30, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25B2400/061
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An air-driven generator system for generating electric power from movement of a working liquid. The system includes an air-driven generator that includes a liquid turbine system fluidically interposed between the lower end of an elongate gravitational distribution conduit and the lower ends of plural elongate buoyancy conduits. A heavy working liquid flows from the upper ends of the buoyancy conduits and is fed into the upper end of the elongate gravitational distribution conduit. Working liquid flows down the elongate gravitational distribution conduit to actuate the liquid turbine system. An injection of air into the working liquid in the plural elongate buoyancy conduits induces upward flow of the working liquid. The system includes a solar thermal heating system fluidically coupled to heat exchangers that transfer heat collected by the solar thermal heating system to the working fluid through a thermal transfer fluid circuit.
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