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Plant for the production of electrical energy and heat

US4164660A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 25, 1977
Grant dateAug 14, 1979
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Expiry dateOct 25, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/12
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A power plant has an electrical generator driven by an internal combustion engine in which engine coolant circulates in a gas/liquid heat exchanger to take up heat from engine exhaust gases and then through a liquid/liquid heat exchanger to give up heat to a secondary water circuit, the electrical generator being cooled by a circulation of water in the secondary circuit through a surrounding cooling jacket after the water has given up heat in a heating unit.

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