Method and system for utilizing waste heat generated in thermal electric power stations

US4170879A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Nikolaus Laing · Spaichingen, DE
• Ingeborg Laing · Waiblingen, DE
• Oliver Laing · Tübingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 6, 1977
• Grant date: Oct 16, 1979
• Expiry date: Jun 6, 1997

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/86372
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a thermal power station installation the waste heat of the last stage is utilized by storing the cooling water which receives this waste heat, and heating it further during the periods during which the installation is not on full load, whereafter it is supplied to the grid of a remote area heating system.