Method for recouping combustion heat
US4290267A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 8, 1978 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S123/12
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for at least partially recovering the exhaust heat of combustion operations in which hydrogen is used at least partially during the combustion, which is stored in the form of metal hydride in a metal storage device and is released therefrom by a supply of heat energy. Exhaust heat of the combustion is supplied to the metal hydride for the release of the hydrogen while the metal storage device freed at least to a large extent of the hydrogen is utilized as storage device of latently bound heat energy whose heat energy is utilized, such latently bound heat energy being released during the filling of the metal storage device with hydrogen into metal hydride.
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