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Installation designed to convert environmental thermal energy into useful energy

US8683802B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 18, 2010
Grant dateApr 1, 2014
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 12, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01K27/00
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to an installation and a process implementing the installation for converting thermal energy available in a given environment into useful energy. The installation and process use pressure differentials between a hot and a cold column of a pressurized fluid to create a continuous flow in a fluid. The flow drives in rotation elements the rotational energy of which is converted to a useful energy.

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