Patent ID: 11905934
Assignee: ICE THERMAL HARVESTING, LLC
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  E  Y | IPC E  F

Claim 14:
15. A method for increasing one or more of engine, generator set, or bottom-hole assembly performance, the method comprising:
sensing, via a sensor, an ambient temperature of a drilling rig;
determining electrical power utilized by drilling rig equipment and generated by a generator set driven by an engine;
in response to one or more of (a) the ambient temperature exceeding an ambient temperature threshold or (b) the electrical power utilized by the drilling rig equipment exceeding a power requirement threshold:
adjusting one or more of (1) a first working fluid flow control device to control a flow of working fluid to an exhaust heat exchanger, the exhaust fluid heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from exhaust generated by the engine to the flow of the working fluid, thereby to generate electrical power, or (2) a second working fluid flow control device to control a flow of working fluid to a fluid jacket heat exchanger, the fluid jacket fluid heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the fluid of the fluid jacket to the flow of the working fluid, the fluid jacket configured to cool the one or more engines, the transferred heat to cause a power generation unit to generate electrical power.