Patent ID: 11879409
Assignee: ICE THERMAL HARVESTING, LLC
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 10:
11. A system for generating electrical power, the system comprising:
one or more heat exchanger valves positioned to divert flow of compressed gas;
one or more heat exchanger gas inlet temperature sensors to provide a gas inlet temperature, the gas inlet temperature defined by a temperature of compressed gas;
one or more heat exchangers connected to one of the one or more heat exchanger valves, each of the one or more heat exchangers including a first fluid path to accept the flow of compressed gas via one of the one or more heat exchanger valves and output the flow of compressed gas and a second fluid path to output a flow of an intermediate working fluid, each of the one or more heat exchangers positioned to transfer heat indirectly from the flow of compressed gas to the flow of the intermediate working fluid;
one or more heat exchanger gas outlet temperature sensors positioned to provide a gas outlet temperature defined by a temperature of compressed gas flowing from the one or more heat exchangers;
one or more working fluid flow control devices connected to a working fluid inlet pipeline and associated with the one or more heat exchangers to control the flow of the intermediate working fluid to the one or more heat exchangers, thereby to control temperature of the flow of compressed gas; and
a power generation unit to indirectly transfer heat from an intermediate working fluid to a main working fluid, thereby to cause the main working fluid to change phases from a liquid to a vapor, the flow of the vapor positioned to generate electrical power and to cause the main working fluid to change phases from the vapor to the liquid.