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

Claim 12:
13. A method for generating power in the vicinity of a drilling rig, the method comprising:
sensing, via a first sensor positioned along an engine exhaust return pipe, a temperature of engine exhaust;
sensing, via a second sensor, a temperature of a flow of fluid from an engine fluid jacket;
sensing, via a third sensor, a temperature of a working fluid flowing from each of one or more corresponding heat exchangers; and
selecting, based on one or more of (a) engine optimization, (b) electrical power output maximization, (c) electrical power utilization at the drilling rig (d) the temperature of the engine exhaust, (e) the temperature of the flow of fluid from the engine fluid jacket, or (f) the temperature of the working fluid flowing from each of the one or more corresponding heat exchangers, diversion of an amount of one or more of (1) the engine exhaust, via a first heat exchanger supply valve, from an engine exhaust conduit to a first heat exchanger or (2) fluid, via a second heat exchanger supply valve, from the engine fluid jacket to a second heat exchanger, each of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger positioned to transfer heat from the engine exhaust and fluid to the flow of the working fluid to generate a heated working fluid, thereby to cause a power generation unit to generate electrical power.