Patent ID: 9683463
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: F01K

Claim:
1. A system for providing power, comprising: a reciprocating engine operable to provide a primary power to a natural gas compressor, wherein the reciprocating engine and the natural gas compressor are each configured to provide one or more sources of thermal energy; an organic Rankine cycle configured to collect and use the one or more sources of thermal energy to heat and evaporate an organic propellant in a propellant heat exchanger to drive the expander in generating a secondary power output; an aerial cooler, comprising cooling conduits and an aerial cooler fan, wherein the aerial cooler is configured to cool at least one of (i) fluid from the reciprocating engine and (ii) compressed gas from the natural gas compressor, the aerial cooler fan being operatively coupled to an electric motor configured to selectively receive power from at least one of the secondary power source and a tertiary power source; and a control module configured to control operation of the aerial cooler fan for using power from at least one of the secondary power source or the tertiary power source.