Patent ID: 7877999
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: F02G,F03G,Y02B,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A method of generating power, the method comprising: providing a thermodynamic engine configured to convert heat provided in the form of a temperature difference to a nonheat form of energy; directing heat through a heating loop in thermal contact with a first side of the thermodynamic engine; directing at least a portion of the heat from the heating loop to a supplementary heating function after making contact with the first side of the thermodynamic engine; coupling a second side of the thermodynamic engine different from the first side to an environmental cooling loop in thermal contact with an environmental cooling device; operating the thermodynamic engine to dispense heat from the second side of the thermodynamic engine through the environmental cooling loop into the environmental cooling device; whereby operation of the thermodynamic engine generates the nonheat form of energy from the temperature difference thereby established between the first side and the second side of the thermodynamic engine.