US3243359A
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Closed-circuit thermal power plant with waste-heat utilization in a distillation plant
Assignee: Sulzer Escher Wyss AG
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Filing: 1962-09-24
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Granted: 1966-03-29
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Expires: 1982-09-24
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Schmidt David
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 18:30
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D1/00; B01D1/0064; B01D1/007; B01D1/26; B01D3/00; B01D3/007; F; F02; F02C; F02C6/00; F02C6/18; F22; F22B; F22B1/00; F22B1/02; F22B1/18; F22B1/1892; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S159/00; Y10S159/39; Y10S203/00; Y10S203/08; Y10S203/11; Y10S203/18; Y10S203/21
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
120 words
IN COMBINATION A CLOSED-CIRCUIT THERMAL POWER PLANT OPERATING WITH A GASEOUS WORKING MEDIUM, COMPRISING COMPRESSING MEANS, HEATING MEANS AND TURBINE MEANS CONNECTED TO BE SERIALLY TRAVERSED BY SAID WORKING MEDIUM IN THE ORDER STATED; A DISTILLATION PLANT FOR EVAPORATING LIQUID, MEANS FOR THE TRANSFER OF WASTE HEAT FROM THE WORKING MEDIUM OF THE THERMAL POWER PLANT TO THE LIQUID TO BE DISTILLED, SAID LAST MENTIONED MEANS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE EVAPORATOR, INCLUDING A CLOSED PATH FOR THE PASSAGE OF WORKING MEDIUM FLOWING IN SAID CLOSED CIRCUIT POWER PLANT FROM THE TURBINE MEANS TO THE COMPRESSING MEANS, AND IN WHICH STEAM AT A PRESSURE OF LESS THAN 1 KG./CM.2ABS. IS GENERATED BY SAID WASTE HEAT, THE HEAT OF SAID STEAM BEING
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
120 words
IN COMBINATION A CLOSED-CIRCUIT THERMAL POWER PLANT OPERATING WITH A GASEOUS WORKING MEDIUM, COMPRISING COMPRESSING MEANS, HEATING MEANS AND TURBINE MEANS CONNECTED TO BE SERIALLY TRAVERSED BY SAID WORKING MEDIUM IN THE ORDER STATED; A DISTILLATION PLANT FOR EVAPORATING LIQUID, MEANS FOR THE TRANSFER OF WASTE HEAT FROM THE WORKING MEDIUM OF THE THERMAL POWER PLANT TO THE LIQUID TO BE DISTILLED, SAID LAST MENTIONED MEANS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE EVAPORATOR, INCLUDING A CLOSED PATH FOR THE PASSAGE OF WORKING MEDIUM FLOWING IN SAID CLOSED CIRCUIT POWER PLANT FROM THE TURBINE MEANS TO THE COMPRESSING MEANS, AND IN WHICH STEAM AT A PRESSURE OF LESS THAN 1 KG./CM.2ABS. IS GENERATED BY SAID WASTE HEAT, THE HEAT OF SAID STEAM BEING
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