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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2016
Echogen Power Systems, L.l.c., Akron, OH (US);
Timothy Held, Akron, OH (US);
Jason D. Miller, Hudson, OH (US);
Echogen Power Systems, LLC, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A heat engine system and a method for cooling a fluid stream in thermal communication with the heat engine system are provided. The heat engine system may include a working fluid circuit configured to flow a working fluid therethrough, and a cooling circuit in fluid communication with the working fluid circuit and configured to flow the working fluid therethrough. The cooling circuit may include an evaporator in fluid communication with the working fluid circuit and configured to be in fluid communication with the fluid stream. The evaporator may be further configured to receive a second portion of the working fluid from the working fluid circuit and to transfer thermal energy from the fluid stream to the second portion of the working fluid.