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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 1979
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1976
Hansulrich Frutschi, Riniken, CH;
BBC Brown, Boveri & Company Limited, Baden, CH;
Abstract
An arrangement for controlling the power output of a closed cycle type of thermodynamic system including shaft-coupled compressor and gas turbine components driving a load such as an electrical generator in which the gaseous working medium flows in a closed circulation system that includes a device for imparting heat to the gas and a storage tank for the gas connected in parallel with a section of the gas circulation system. In order to vary the power output, gas from the circulation system in a cold or hot state, respectively, is flowed through the tank for heat exchange with the gas in the tank such that as a result of the corresponding change produced in the density of the gas within the tank, gas is selectively withdrawn from or delivered into the circulation system.