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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Douglas J DeVault, Rootstown, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Babcock & Wilcox Company, New Orleans, LA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B / ; F02C / ; F02G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
622383 ; 60728 ;
Abstract
A power plant utilizing combined mode steam and gas turbines runs a refrigeration cycle powered by the energy in the rejected heat from the steam turbines and/or other waste heat source to cool the ambient inlet air to the gas turbines to have them operate more efficiently.