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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
May. 16, 2002
Electricity-producing heating apparatus utilizing a turbine generator in a semi-closed brayton cycle
Applicant:
Inventors:
Solomon D. Labinov, Knoxville, TN (US);
Jeffrey E. Christian, Lenoir City, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 7/34 ; F01K 2/502 ; F02C 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 7/34 ; F01K 2/502 ; F02C 1/04 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides apparatus and methods for producing both heat and electrical energy by burning fuels in a stove or boiler using a novel arrangement of a surface heat exchanger and microturbine-powered generator and novel surface heat exchanger. The equipment is particularly suited for use in rural and relatively undeveloped areas, especially in cold regions and highlands.