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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andreas Emmel, Hahnbach, DE;
Dragan Stevanovic, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, DE;
Assignee:
Applikationa-und Technikzentrum fur Energie-Verfahrena Umwelt-und Stromungstechnik (ATZ-EVUS), Sulzbach-Rosenberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 1/00 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for converting thermal energy into mechanical work, whereby first ( ) and second devices ( ) for storing thermal energy are alternately connected into a turbine branch (T). In order to increase efficiency, a compressed oxidizing gas ( ) is cooled to a second temperature T before passing through the first device ( ) for storing thermal energy, and the oxidizing gas is then increased, in one step, to a third temperature T when passing through the first device ( ) for storing thermal energy.