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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2005
Uri Kaplan, Doar Na Emek Soreq, IL;
Zvi Krieger, Kefar Veradin, IL;
Uri Kaplan, Doar Na Emek Soreq, IL;
Zvi Krieger, Kefar Veradin, IL;
Ormat Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a power plant system for producing power using a source of steam, comprising a vaporizer into which steam from a source of steam is supplied, for vaporizing organic working fluid flowing through the vaporizer; at least one turbine wherein one of the turbines is an organic vapor turbine to which the vaporized working fluid is supplied and which is suitable for generating electricity and producing; expanded organic vapor; a recuperator for heating organic vapor condensate flowing towards the vaporizer the expanded organic vapor exhausted from the organic vapor turbine and two or more stages of preheating means for additionally heating organic working fluid exiting the recuperator and flowing towards the vaporizer, wherein fluid extracted from one of the turbine is delivered to one of the stages of preheating means.