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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2007
Brian P. Nuel, Nederland, CO (US);
Lee S. Smith, Boulder, CO (US);
Samuel P. Weaver, Boulder, CO (US);
Samuel C. Weaver, Knoxville, TN (US);
Daniel Weaver, Boulder, CO (US);
Brian P. Nuel, Nederland, CO (US);
Lee S. Smith, Boulder, CO (US);
Samuel P. Weaver, Boulder, CO (US);
Samuel C. Weaver, Knoxville, TN (US);
Daniel Weaver, Boulder, CO (US);
Cool Energy, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
A thermodynamic engine is configured to convert heat provided in the form of a temperature difference to a nonheat form of energy. Heat is directed through a heating loop in thermal contact with a first side of the thermodynamic engine. A second side of the thermodynamic engine is coupled to an environmental cooling loop in thermal contact with an environmental cooling device. The thermodynamic engine is operated to dispense heat from the second side of the thermodynamic engine through the environmental cooling loop into the environmental cooling device. Operation of the thermodynamic engine thereby generates the nonheat form of energy from the temperature difference established between the first side and the second side of the thermodynamic engine.