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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2006
Bowie G. Keefer, Vancouver, CA;
Surajit Roy, Burnaby, CA;
Jean St.-pierre, Vancouver, CA;
Amy E. Nelson, Vancouver, CA;
Shanna D. Knights, Burnaby, CA;
Bowie G. Keefer, Vancouver, CA;
Surajit Roy, Burnaby, CA;
Jean St.-Pierre, Vancouver, CA;
Amy E. Nelson, Vancouver, CA;
Shanna D. Knights, Burnaby, CA;
G4 Insights Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia, CA;
Abstract
Power plant systems and processes are described that enable recovery of at least a portion of the fuel storage energy associated with a storage system for supplying fuel to the power plant systems. A first embodiment of an energy-recovery power plant system includes at least one fuel storage container and at least one expander that can receive fuel from the fuel storage container at a first pressure and provide the fuel to the power plant at a second pressure that is lower than the first pressure. A second embodiment of an energy-recovery power plant system includes a first conduit fluidly coupling the fuel storage container and the power plant for delivering fuel from the fuel storage container to the power plant and at least one regenerative thermodynamic cycle engine thermally coupled to the first conduit such that heat may be exchanged between the fuel and a working fluid for the regenerative thermodynamic cycle engine.