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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2012
Applicant:
Ormat Technologies Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ormat Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03G 7/00 (2006.01); B60K 16/00 (2006.01); F01K 13/00 (2006.01); F03G 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03G 6/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for increasing the efficiency of a multi-heat source power plant includes a thermal collector having access to heat from a solar collector as a heat source for heating a fluid to a first temperature; a second heat source for heating the fluid; a heat exchanger that transfers heat to the fluid which is heated to said first temperature, to raise the temperature of the fluid to a higher temperature; and a power generation cycle using the fluid, heated to the first temperature, as a motive fluid.