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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2013
Panasonic Corporation, Kadoma-shi, Osaka, JP;
Atsuo Okaichi, Osaka, JP;
Osao Kido, Kyoto, JP;
Takumi Hikichi, Osaka, JP;
Masaya Honma, Saitama, JP;
Masanobu Wada, Osaka, JP;
Osamu Kosuda, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An electricity generation unitA includes a combustor, a heater, and a Rankine cycle circuit. The combustorcombusts a solid fuel. A combustion gas generated in the combustorpasses through a flue. The heatercontains a heat storage material, and heats the heat storage material by allowing heat exchange to take place between the combustion gas in the flueand the heat storage material. The Rankine cycle circuithas an evaporatorthat evaporates a working fluid in the Rankine cycle by allowing heat exchange to take place between the heat storage material heated in the heaterand the working fluid. With this configuration, stable operation of an electricity generation unit using a combustion gas of a solid fuel is achieved.