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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Ormat Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Inventors:
Dany Batscha, Kiriat Ono, IL;
Rachel Huberman, Moshav Galia, IL;
Assignee:
ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Reno, NV (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24J 3/08 (2006.01); F03G 7/04 (2006.01); F01K 23/00 (2006.01); F01K 13/00 (2006.01); F01K 25/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24J 3/08 (2013.01); F01K 13/00 (2013.01); F01K 23/00 (2013.01); F01K 25/08 (2013.01); F03G 7/04 (2013.01); Y02E 10/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for operating a plurality of independent, closed cycle power plant modules each having a vaporizer comprising the steps of: serially supplying a medium or low temperature source fluid to each corresponding vaporizer of one or more first plant modules, respectively, to a secondary preheater of a first module, and to a vaporizer of a terminal module, whereby to produce heat depleted source fluid; providing a primary preheater for each vaporizer; and supplying said heat depleted source fluid to all of said primary preheaters in parallel.