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Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2011
Applicants:

Stephen Hugh Salter, Edinburgh, GB;

William Hugh Salvin Rampen, Edinburgh, GB;

Michael Richard Fielding, Linlithgow, GB;

Niall James Caldwell, Edinburgh, GB;

Stephen Michael Laird, Edinburgh, GB;

Pierre Robert Joly, Edinburgh, GB;

Inventors:

Stephen Hugh Salter, Edinburgh, GB;

William Hugh Salvin Rampen, Edinburgh, GB;

Michael Richard Fielding, Linlithgow, GB;

Niall James Caldwell, Edinburgh, GB;

Stephen Michael Laird, Edinburgh, GB;

Pierre Robert Joly, Edinburgh, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 9/00 (2016.01); F03D 9/25 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 9/002 (2013.01); F03D 9/25 (2016.05); F05B 2260/406 (2013.01); Y02E 10/725 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of operating a fluid-working machine wherein the volume of working fluid displaced each cycle is selectable and wherein the volume of working fluid displaced by a first working chamber takes into account the suitability of the working chamber to displace fluid. The invention extends in further aspects to power absorbing structures such as renewable energy devices comprising such fluid working machines. The invention allows the operation of fluid working machines and power absorbing structures which are more long lived.


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