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Patent No.:

US 9981225 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 29, 2012

Method of converting thermal energy into mechanical energy, and an apparatus therefor

Applicant:

Jan Hendrik Hanemaaijer, 's-Gravenhage, NL;

Inventor:

Jan Hendrik Hanemaaijer, 's-Gravenhage, NL;

Assignee:

NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO, , NL;

Attorney:

Thompson Hine LLP

Primary Examiner:

Krishnan S Menon

Assistant Examiner:

Bradley R Spies

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 61/36 (2006.01); F03B 13/00 (2006.01); F03G 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 61/368 (2013.01); B01D 61/364 (2013.01); B01D 61/366 (2013.01); F03B 13/00 (2013.01); F03G 7/00 (2013.01); F05B 2220/602 (2013.01); F05B 2220/62 (2013.01); Y02B 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a method of converting thermal energy into mechanical energy wherein a working liquid such as is evaporated to generate a stream of a working fluid. According to the invention, the stream of the working fluid is a stream of pressurized distillate produced by evaporation and condensation using a direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) unit, said stream of pressurized distillate having a pressure of at least one bar, and a converter such as a turbine is used for generating mechanical energy from said stream of said pressurized distillate. The invention also relates to an apparatus for performing the method.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hanemaaijer, Jan. (2018). Method of converting thermal energy into mechanical energy, and an apparatus therefor (U.S. Patent No. 9981225). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9981225

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