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- Patent Title: High efficiency ocean thermal difference power generating system using liquid-vapor ejector and motive pump
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Application No.: US14895280Application Date: 2015-03-05
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Publication No.: US09957955B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Hyeon-Ju Kim , Ho-Saeng Lee , Sang-Won Cha , Young-Kwon Jung , Jung-In Yoon , Chang-Hyo Son , Seong-Hun Seol , Byeong-Hyo Ye
- Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- Applicant Address: KR Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
- Current Assignee: Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
- Current Assignee Address: KR Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2014-0182509 20141217
- International Application: PCT/KR2015/002112 WO 20150305
- International Announcement: WO2016/098949 WO 20160623
- Main IPC: F03G7/05
- IPC: F03G7/05 ; F01K7/16 ; F01K5/00

Abstract:
There is provided a high efficiency ocean thermal difference power generating system by using liquid-vapor ejector and motive pump comprising: an evaporator for changing transferred refrigerant liquid into refrigerant vapor with high temperature and high pressure by the thermal exchange with surface seawater; a vapor-liquid divider which is installed at the outlet part of the evaporator and divides the refrigerants to liquid-state refrigerant and vapor-state refrigerant respectively; a distributor which is installed at the inlet of the evaporator and distributes the refrigerants flowed into the evaporator to multi-paths; a turbine for generating electric power by using the high pressure refrigerant vapor transferred from the liquid-vapor divider or the evaporator; a motive pump for increasing the pressure of the refrigerant liquid distributed from the distributor or the liquid-vapor divider; a liquid-vapor ejector for mixing the low pressure refrigerant vapor which passed the turbine and the high pressure refrigerant liquid which passed a motive pump, thereby proceeding expansion and compression; a condenser for condensing the refrigerants which was mixed in the liquid-vapor ejector by the thermal exchange with deep seawater; and a refrigerant circulation pump for increasing the pressure of the refrigerants which was condensed in the condenser up to the evaporation pressure and for circulating.
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