公开(公告)号：US10711653B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-14

申请号：US16066662

申请日：2016-12-28

Applicant: BOUNDARY TURBINES INC

Inventor： Darrell Ford

IPC: F01K27/00 ,  F01K25/08 ,  F03G6/00 ,  F01K7/10 ,  F01K7/32 ,  F01K13/02 ,  F03G6/06 ,  F03G7/04 ,  H02K7/18 ,  F02G1/04

Abstract: A process and system of extracting useful work or electricity from a thermal source, wherein heat energy from the thermal source is used in the form of a heated collection fluid; a first side of a heat exchanger is filled with a liquid or supercritical working fluid; fluid flow out of the first side of the heat exchanger is closed such that a fixed volume of the working fluid is maintained in the first side; the heated collection fluid flowed through a second side of the heat exchanger that is adjacent to the first side to affect a transfer of heat from the heated collection fluid to the fixed volume of the working fluid to raise its temperature and pressure; the pressurized working fluid is released from the first side of the heat exchanger upon the working fluid reaching a threshold state; a flow of the pressurized working fluid is directed to an expander capable of converting the kinetic energy of the pressurized working fluid into useful work or electricity; and the foregoing steps are repeated. A plurality of such operably coupled heat exchangers may be used in a manner such that the timing of the pressurized working fluid from each heat exchanger to the expander is offset.