Power generation apparatus including lubricant separation member
    1.
    发明授权
    Power generation apparatus including lubricant separation member 有权
    包括润滑剂分离部件的发电装置

    公开(公告)号:US09500101B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-22

    申请号:US14037557

    申请日:2013-09-26

    申请人: Kobe Steel, Ltd.

    CPC分类号: F01D25/18 F01D15/10 F01K25/06

    摘要: A power generation apparatus of the present invention includes: a separation member that separates a lubricant from a fluid mixture flowing into an expander casing; an expander rotor that is rotationally driven by an expansion force applied from steam of a working medium from which the lubricant is separated; a power generator rotor that rotates with the rotation of the expander rotor; a first bearing holding portion that accommodates a first bearing supporting a first rotation shaft of the expander rotor; a second bearing holding portion that accommodates a second bearing supporting a second rotation shaft of the expander rotor; and a lubricant supply path which connects a lubricant accumulation position inside the expander casing to both inner spaces of the first bearing holding portion and the second bearing holding portion of which the pressures are lower than the pressure of the lubricant accumulation position inside the expander casing.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的发电装置包括:分离部件,其将润滑剂与流入膨胀机壳体的流体混合物分离; 扩张器转子,其通过从分离润滑剂的工作介质的蒸汽施加的膨胀力旋转驱动; 发电机转子,其随着所述膨胀机转子的旋转而旋转; 第一轴承保持部,其容纳支撑所述膨胀机转子的第一旋转轴的第一轴承; 第二轴承保持部,其容纳支撑所述膨胀机转子的第二旋转轴的第二轴承; 以及润滑剂供给路径,其将膨胀机壳体内的润滑剂积蓄位置连接到第一轴承保持部和第二轴承保持部的两个内部空间,压力低于膨胀机壳体内的润滑剂积存位置的压力。

    Rotary machine drive system
    2.
    发明授权
    Rotary machine drive system 有权
    旋转机驱动系统

    公开(公告)号:US09249688B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-02-02

    申请号:US14045111

    申请日:2013-10-03

    申请人: Kobe Steel, Ltd.

    IPC分类号: F01K13/00 F01K23/00

    摘要: A rotary machine drive system includes: a first heat source heat exchanger that receives a first heating medium and gasifies a liquid working medium; a first expander that is connected to a rotation shaft and rotates the rotation shaft by expanding the working medium that has been gasified by the first heat source heat exchanger; a rotary machine that has a rotor part provided to the rotation shaft; a second heat source heat exchanger that receives a second heating medium and gasifies a liquid working medium; a second expander that is connected to the rotation shaft and rotates the rotation shaft by expanding the second heating medium; and a condenser that condenses the working medium that has been used in the first expander and the working medium that has been used in the second expander.

    摘要翻译: 旋转机械驱动系统包括:第一热源热交换器,其接收第一加热介质并使液体工作介质气化; 第一膨胀机,其连接到旋转轴,并且通过膨胀由第一热源热交换器气化的工作介质使旋转轴旋转; 旋转机械,其具有设置在所述旋转轴上的转子部; 第二热源热交换器,其接收第二加热介质并使液体工作介质气化; 第二膨胀机,其连接到所述旋转轴并且通过使所述第二加热介质膨胀来旋转所述旋转轴; 以及冷凝器,其冷凝已经在第一膨胀机中使用的工作介质和已经用于第二膨胀机的工作介质。

    POWER GENERATING APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF
    3.
    发明申请
    POWER GENERATING APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF 审中-公开
    发电装置及其运行方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140075941A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-20

    申请号:US13953076

    申请日:2013-07-29

    IPC分类号: F01K13/02 F01K3/24

    摘要: Provided is a power generating apparatus capable of using power generated by a heat engine in combination with power of a driving source provided separately from the heat engine. In order to prevent a problem caused when activating and stopping the apparatus, the apparatus of the present invention includes a rotary machine driving source which generates a rotational driving force for a rotary machine and a heat engine which drives the rotary machine in cooperation with the rotary machine driving source, wherein the heat engine includes an expander which expands an evaporated working medium so as to generate a rotational driving force, the expander is provided with a bypass pipe which causes a working medium inlet of the expander to communicate with a working medium outlet thereof, and the bypass pipe is provided with an on-off valve which opens and closes the bypass pipe.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供一种发电装置,其能够使用与发动机分开产生的与发动机产生的动力与驱动源的动力结合。 为了防止在启动和停止设备时引起的问题,本发明的装置包括一个旋转机驱动源,其产生用于旋转机器的旋转驱动力和与旋转机构协作驱动旋转机器的热机 机器驱动源,其中,所述热机包括膨胀机,其使蒸发的工作介质膨胀以产生旋转驱动力,所述膨胀机设置有旁通管,所述旁通管使所述膨胀机的工作介质入口与工作介质出口 并且旁通管设置有开闭旁通管的开闭阀。

    Power generation method
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10712060B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-14

    申请号:US16415871

    申请日:2019-05-17

    申请人: Kobe Steel, Ltd.

    摘要: A power generation method capable of obtaining, even after switching a refrigerant, the equivalent power generation amount before the switching includes: a step of, during reference operation for circulating a reference refrigerant as a working medium within a circulation pathway and operating a binary generator, acquiring information of a control target of superheat of the reference refrigerant evaporated in an evaporator; a step of filling as the working medium, in the circulation pathway, mixed refrigerants by mixing a high-vapor pressure refrigerant and a low-vapor pressure refrigerant than the reference refrigerant in the ratio in which its vapor pressure equals the reference refrigerant; and a step of operating the binary generator while circulating the mixed refrigerants as the working medium within the circulation pathway and controlling superheat of the mixed refrigerants evaporated in the evaporator so as to equal the control target of the superheat of the reference refrigerant.

    Thermal energy recovery device and operating method of the same

    公开(公告)号:US10605123B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-31

    申请号:US15473660

    申请日:2017-03-30

    申请人: Kobe Steel, Ltd.

    摘要: A thermal energy recovery device includes: a circulation line having an evaporator, an expander, a condenser, and a pump; a power recovery machine; a first on-off valve; a thermal energy introduction line configured to introduce a gas phase working medium into a post-expansion space; a second on-off valve; and a control unit. Until an evaporation condition that a liquid phase working medium accumulated in the post-expansion space has reached an amount equal to or smaller than a reference amount is met, the control unit closes the first on-off valve and opens the second on-off valve, and drives the pump in a state where the expander is stopped, and when the evaporation condition is met, the control unit opens the first on-off valve and closes the second on-off valve, and drives the expander.

    POWER GENERATION APPARATUS AND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM
    6.
    发明申请
    POWER GENERATION APPARATUS AND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM 有权
    发电设备和发电系统

    公开(公告)号:US20140159369A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-06-12

    申请号:US14037557

    申请日:2013-09-26

    IPC分类号: F01D25/18 F01D15/10

    CPC分类号: F01D25/18 F01D15/10 F01K25/06

    摘要: A power generation apparatus of the present invention includes: a separation member that separates a lubricant from a fluid mixture flowing into an expander casing; an expander rotor that is rotationally driven by an expansion force applied from steam of a working medium from which the lubricant is separated; a power generator rotor that rotates with the rotation of the expander rotor; a first bearing holding portion that accommodates a first bearing supporting a first rotation shaft of the expander rotor; a second bearing holding portion that accommodates a second bearing supporting a second rotation shaft of the expander rotor; and a lubricant supply path which connects a lubricant accumulation position inside the expander casing to both inner spaces of the first bearing holding portion and the second bearing holding portion of which the pressures are lower than the pressure of the lubricant accumulation position inside the expander casing.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的发电装置包括:分离部件,其将润滑剂与流入膨胀机壳体的流体混合物分离; 扩张器转子,其通过从分离润滑剂的工作介质的蒸汽施加的膨胀力旋转驱动; 发电机转子,其随着所述膨胀机转子的旋转而旋转; 第一轴承保持部,其容纳支撑所述膨胀机转子的第一旋转轴的第一轴承; 第二轴承保持部,其容纳支撑所述膨胀机转子的第二旋转轴的第二轴承; 以及润滑剂供给路径,其将膨胀机壳体内的润滑剂积蓄位置连接到第一轴承保持部和第二轴承保持部的两个内部空间,压力低于膨胀机壳体内的润滑剂积存位置的压力。

    POWER GENERATION APPARATUS AND POWER GENERATION METHOD
    9.
    发明申请
    POWER GENERATION APPARATUS AND POWER GENERATION METHOD 有权
    发电装置和发电方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140252767A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-11

    申请号:US14100461

    申请日:2013-12-09

    IPC分类号: F03B13/10

    摘要: A power generation apparatus according to the present invention includes: an induction generator; a switch that opens or closes an electrical connection path connecting the induction generator to an electrical path in which an alternating current of a predetermined frequency flows; a control unit that controls the opening and closing state of the switch; and an expander that rotationally drives the induction generator by a working medium supplied thereto. In order to suppress a starting current generated when starting the induction generator while suppressing an increase in cost, the control unit closes the switch after the working medium is supplied to the expander so that the expander starts to rotationally drive the induction generator.

    摘要翻译: 根据本发明的发电装置包括:感应发电机; 打开或关闭将感应发电机连接到预定频率的交流电流流过的电路的电连接路径的开关; 控制单元,其控制开关的打开和关闭状态; 以及通过供给到感应发电机的工作介质旋转地驱动感应发电机的膨胀机。 为了抑制在启动感应发电机时产生的启动电流,同时抑制成本增加,控制单元在将工作介质提供给扩展器之后关闭开关,使得扩展器开始旋转地驱动感应发电机。