Device and method for operating volumetric expansion machines

    公开(公告)号:US10968766B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-06

    申请号:US15104923

    申请日:2014-09-03

    申请人: ORCAN ENERGY AG

    摘要: The invention relates to a device comprising: an expansion machine for generating mechanical energy by expanding vapor of a working medium; a generator connected to a shaft of the expansion machine and used for generating electric energy from mechanical energy of the expansion machine; wherein the expansion machine and the generator form a structural unit with an exhaust vapor chamber between the expansion machine and the generator, and wherein, when the expansion machine is in operation, working medium expanded into the exhaust vapor chamber contacts the generator; and means for feeding, in particular injecting, a liquid working medium into the exhaust vapor chamber. The invention also relates to an ORC device comprising the device according to the present invention and to a method for operating the device according to the present invention.

    FUNCTIONAL SYNERGIES OF THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES AND HEAT SOURCES

    公开(公告)号:US20180313234A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-01

    申请号:US15767930

    申请日:2016-10-06

    申请人: ORCAN ENERGY AG

    摘要: The system according to the invention comprises a heat source and a cooling device for discharging heat from the heat source, the cooling device comprising: a heat exchanger/radiator for transferring heat to a surrounding medium, in particular wherein the radiator is an air cooler and the surrounding medium is air; and a thermodynamic cycle device, in particular an ORC device, comprising a working medium, an evaporator for evaporating the working medium by transferring heat from the heat source to the working medium, an expansion device for generating mechanical energy, and a condenser for condensing the working medium expanded in the expansion device; wherein the cooling device further comprises a condenser coolant circuit for discharging heat out of the condenser of the thermodynamic cycle device via the heat exchanger/radiator. The method according to the invention is suitable for discharging heat from a heat source with a cooling device.

    Device and method for standardisation and for construction of an ORC container

    公开(公告)号:US11022070B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-01

    申请号:US16613599

    申请日:2018-04-20

    申请人: ORCAN ENERGY AG

    摘要: The present invention discloses an ORC container comprising the following components: a container, in particular an ISO container, having arranged therein an ORC device for converting heat energy into electrical or mechanical energy, wherein the ORC device comprises a working medium; a heat introduction device provided on the ISO container and used for supplying heat energy from an aggregate container; and a spacer device arranged on the container, wherein the spacer device is suitable for providing an intermediate space between the ORC container and the aggregate container. The present invention additionally relates to a system comprising an ORC container and an aggregate container as well as to a method for installing such a system.

    Functional synergies of thermodynamic cycles and heat sources

    公开(公告)号:US10577984B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-03

    申请号:US15767930

    申请日:2016-10-06

    申请人: ORCAN ENERGY AG

    摘要: The system according to the invention comprises a heat source and a cooling device for discharging heat from the heat source, the cooling device comprising: a heat exchanger/radiator for transferring heat to a surrounding medium, in particular wherein the radiator is an air cooler and the surrounding medium is air; and a thermodynamic cycle device, in particular an ORC device, comprising a working medium, an evaporator for evaporating the working medium by transferring heat from the heat source to the working medium, an expansion device for generating mechanical energy, and a condenser for condensing the working medium expanded in the expansion device; wherein the cooling device further comprises a condenser coolant circuit for discharging heat out of the condenser of the thermodynamic cycle device via the heat exchanger/radiator. The method according to the invention is suitable for discharging heat from a heat source with a cooling device.

    DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING LEAKS IN CLOSED CIRCULAR PROCESSES
    6.
    发明申请
    DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING LEAKS IN CLOSED CIRCULAR PROCESSES 审中-公开
    用于识别封闭圆形过程中泄漏的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20170030227A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-02

    申请号:US15303902

    申请日:2015-04-09

    申请人: ORCAN ENERGY AG

    IPC分类号: F01K13/00 G01M3/00

    CPC分类号: F01K13/003 G01M3/002

    摘要: The invention relates to a method for detecting a leak in a thermodynamic cycle device with a condenser for condensing vaporous working medium, comprising the following steps: determining sub-cooling of the working medium in the condenser, wherein sub-cooling is determined as a difference between a condensation temperature in the condenser and a temperature of a liquid working medium exiting the condenser; detecting a leak in the event that the sub-cooling determined differs from a setpoint value for the sub-cooling or in the event that a filling quantity of the working medium in the thermodynamic cycle device, being determined from the determined sub-cooling, differs from a setpoint value for the filling quantity. The invention further relates to a corresponding computer program product and to a corresponding device.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种用于冷凝蒸气工作介质的冷凝器的热循环装置中的泄漏检测方法,包括以下步骤:确定冷凝器中的工作介质的次冷却,其中将次冷却确定为差 在冷凝器中的冷凝温度和离开冷凝器的液体工作介质的温度之间; 在确定的副冷却不同于次冷却的设定值的情况下或者在从确定的次冷却确定的热力循环装置中的工作介质的填充量不同的情况下,检测泄漏 从填充量的设定值。 本发明还涉及相应的计算机程序产品和相应的设备。

    DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING VOLUMETRIC EXPANSION MACHINES

    公开(公告)号:US20210215058A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-15

    申请号:US17219803

    申请日:2021-03-31

    摘要: A device is provided comprising an expansion machine for generating mechanical energy by expanding vapor of a working medium; a generator connected to a shaft of the expansion machine and used for generating electric energy from mechanical energy of the expansion machine; wherein the expansion machine and the generator form a structural unit with an exhaust vapor chamber between the expansion machine and the generator, and wherein, when the expansion machine is in operation, working medium expanded into the exhaust vapor chamber contacts the generator; and means for feeding, in particular injecting, a liquid working medium into the exhaust vapor chamber. Also provided is an ORC device comprising the device and a method for operating the device.

    DRIVE HAVING AN INTEGRATED ORC
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210003039A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-07

    申请号:US16976445

    申请日:2019-01-07

    申请人: Orcan Energy AG

    IPC分类号: F01K23/06 F02G5/02

    摘要: A device for utilizing the waste heat of a thermo-process device comprising a first heat exchanger for transferring heat from a heat flow of a thermo-process device to a heat transfer medium; a second heat exchanger for transferring heat from the heat flow to a heat transfer medium, the second heat exchanger being arranged downstream of the first heat exchanger with respect to the heat flow; a thermodynamic cycle device having a third heat exchanger for transferring heat from the heat transfer medium to a working medium of the thermodynamic cycle device and having a fourth heat exchanger for transferring heat from the heat transfer medium to the working medium, the fourth heat exchanger being arranged upstream of the second heat exchanger with respect to the flow of the working medium; wherein heat transfer medium cooled in the third heat exchanger can be supplied at least partially to the first heat exchanger for heating and wherein heat transfer medium cooled in the fourth heat exchanger can be supplied at least partially to the second heat exchanger for heating.

    Performance map control of centrifugal pumps

    公开(公告)号:US10480515B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-19

    申请号:US14911925

    申请日:2014-06-27

    申请人: ORCAN ENERGY AG

    摘要: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a pump, in particular a centrifugal pump, during pumping of a liquid, comprising the following steps: fixing a setpoint value of a flow rate of the pump; measuring an inlet pressure of the liquid upstream of the pump and an outlet pressure of the liquid downstream of the pump; determining a setpoint value of a rotational speed of the pump from a performance map of the pump, wherein the fixed setpoint value of the flow rate and a difference between the outlet pressure and the inlet pressure are incorporated into the performance map as input values; and setting the rotational speed of the pump to the setpoint value of the rotational speed. Furthermore, the invention relates to a corresponding device for controlling a pump.

    Device and method for recognizing leaks in closed circular processes

    公开(公告)号:US10352197B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-16

    申请号:US15303902

    申请日:2015-04-09

    申请人: ORCAN ENERGY AG

    IPC分类号: G01M3/00 F01K13/00

    摘要: The invention relates to a method for detecting a leak in a thermodynamic cycle device with a condenser for condensing vaporous working medium, comprising the following steps: determining sub-cooling of the working medium in the condenser, wherein sub-cooling is determined as a difference between a condensation temperature in the condenser and a temperature of a liquid working medium exiting the condenser; detecting a leak in the event that the sub-cooling determined differs from a setpoint value for the sub-cooling or in the event that a filling quantity of the working medium in the thermodynamic cycle device, being determined from the determined sub-cooling, differs from a setpoint value for the filling quantity. The invention further relates to a corresponding computer program product and to a corresponding device.