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公开(公告)号:US20190031340A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-31
申请号:US16150063
申请日:2018-10-02
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor: Elias Wolfgang Patten , Abhimanyu Belani , Robert Nelson , Brian Hachtmann , Gabriel Murphy
Abstract: A tether guide system operable through a wide range of tether/fleeting angles while causing minimal wear to the tether. The tether guide system may include a series of rollers arranged in a curved path. Also disclosed are tether guides with a sliding belt, a guide surface, or a guide wheel, all for use in the disclosed tether guide system.
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公开(公告)号:US12145850B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-19
申请号:US18316769
申请日:2023-05-12
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor: Bryan Christopher GilroySmith , Jacques Gagne , Robert Nelson , Christopher Gregory Malone
Abstract: Techniques for providing carbon dioxide include generating thermal energy, an exhaust fluid, and electrical power from a power plant; providing the exhaust fluid and the generated electrical power to an exhaust fluid scrubbing system to separate components of the exhaust fluid; capturing heat from a source of heat of an industrial process in a heating fluid; transferring the heat of the industrial process captured in the heating fluid to a carbon dioxide source material of a direct air capture (DAC) system; providing the generated electrical power from the power plant to the DAC system; providing the thermal energy from the power plant to the DAC system; and separating, with the transferred portion of the heat of the industrial process and the provided thermal energy, carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide source material of the DAC system.
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公开(公告)号:US20210300765A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-30
申请号:US17216902
申请日:2021-03-30
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor: Bryan Christopher GilroySmith , Jacques Gagne , Robert Nelson , Christopher Gregory Malone
Abstract: Techniques for providing carbon dioxide include generating thermal energy, an exhaust fluid, and electrical power from a power plant; providing the exhaust fluid and the generated electrical power to an exhaust fluid scrubbing system to separate components of the exhaust fluid; capturing heat from a source of heat of an industrial process in a heating fluid; transferring the heat of the industrial process captured in the heating fluid to a carbon dioxide source material of a direct air capture (DAC) system; providing the generated electrical power from the power plant to the DAC system; providing the thermal energy from the power plant to the DAC system; and separating, with the transferred portion of the heat of the industrial process and the provided thermal energy, carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide source material of the DAC system.
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公开(公告)号:US20230278876A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-07
申请号:US18316769
申请日:2023-05-12
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor: Bryan Christopher GilroySmith , Jacques Gagne , Robert Nelson , Christopher Gregory Malone
CPC classification number: C01B32/50 , B01D53/62 , F25J3/0266
Abstract: Techniques for providing carbon dioxide include generating thermal energy, an exhaust fluid, and electrical power from a power plant; providing the exhaust fluid and the generated electrical power to an exhaust fluid scrubbing system to separate components of the exhaust fluid; capturing heat from a source of heat of an industrial process in a heating fluid; transferring the heat of the industrial process captured in the heating fluid to a carbon dioxide source material of a direct air capture (DAC) system; providing the generated electrical power from the power plant to the DAC system; providing the thermal energy from the power plant to the DAC system; and separating, with the transferred portion of the heat of the industrial process and the provided thermal energy, carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide source material of the DAC system.
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公开(公告)号:US11685658B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-27
申请号:US17216902
申请日:2021-03-30
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor: Bryan Christopher GilroySmith , Jacques Gagne , Robert Nelson , Christopher Gregory Malone
CPC classification number: C01B32/50 , B01D53/62 , F25J3/0266
Abstract: Techniques for providing carbon dioxide include generating thermal energy, an exhaust fluid, and electrical power from a power plant; providing the exhaust fluid and the generated electrical power to an exhaust fluid scrubbing system to separate components of the exhaust fluid; capturing heat from a source of heat of an industrial process in a heating fluid; transferring the heat of the industrial process captured in the heating fluid to a carbon dioxide source material of a direct air capture (DAC) system; providing the generated electrical power from the power plant to the DAC system; providing the thermal energy from the power plant to the DAC system; and separating, with the transferred portion of the heat of the industrial process and the provided thermal energy, carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide source material of the DAC system.
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公开(公告)号:US20250066207A1
公开(公告)日:2025-02-27
申请号:US18948550
申请日:2024-11-15
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor: Bryan Christopher GilroySmith , Jacques Gagne , Robert Nelson , Christopher Gregory Malone
Abstract: Techniques for providing carbon dioxide include generating thermal energy, an exhaust fluid, and electrical power from a power plant; providing the exhaust fluid and the generated electrical power to an exhaust fluid scrubbing system to separate components of the exhaust fluid; capturing heat from a source of heat of an industrial process in a heating fluid; transferring the heat of the industrial process captured in the heating fluid to a carbon dioxide source material of a direct air capture (DAC) system; providing the generated electrical power from the power plant to the DAC system; providing the thermal energy from the power plant to the DAC system; and separating, with the transferred portion of the heat of the industrial process and the provided thermal energy, carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide source material of the DAC system.
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公开(公告)号:US20180156199A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-07
申请号:US15366830
申请日:2016-12-01
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor: Robert Nelson , Brian Hachtmann
CPC classification number: F03D9/32 , B63B21/50 , B63B35/50 , B63B2205/00 , B64C39/022 , B64D2221/00 , B64F3/02 , F03D5/00 , F03D7/00 , F03D9/25 , F03D13/25 , F05B2240/921 , F05B2240/93 , Y02E10/70 , Y02E10/723 , Y02E10/725 , Y02E10/727
Abstract: Offshore airborne wind turbine systems with an aerial vehicle connected via a tether to an adjustably buoyant body are disclosed. The tether may be coupled to an underwater mooring through which it may move, or it may be coupled to a floating platform through which it may move. The buoyancy of the buoyant body may be adjusted to change the tension in the tether or for other purposes. Methods related to changing the buoyancy are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20180155150A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-07
申请号:US15368226
申请日:2016-12-02
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor: Abhimanyu Belani , Elias Patten , Robert Nelson , Brian Hachtmann , Gabriel Murphy
CPC classification number: B65H54/28 , B64C39/022 , B65H57/00 , B65H57/14 , B65H57/24 , B65H57/26 , B65H75/4407 , B65H75/4415 , B65H2701/34 , F03D5/00 , F05B2220/706 , F05B2240/917 , F05B2240/921 , F05B2240/923 , Y02E10/725 , Y02P70/30
Abstract: A tether guide operable through a wide range of tether/fleeting angles while causing minimal wear and having a reduced size compared to a levelwind wheel. The tether guide may include a series of rollers approximating the curved shape and radius of levelwind wheel. The tether guide may include downward facing guide wings matched to a curved roller profile, but flaring out to capture and guide tether into rollers. Sensors may be included on the tether guide to provide information about tether location, including whether the tether is engaged in the tether guide.
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