Bottoming cycle
CA 2006498 A1 · Owner: Consolidated Natural Gas Service Company, Inc. · Inventors: Krebs, Mark E.
Overview
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A system for air conditioning and generating electrical power including a fuel-fired internal combustion engine, an electrical motor/generator and a, vapor compressor/expander all interconnected. The vapor compressor/expander driven by the engine operates in one mode with an evaporator and a condenser in a generally conventional refrigeration cycle. In an alternative mode, the vapor compressor/expander is operated in reverse by refrigerant boiled in the evaporator by the rejected heat of the engine and condensed in the condenser and contributes mechanical power to that of the engine to drive the motor/ generator. The motor/generator can be supplied external electrical energy to operate as a …
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- Filed December 22, 1989. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 22, 2009.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by December 22, 2011.
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