Method and apparatus for implementing a thermodynamic cycle
CA 2175168 C · Owner: Pelletier, Richard I. · Inventors: Pelletier, Richard I.; Kalina, Alexander I.
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A method and apparatus for implementing a thermodynamic cycle. A heated gaseous working stream including a low boiling point component and a higher boiling point component is expanded to transform the energy of the stream into useable form and to provide an expanded working stream. The expanded working stream is then split into two streams, one of which is expanded further to obtain further energy, resulting in a spent stream, the other of which is extracted. The spent stream is fed into a distillation/condensation subsystem which converts the spent stream into a lean stream that is lean with respect to the low boiling point and a rich stream that is enriched with respect to the low boiling …
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- Filed April 26, 1996 and granted January 19, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 26, 2016.
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