EP3814611C0 - Method and device for converting thermal energy - Google Patents

Method and device for converting thermal energy

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EP3814611C0
EP3814611C0 EP19744766.7A EP19744766A EP3814611C0 EP 3814611 C0 EP3814611 C0 EP 3814611C0 EP 19744766 A EP19744766 A EP 19744766A EP 3814611 C0 EP3814611 C0 EP 3814611C0
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Prior art keywords
thermal energy
converting thermal
converting
energy
thermal
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP3814611B1 (en
EP3814611A1 (en
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Jean-Edmond Chaix
Patrick Bouchard
Guen Guillaume Le
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HEVATECH
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01K—STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES
    • F01K21/00—Steam engine plants not otherwise provided for
    • F01K21/005—Steam engine plants not otherwise provided for using mixtures of liquid and steam or evaporation of a liquid by expansion
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01K—STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES
    • F01K1/00—Steam accumulators
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01K—STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES
    • F01K25/00—Plants or engines characterised by use of special working fluids, not otherwise provided for; Plants operating in closed cycles and not otherwise provided for
    • F01K25/04—Plants or engines characterised by use of special working fluids, not otherwise provided for; Plants operating in closed cycles and not otherwise provided for the fluid being in different phases, e.g. foamed
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01K—STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES
    • F01K25/00—Plants or engines characterised by use of special working fluids, not otherwise provided for; Plants operating in closed cycles and not otherwise provided for
    • F01K25/06—Plants or engines characterised by use of special working fluids, not otherwise provided for; Plants operating in closed cycles and not otherwise provided for using mixtures of different fluids
    • F01K25/065—Plants or engines characterised by use of special working fluids, not otherwise provided for; Plants operating in closed cycles and not otherwise provided for using mixtures of different fluids with an absorption fluid remaining at least partly in the liquid state, e.g. water for ammonia
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01K—STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES
    • F01K3/00—Plants characterised by the use of steam or heat accumulators, or intermediate steam heaters, therein
    • F01K3/18—Plants characterised by the use of steam or heat accumulators, or intermediate steam heaters, therein having heaters
    • F01K3/186—Plants characterised by the use of steam or heat accumulators, or intermediate steam heaters, therein having heaters using electric heat
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F22—STEAM GENERATION
    • F22B—METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
    • F22B1/00—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method
    • F22B1/006—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method using solar heat

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Engine Equipment That Uses Special Cycles (AREA)
EP19744766.7A 2018-06-28 2019-06-25 Method and device for converting thermal energy Active EP3814611B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR1855910A FR3083261B1 (en) 2018-06-28 2018-06-28 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE CONVERSION OF THERMAL ENERGY, PREFERREDLY FATAL HEAT, INTO MECHANICAL ENERGY AND, OPTIONALLY, INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND/OR COOLING ENERGY
PCT/FR2019/051550 WO2020002818A1 (en) 2018-06-28 2019-06-25 Method and device for converting thermal energy

Publications (3)

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EP3814611A1 EP3814611A1 (en) 2021-05-05
EP3814611B1 EP3814611B1 (en) 2023-08-09
EP3814611C0 true EP3814611C0 (en) 2023-08-09

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US (1) US11891922B2 (en)
EP (1) EP3814611B1 (en)
AU (1) AU2019292987B2 (en)
BR (1) BR112020026709A2 (en)
CA (1) CA3104864A1 (en)
FR (1) FR3083261B1 (en)
WO (1) WO2020002818A1 (en)

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BR112020026709A2 (en) 2021-04-13
US11891922B2 (en) 2024-02-06
CA3104864A1 (en) 2020-01-02
EP3814611B1 (en) 2023-08-09
FR3083261A1 (en) 2020-01-03
US20210222590A1 (en) 2021-07-22
EP3814611A1 (en) 2021-05-05
WO2020002818A1 (en) 2020-01-02
FR3083261B1 (en) 2022-05-20
AU2019292987A1 (en) 2021-01-21
AU2019292987B2 (en) 2024-07-18

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