WO2014175928A2 - Dispositif compact de formation de cycle énergétique combinant un détendeur spiralé, une pompe et un compresseur pour fonctionner selon un cycle de rankine, un cycle de rankine à caloporteur organique, un cycle de pompe à chaleur, ou selon un cycle de rankine à caloporteur organique et un cycle de pompe à chaleur combinés. - Google Patents

Dispositif compact de formation de cycle énergétique combinant un détendeur spiralé, une pompe et un compresseur pour fonctionner selon un cycle de rankine, un cycle de rankine à caloporteur organique, un cycle de pompe à chaleur, ou selon un cycle de rankine à caloporteur organique et un cycle de pompe à chaleur combinés. Download PDF

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WO2014175928A2
WO2014175928A2 PCT/US2014/000076 US2014000076W WO2014175928A2 WO 2014175928 A2 WO2014175928 A2 WO 2014175928A2 US 2014000076 W US2014000076 W US 2014000076W WO 2014175928 A2 WO2014175928 A2 WO 2014175928A2
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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
    • F01K13/00—General layout or general methods of operation of complete plants
    • 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
    • F01K7/00—Steam engine plants characterised by the use of specific types of engine; Plants or engines characterised by their use of special steam systems, cycles or processes; Control means specially adapted for such systems, cycles or processes; Use of withdrawn or exhaust steam for feed-water heating
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01C—ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01C1/00—Rotary-piston machines or engines
    • F01C1/02—Rotary-piston machines or engines of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents
    • F01C1/0207—Rotary-piston machines or engines of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents both members having co-operating elements in spiral form
    • F01C1/0215—Rotary-piston machines or engines of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents both members having co-operating elements in spiral form where only one member is moving
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01C—ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01C1/00—Rotary-piston machines or engines
    • F01C1/02—Rotary-piston machines or engines of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents
    • F01C1/0207—Rotary-piston machines or engines of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents both members having co-operating elements in spiral form
    • F01C1/0246—Details concerning the involute wraps or their base, e.g. geometry
    • F01C1/0269—Details concerning the involute wraps
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01C—ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01C11/00—Combinations of two or more machines or engines, each being of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type
    • F01C11/006—Combinations of two or more machines or engines, each being of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type of dissimilar working principle
    • 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
    • F01K25/08—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 special vapours
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C18/00—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04C18/02—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents
    • F04C18/0207—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents both members having co-operating elements in spiral form
    • F04C18/0215—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents both members having co-operating elements in spiral form where only one member is moving
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C18/00—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04C18/02—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents
    • F04C18/0207—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents both members having co-operating elements in spiral form
    • F04C18/0246—Details concerning the involute wraps or their base, e.g. geometry
    • F04C18/0269—Details concerning the involute wraps
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C23/00—Combinations of two or more pumps, each being of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type, specially adapted for elastic fluids; Pumping installations specially adapted for elastic fluids; Multi-stage pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04C23/008—Hermetic pumps
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C29/00—Component parts, details or accessories of pumps or pumping installations, not provided for in groups F04C18/00 - F04C28/00
    • F04C29/02—Lubrication; Lubricant separation
    • F04C29/023—Lubricant distribution through a hollow driving shaft
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C29/00—Component parts, details or accessories of pumps or pumping installations, not provided for in groups F04C18/00 - F04C28/00
    • F04C29/04—Heating; Cooling; Heat insulation
    • F04C29/042—Heating; Cooling; Heat insulation by injecting a fluid
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B1/00—Compression machines, plants or systems with non-reversible cycle
    • F25B1/04—Compression machines, plants or systems with non-reversible cycle with compressor of rotary type

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  • the present invention is directed to an energy cycle construction, several rotating components of which are integrated within a compact container housing to share a common shaft along which working fluid transits as the construction operates.
  • the container housing is preferably of a generally cylindrical configuration with some combination of a scroll type expander, pump, and compressor disposed therein to form an integrated system, with the working fluid of the system circulating about a torus in the poloidal direction.
  • the assembled construction may operate generally as or in accordance with a Rankine Cycle, an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC), a Heat Pump Cycle, an air conditioning or refrigeration cycle, or a
  • Refrigeration/Heat Pump Cycles are well known, and many systems of various designs have been developed over the years to operate in accordance with such cycles.
  • such cycles will often hereinafter be referred to generically as energy cycles.
  • Principles of operation of such energy cycles have been addressed in detail in numerous prior publications, and operations of various systems in accordance with such energy cycles are also explained in numerous prior art publications.
  • energy cycle constructions are often hereinafter referred to as energy cycle constructions.
  • Such energy cycle constructions may take many forms, it has been found advantageous in many instances to employ multiple rotating components as components of such energy cycle constructions to effect the desired energy cycles while realizing advantages attendant to the use of such rotating components.
  • Such rotating components may include not only rotary equipment such as generators and motors, but also other rotary devices such as expanders, pumps, and compressors, as well as scroll type devices that include both compressor and expander functions such as are disclosed in U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 61/574,771 , filed August 9, 201 1 (DN8108).
  • such other rotary devices and the like are often hereinafter referred to generically as working fluid treatment devices, and reference to energy cycle devices is intended to
  • such energy cycle constructions are constructed with the individual components thereof interconnected to form the completed system, but with each of such individual components existing as a separate independent component in a closed loop connected via piping. Due to the independence and separateness of such components, such completed or assembled energy cycle constructions have necessarily been of larger size.
  • This invention has thus been developed to result in a more compact, lower cost, and more reliable energy cycle construction.
  • the resulting construction integrates system components into a closed, preferably cylindrical, container housing, sometimes hereinafter referred to more simply as the container, within which container housing the working fluid flows about a torus in the poloidal direction.
  • the rotary working fluid treatment devices utilize a scroll type design and rotate about a common shaft, with the evaporation and condensing processes being affected while the fluid is in transit between the rotary fluid treatment devices.
  • This type of system design can be advantageously used for power generation through the use of a Rankine Cycle or ORC, or can be used for heat pumping through the use of a Refrigeration/Heat Pump Cycle, sometimes hereinafter referred to more simply as a Heat Pump Cycle or a Refrigeration Cycle.
  • Sproll can refer to either the traditional orbiting scroll design, or to what is commonly referred to as a Spinning or Co-rotating scroll design.
  • a preferred embodiment employs five (5) major components within the container housing, including an expander, generator, pump, condenser, and evaporator.
  • a scroll expander is used to extract power from the working fluid and move it into the condenser, while a scroll liquid pump, or other rotating liquid pump, such as a gear or vane pump, is used to pump the working fluid through the evaporator.
  • the pump, expander, and generator are aligned on the same shaft, with the evaporation process occurring inside the shaft and the condensation process occurring along the containment shell of the container housing.
  • the end result of such preferred embodiment is the production of electrical energy by moving heat from a high temperature source to a low temperature source.
  • refrigerant can be used as the working fluid to extract heat from a variety of waste heat applications, such as solar power, geothermal, or waste heat from power production or
  • steam can be used as the working fluid to extract heat from burning fossil fuels or high temperature geothermal.
  • a preferred embodiment also employs five (5) major components within the container housing, including a compressor, motor, expander, condenser, and evaporator, although the expander could be replaced with a capillary tube or expansion valve as used in a traditional heat pump/refrigeration cycle.
  • a scroll compressor is used to compress the working fluid from the evaporator and to supply it to the condenser
  • a scroll expander is used to expand the liquid from the condenser and to supply it as a two- phase gas to the evaporator.
  • the expander, compressor, and motor are located on the same shaft, with the condensation process occurring inside the shaft and the evaporation process occurring along the containment shell of the container housing.
  • the end result of such preferred embodiment is the use of electrical energy to move heat from a low temperature source to a high temperature source.
  • refrigerant can be used as the working fluid to move heat from ambient air to a heated area.
  • refrigerant can be used to remove heat from a cooled area to the ambient air.
  • ORC is utilized to power the refrigeration cycle.
  • ORC generator
  • motor deficiency in power generation from ORC
  • a preferred form of such system includes six (6) major components within the container housing, including a compressor-expander, a motor/generator, a pump-expander, high and low pressure evaporator portions, and a condenser, certain components of which may be designed to operate in accordance with U.S. Provisional Patent
  • the compressor-expander has two functions: on the outer portion of such compressor-expander refrigerant from the low pressure evaporator is compressed to be provided to the intermediate pressure condenser; on the inner portion of such compressor-expander refrigerant from the high pressure evaporator is expanded to be provided to the intermediate pressure condenser.
  • the pump-expander also has two functions: on the outer portion of such pump-expander liquid refrigerant from the intermediate pressure condenser is expanded to be provided to the low pressure evaporator; on the inner portion of the pump-expander the liquid refrigerant from the intermediate pressure condenser is pumped to the high pressure evaporator.
  • compressor-expander motor/generator
  • pump-expander are all located on the same shaft.
  • the high pressure evaporation process occurs inside the hollow shaft while the intermediate pressure condensation process occurs along the inside of the containment shell.
  • the low pressure evaporation process occurs in an evaporator external to the containment shell inside a cooled space.
  • the present invention may thus be encompassed within and practiced by various constructions that incorporate all the rotary components within a single container housing, including systems such as the three (3) unique, preferred constructions noted hereinabove.
  • Such design decreases the risk of refrigerant leakage, reduces overall system cost, due to the integration of components, and simplifies the energy cycle, which increases reliability, by eliminating all piping between components.
  • Fig. 1 depicts a preferred embodiment of the present invention incorporated within a compact housing, operating as or in accordance with a Rankine Cycle or Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC);
  • ORC Organic Rankine Cycle
  • Fig. 2 depicts a preferred embodiment of the present invention as incorporated within a compact housing, operating as or in accordance with a Heat Pump or Refrigeration Cycle;
  • Figs. 3 and 4 depict a preferred embodiment of the present invention as incorporated within a compact housing, operating as or in accordance with a Combined Refrigeration and Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC);
  • ORC Combined Refrigeration and Organic Rankine Cycle
  • Fig. 5 shows a preferred housing fin configuration that can optionally be employed with the embodiments of Figs. 1-4;
  • Fig. 6 shows several rotating shaft fin configurations that can be optionally employed with hollow shaft components such as are employed with the preferred embodiments of Figs. 1-3.
  • FIG. 1 depicts an embodiment according to the present invention, operating as or in accordance with a Rankine Cycle or Organic Rankine Cycle, with components and features of such embodiment having the identification symbols as set forth in the following Table 1 :
  • the scroll expander of Fig. 1 thus comprises the components marked therein by the identification symbols circled-A through circled-C and circle-P, that the scroll pump comprises circled-F through circled-H, and that the generator comprises circled-J through circled-K. It should be further apparent that the pumping process, marked or designated in ' ' Fig. 1 and by the foregoing as Orange, occurs between
  • the scroll expander operates to extract power from the working fluid provided thereto at numbered-square-3 and to move the working fluid into the condenser, as at numbered-square-4, while the scroll liquid pump operates to pump the working fluid provided from the condenser at numbered-square- to the evaporator at numbered-square-2 and through the evaporator to numbered-suare-3.
  • the pump, expander, and generator are aligned on the same shaft, with the evaporation process occurring inside the shaft and the condensation process occurring along the containment shell of the container housing.
  • the end result of such preferred embodiment is the production of electrical energy by moving heat from a high temperature source to a low temperature source.
  • Fig. 2 depicts a preferred embodiment of the present invention, operating as or in accordance with a Heat Pump or Refrigeration Cycle, with components of such embodiment having the identification symbols as set forth in the following Table 2:
  • the scroll compressor of Fig. 2 thus comprises the components marked therein by the identification symbols circled-A through circled-C and circle-P, that the scroll expander comprises circled-F through circled-H, and that the motor comprises circled-J through circled-K.
  • the expansion process, marked or designated in Fig. 2 and by the foregoing as Orange occurs between numbered-square-3 and numbered-square-4; that the evaporation process, marked or designated in Fig. 2 and by the foregoing as Red, occurs between numbered-square-4 and numbered-square-1 ; that the compression process, marked or designated in Fig. 2 and by the foregoing as Green, occurs between numbered-square-1 and
  • the scroll compressor operates to compress the working fluid provided thereto from the evaporator at numbered-square-1 and to move the working fluid into the condenser, as at numbered-square-2, while the scroll expander operates to expand the working fluid provided as a liquid from the condenser at numbered-square-3 and to provide it to the evaporator at numbered-square-4 as a two-phase gas.
  • the expander, compressor, and motor are aligned on the same shaft, with the condensation process occurring inside the shaft and the evaporation process occurring along the containment shell of the container housing.
  • FIGs. 3 and 4 depict a preferred embodiment of the present invention as incorporated within a compact housing, operating as or in accordance with a Combined Refrigeration and Organic Rankine Cycle, with components of such embodiment having the identification symbols as set forth in the following Table 3:
  • the outer portion of the compressor-expander of Fig. 3 operates to compress refrigerant provided thereto at numbered-square-3b on Fig. 3 from the low pressure evaporator of Fig. 4 and to provide the compressed refrigerant to the intermediate pressure condenser at numbered-square-4 on Fig. 3, while the inner portion of such
  • compressor-expander operates to expand refrigerant provided thereto at numbered-square-3a on Fig. 3 from the high pressure evaporator and to provide the expanded refrigerant to the intermediate pressure condenser at numbered-square-4.
  • the manner in which both of such operations are affected by the compressor-expander of Fig. 3 is explained in greater detail in U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 61/574,771 , filed August 9, 201 1 (DN8 08), which is incorporated herein by reference thereto.
  • pump-expander operates to pump the liquid refrigerant provided thereto at numbered-square-1 to the high pressure evaporator at
  • the compressor-expander, motor/generator, and pump-expander are all located on the same shaft.
  • the high pressure evaporation process occurs inside the hollow shaft while the intermediate pressure condensation process occurs along the inside of the containment shell.
  • the low pressure evaporation process occurs in an evaporator component shell inside a cooled space, which may typically be located external to the containment, such as shown in Fig. 4, but which could also, with some redesign and/or segmentation of the areas within the containment shell between the outer housing circled-Q and the insulation circled-D, be included within such outer housing.
  • Fig. 5 shows a preferred housing fin configuration that can optionally be employed with the embodiments of Figs. 1-4, with components thereof having the identification symbols as set forth in the following Table 4:
  • an optional fin array construction circled-A can be readily added to the outside of the containment shell of Fig. 5.
  • Fig. 5 shows a fin array construction in which a number of fins of a straight vertical fin configuration are disposed generally radially about the generally cylindrical containment shell circled-C, any suitable fin geometry/configuration could be utilized to optimize heat transfer.
  • an external fan system (not shown) could optionally be included on the outside to add forced convection across the fin array.
  • a large spiral fin circled-B could also be added to the inside wall of the containment shell circled-C of Fig. 5. Although such fin is presented in Fig. 5 as being one fin having a spiral fin configuration, any fin geometry/configuration could be used to optimize heat transfer.
  • Fig. 6 shows several rotating shaft fin configurations that can be optionally employed with hollow shaft components such as are employed with the preferred embodiments of Figs. 1-3, with the components thereof having the identification symbols as set forth in the following Table 5: Table 5--Fiq. 6 Identifiers
  • a spiral fin system or channel can also optionally be added inside the hollow shaft in order to increase heat transfer surface area.
  • Such fin systems can take various forms, including the two preferred, alternative configurations depicted in Fig. 6 as Configurations A and B.
  • the fin system of Configuration A includes one spiral fin along the entire length while the fin system of Configuration B includes a series of offset fins.
  • the expander of Fig. 2 could be replaced with a capillary tube. Although such a substitution would lower overall efficiency, it would lower system cost substantially.
  • the expander component in the pump-expander of Fig. 3 could be replaced with a capillary tube to decrease system cost.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif compact de formation de cycle énergétique, qui fonctionne selon ou en conformité avec un cycle de Rankine, un cycle de Rankine à caloporteur organique, un cycle de pompe à chaleur, ou selon un cycle de Rankine à caloporteur organique et un cycle de pompe à chaleur combinés. Le dispositif comprend un boîtier compact, de forme généralement cylindrique qui loge un détendeur spiralé une pompe et un compresseur combinés et partage un arbre commun avec un moteur ou un générateur de manière à former un système intégré. Le fluide caloporteur du système circule à l'intérieur du boîtier comme un tore, le long de l'arbre commun, et de manière toroïdale à l'intérieur du boîtier pendant le fonctionnement du système.
PCT/US2014/000076 2013-04-23 2014-04-16 Dispositif compact de formation de cycle énergétique combinant un détendeur spiralé, une pompe et un compresseur pour fonctionner selon un cycle de rankine, un cycle de rankine à caloporteur organique, un cycle de pompe à chaleur, ou selon un cycle de rankine à caloporteur organique et un cycle de pompe à chaleur combinés. WO2014175928A2 (fr)

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