30 results about "Thermal regenerator" patented technology

A technique for recovering heat from a high temperature effluent stream from catalyst regeneration or the like, comprising processes and means for: (a) passing the effluent stream in heat exchange relationship in a steam generator with boiler feed water to produce high pressure steam and partially cool the effluent stream; (b) passing the partially cooled effluent stream from the steam regenerator in heat exchange relationship to preheat high pressure boiler feed water and further cool the effluent stream; and (c) passing the preheated boiler feed water to the steam generator. The apparatus and processes for thermal energy recovery may be used to treat hot regenerator effluent from FCC or OTO-type processes, thereby producing a cooled flue gas stream to discharge to ambient atmosphere.

Disclosed is a combustion method in which heated flue gas heats a regenerator through which a mixture of fuel and flue gas containing NOx is passed to undergo endothermic reactions that produce syngas and destroy NOx.

The apparatus includes a housing, a compression chamber disposed in the housing and having at least a first interface operable to vary a volume of the compression chamber, an expansion chamber disposed in the housing and having a second interface operable to vary a volume of at least the expansion chamber, and a thermal regenerator in fluid communication with each of the compression chamber and the expansion chamber. The thermal regenerator is operable to alternatively receive thermal energy from gas flowing in a first direction through the regenerator and to deliver the thermal energy to gas flowing in a direction opposite to the first direction through the regenerator. The compression chamber, the expansion chamber, and the regenerator together define a working volume for containing a pressurized working gas. Each of the first and second interfaces are configured for reciprocating motion in a direction aligned with a transducer axis, the reciprocating motion being operable to cause a periodic exchange of working gas between the expansion and the compression chambers. In one aspect, at least one of the first and second interfaces includes a resilient diaphragm, and a cylindrical tube spring coupled between the diaphragm and the housing, the tube spring being configured to elastically deform in a direction generally aligned with the transducer axis in response to forces imparted on the tube spring by the diaphragm to cause the at least one of the first and second interfaces to have a desired natural frequency. In another aspect the apparatus includes a first heat exchanger in communication with the expansion chamber, a second heat exchanger in communication with the compression chamber, the thermal regenerator is disposed between the first and second heat exchangers, and each of the first and second heat exchangers are peripherally disposed within the housing with respect to the transducer axis and configured to receive working gas flowing to or from the respective chambers and to redirect the working gas flow through the regenerator.

The invention relates to an atmosphere conditioning device for testing engines, comprising an inflow conduit connected to an engine admission, an outflow conduit connected to the exhaust of the engine and expelling exhaust gases, a communication conduit which communicates the inflow conduit with the outflow conduit, a supercharging turbogenerator comprising a turbine in the inflow conduit, a bypass valve which diverts the air flow that circulates towards the turbine, a heat regenerator consisting of heat exchangers in the inflow and outflow conduits, connected by the same heat transfer fluid circuit, a bypass valve in the outflow conduit together with the heat exchanger thereof, a heat exchanger in the outflow conduit downstream from the heat regenerator, and a turbocompressor downstream from the heat exchanger.

A superconducting magnet system, including a cryostat, and a ride-through system for the superconducting magnet system include: one or more gravity-fed cooling tubes configured to have therein a cryogenic fluid; a first heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the one or more gravity-fed cooling tubes to a cryocooler; a storage device having an input connected to the first heat exchanger and configured to receive and store a boiled-off gas from the first heat exchanger; and a thermal regenerator having an input connected to the output of the storage device.

The size of a miniature cryocooler (100) operating on the Stirling refrigeration cycle is further reduced by shortening a first thermal regenerator module (R) disposed on a cold side of a thermal barrier (T) and providing a second thermal regenerator module (R1) disposed on a warm side of the thermal barrier (T). A thermally insulated fluid flow passage (172) is disposed to interconnect the first and second regenerator modules to thermally insulate the fluid passage (172). In combination, the first and second regenerator modules provide 100% thermal regenerator effectiveness in the device.

An exhaust component includes a housing defining an internal cavity and a burner positioned within the internal cavity. The burner provides a combustion chamber having an exhaust gas inlet, a fuel inlet, a combustion air inlet, and an outlet. At least one exhaust aftertreatment component is positioned within the internal cavity and is directly coupled to the outlet of the combustion chamber.

A magneto-caloric thermal diode assembly includes a magneto-caloric regenerator with a plurality of magneto-caloric stages. Each of the plurality of magneto-caloric stages has a respective Curie temperature. Each of the plurality of magneto-caloric stages also has a stack of magneto-caloric material blocks and metal foil layers distributed sequentially along an axial direction in the order of magneto-caloric material block then metal foil layer.

A superconducting magnet system, including a cryostat, and a ride-through system for the superconducting magnet system include: one or more gravity-fed cooling tubes configured to have therein a cryogenic fluid; a first heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the one or more gravity-fed cooling tubes to a cryocooler; a storage device having an input connected to the first heat exchanger and configured to receive and store a boiled-off gas from the first heat exchanger; and a thermal regenerator having an input connected to the output of the storage device.

A communication passage in a Stirling cycle transducer includes a cylindrical shaped thermal regenerator providing flow paths aligned with a regenerator cylindrical axis for providing periodic gas flow between first and second interfaces of the regenerator. A first heat exchanger conveys gas between a periphery of the heat exchanger and the first interface causing a change of direction of gas flow between radially and axially oriented flow within the regenerator and transfers heat between the gas and an external environment in a direction aligned with the regenerator cylindrical axis. A second heat exchanger conveys gas between a periphery of the heat exchanger and the second interface causing a change of direction of gas flow between radially and axially oriented flow within the regenerator and transfers heat between the external environment and the gas in a direction aligned with the regenerator cylindrical axis.

The apparatus includes a housing, a compression chamber disposed in the housing and having at least a first interface operable to vary a volume of the compression chamber, an expansion chamber disposed in the housing and having a second interface operable to vary a volume of at least the expansion chamber, and a thermal regenerator in fluid communication with each of the compression chamber and the expansion chamber. The thermal regenerator is operable to alternatively receive thermal energy from gas flowing in a first direction through the regenerator and to deliver the thermal energy to gas flowing in a direction opposite to the first direction through the regenerator. The compression chamber, the expansion chamber, and the regenerator together define a working volume for containing a pressurized working gas. Each of the first and second interfaces are configured for reciprocating motion in a direction aligned with a transducer axis, the reciprocating motion being operable to cause a periodic exchange of working gas between the expansion and the compression chambers. In one aspect, at least one of the first and second interfaces includes a resilient diaphragm, and a cylindrical tube spring coupled between the diaphragm and the housing, the tube spring being configured to elastically deform in a direction generally aligned with the transducer axis in response to forces imparted on the tube spring by the diaphragm to cause the at least one of the first and second interfaces to have a desired natural frequency. In another aspect the apparatus includes a first heat exchanger in communication with the expansion chamber, a second heat exchanger in communication with the compression chamber, the thermal regenerator is disposed between the first and second heat exchangers, and each of the first and second heat exchangers are peripherally disposed within the housing with respect to the transducer axis and configured to receive working gas flowing to or from the respective chambers and to redirect the working gas flow through the regenerator.

The object of the invention is a system for regulating the temperature of particularly a server room, where the premises are equipped with an air-conditioning unit. The object of the invention, furthermore, is an application intended to operate the foregoing system, where an external primary circuit, an internal secondary circuit and an air- conditioning unit is operated during the operation of the system. The system according to the invention is characterized in that it furthermore includes a cooling array complete with a thermal regenerator that includes a cooling array complete with a thermal regenerator (T1) that includes an external primary circuit and an internal secondary circuit; where the external primary circuit is primed with a primary transmitting medium which may be circulated with a first fluid machinery, expediently a primary pump (P1), and passes through a primary heat exchanger (HI) unit located outside the premises; the internal secondary circuit is primed with a secondary transmitting medium which may be circulated with a second fluid machinery, expediently a secondary pump (P2), and passes through a secondary heat exchanger (H2) unit located inside the premises; and the external primary circuit and the internal secondary circuit can be controlled independently of each other, by a model suitable for control. The application according to the invention is characterized in that during the operation of the system, the following operating modes alternate: free cooling, case 1 according to the HV model, case 2 according to the HV model or case 3 according to the HV model.

The invention relates to a method for reducing the axial heat conduction of a regenerator cold storage material by a regenerative low temperature refrigerator. In this method, when filling the cold storage material of the regenerator of the refrigerator, the thermal barrier made of the heat insulating material is put into the regenerator cylinder according to a certain interval distance, and the cold storage material of the regenerator is divided into several sections that are thermally disconnected. There are even and densely distributed small holes in the middle of the blocker, which does not affect the reciprocating flow of the working medium in the regenerator, and the small holes are arranged locally and regularly, which is beneficial to the heat exchange between the working medium and the cold storage material. The thermal resistance of the thermal isolator is more than 40 times that of the thermal storage material of the same thickness of the regenerator, but it has little effect on the thermal efficiency of the regenerator. The invention effectively reduces the axial heat conduction of the regenerator of the refrigerator, and the directional flow path of the working medium gas is unobstructed without gas retention, thereby improving the effective cooling capacity and efficiency of the refrigerator. This method can be applied to various regenerative cryogenic refrigerators.

Present invention discloses a mixing working medium deep refrigeration deep refrigeration adsorption refrigerator. It in turn connected first sorption / desorption unit, second sorption / desorption unit, condensator, constituent element separation module, second throttling set, second thermal regenerator, first thermal regenerator, first throttling set and evaporator, solid sorbent installed in first sorption / desorption unit and second sorption / desorption unit. Said invention applies self overlapping mixing working medium refrigerator principle to adsorption refrigeration system to fully utilize different kinds of high low temperature waste heat low temperature waste heat low temperature waste heat, to simplify tradition overlapping type adsorption refrigeration system realizing -60 to -200 degree centigrade deep refrigeration with simple structure, reliable performance, and high efficiency.

The solar energy multi-stage solution regeneration device and method provide a new solar energy solution regeneration device for two-stage regeneration of the solution for the solar solution dehumidification evaporation cooling air-conditioning system. On the basis of constructing the primary and secondary solar heat collector / regenerator, the dilute solution is regenerated in the primary solar heat collector / regenerator by directly introducing outdoor air; The air is drier air that has been dehumidified by the air preconditioner, so as to achieve the function of further regeneration of the solution. The device is composed of primary and secondary solar heat collectors / regenerators, air preconditioners, solution heat exchangers and other main components. The device combines traditional heat collector / regenerator and single-stage air pretreatment heat collector / regenerator in one, so as to improve the regeneration performance of solar solution regenerator, especially suitable for solution dehumidification and cooling system of solution dehumidification and cooling system in summer high humidity in southern my country regeneration.

The invention relates to a gas scrubbing process for purifying crude synthesis gas with methanol as a physical absorption medium, wherein an acid gas comprising at least hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is produced. The acid gas is produced in a hot regenerator arranged downstream of an absorption apparatus and subsequently separated from gaseous methanol in an acid gas separator by cooling and condensation. The acid gas separator has a condensation region and an absorption region, wherein both regions are separated from one another by a gas-permeable tray. This has the result that impurities such as hydrogen cyanide and / or ammonia outgassing from a first acid gas substream are not reabsorbed in the condensation region of the acid gas separator, thus avoiding an accumulation of impurities in the hot regenerator or other parts of the gas scrubbing plant. The invention further relates to an acid gas separator and to the use of the acid gas separator according to the invention in a process according to the invention.