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New Technologies for Low-grade Heat Power
Engineering
Novel technology for low-grade heat conversion into electricity
For thermal power plants: power capacity increase and co-generation by waste heat recycling
For geothermal power plants: Flexible deployment and better scalability of power capacity
For solar power stations: higher efficiency and lower BOM
Introduction: Heat Conversion Idea
We reverse the “roulette wheel” of the gas cycle in hydraulic accumulators. To gain some more fluid power in each conversion cycle instead of losing it in conventional recuperative cycles in accumulators
Core technology – Thermo-Pneumo-Hydraulic Conversion
(TPHC)
Novel heat engine based on hydraulic accumulators and heat exchangers:
Transformation of heat from any external source of energy directly into fluid power.
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Core technology (for fluid power people)
COLD HOT
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TPHC cycle put simple : Stroke 2
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TPHC cycle put simple : Stroke 3
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TPHC cycle put simple : Stroke 4
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Competing technologies• Thermo-Electrical Conversion (TEC)• Evaporative cycle conversion:
– Water Rankine Cycle (WRC), – Water-Ammonia Rankine Cycle (Kalina cycle), – Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC)
• Stirling Cycle Engines
None of competing technologies offer a combination of:
• High efficiency in wide temperature range• High power density• Low installation and operation costs
Key Competitive Advantages: Manufacturing and operation
• Simplicity of operation: one part always hot, another always cold (like external combustion engine)
• Simplicity of manufacturing: • Mostly standard and modified standard fluid
power components used• Low BOM: steel, nitrogen and oil are not in
deficiency, no need of scarce materials
Key Competitive Advantages: Efficiency
• Low operational temperature gradient: 80 degree temperature difference between hot and cold media enough for operation
• Wide temperature range: coolant temperature from - 50 to +100 C
• High power density • Low energy transformation losses: Directly from
gas expansion into Fluid Power
Competitive technologies comparison
advantages disadvantages
Water Rankene
high power capacity, reasonable efficiency
operable for T>450C, complexity of the system, bulky equipment, high cost
Water-Ammonia Rankene
higher efficiency (compare to WRC) higher complexity (compare to WRC)
Organic Rankene
higher efficiency (compare to WRC), operable for T<450C
each system is optimized for specific working temperatures, low power density
Thermo-Electric Conversion
compactness, direct conversion to electricity, very wide range of temperature differences for utilization, wide range of power capacity
low efficiency, high BOM, rare materials required
TPHC higher efficiency (compare to ORC), operable for 80C<T<350C, wide range of coolant temperatures, high power density, low BOM
unconventional technology, fluid power experience required for maintenance
Efficiency estimate
Technology Tmax(Tmin) C Pmax/Pmin ηGAS ηtotal
TPHC 100 (15) 2 20% 15 %
TPHC 300 (15) 3 40% 32 %
ORC 120 (20) 13% 10 %
ORC 300 (30) 25% 20 %
TEC 100 (15) 3 %
TEC 300 (15) 8 %
Expected total efficiency of TPHC (our system) is much higher than that of TEC and comparable to that
of ORC at the same temperature differences
ηGAS – efficiency of gas cycle ηtotal – total efficiency
ORC – Organic Rankine Cycle, TEC – thermoelectric conversion
Market estimate*
• Almost 250 quadrillion BTUs of low temperature energy is considered waste worldwide– Industrial sites (chemical, paper, food, etc – 76,000 sites)– Commercial buildings including schools and high rise –
200,000 sites– Other sites such as wastewater treatment plants (16,000)
• Geothermal recourses (only crustal heat) 7.5▪107 quad BTUs• Solar flux (reached the surface of the Earth ) about 105 TW
Potential market of waste heat conversion devices in the US only is a US$26Bln opportunity or over
US$75Bln worldwide.Adopted from http://www.smartstartvf.com/download.cfm/en_rotors.pdf?AssetID=260
Current status of the Project
• Proof of concept achieved by testing a lab bench prototype of the heat engine
• Key performance parameters verified experimentally
• 7 PCT applications pending, 2 US patents, 3 Utility models (Germany), 6 Russian patents
• Validation pending in USA, Canada, China, Korea, Taiwan, India, UK, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Finland
Proof of concept: lab bench engine assembly
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Round 2
Project Team
Leonid Sheshin - Project
Manager, 12 years of
experience in experimental
physics, 30 years – in electronic engineering, 7 years - in fluid
power
Dr. Igor Rozhdestvenskiy -
Business development
consultant, 20 years of experience in
theoretical physics, 6+ years experience in
tech startup consulting
Sergey Ryadnov - Chief System
Designer, 25 years of
experience in mechanical
engineering, 12 years - in fluid
power
Yurii Yavushkin - System
Tester, 40 years of experience in
mechanical engineering