Patents Assigned to Applikationa-und Technikzentrum fur Energie-Verfahrena Umwelt-und Stromungstechnik (ATZ-EVUS)
  • Method for converting thermal energy into mechanical work
    Patent number: 6799425
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for converting thermal energy into mechanical work, whereby first (4) and second devices (9) for storing thermal energy are alternately connected into a turbine branch (T). In order to increase efficiency, a compressed oxidizing gas (11) is cooled to a second temperature T2 before passing through the first device (4) for storing thermal energy, and the oxidizing gas is then increased, in one step, to a third temperature T3 when passing through the first device (4) for storing thermal energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Applikationa-und Technikzentrum fur Energie-Verfahrena Umwelt-und Stromungstechnik (ATZ-EVUS)
    Inventors: Andreas Emmel, Dragan Stevanovic