Patents Assigned to EIF NTE Hybrid Intellectual Property Holding Company, LLC
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Patent number: 8596034Abstract: Methods and systems for the generation of electrical energy through the combination of steam flows produced from different fuel sources. Steam produced from processing of a biomass fuel source is combined with steam produced from the processing of natural gas or fossil fuel and routed through a steam turbine generator to produce electrical energy. The steam is preferably reheated after partial processing in the steam turbine generator and then recirculated for further processing in the steam turbine generators. Following extraction of all available energy from the steam, the condensed wet vapor is reheated and used for processing of both energy sources.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: EIF NTE Hybrid Intellectual Property Holding Company, LLCInventors: Seth Shortlidge, Gregory J. Cahill
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Patent number: 8495878Abstract: The technology combines a secondarily-fueled boiler with a primary-fueled Rankine steam cycle combustion system in a hybrid process. Outputs from a secondarily-fueled combustion system are fed into the feedwater heater(s), deaerators, feedwater heating lines, and/or reheat lines of a primary-fueled Rankine system. The integrated steam flow eliminates or reduces one or more extractions from the steam turbine generator, thereby allowing it to generate more electrical power using the same Rankine system input energy or generate equivalent electrical power using energy inputs from multiple fuel sources. The technology can be utilized in any type and/or configuration of secondary fuel or secondarily-fueled combustion technology and/or can utilize any type of primary-fueled steam source.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: EIF NTE Hybrid Intellectual Property Holding Company, LLCInventors: Alan Roger Smithe, Mackenzie Brooke Miller, Philip J Dirkse, Seth Shortlidge
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Patent number: 8464533Abstract: The technology combines a secondarily-fueled boiler with a primary-fueled Rankine steam cycle combustion system in a hybrid process. Outputs from a secondarily-fueled combustion system are fed into the feedwater heater(s), deaerators, feedwater heating lines, and/or reheat lines of a primary-fueled Rankine system. The integrated steam flow eliminates or reduces one or more extractions from the steam turbine generator, thereby allowing it to generate more electrical power using the same Rankine system input energy or generate equivalent electrical power using energy inputs from multiple fuel sources. The technology can be utilized in any type and/or configuration of secondary fuel or secondarily-fueled combustion technology and/or can utilize any type of primary-fueled steam source.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2012Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: EIF NTE Hybrid Intellectual Property Holding Company, LLCInventors: Alan Roger Smithe, Mackenzie Brooke Miller, Philip J Dirkse, Seth Shortlidge
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Publication number: 20120299297Abstract: Methods and systems for the generation of electrical energy through the combination of steam flows produced from different fuel sources. Steam produced from processing of a biomass fuel source is combined with steam produced from the processing of natural gas or fossil fuel and routed through a steam turbine generator to produce electrical energy. The steam is preferably reheated after partial processing in the steam turbine generator and then recirculated for further processing in the steam turbine generators. Following extraction of all available energy from the steam, the steam is condensed to water, the feedwater is then reheated and pumped to the boilers of both energy sources for conversion into steam.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: EIF NTE Hybrid Intellectual Property Holding Company, LLCInventors: Seth Shortlidge, Gregory J. Cahill
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Patent number: 8161724Abstract: Methods and systems for the generation of electrical energy through the combination of steam flows produced from different fuel sources. Steam produced from processing of a biomass fuel source is combined with steam produced from the processing of natural gas or fossil fuel and routed through a steam turbine generator to produce electrical energy. The steam is preferably reheated after partial processing in the steam turbine generator and then recirculated for further processing in the steam turbine generators. Following extraction of all available energy from the steam, the steam is condensed to water, the feedwater is then reheated and pumped to the boilers of both energy sources for conversion into steam.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2010Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: EIF NTE Hybrid Intellectual Property Holding Company, LLCInventors: Seth Shortlidge, Gregory J. Cahill