Patents by Inventor Brian Stoever

Brian Stoever has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9309869
    Abstract: In the case of a solar thermal energy generating plant with a first solar array, using water as a heat transfer medium, a water separator, arranged downstream of the first solar array, and a high-pressure turbine, it is intended to achieve the effect of increasing the efficiency of the solar thermal energy generating plant. This is achieved by a first superheater for overheating the steam leaving the water separator being arranged between the water separator and the high-pressure turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Brian Stoever, Christian Bergins, Juergen Klebes, Marinus Joormann
  • Publication number: 20140290245
    Abstract: In the case of a solar thermal energy generating plant with a first solar array, using water as a heat transfer medium, a water separator, arranged downstream of the first solar array, and a high-pressure turbine, it is intended to achieve the effect of increasing the efficiency of the solar thermal energy generating plant. This is achieved by a first superheater for overheating the steam leaving the water separator being arranged between the water separator and the high-pressure turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI POWER EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Brian Stöever, Christian Bergins, Jürgen Klebes, Marinus Joormann
  • Publication number: 20120216540
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for recovering heat by joining a plurality of heat flows of a fossil-fired, in particular carbon-fired, power plant (1), which downstream of the combustion comprises a CO2 scrubbing station (58) for the flue gas by way of chemical absorption and/or desorption and associated CO2 compression (27), which method aims to enable a CO2 scrubbing station for the flue gas, with associated CO2 compression, to be integrated into the total energy heat flow and/or the total heat energy balance of a fossil-fired, in particular carbon-fired, preferably conventional, power plant in a way that is advantageous in terms of heating technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI POWER EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Brian Stoever, Dieter König, Christian Bergins, Martin Schönwälder, Torsten Buddenberg