Patents by Inventor Ruairi P. Hynes

Ruairi P. Hynes 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).

  • Publication number: 20140116063
    Abstract: A methanol indirect combustion combined-cycle power generation apparatus and method. A liquid methanol input stream is evaporated to provide a gaseous methanol stream which is converted to syngas that is combusted in a gas turbine assembly to drive a first electrical generator and produce an exhaust gas. Heat from the exhaust gas of the gas turbine assembly is used to produce first and second steam streams. The first steam stream drives a first steam turbine and provides the heat required for converting the gaseous methanol stream to the syngas combustion stream. The second steam stream drives a second steam turbine and provides the heat required for evaporating the liquid methanol input stream. A second electrical generator is driven using at least one of the first and second steam turbines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: HATCH LTD.
    Inventors: Shimin Deng, Ruairi P. Hynes
  • Patent number: 8402762
    Abstract: A power generation plant and a method of generating electric energy from recovered heat during an industrial process that uses steam as a means of transferring energy. The method comprises: a) generating a first saturated steam in a first heat exchanger heated by a first source of recovered heat; b) feeding the first saturated steam into a first steam turbine generator, where the first steam turbine generator outputs exhaust steam; c) removing moisture from the exhaust steam with a moisture separator; d) superheating the moisture reduced exhaust steam from step c) in a main heat exchanger with a heat source; and e) feeding the superheated exhaust steam into a second steam turbine generator. The power generation plant comprises a first source of saturated steam, a first steam turbine generator, a moisture separator, a second source of saturated steam, a heat exchanger and a second steam turbine generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Shimin Deng, Ruairi P. Hynes, William L. E. Davey
  • Publication number: 20110146278
    Abstract: A power generation plant and a method of generating electric energy from recovered heat during an industrial process that uses steam as a means of transferring energy. The method comprises: a) generating a first saturated steam in a first heat exchanger heated by a first source of recovered heat; b) feeding the first saturated steam into a first steam turbine generator, where the first steam turbine generator outputs exhaust steam; c) removing moisture from the exhaust steam with a moisture separator; d) superheating the moisture reduced exhaust steam from step c) in a main heat exchanger with a heat source; and e) feeding the superheated exhaust steam into a second steam turbine generator. The power generation plant comprises a first source of saturated steam, a first steam turbine generator, a moisture separator, a second source of saturated steam, a heat exchanger and a second steam turbine generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: HATCH LTD.
    Inventors: Shimin DENG, Ruairi P. HYNES, William DAVEY