Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Rybolt

Thomas R. Rybolt 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).

  • Method for utilizing gas-solid dispersions in thermodynamic cycles for power generation and refrigeration
    Patent number: 4321799
    Abstract: Heat is transferred from a first body to a second body and thereby provides power by carrying a thermodynamic fluid comprising a dispersion of a particulate solid in a gas around a thermodynamic cycle or cycles involving the expansion and contraction of the said thermodynamic fluid. Reverse cycles are used to provide refrigeration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1982
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Institute
    Inventors: Robert A. Pierotti, Thomas R. Rybolt