Ambient energy fueled mechanical and electric power plant (AEFMEPP)
View Patent ↗A system for generating mechanical and or electric power using low grade thermal or electro-magnetic energy reservoirs, such as air, water and incident light to fuel the power generation cycle. The system performs in a manor similar to a refrigeration cycle. But the system differs from a refrigeration cycle because the system extracts the thermal energy absorbed from the reservoir and energy of compression using the turbine/motor. Greater than 105% of the energy for compression will be available from the system when the appropriate system geometrics are used.
1. An ambient energy fuel mechanical and electric power generating system comprising:
a) a closed working fluid cycle that absorbs energy from an ambient energy source including air in the environment, in a heat absorption process using refrigerant as a working fluid, and transfers said energy to a power extracting means of a predetermined capacity for generating electricity, said power extracting means including an energy storing means;
b) means for absorbing energy Qa from said ambient energy from the environment, and for transferring a predetermined amount of energy from the ambient energy reservoir to the refrigerant;
c) means for compressing said refrigerant by an energy Qc for increasing the pressure of the refrigerant to a predetermined pressure, for connecting and maintaining the pressure difference between said energy absorbing/transferring means and the compressing means;
d) a working fluid reservoir, insulated to prevent energy loss, for connecting said compressing means to said energy extracting means;
e) means for controlling the predetermined pressure difference between high and low pressure portions of the cycle;
f) said power extracting means extracting an amount of energy greater than 105% of the compressing energy Qc after the cycle is operated so that the refrigerant is circulated from said high pressure portion to said low pressure portion of the cycle.
2. A power generating system of claim 1 wherein said ambient energy source is selected from a group consisting of air, water, sunlight, or any combination of the elements listed in this group.
3. A power generating system of claim 1 , wherein said energy absorbing/transferring means is selected from a group consisting of a heat exchanger of an industrial process, an evaporator of an air conditioning system, an evaporator of a refrigeration system, or a heat exchanger on a condensation tower.
4. A power generating system of claim 1 , wherein said power extracting means is a turbo machinery device being selected from a group consisting of a turbine, a heat engine, or thermodynamic based motor.
5. A power generating system of claim 1 , wherein said power extracting means comprises a turbine generator set.
6. A power generating system of claim 1 , wherein said means for maintaining pressure difference comprises a temperature sensitive flow control valve placed at the inlet of said power extracting means with sensors placed along the flow path of the refrigerant.