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Hybrid power system for continuous reliable power at remote locations

  • US 20030218385A1
  • Filed: 05/22/2002
  • Published: 11/27/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A hybrid ultra reliable power generating system comprising:

  • a) a primary power unit producing electric power that is supplied to a load; and

    b) a secondary power unit in the form of a closed cycle vapor turbine (CCVT) system that is capable of producing 100% of the electric power that is produced by the primary power unit and which is heated in hot standby by rejected heat of the primary power unit, wherein the vaporizer of the CCVT is maintained during hot standby at a temperature above its nominal operating temperature and the vapor turbine of the CCVT is maintained at idle hot standby at a rotating speed above its nominal rotating speed.

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