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ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE COOLING SYSTEM

  • US 20120031119A1
  • Filed: 08/03/2010
  • Published: 02/09/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for cooling a heat transfer fluid, comprising:

  • a) ascending a heat transfer fluid to predetermined altitude above a ground level where a temperature of the atmosphere is lower than a temperature at the ground level;

    b) cooling the heat transfer fluid to a predetermined temperature that is lower than a temperature at the ground level by exchange of heat between the heat transfer fluid and the atmosphere; and

    c) descending the cooled heat transfer fluid to the ground level while inhibiting heat transfer with the atmosphere tending to warm the cooled fluid.

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