METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A DELAYED AND PROLONGED AIR COOLING CONDENSATION SYSTEM
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1. A device for steam condensation and delayed dissipation of the heat produced by said condensation, said device comprising:
- a combined condensation/thermal storage chamber, said chamber comprising;
one or more valved ports for receiving steam from a steam source;
one or more containers containing a thermal storage material;
one or more valved ports for applying a vacuum to said thermal storage chamber;
one or more valved ports for introducing ambient pressure air into said chamber;
one or more valved ports for removing condensed water from said chamber; and
a valve system operably coupling said chamber to a source of ambient temperature air.
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Abstract
In various embodiments devices and methods are provided for an improved dry-cooling condensation system. In certain embodiments the methods involve receiving steam from a source of steam (e.g., a power plant); condensing the steam into water while transferring the latent heat of the steam into the latent heat of a thermal storage material; and dissipating the latent heat from the thermal storage material at a later time when the ambient temperature is lower than the ambient temperature at the time the steam was condensed into water.
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1. A device for steam condensation and delayed dissipation of the heat produced by said condensation, said device comprising:
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a combined condensation/thermal storage chamber, said chamber comprising; one or more valved ports for receiving steam from a steam source; one or more containers containing a thermal storage material; one or more valved ports for applying a vacuum to said thermal storage chamber; one or more valved ports for introducing ambient pressure air into said chamber; one or more valved ports for removing condensed water from said chamber; and a valve system operably coupling said chamber to a source of ambient temperature air. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22)
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25. A dry-cooling condensation method, said method comprising
receiving steam from a source of steam; -
condensing the steam into water while transferring the latent heat of said steam into the latent heat of a thermal storage material; and dissipating the latent heat from said thermal storage material at a later time when the ambient temperature is lower than the ambient temperature at the time the steam was condensed into water. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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