Title
Power generation and cooling using LP Turbines

CoPED ID
daeffe17-14e9-4294-bf7e-e368626f4f14

Status
Closed


Value
£186,998

Start Date
Feb. 1, 2014

End Date
April 29, 2015

Description

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LP Turbines operate according to a novel thermodynamic cycle supported by mathematical modelling and research evidence from Lancaster University. LP Turbines can generate electricity by extracting heat from their environment; even if the environment is at or BELOW room temperature. They can do this because LP Turbines are small "canned wind turbines”, not conventional heat engines. They generate electricity by extracting kinetic energy (KE) from air circulating inside a hollow metal ring. The KE is locally amplified by placing the turbine inside a Venturi constriction in the ring. Replacement heat is then added through the metal walls of the ring.
UK companies have expressed interest in using LP Turbines for a wide range of different low grade heat recycling purposes, including: (i) Replacing cooling towers with LP Turbines to harness waste heat currently dumped into the atmosphere, (ii) Cooling London Underground tube stations and (iii) recycling waste heat produced by industrial food production.

Richard West PM_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Turbines
  2. Recycling
  3. Refrigeration
  4. Wind energy
  5. Heat energy
  6. Gas turbines
  7. Heat transfer
  8. Food production

Extracted key phrases
  1. LP Turbines
  2. Different low grade heat recycling purpose
  3. Power generation
  4. Recycling waste heat
  5. Conventional heat engine
  6. Replacement heat
  7. Novel thermodynamic cycle
  8. Hollow metal ring
  9. London underground tube station
  10. Quot;canned wind turbine
  11. Mathematical modelling
  12. Research evidence
  13. Lancaster University
  14. Metal wall
  15. Wide range

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