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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a turbine generator for reducing motive power, and reducing the structural strength of a pump, by reducing pressure of the pump used for a lubricating system of a bearing of the turbine generator capable of effectively using low temperature waste heat energy. SOLUTION: This turbine generator generates electric power by a generator 22 composed of a turbine 21 and a single shaft 25, by driving the turbine 21 by expanding high pressure steam of a working medium. Among bearings 35, 36 and 37 supporting the single shaft 25, lubrication of at least one bearing is performed by a condensate of the working medium for driving the turbine 21. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power recovery device of a high temperature gas heat source, without causing reduction of a working medium by pyrolysis, without deteriorating device performance and without generating a corrosive acid. SOLUTION: This power recovery device of the high temperature gas heat source has a working medium evaporator 11, and recovers power by rotating a steam turbine 15 by introducing working medium vapor 211 to the steam turbine 15 being an expander, by heating and evaporating a working medium liquid 210 by the working medium evaporator 11, with high temperature gas, for example, exhaust gas as a heat source. An intermediate medium evaporator 30 is provided, and for example, the exhaust gas 200 is introduced to the intermediate medium evaporator 30 as a heating source. An intermediate medium liquid 221 is heated and evaporated, and generated intermediate medium vapor 222 is introduced to the working medium evaporator 11 as a heat source. The working medium liquid 210 is heated and evaporated, and the condensed intermediate medium liquid 221 is returned to the intermediate medium evaporator 30. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a heat medium supply system combining an absorption heat pump and heat source equipment such as a boiler, capable of minimizing the amount of fuel consumed by the heat source equipment by utilizing most effectively exhaust heat put into the absorption heat pump, and controlling the operating state of the absorption heat pump and heat source equipment such as the boiler installed in parallel, according to the load of a use destination. SOLUTION: The absorption heat pump 32 driven by exhaust heat, an exhaust gas boiler 33 driven by exhaust heat, and a fuel burning boiler 34, are connected in parallel to a steam header to supply a heated heat medium (steam) to the steam header 36 from the absorption heat pump 32, the exhaust gas boiler 33 and the fuel burning boiler 34 and to supply the heated heat medium to the load of the use destination from the steam header. The start-stop or capacity control of the absorption heat pump 32, exhaust gas boiler 33 and fuel burning boiler 34 is performed according to the steam pressure (load amount) in the steam header 36 detected by a pressure sensor 38. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cogeneration system and a power generator effectively recovering exhaust heat of exhaust gas of which effective use was difficult and further enhancing energy efficiency. SOLUTION: This cogeneration system is provided with a main power generator 100 generating electric power by using an internal combustion engine 110 as a drive source; hot water supply devices 20, 60 supplying hot water W heated by heat generated in the internal combustion engine 100 to a hot water demand 10; and an exhaust heat power generator 200 vaporizing a working medium M by heat of exhaust gas E of the internal combustion engine 110, generating electric power by the vaporized working medium M, condensing the working medium M that was used for the power generation by using hot water, and recovering the heat. The power generator is provided with a low-temperature exhaust heat power generator generating electric power using the hot water W as a heat source without supplying the hot water W to the hot water demand 10. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an exhaust heat utilizing system with at least two exhaust heat generating devices and at least one exhaust heat utilizing device connected to each other via an exhaust heat carrying passage, for supplying exhaust heat to the exhaust heat utilizing device while efficiently acquiring the exhaust heat from the exhaust heat generating devices without any trouble of the main functions of the exhaust heat generating devices. SOLUTION: The exhaust heat utilizing system comprises: an exhaust heat generating device group 1 consisting of the plurality of exhaust heat generating devices; an exhaust heat utilizing device group 2 consisting of the plurality of exhaust heat utilizing devices; the exhaust heat carrying passage 3 via which the exhaust heat generating device group 1 and the exhaust heat utilizing device group 2 are connected to each other; and a control device. The control device controls the number of the exhaust heat generating devices from which exhaust heat is acquired and the order of starting the acquisition of the exhaust heat to supply the exhaust heat to the exhaust heat utilizing devices while efficiently acquiring the exhaust heat from the exhaust heat generating devices without any trouble of the main functions of the exhaust heat generating devices. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an absorption heat pump capable of improving efficiency of a heat pump while effectively utilizing hot water of comparatively low temperature, and realizing the enlargement of a temperature rise width. SOLUTION: This absorption heat pump comprises a first absorber A1 for heating a heated medium 11W flowing in a first heated medium flow channel 11, a second absorber A2 for heating a heated medium 21W flowing in a second heated medium flow channel 21, a regenerator G1 for evaporating a refrigerant by a first heat medium 12W flowing in a regenerated heat medium flow channel 12, a condenser C1 for condensing refrigerant vapor by a cooling medium 13W flowing in a cooling medium flow channel 13, a first evaporator E1 for generating refrigerant vapor by heating the refrigerant by a second heat medium 14W flowing in the first evaporated heat medium flow channel 14, and a second evaporator E2 for generating refrigerant vapor by heating the refrigerant by a second heat medium 24W flowing in a second evaporated heat medium flow channel 24, and at least one of the first and second heated medium flow channels 11, 21, and first and second evaporated heat medium flow channels 14, 24 is connected in series. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a highly efficient absorption heat pump, by preheating a condensation refrigerant (a working medium condensation solution) sent to an evaporator from a condenser. SOLUTION: In this absorption heat pump, an absorber A, the evaporator E, a regenerator G, the condenser C and a solution heat exchanger X are formed as main constituting apparatuses; a working medium thick solution of the regenerator G is introduced into the absorber A via the heating object side of the solution heat exchanger X; a working medium refrigerant liquid of the condenser C is introduced into the evaporator C; working medium refrigerant vapor generated by the evaporator E is introduced into the absorber A; a working medium diluted solution becoming the diluted concentration by absorbing the working medium refrigerant vapor in the working medium thick solution by the absorber A, is introduced into the regenerator G via the heating side of the solution heat exchanger X; and the working medium refrigerant vapor generated by the regenerator G is introduced into the condenser C. A heat exchanger 5 is arranged for heating the working medium refrigerant liquid sent to the evaporator E from the condenser C by the working medium refrigerant vapor to the condenser C from the regenerator G. A multistage temperature rising type absorption heat pump may be used by forming the absorber A and the evaporator E in a multistage form. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an absorbing type heat pump capable of reducing accessory power by obtaining heating object medium vapor by heating a heating object medium solution using discharged hot water, exhaust gas or the like as a heat source and capable of improving conversion efficiency to steam by preheating the heating object medium solution. SOLUTION: This absorption heat pump is composed of an absorber A, an evaporator E, a regenerator G, a condenser C and a solution heat exchanger X as main constituent apparatuses, and by connecting them through pipe lines; and is adapted to obtain a heating object medium hotter than heat-source hot water 102 in the absorber A by guiding the heat-source hot water 102 and cooling water 101 to the evaporator E and the regenerator G, and the condenser C, respectively. The heating object medium solution (main water) is introduced into an entrance of an evaporation tube 12 of the absorber A, and steam 104 or steam 104 containing a liquid is led out from the exit thereof. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for producing distilled water, the non-condensible gas in which can be bled effectively and the distillation performance and operation efficiency of which can be improved and to provide a method for bleeding the non-condensible gas in the apparatus for producing distilled water. SOLUTION: This apparatus for producing distilled water is provided with a distillation unit 20 and a condenser 40 and constituted so that raw water 124 is introduced into a vaporizer 21 of the highest stage of the distillation unit 20 and heated, the steam 102 and concentrated raw water 103, which are generated in the vaporizer 21, are introduced into a second vaporizer 22 so that heat exchange is performed between the steam 102 and the concentrated raw water 103 through a heat exchanger 22a to produce distilled water 104, generate steam 105 and further concentrate the concentrated raw water 103 and the steam 107 generated in another vaporizer 23 of the lowest stage is introduced into the condenser 40 and condensed to produce the objective distilled water 111. An ejector 51 is arranged for bleeding the non-condensible gas from the downstream side of the condensation surface of the second vaporizer 22 for condensing the steam generated in the vaporizer 21 of the highest stage. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a low temperature liquefied gas reservoir system suppressing generation of boil off gas by re-liquefying boil off gas. SOLUTION: This low temperature liquefied gas reservoir system is provided with a liquefied gas reservoir part 10 reserving low temperature liquefied gas L1, a branch part 80 dividing flow of boil off gas G1 evaporating from the low temperature liquefied gas at the liquefied gas reservoir part, a compressor 20 compressing part of the boil off gas G2 divided at the branch part, a first cooling heat exchanger 30 cooling compressed boil off gas G3 by performing heat exchange of the compressed boil off gas G3, the boil off gas G2 divided at the branch part and compressed by the compressor and different boil off gas G6 for cooling, an expansion valve 40 expanding and liquefying cooled boil off gas G4, and circulation means 50, 83 returning liquefied boil off gas L2 to the liquefied gas reservoir part. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI