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responsive to applied hot gases for producing vaporized working fluid and cooled gases which are vented. A turbine connected to a generator and responsive to the vaporized working fluid generates power and produces expanded working fluid. A condenser condenses the expanded vaporized working fluid to condensate which is returned to the heat recovery heat exchanger. A control device controls the temperature of the applied hot gases, based on a sensed temperature and include mixer apparatus for mixing ambient air with the hot exhaust gases and producing a mixture of hot exhaust gases and ambient air before the mixture is applied to the heat recovery heat exchanger.

compression/expansion cylinder of the apparatus; a central cylinder coaxially disposed in the tube such that a narrow gap for the working gas is formed only between the central cylinder and the tube. The heat exchanger may liberate heat from, or providing heat to, the compression/expansion cylinder through heat transfer between the working gas in the tube and an ambient medium surrounding said tube. The heat exchanger is capable to serve as a low/high temperature heat source for an external heat load.

5632157 ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE

5632148 POWER AUGMENTATION OF A GAS TURBINE BY INLET AIR CHILLING

Bronicki Lucien Y; Fisher Uriyel Yavne, ISI&4EL assigned to Ormat Industries Ltd In order to augment the power produced by a gas turbine system of a type having an air compressor for producing compressed air, a combustor for heating the compressed air, and a gas turbine responsive to the heated air for driving the air compressor and the load, cooling air is supplied to the compressor by indirectly contacting the air with water that is chilled by flashing some of the water into a vapor.

Sekino Hirokazu; Yamakoshi Issei Suwa, JAPAN assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation An electric automobile comprises a wheel driving motor and a refrigerating system for air-conditioning the interior of an electric automobile. The refrigerating system has a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expansion valve, and an indoor heat exchanger connected in series by a refrigerant pipe. The wheel driving motor is provided within the refrigerating system, and the wheel driving motor is cooled directly by the refrigerating system.

5632442 ENGINE-DRIVEN HEAT PUMP APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STABLE OPERATION OF HEAT PUMP
Misawa Makoto; Oguri Makoto Iwata, JAPAN assigned to Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha An engine-driven heat pump apparatus having a refrigerant circulation line which includes a pressure-measuiing device for measuring the pressure in the refrigerant circulation line downstream of a compressor and upstream of an expansion valve, and an exhaust heat controller for controlling the exhaust heat from the engine based on the pressure by, for example, changing the heat efficiency of the engine, e.g., by controlling at least one of (a) the ignition timing of the engine, (b) the opening and closing timing of an intake

5632149 HEAT EXCHANGER FOR A GAS COMPRESSION/EXPANSION APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF
Tanigawa Naohid; Hiiose Tatuya; Morita Takashi; Ikegami Kazuo; Sato Kenichi Nara, JAPAN assigned to Sanyo Electric Company Ltd An improved heat exchanger for use in a gas compression/expansion apparatus. The heat exchanger comprises: a tube connected with a of compression/expansion space a