Automated mass management control

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9863282
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14469711

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Embodiments of the invention generally provide a heat engine system, a mass management system (MMS), and a method for regulating pressure in the heat engine system while generating electricity. In one embodiment, the MMS contains a tank fluidly coupled to a pump, a turbine, a heat exchanger, an offload terminal, and a working fluid contained in the tank at a storage pressure. The working fluid may be at a system pressure proximal an outlet of the heat exchanger, at a low-side pressure proximal a pump inlet, and at a high-side pressure proximal a pump outlet. The MMS contains a controller communicably coupled to a valve between the tank and the heat exchanger outlet, a valve between the tank and the pump inlet, a valve between the tank and the pump outlet, and a valve between the tank and the offload terminal.

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ECHOGEN POWER SYSTEMS (DELWARE) INC16192 COASTAL HIGHWAY LEWES DE 19958

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Hart, Katherine Batavia, US 3 170
Held, Timothy James Akron, US 35 1993

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