The present application includes a condensing steam turbine used to produce power without the need to consume fossil fuels. The steam turbine includes a plurality of stage wheels, heating coils, and closed circular loops. Energy is provided to the heating coils and the closed circular loops to generate heat. The heat is cycled to produce power. The heating coils and the loops are located in a housing in an overlapping and alternating configuration. The loops are made of two or more magnets joined at opposing poles.

A steam generator includes a water storage chamber that stores water and at least one heating portion that heats the water in the water storage chamber to generate steam. A water supply device supplies water into the water storage chamber. A plurality of fins are provided in the water storage chamber. The water storage chamber has a steam spout port from which the steam generated by the heating portion spouts. The plurality of fins extend along a steam-generating direction under the steam spout port, and are separated from each other and cross the heating portion. The heating portion may be above and below a water surface that emerges in the water storage chamber during heating.

A vaporizer device is provided, including: a cartridge including a reservoir, the reservoir being configured to hold a vaporizable substance; a wick element located within the cartridge and including a susceptor material in a form of a tube, the wick element being configured to contact the vaporizable substance located in the cartridge; and an induction heating element, disposed around at least a portion of the cartridge, the wick element being at least partially surrounded by the induction heating element, and the wick element being further configured to heat the vaporizable substance based on induction heating of the wick element by the induction heating element.

Preferred embodiments provide a system and method of generating steam comprising providing a continuous supply of coal, combusting the coal in a primary processing chamber in the presence of oxygen and water to provide a first product gas stream, recovering heat from the first product gas stream in a first heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) to produce a first steam output, processing the first product gas stream in a secondary processing chamber in the presence of oxygen and water to provide a second product gas stream substantially free of inorganic, organic and particulate contaminants, recovering heat from the second product gas stream in a second heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) to produce a second steam output, and combining the first steam output and the second steam output. In preferred embodiments, the combined steam output is used to drive a steam turbine. In certain preferred embodiments, the steam turbine is operatively coupled to an electric generator to produce electricity. In preferred embodiments, the system and method further comprises at least one of reducing the temperature of the second product gas stream, treating the second product gas stream by wet scrubbing, separating sulfur from the second product gas stream and collecting the sulfur with a baghouse, using a carbon dioxide recovery system, and discharging a treated gas stream substantially free of contaminants.

A fluid latent heat absorption electric induction heater is provided for raising the temperature of a fluid supplied to a fluid-driven turbine in a turbine-driven electric power generation system. The fluid latent heat absorption electric induction heater alternatively transfers heat to the fluid by induced susceptor heating, or a combination of inductor Joule heating and induced susceptor heating. The fluid may be water-steam for powering a steam-driven turbine or another fluid used in a phase change system for driving a fluid-driven turbine in a turbine-driven electric power generation system.

A system including a steam generation system and a chamber. The steam generation system includes a complex and the steam generation system is configured to receive water, concentrate electromagnetic (EM) radiation received from an EM radiation source, apply the EM radiation to the complex, where the complex absorbs the EM radiation to generate heat, and transform, using the heat generated by the complex, the water to steam. The chamber is configured to receive the steam and an object, wherein the object is of medical waste, medical equipment, fabric, and fecal matter.

A vaporizer device is provided, including: a housing; a cartridge including a reservoir, the reservoir being configured to hold a vaporizable substance; a wick element located within the cartridge, the wick element being configured to contact the vaporizable substance located in the cartridge, and the wick element including a mesh, the mesh including two or more materials woven together; and an induction heating element, the cartridge being positioned such that the induction heating element is around at least a portion of the cartridge, and the wick element being at least partially surrounded by the induction heating element, and the wick element being further configured to heat the vaporizable substance based on induction heating of the wick element by the induction heating element.

A system for generating steam for industrial heat. The system may include a plurality of heat pump cycles in thermal communication with each other and in thermal communication with a steam generation cycle. The plurality of heat pump cycles may include first and second heat pump cycles. The first heat pump circulates a first a working fluid and includes a first heat exchanger. The second heat pump cycle circulates a second working fluid and includes a second heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger transfers heat from the first to the second working fluid. The second heat exchanger transfers heat to a third working fluid in the steam generation cycle.

A system for generating steam for industrial heat. The system may include a plurality of heat pump cycles in thermal communication with each other and in thermal communication with a steam generation cycle. The plurality of heat pump cycles may include first and second heat pump cycles. The first heat pump circulates a first a working fluid and includes a first heat exchanger. The second heat pump cycle circulates a second working fluid and includes a second heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger transfers heat from the first to the second working fluid. The second heat exchanger transfers heat to a third working fluid in the steam generation cycle.