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Y10
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165/00
Y10S165/009
Y10S165/042
Y10S165/042
Versatile pinch point avoidance recuperator for supercritical carbon dioxide power generation systems
A supercritical carbon dioxide power generation Brayton cycle system and method that employs an alternate heat recuperation method and apparatus that utilizes switched banks of bead filled tanks to accumulate and recover the thermal energy of the two streams of working fluid in such a way that the variable thermal properties of the supercritical carbon dioxide can be accommodated without significant loss of thermal efficiency.