US 12,152,530 B2
Turbine-compressor assembly and method
Neil Xavier Blythe, Erie, PA (US); Pradheepram Ottikkutti, Lawrence Park, PA (US); Rogier Giepman, Garching (DE); Michael Majewski, Erie, PA (US); Kevin McElhaney, Edinboro, PA (US); Najeeb Kuzhiyil, McKinney, TX (US); Adam Edgar Klingbeil, Ballston Lake, NY (US); Adam C. Felton, Grove City, PA (US); Christopher Joseph Homison, Wattsburg, PA (US); Roy James Primus, Williamsburg, VA (US); and Thomas Michael Lavertu, Ballston Lake, NY (US)
Assigned to Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on May 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/313,596.
Application 18/313,596 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/836,015, filed on Jun. 9, 2022, granted, now 11,680,517.
Application 18/313,596 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/448,342, filed on Sep. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,643,963.
Application 17/836,015 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/200,489, filed on Mar. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,359,558, issued on Jun. 14, 2022.
Application 17/200,489 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/713,266, filed on Dec. 13, 2019, granted, now 10,961,902, issued on Mar. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/804,935, filed on Feb. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0272737 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F02B 37/14 (2006.01); F01N 5/04 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01)
CPC F02B 37/14 (2013.01) [F01N 5/04 (2013.01); F02D 41/0007 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A turbine-compressor assembly, comprising:
a turbine-compressor device fluidly coupled with a heat source, a compressor, and a turbine via plural valves;
a power device coupled with the turbine-compressor device via a shaft; and
a controller configured to control operation of the plural valves to control the movement of fluids within the assembly to selectively switch between the turbine- compressor device operating in one of plural operating modes, and:
in a first mode of operation, the turbine-compressor device is configured to selectively generate a determined amount of electrical power, and
in a second mode of operation, the turbine-compressor device is configured to selectively receive a determined amount of electrical power.