COMPACT ENERGY CYCLE CONSTRUCTION UTILIZING SOME COMBINATION OF A SCROLL TYPE EXPANDER, PUMP, AND COMPRESSOR FOR OPERATING ACCORDING TO A RANKINE, AN ORGANIC RANKINE, HEAT PUMP, OR COMBINED ORGANIC RANKINE AND HEAT PUMP CYCLE

摘要

A compact energy cycle construction that operates as or in accordance with a Rankine, Organic Rankine, Heat Pump, or Combined Organic Rankine and Heat Pump Cycle, comprising a compact housing of a generally cylindrical form with some combination of a scroll type expander, pump, and compressor disposed therein to share a common shaft with a motor or generator and to form an integrated system, with the working fluid of the system circulating within the housing as a torus along the common shaft and toroidally within the housing as the system operates.