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A Directory of Companies and Technologies involved in extracting energy from waste heat.

== Websites and Links ==
*[http://www.service.power.alstom.com/power-generation-services/waste-heat-steam-generator.htm Alstom power Service]
*[http://www.barber-nichols.com/products/waste_heat_power_generation_equipment/ Barber-Nichols Waste Heat Recovery Systems & Geothermal Power Generation Equipment] 
*[http://www.ecofuss.com/the-first-commercial-waste-heat-generator/ EcoFuss]
*[http://www.electratherm.com/products.html Electratherm]
*[http://www.gulfcoastgreenenergy.com/ourtechnology.html Gulf Coast Green Energy]
*[http://www.gmk.info/Produkt_INDUCAL.523.html?; Inducal]
*[http://www.jetsongreen.com/2008/05/new-green-machi.html Jetson Green] - Green Machine


===Featured at PESWiki===
*'''[[Directory:Bar-Gadda LLC]]''' - Prototype device converts water vapor or steam into hydrogen using a process called radiant energy transfer. Efficiency around 90%. Yields in excess of 80% H.

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*'''[[Directory:Capstone Turbine Corporation]]''' - Have you ever driven past a refinery and seen the large flare towers and thought, "Why don't they harness that energy?"  Capstone's microturbines are ideally suited for that task, among other applications. <br style="clear:right;">

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*'''[[Directory:Changing World Technology - Thermal Depolymerization Process]]''' - Changing World Technologies (CWT)'s Thermal Conversion Process purportedly reforms organic waste into renewable fuel oil, without combustion, incineration or toxic residue, providing a solution for solid waste management while creating a renewable domestic source of energy. <br style="clear:right;">

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*'''[[Directory:Cyclone Power Technologies Inc]]''' -  This Waste Heat Engine is a unique technology off-shoot of the Green Revolution Engine the Schoell cycle engine is a cross between a Rankine, Diesel and Carnot cycle engine. <br style="clear:right;">

*'''[[Directory:Accelerated Magnetic Piston Generator]]''' - the Encore MPG is a Linear Engine that uses heat to produce high pressure gases to propel a Magnetic Piston through a series of electro-magnetic coils to generate electricity according to Faraday's Law of Induction, wherein moving a permanent magnet into and out of a coil of wire induces an electrical current in the wire while the magnet is in motion. 

*'''[[Directory:Advanced Power Generation]]''' - Advanced utility-scale power generation technologies are being developed that have the potential to nearly double the energy conversion efficiencies of existing coal, oil and natural gas power generating plants to 60% (from the current average efficiency of around 35%).
 
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*'''[[Directory:Energy Tower]]''' - There are a number of  Energy Towers listed here.<br style="clear:right;">

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*'''[[Directory:Kokhala EnergyCell]]''' - Solar  EnergyCells® simultaneously generate electricity, space heat and hot water from the green energy of solar and the stored solar of biomass for the residential, commercial, industrial and public sectors.<br style="clear:right;">

*'''[[Directory:Fellows Thermoacoustic Cycle (TAC) Generator]]''' - Lee Fellows' Thermoacoustic Cycle (TAC) Generator uses heat to amplify acoustic waves (sound waves) in a high pressure gas. These amplified acoustic oscillations drive a unique kind of generator and produce electric power.

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*'''[[Directory:Michaud Atmospheric Vortex Engine]]''' - Louis Michaud's atmosphere vortex engine would harness waste heat from power plants and other heat sources, creating a stationary tornado and capturing the rotational force. <br style="clear:right;">

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*'''[[Directory:Raser Technologies - Geothermal and Waste Heat Harvesting]]''' - Instead of using electricity to turn a heat pump to cool a liquid, Raser runs a warmed liquid through a heat pump to generate electricity.<br style="clear:right;">

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*'''[[Directory:Refinery Flaring Recovery]]''' - A Directory dedicated to companies and technologies used in Refinery Flare Recovery.<br style="clear:right;">

*'''[[Directory:Utilities]]''' - Lists Utility-scalable renewables. 

*'''[[PowerPedia:Anaerobic digestion]]''' - The harnessed and contained, naturally occurring process of anaerobic decomposition. An anaerobic digester is an industrial system that harnesses these natural process to treat waste, produce biogas that can be used to power electricity generators, provide heat and produce soil improving material. 

*'''[[PowerPedia:Rotating Thermionic Generator]]''' - (Removed Sept. 2008, but archived.)

== Videos==


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(1.15 Minutes) <b>Geothermal - Waste Heat -Modular ORC Turbine - Rankine Cycle</b> <br>
*The [http://www.infinityturbine.com Infinity Turbine by Global Energy] is a geothermal, solar and waste heat (industrial waste heat, gas turbine waste heat) Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) turbine that generates electricity or via a PTO shaft horsepower for pumps, compressors and other equipment. Excess heat from the system output can be used for CHP applications, including desalination, hot water and process heat. ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgnS15pgOQg ''YouTube'']; March 10, 2008)

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== Patents ==
*[http://www.google.com/patents?q=waste+heat&btnG=Search+Patents Google Patents - Waste Heat]

== Research and Development ==

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*<font size="1">[[Directory:Fuel Efficiency|Fuel Efficiency]] > </font><br>'''[http://gas2.org/2009/11/02/gm-working-on-efficient-shape-changing-memory-metal-engine/ GM Working On Efficient, Shape-Changing, Memory Metal Engine]''' - The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded GM with $2.7 million to develop a working prototype of a Shape Memory Alloy engine. In theory, this engine could recycle the waste heat and turn it into electrical energy, perhaps one day even replacing alternators and improving fuel efficiency. (''Gas 2.0''; Nov. 2, 2009) <br style="clear:right;">

== In the News ==

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*'''[http://www.technologyreview.com/business/21701/?nlid=1527&a=f Electricity from Waste Heat]''' - [http://ener-g-rotors.com/ Ener-G-Rotors], based in Schenectady, NY, has patented the Trochoidal Gear Engine used in an organic rankine cycle to turn 150°F to 400°F liquid or gas input into electricity. (''MIT Technology Review''; Nov. 21, 2008)<br style="clear:right;">

*[http://gizmodo.com/394433/electricity-generator-gets-its-power-from-waste-heat Electricity Generator Gets Its Power From Waste Heat] - Dallas' Southern Methodist University is now recycling energy with one of the first commercial electricity generators that use thermoelectricity—the act of drawing power from waste heat.  (''Gizmodo''; June 1, 2008)

*[http://www.energycurrent.com/index.php?id=3&storyid=10851 ElectraTherm installs first waste heat generator] - Testing of the 50kW ElectraTherm Green Machine, installed at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas, by Gulf Coast Green Energy and ElectraTherm, has exceeded the companies' expectations, reaching output beyond its 50kW rating. (''EnergyCurrent''; May 29,  2008)

== Comments ==
See [[Talk:Directory:Waste Heat Generators|Discussion page]]

==Directories==
*[[Wikipedia:Thermionic_converter]]
*[http://quantum.soe.ucsc.edu/tec/ Thermionic Conversion Center]
*[[Wikipedia:Thermionics]]
*[http://www.thermionic.org/ Thermionic Site]
*'''[http://www.energyplanet.info/Waste_Energy/ Waste Energy]''' - A visual directory of waste to energy websites. (''EnergyPlanet.info'')

== See also ==
*[[Directory:Cyclone Power Technologies Inc]]
*[[Directory:Electromagnetic]]
*[[Directory:Geothermal]]
*[[Directory:Geothermal Oil Wells]]
*[[Directory:Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion]]
*[[Directory:Solar]]
*[[Directory:Thermal Electric]]
*[[Directory:Thermionic Generators]]
*[[Directory:Waste to Energy]]
*[[Videos:Geothermal]]

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[[Category:Geothermal]]
[[Category:Hybrids]]
[[Category:Thermionics]]
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