Ormat Technologies Inc patents

Turbine shaft bearing and turbine apparatus

The present invention provides a turbine shaft bearing apparatus, comprising two axially spaced, inlet side and outlet side bearings for providing support to a turbine shaft to which are connected a plurality of turbine wheels such that the turbine shaft, the two spaced bearings, and the plurality of turbine wheels... Ormat Technologies Inc

Device and minimizing the effect of ambient conditions on the operation of a heat exchanger

A heat exchanger system for cooling liquid having a plurality of finned tube arrays and a plurality of fans for inducing air through the finned tube array comprising: at least one wind deflector installed along the long side of the finned tube arrays on at least one side of the... Ormat Technologies Inc

Geothermal power plant

The present invention provides a power plant whose motive fluid is geothermal fluid, comprising: a high-pressure steam turbine to which geothermal fluid is supplied to produce power; a high-pressure condenser to which the geothermal fluid exhausted from the high-pressure turbine after being expanded therein is supplied and condensed, said high-pressure... Ormat Technologies Inc