ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,238, issued on Feb. 10.
"Thermal power plant" was invented by Frederic Caillard (Strasbourg, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal power plant for producing electricity or motive power includes at least one fuel or heat recovery boiler, a turbine, a main circuit for circulating a working fluid, a drum located in the boiler on the main circuit, a reheating module, and a secondary circuit in which a reheating fluid circulates. The reheating module includes a downstream heat exchanger, and the secondary circuit includes an upstream heat exchanger enabling heat to be transferred from combustion fumes or recovery fluid to the re...