Hydraulic prime mover device
US4041710A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 9, 1976 |
| Grant date | Aug 16, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF28D2015/0291
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention described herein is a new and novel prime mover device which operates as in integral component of a heat vapor cycle which, in combination, represents a heat engine system consisting of a closed, vertically oriented fluid recirculation system, utilizing a non-compressible fluid as a working medium. Wherein the device's fluid downward flowing section comprises a fluid penstock and a hydraulic turbine, whose function is the conversion of the downward flowing fluid's potential energy into kinetical energy and then into mechanical energy by driving the turbine which, in turn, drives the electrical generator. Whereas the device's upward flowing section serves the function of lifting the turbine exhausted fluid back to its initial potential, which is accomplished by the heating of the turbine exhausted fluid and its maintenance at operating temperature, in combination with induction of a cooled, condensed gas into the heated fluid at the device's lowermost effective portion which, by virtue of its heat absorption from the fluid, as well as its evaporation and subsequent expansion therein, displaces an equivalent amount of fluid within the device's vertical riser, thus givin…
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