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Multirotary energy conversion valve

US4108198A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 29, 1976
Grant dateAug 22, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 29, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/3074
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A multirotary energy conversion valve comprising inlet and outlet passages interposed by meshing pairs of inlet and outlet rotors of unequal constant volume displacements with an enclosed channel in between for fluid energy conversion with additionally at least one pair of rotors bypassed by a conduit of controlled fractional flow connected to said enclosed channel and additionally heat exchange means included and additionally interposed by meshing intermediate rotors of constant volume displacements with at least one rotary linkage connecting an inlet and an outlet rotor and additionally an intermediate rotor in synchronous rotation about one axis; said valve being applicable in a range including check valves, flow control valves, pressure multiplier and divider valves, thermal fluid drive valves, fluid flow rectifiers, fluid flow amplifiers, vapor flash valves, expansion valves, and reduction valves.

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