Turbocharged RAM tornado engine with transmission and heat recovery system
US5749220A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 7, 1996 |
| Grant date | May 12, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/12
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A turbocharged ram tornado engine coupled with a jet tornado turbine heat recovery system, a variable speed fluid transmission, and a muffler/water recovery assembly. A combustor provides a source of hot gases which are forced into a tornado form inside an annular chamber housing a first turbine wheel, water is injected in the gas stream, the swirling gases are then passed to a second turbine wheel, via a turbocharger connected to the first turbine exhaust which provides air to the combustor, and a muffler/water recovery system for condensing and recovering water injected into the engine.
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