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US 12,692,822 B2Granted
Internally heated engine
AssigneeHeneng (Hainan) Technology Co., Ltd
InventorsMuze Lin, Heyuan Lin, Hefei Lin
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Abstract
An internally heated engine, which comprises a Stirling engine and heating facilities. The internally heated engine, by means of altering a means of external heating of the Stirling engine, is provided with the heating facilities in a hot cylinder to push a piston to output power.
Claims3
An internally heated engine, comprising:
- a hot cylinder assembly, a cold cylinder, and a regenerator;
- wherein
- the hot cylinder assembly comprises a hot cylinder body and a heating device integrated inside the hot cylinder body, the hot cylinder body being configured as a cavity for containing a working medium,
- the cold cylinder is configured as a cavity for cooling and compressing the working medium,
- the regenerator connects the hot cylinder assembly and the cold cylinder, and is configured to store and release heat when the working medium reciprocates between the hot cylinder assembly and the cold cylinder;
- and
- wherein the heating device comprises at least one piston heating facility arranged inside a piston, the at least one piston heating facility being integrated inside the piston that reciprocates within the hot cylinder body, and the at least one piston heating facility being configured to generate heat and transfer the heat that is generated to the piston,
- such that the piston serves as an active heating surface to transfer heat to the working medium inside the hot cylinder body, thereby driving the piston to move and output power.
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