Engine and method of generating power
OwnerMichael Wurtz, Jan-Hinnerk Scheelinventors
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Abstract
In an engine comprising a compression unit, an expansion unit and a connecting structure disposed between the compression and expansion units and also means for supplying energy to the engine, wherein the connecting structure includes an air inlet area for receiving compressed air from the compression unit and an air outlet area for appropriating gas to the expansion unit, the connecting structure includes a gas volume which is delimited by the compression unit in the air inlet area and by the gas expansion unit in the air outlet area and the gas in the expansion unit is expanded to a pressure corresponding essentially to the pressure of the ambient air.
Claims28
An engine (1) comprising a compression unit (10), an expansion unit (30) and a connecting structure (20) including a gas volume (22) disposed between the compression unit (10) and the expansion unit (30), and means for supplying energy to the engine (1), the connecting structure (20) having an air inlet area (23) for receiving compressed air from the compression unit, a gas outlet area (24) for transferring gas to the expansion unit (30) and being delimited in the air inlet area (23) by the compression unit (10) and, in the gas outlet area (24), by the expansion unit (30).
A power generating method comprising the following steps:
- enclosing an air amount (11, 11′, 11″) in a compression unit (10),
- compressing the air amount (11, 11′, 11″) by reducing the volume of the air amount (11, 11′, 11″) in the compression unit (10),
- joining the volume of the air amount (11, 11′, 11″) with a gas volume (22) in a connecting structure (20),
- mixing the air amount (11, 11′, 11″) with the gas contained in the connecting structure (20),
- increasing the gas pressure in the connecting structure (20),
- separating a gas amount (31, 31′ 31″) from the gas in the gas volume (22) in the connecting structure (20) and enclosing the gas amount (31, 31′, 31″) in an expansion unit (30),
- expanding the gas amount (31, 31′, 31″) in the expansion unit (30) and utilizing the energy released during the expansion of the gas amount (31, 31′, 31″) in the expansion unit (30).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.