Vehicle engine
OwnerMartin Larssoninventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to A vehicle engine (100) comprising a combustion part (110), a heat engine (120) and an electrical generator (130). The combustion part (110) comprises a pellet burning unit, which is arranged to generate heat by burning pellets, said pellet burning unit is connected to said heat engine (120), which heat engine is arranged to convert heat from said pellet burning unit to kinetic energy, said electrical generator is arranged to convert said kinetic energy from said heat engine to generate electrical energy for actuating wheels of said vehicle.
Claims13
A vehicle engine comprising a combustion part, a heat engine and an electrical generator, wherein
- said combustion part comprises a pellet burning unit, which is arranged to generate heat by burning pellets, said pellet burning unit is connected to said heat engine, which heat engine is arranged to convert heat from said pellet burning unit to kinetic energy, said electrical generator is arranged to convert said kinetic energy from said heat engine to generate electrical energy for directly or indirectly actuating wheels of said vehicle.
A vehicle comprising an electrical motor and a power generating engine, said power generating engine comprising a combustion part, a heat engine and a generator for generating electrical power, wherein
- said combustion part is pellet burning unit, which is arranged to generate heat by burning pellets, said pellet burning unit is connected to said heat engine, which heat engine is arranged to convert heat from said pellet burning unit to kinetic energy, said electrical generator is arranged to convert said kinetic energy from said heat engine to generate electrical energy for actuating directly or indirectly wheels of said vehicle.
A method of driving a vehicle, the method comprising burning pellets in a pellet burner, converting heat from said pellet burner to kinetic energy by means of a heat engine, using said kinetic energy to generate electrical energy by means of generator, using said electrical energy directly or indirectly to actuate wheels of said vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.