Liquid piston engine

A system for generating continuous power, the system comprising:

• a heat source configured to convert heat input into a pressure;
• one or more liquid piston tanks;
• an inlet valve for each of the one or more liquid piston tanks, the inlet valve configured to direct the pressure into a corresponding liquid piston tank displacing liquid in the corresponding liquid piston tank;
• a hydraulic device configured to rotate upon application of a flow created by the displaced liquid;
• a generator connected to the hydraulic device, the generator configured to output energy created using the rotation of the hydraulic device;
• and
• a heat exchanger configured to receive exiting vapor from at least one of the one or more liquid piston tanks via a release valve, the heat exchanger condensing the exiting vapor into a condensate liquid.

One or more non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions for performing a computer process on a computing system, the computer process comprising:

• determining whether to initiate a liquid piston engine system;
• initiating a heat source based on the determination of whether to initiate the liquid piston engine system, the heat source creating a pressure;
• determining whether the pressure exceeds a pressure threshold;
• opening a first inlet valve for a first liquid piston tank, the first inlet valve directing the pressure into the first liquid piston tank, the pressure displacing liquid in the first liquid piston tank into a second liquid piston tank through a hydraulic device to generate substantially continuous power;
• opening a first release valve releasing existing pressure from the second liquid piston tank into a heat exchanger.