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US 2019/0376418 A1Published application
Heat Engine
AssigneeUniversity of Newcastle Upon Tyne
InventorsAnthony Paul Roskilly, Andrew John Smallbone
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Abstract
A heat engine including a compressor; an expander; a reactor in which first and second reactants in a working fluid can react with each other, the reactor arranged between the compressor and the expander; and a condenser for condensing a gas in the working fluid, the condenser arranged between the expander and the compressor. There is also provided a method of operating a heat engine.
Claims37
A heat engine comprising:
- a compressor;
- an expander;
- a first conduit fluidly coupling an outlet of the compressor to an inlet of the expander;
- a second conduit fluidly coupling an outlet of the expander to an inlet of the compressor;
- a reactor in which first and second reactants in a working fluid can react with each other, the reactor arranged in the first conduit between the compressor and the expander;
- and
- a condenser for condensing a gas in the working fluid, the condenser arranged in the second conduit between the expander and the compressor.
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A heat engine comprising:
- a reactor;
- a condenser for condensing a gas in a working fluid of the heat engine;
- a first conduit fluidly coupling an outlet of the reactor to an inlet of the condenser;
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- a second conduit fluidly coupling an outlet of the condenser to an inlet of the reactor.
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A heat engine comprising:
- a compression chamber;
- a first positive displacement member reciprocable within the compression chamber;
- an expansion chamber;
- a second positive displacement member reciprocable within the expansion chamber;
- a reactor in which first and second reactants in a working fluid can react with each other, the reactor arranged between the compression chamber and the expansion chamber;
- and
- a condenser for condensing a gas in the working fluid, the condenser arranged between the expansion chamber and the compression chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.