Heat driven turbine and method of using the same
OwnerDoris Sunginventor
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Abstract
A thermobimetal heat driven turbine having a rotor, and a series of vanes extending from the rotor wherein the vanes comprise two or more separate materials laminated together, said two separate materials having different coefficients of expansion whereby exposure to a heat source causes the two separate materials to expand at different rates thereby re-shaping the vanes to drive the rotor. The rotating turbine is thus able to generate power using direct heat from an energy source. The heat source may be radiant, convection and/or conduction type heat.
Claims24
A heat driven turbine comprising:
- a rotor;
- a base supporting said rotor;
- and
- a plurality of vanes extending from said rotor, said vanes each fabricated of at least two separate materials, said at least two separate materials having different coefficients of expansion whereby exposure to a heat source causes said two materials to expand at different rates thereby re-shaping the vanes to rotationally drive the rotor relative to said base.
A heat driven turbine comprising:
- an elongated rotor;
- a base supporting said rotor;
- and
- a plurality of vanes extending from said rotor wherein multiple vanes extend from said rotor along its length, said vanes each fabricated of at least two separate materials, said at least two separate materials having different coefficients of expansion whereby exposure to a heat source causes said at least two separate materials to expand at different rates thereby re-shaping the vanes to rotationally drive the rotor relative to said base.
A vane for a heat driven turbine comprising:
- at least two separate materials having different coefficients of expansion whereby exposure to a heat source causes said at least two separate materials to expand at different rates thereby re-shaping said vane such that when joined to a rotatable rotor with a plurality of similar vanes, said re-shaping of said vanes causes said rotatable rotor to rotate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.