Hybrid heat engine system
OwnerJob E. Freedmaninventor
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Abstract
A hybrid heat engine system includes a valve configured to provide first fluid from a heat source. The hybrid heat engine system further includes one or more first pipes fluidly coupled between the valve and a turbine. The one or more first pipes house a second fluid. The hybrid heat engine system further includes a chamber disposed between the valve and the one or more first pipes. The hybrid heat engine system further includes a piston disposed in the chamber between the first fluid and the second fluid. At least a portion of the second fluid is to be pushed through the turbine to generate energy responsive to actuation of the valve.
Claims20
A hybrid heat engine system comprising:
- a valve configured to provide first fluid from a heat source;
- one or more first pipes fluidly coupled between the valve and a turbine, the one or more first pipes housing a second fluid;
- a chamber disposed between the valve and the one or more first pipes;
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- a piston disposed in the chamber between the first fluid and the second fluid, wherein at least a portion of the second fluid is to be pushed through the turbine to generate energy responsive to actuation of the valve.
A hybrid heat engine system comprising:
- a chamber housing a piston;
- one or more first pipes fluidly coupled between the chamber and a turbine, wherein responsive to actuation of the piston within the chamber, a working fluid within the one or more first pipes is to be pushed through the turbine to generate energy;
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- an expansion tank coupled to the one or more first pipes between the chamber and the turbine, wherein the expansion tank is configured to regulate change in pressure generated in the working fluid by the actuation of the piston.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processing device from a sensor, sensor data associated with a hybrid heat engine;
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- causing, by the processing device based on the sensor data, actuation of a valve to provide first fluid from a heat source into a chamber of the hybrid heat engine, wherein the first fluid causes movement of a piston disposed within the chamber, wherein the movement of the piston causes second fluid to be pushed through a turbine to generate energy, the turbine being fluidly coupled to the chamber via one or more first pipes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.