Energy cell
AssigneeEng8 Limited
InventorsSergei Altunin, Oleg Kulakovskii, Haslen Matthew Back, Valeria Tyutina
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Abstract
An energy cell comprising: a chamber for receiving a working fluid and having at least one inlet and outlet to allow working fluid(s) to flow through the chamber, at least one electrode within the chamber to apply electrical energy to the working fluid to generate plasma therein; and the energy cell further comprising: a fluid circulation system for circulating working fluid through the chamber; and a work extraction system for extracting work from fluid output from the chamber.
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An energy cell comprising:
- a chamber for receiving a working fluid and having at least one inlet and outlet to allow working fluid(s) to flow through the chamber;
- at least one electrode within the chamber to apply electrical energy to the working fluid to generate plasma therein;
- a fluid circulation system for circulating working fluid through the chamber;
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- a work extraction system for extracting work from fluid output from the chamber.
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An energy cell system comprising:
- a chamber for receiving a working fluid and having at least one inlet;
- at least one electrode within the chamber to apply electrical energy to the working fluid to generate plasma therein;
- a fluid supply for supplying working fluid through at least one inlet;
- an outlet for exhausting plasma and working fluid;
- an expansion chamber in fluid communication with the outlet;
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- a work extraction system associated with the expansion chamber.
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A power plant comprising:
- a plasma chamber for receiving a working fluid and having at least one inlet and outlet to allow working fluid to flow through the chamber;
- at least one electrode within the chamber to apply electrical energy to the working fluid to generate plasma therein;
- a fluid circulation system for circulating working fluid through the chamber;
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- a closed cycle heat exchange system comprising a steam generator coupled to the plasma chamber to use energy from the chamber to generate steam, that is fed into a heat engine to convert the heat into torque and a steam powered electrical generator.
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