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US 2024/0360839 A1Published application
Closed cycle lift force turbine
OwnerOrville J. Birkestrandinventor
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Abstract
A closed cycle lift force turbine is provided that comprises a lift turbine, an input stator, and a centrifugal compressor. The closed cycle lift force turbine may be utilized to generate continuous thrust, heat and/or electricity for powering vehicles at any speed in any atmosphere or lack thereof.
Claims34
An apparatus comprising:
- a closed cycle lift turbine assembly operatively interconnected with a centrifugal compressor assembly, the lift turbine assembly and the centrifugal compressor assembly being housed within a closed pressurizable container filled with a flow through gas;
- the lift turbine assembly including:
- (a) an input stator having a first set of blades, the first set of blades causing a counter rotation flow in the gas;
- (b) a lift turbine having a second set of blades, the second set of blades generating lift force, the second set of blades rotating into the counter rotation flow of the gas;
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- the centrifugal compressor assembly including a centrifugal flow diffuser.
3 more elements
The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the pump drives hydraulic fluid, the hydraulic fluid operating a machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.