US 4,067,194 AGranted

Closed circuit power system

OwnerRobert C. Fenleyinventor

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Abstract

A cooling chamber and a heating chamber are employed to obtain a temperature differential for forcing a working gas through a fluid driven work producing device and which then is applied back to the cooling and heating chambers whereby the cycle is repeated. The cooling chamber is cooled with a gas under pressure while the heating chamber is heated with a liquid under pressure.

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A closed circuit power system comprising:

a sealed cooling chamber,
an interior cooling chamber, having an inlet and an outlet, located in said sealed cooling chamber,
a sealed heating chamber,
an interior heating chamber, having an inlet and an outlet, located in said sealed heating chamber,
first conduit means coupled to said outlet of said interior cooling chamber and to said inlet of said interior heating chamber for providing a fluid flow path from said interior cooling chamber to said interior heating chamber,
said first conduit means extending through the walls of said cooling chamber and through the walls of said heating chamber,
a fluid driven work producing means having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet,
second conduit means coupled to said outlet of said interior heating chamber and to said inlet of said work producing means for providing a fluid flow path from said interior heating chamber to said work producing means,
said second conduit means extending through the walls of said heating chamber,
third conduit means coupled to said outlet of said work producing means and to the inlet of said interior cooling chamber for providing a fluid flow path from said work producing means to said interior cooling chamber,
said third conduit means extending through the walls of said cooling chamber,
a working fluid in said first, second, and third conduit means and in said interior heating and cooling chambers,
a gas under high pressure in said cooling chamber for maintaining the interior thereof and said interior cooling chamber at a low temperature,
a liquid under high pressure in said heating chamber for maintaining the interior thereof and said interior heating chamber at a high temperature, and
means coupled to said first conduit means for forcing the working fluid from said interior cooling chamber to said interior heating chamber for flow through said work producing means back to said interior cooling chamber.

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Abstract

A closed circuit power system comprising:

a sealed cooling chamber,
an interior cooling chamber, having an inlet and an outlet, located in said sealed cooling chamber,
a sealed heating chamber,
an interior heating chamber, having an inlet and an outlet, located in said sealed heating chamber,
first conduit means coupled to said outlet of said interior cooling chamber and to said inlet of said interior heating chamber for providing a fluid flow path from said interior cooling chamber to said interior heating chamber,
said first conduit means extending through the walls of said cooling chamber and through the walls of said heating chamber,
a fluid driven work producing means having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet,
second conduit means coupled to said outlet of said interior heating chamber and to said inlet of said work producing means for providing a fluid flow path from said interior heating chamber to said work producing means,
said second conduit means extending through the walls of said heating chamber,
third conduit means coupled to said outlet of said work producing means and to the inlet of said interior cooling chamber for providing a fluid flow path from said work producing means to said interior cooling chamber,
said third conduit means extending through the walls of said cooling chamber,
a working fluid in said first, second, and third conduit means and in said interior heating and cooling chambers,
a gas under high pressure in said cooling chamber for maintaining the interior thereof and said interior cooling chamber at a low temperature,
a liquid under high pressure in said heating chamber for maintaining the interior thereof and said interior heating chamber at a high temperature, and
means coupled to said first conduit means for forcing the working fluid from said interior cooling chamber to said interior heating chamber for flow through said work producing means back to said interior cooling chamber.

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