Internal combustion steam power unit

An internal combustion steam power unit, comprising:

• a mounting frame for supporting said power unit,
• a power output shaft rotatable mounted in the frame,
• a combustion chamber having its forward end formed integrally with the output shaft,
• the output shaft and combustion chamber being supported in the frame by a single bearing,
• a stationary cylindrical nozzle mounted on the frame and projecting into the after end of the combustion chamber,
• the nozzle having a plurality of concentric internal annular passages for separately transporting hydrogen, oxygen, and water into the interior of the combustion chamber,
• an ignitor rod extending the length of the nozzle with its first end terminating in the combustion chamber,
• a hot plug mounted adjacent to the combustion chamber end of the nozzle for maintaining ignition temperature within the combustion chamber,
• the combustion chamber having a main frame section closed at its forward end and open at its after end and having a plurality of openings in its side walls,
• a cover plate for closing the after end of the main frame section,
• a first heat deflector mountable on and spaced from the interior of the cover plate for containing and directing the flow of combustion products and steam,
• a second heat deflector mountable within the main frame section and spaced from the forward end thereof for directing the flow of steam from the first heat deflector to the openings in the side walls of the main frame section,
• a flame deflector mountable at the center of the second heat deflector for directing the combustion flame towards the hot plug and the first heat deflector,
• a plurality of propulsion pods spaced around the outer periphery of the main frame section in flow communication with the openings in its side walls for causing rotation of the main frame,
• tangential slots in the propulsion pods to form nozzles for the release of steam to the atmosphere,
• means for igniting the hydrogen and oxygen within the combustion chamber to produce steam,
• means for controlling the power output of said power unit.

An internal combustion steam power unit, comprising:

• a mounting frame for supporting said power unit,
• a power output shaft rotatable mounted in the frame,
• a cylindrical combustion chamber closed at its forward end and open at its after end attached to and rotatable with the power shaft,
• the combustion chamber having a plurality of openings in its side walls,
• a cover plate for closing the after end of the combustion chamber,
• means for injecting hydrogen, oxygen, and water into the interior of the combustion chamber,
• means for igniting and sustaining the combustion of hydrogen and oxygen within the combustion chamber to produce steam therein,
• means for rotating the combustion chamber spaced around the outer periphery of the combustion chamber in corresponding relationship to, and in flow communication with the openings in its side walls,
• a first heat deflector mountable on and spaced from the interior of the cover plate for containing and directing the flow of combustion products,
• a second heat deflector mountable within the combustion chamber and spaced from the forward end thereof for directing the flow of combustion products from the first heat deflector towards the openings in the combustion chamber walls,
• a flame deflector mountable on the second heat deflector for directing the combustion flame toward the combustion sustaining means, and
• means for controlling the power output of said power unit.