Solar powered steam turbine generator
OwnerWilliam Greerinventor
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Abstract
A solar steam generator has a hollow steam rotor mounted for rotation in a closed compartment located within a larger housing. The rotor is made of heat conductive material and is supplied with water or other working fluid through an inlet at its central hub. A plurality of steam jet outlets are located around the periphery of the rotor; and they are oriented to cause the rotor to spin as the water or working fluid inside is heated to a boiling temperature. To cause the fluid in the rotor to boil, Fresnel lenses, located in an open end of the housing, focus heat from the sun onto the rotor and the chamber in which it is located. Steam and fluid which exit from the nozzles is recovered in the sealed chamber and is returned through a condenser-reservoir, from which it is supplied back to the water inlet of the rotor.
Claims20
A system for converting solar radiation to useful energy including in combination:
- a housing having at least a first end;
- a hollow rotor having a central axis and made of heat conductive material, said rotor mounted for rotation about its axis in said housing, said rotor further having a plurality of outlet jets located about the periphery of said rotor and oriented to cause rotation of said rotor when steam issues from said outlet jets, and said rotor further having an inlet for supplying working fluid to the interior thereof;
- a supply of working fluid coupled with the inlet of said rotor;
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- at least one lens mounted in said first end of said housing to focus solar radiation on said rotor to heat the working fluid therein, producing steam within said rotor whereby said steam issues from said outlet jets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.