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US 5,682,738 AGranted
Heat engines and waste destruction mechanism
OwnerJohn S. Barberinventor
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Abstract
A heat engine for the disposal of organic wastes and method of using the same. The invention includes structure for mixing the organic wastes, a substantially isentropic compression device, a substantially isentropic expansion device, fluid conduit between the compression and expansion device, a substantially isobaric heating device and a substantially isothermic heat rejection device.
Claims20
A heat engine comprising:
- a gaseous oxidant, water and substantially organic fluid matter mixing means to provide for a mixing of said matter and affording their compressive cooling;
- a substantially isentropic compression means for compressing the mixed oxygen, water and organic fluid matter;
- a fluid matter conduit means connecting with said compression means and a substantially isentropic means of expanding the said fluid matter exiting from said fluid matter conduit means and arranged intermediate thereof;
- a substantially isobaric means of adding heat to fluid matter in said fluid matter conduit means;
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- a substantially isothermal means of rejecting expanded fluid matter heat.
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A heat engine comprising:
- a combination of a piston and cylinder compression means constructed and arranged to isentropically compress a mixture of at least oxygen, fuel, and water fluid matter;
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- a piston and cylinder expansion means constructed and arranged to expand substantially isentropically said fluid matter;
- a substantially isobaric reactor vessel conduit means external to said compression and expansion means arranged intermediate thereof to conduct said fluid matter from said compression means and said expansion means;
- an oxygen, water, and fluid matter mixing means to afford compressive cooling;
- a substantially isothermal means to reject expanded fluid matter heat;
- a conduit means from an oxygen source to said compression means;
- a control valve interposed between said oxygen source and compression means;
- a conduit means from said compression means connecting to said external reactor vessel conduit means;
- a control valve interposed between said compression means and said reactor means;
- a second conduit means from said reactor means to said expansion means;
- a valve means interposed between said reactor means and expansion means;
- a third conduit means extending from the expansion means to heat rejection means;
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- a valve means interposed between the expansion means and said third conduit.
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A heat engine comprising:
- a combination of a piston and cylinder compression means constructed and arranged to isentropically compress a mixture of at least oxygen, fuel and water fluid matter;
- a piston and cylinder expansion means constructed and arranged to expand substantially isentropically at least the reactant gases generated from said fluid matter;
- a substantially isobaric reactor vessel conduit means external to said compression and expansion means and arranged intermediate thereof to conduct said fluid matter from said compression means and said expansion means and operating at water partial pressure greater than 3,206 psia and at temperatures greater than 705.degree. Fahrenheit;
- an oxygen, water and fuel fluid matter mixing means;
- a substantially isothermal means to reject expanded fluid matter heat;
- a conduit means from an oxygen source to said compression means;
- a control valve interposed between said oxygen source and compression means;
- a conduit means from said compression means connecting to said external reactor vessel conduit means;
- a control valve interposed between said compression means and said reactor means mounted for flow control on said conduit means;
- a second conduit means from said reactor means to said expansion means;
- a valve means interposed between said reactor means and expansion means mounted for flow control on said conduit means;
- a control means to vary a timing of said valve;
- a third conduit means extending from said expansion means to said heat rejection means;
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- a valve means interposed between the expansion means and said last conduit mounted for flow control on said last conduit means.
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A heat engine comprising:
- a gaseous oxidant, water and substantially organic matter mixing means to provide for mixing of said matter and affording their compressive cooling;
- a substantially isentropic compression means for compressing the mixed oxygen, water and organic matter;
- a fluid matter conduit means connecting with said compression means and a substantially isentropic means of expanding the said fluid matter exiting said matter conduit means and arranged intermediate thereof;
- a substantially isobaric means of adding heat to fluid matter in said matter conduit means external to;
- a substantially isothermal means of rejecting expanded fluid matter heat;
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- wherein said isentropic compression means includes at least one piston and cylinder arranged for compression of at least the water, organic matter, and oxygen.
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A heat engine comprising:
- a gaseous oxidant, water and substantially organic matter mixing means to provide for mixing of said matter and affording their compressive cooling;
- a substantially isentropic compression means for compressing the mixed oxygen, water and organic fluid matter;
- a fluid matter conduit means connecting with said compression means and a substantially isentropic means of expanding the said fluid matter exiting said matter conduit means and arranged intermediate thereof;
- a substantially isobaric means of adding heat to fluid matter in said matter conduit means;
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- a substantially isothermal means of rejecting expanded fluid matter heat;
- wherein said isothermal means of heat rejection includes a fluid conduit means, a source of external fluid ambiently surrounding fluid conduit means and arranged for heat transfer from any steam and water generated to the external fluid;
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- said external fluid arranged for receiving the heat transferred from the steam and water generated by the heat engine during its operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.