Energy generating system using differential elevation
OwnerMohammed Alkhamisinventor
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Abstract
A system generates energy using the difference in elevation between an upper elevation (e.g., at the top of a mountain) and a lower one (e.g., at or near the bottom of the mountain.) The system includes a compressor located at the upper location which supplies compressed gas through a conduit to a mixing chamber at the lower elevation. A plurality of turbine-generator sets are located at different elevations along the conduit for extracting energy from the compressed gas. A control unit connected to the conduit supplies pulses of the compressed gas to the mixing chamber for mixing with mercury to produce a mercury-gas mixture. An injector injects pulses of the mercury-gas mixture into a turbine so as to impact against the turbine blades and drive the turbine.
Claims16
A system for generating energy using the difference in elevation between a relatively high elevation and a relatively low elevation, said system comprising:
- compressor located at the relatively high location for compressing a vapor form of a working medium into a compressed gas;
- a first conduit for conveying said compressed gas to said relatively low elevation;
- mixing chamber at said relatively low elevation;
- mercury supply means for supplying mercury to said mixing chamber;
- control means connected to said first conduit for supplying pulses of said compressed gas to said mixing chamber for mixing with said mercury to produce a mercury-gas mixture;
- a turbine having turbine blades;
- injecting means for injecting pulses of said mercury-gas mixture into said turbine so as to impact against said turbine blades and drive the turbine;
- separator means for recovering the mercury and gas from said turbine and for separating the gas from the mercury;
- connector means for conveying mercury separated from said gas to said mercury supply means;
- a further conduit for conveying gas separated from the mercury to said compressor;
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- a plurality of liquid turbine-generator units each respectively located at different elevations along said first conduit between said relatively high elevation and said relatively low elevation, said units each comprising a liquid turbine driven by said compressed gas and a generator driven by the associated liquid turbine for supplying power to the remainder of the system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.