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US 7,191,738 B2Granted
Liquid piston internal combustion power system
AssigneeLiquidPiston, Inc.
InventorNikolay Shkolnik
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Abstract
Methods, devices, and systems for power generation through liquid piston internal combustion engine. The liquid piston internal combustion engine of the invention utilizes a novel, synergetic combination of internal combustion and steam piston engines within the framework of one and the same system. The engine may comprise a plurality of cylinders, each having a liquid piston.
Claims15
A liquid piston internal combustion engine comprising:
- a) a power generating module having at least one cylinder and at least one piston comprising at least in part the surface of a first working liquid, thus forming a liquid piston, the power generating module also comprising a booster that converts energy of said first working liquid into energy of a second working liquid and;
- b) an output means to convert thermal energy generated in a process of combustion in said cylinder into non-thermal energy.
A liquid piston internal combustion engine comprising:
- a) a power generating module having at least one cylinder and at least one piston comprising at least in part of the surface of a first working liquid, thus forming a liquid piston, the power generating module also including therein a cylindrical valve body having a plurality of valve openings;
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- b) an output means to convert a thermal energy generated in a process of combustion in said cylinder into non-thermal energy;
- wherein the cylindrical valve body includes at least one low pressure fuel cavity.
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A combustion engine comprising:
- a) combustion chamber;
- b) an output means coupled to the combustion chamber that converts a thermal energy generated in said combustion chamber during a combustion process into non-thermal energy;
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- c) wherein further said combustion process is isochoric and kinematically and dynamically decoupled from said output means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.