Method and system for providing a rotational output using a non-combustion heat source
AssigneeCeti, Inc.
InventorDavid T. Carrott
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a rotational output using a non-combustion heat source. The system may include a sealed chamber and a triggering element. The sealed chamber may contain a substance that expands when heated and contracts when cooled. The sealed chamber may include a displacer capable of moving within the sealed chamber, wherein the displacer moves when the substance is heated and a heat source situated within the sealed chamber. The heat source heats the substance when activated. The triggering element is coupled to the sealed chamber and activates the heat source. The system may include mechanisms for translating the displacer movement into a rotational output or other output.
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A system for providing a rotational output using a non-combustion heat source comprising:
- a sealed chamber, wherein the sealed chamber contains a substance that expands when heated and contracts when cooled, wherein the substance state of matter remains unchanged, the sealed chamber including:
- a displacer capable of rotationally moving within the sealed chamber, wherein the displacer rotationally moves, as a result of the substance expanding and contracting without undergoing phase transition, when the substance is heated;
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- a nucleonic heat source situated within the sealed chamber, wherein the heat source heats the substance when activated;
- a triggering element, external to and coupled to the sealed chamber, wherein the triggering element activates the heat source;
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- means for translating the displacer movement into a rotational output.
A method for providing a rotational output using a non-combustion heat source comprising:
- triggering a nucleonic heat source;
- heating and expanding a substance within a sealed chamber, without causing a phase transition in the substance, wherein the substance state of matter remains unchanged;
- rotationally moving a displacer in the sealed chamber with the expanded substance to generate a force, wherein the expanding substance causes the displacer to rotationally move;
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- transferring the generated force.
A rotary engine for providing an output using a non-combustion heat source comprising:
- a sealed, rotary chamber, wherein the sealed, rotary chamber contains a substance that expands when heated and contracts when cooled, wherein the substance state of matter remains unchanged, the sealed rotary chamber including;
- a rotor capable of rotating within the sealed, rotary chamber, wherein the rotor rotates, as a result of the substance expanding and contracting without undergoing phase transition, when the substance is heated;
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- a nucleonic heat source situated within the sealed, rotary chamber, wherein the nucleonic heat source heats the substance when activated;
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- a triggering element, external to and coupled to the sealed, rotary chamber, wherein the triggering element activates the nucleonic heat source.
A Stirling engine for providing an output using a non-combustion heat source comprising:
- a sealed cylinder, wherein the sealed cylinder contains a substance that expands when heated and contracts when cooled, wherein the substance state of matter remains unchanged, the sealed cylinder including:
- a displacer capable of moving within the sealed cylinder, wherein the displacer rotationally moves, as a result of the substance expanding and contracting without undergoing phase transition, when the substance is heated;
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- a nucleonic heat source situated within the sealed cylinder, wherein the nucleonic heat source heats the substance when activated;
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- a triggering element, external to and coupled to the sealed cylinder, wherein the triggering element activates the nucleonic heat source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.