Flexible and efficient energy source
OwnerYahya Mahalliinventor
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Abstract
An energy source includes an internal combustion engine with a cooling jacket in which a vapor of a working medium (steam in the case of water) is generated; a turbine connected to receive the vapor from the cooling jacket and having a rotating component rotated by the passage of the vapor; a generator rotated in response to rotation of the rotating component to generate electricity; and a heating coil powered by electricity produced by the generator, the heating coil being disposed to heat the medium in the cooling jacket to assist in providing vapor. The energy source may be used in a motor vehicle, and the steam (when water is used as the working medium) and the generated electricity can be used as energy sources for external loads, such as heating and powering a building.
Claims20
An energy source comprising:
- an internal combustion engine configured to utilize waste heat to generate vapor from a working medium, said internal combustion engine having a cooling jacket for containing the working medium for generating said vapor;
- a turbine connected to receive the vapor and having a rotating component rotated by the passage of the vapor;
- a generator rotated in response to rotation of the rotating component to generate electricity;
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- a heating coil powered by electricity produced by the generator, the heating coil being disposed to heat the medium in the cooling jacket to assist in providing vapor.
A method for operating an energy source comprising:
- running an internal combustion engine having a cooling jacket so as to utilize waste heat to generate a vapor of a working medium in the cooling jacket;
- utilizing the vapor to power a turbine connected to receive the vapor;
- rotating a generator in response to output of the turbine to generate electricity;
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- using at least a portion of the electricity generated by the generator to heat a heating coil disposed in the cooling jacket to heat the working medium to provide vapor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.