Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid
Patent
1995-08-15
1998-12-29
Solis, Erick R.
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
60 3936, 60 3948, 290 52, F01D 1510, F02C 306
Patent
active
058529276
ABSTRACT:
An integrated plasmatron-turbine system which is capable of producing and utilizing clean burning hydrogen-rich gas is provided. The system may be incorporated into vehicles, stationary turbines, and the like to reduce emissions. The system may also be used to generate electricity in a power generating station. The system includes a plasmatron which reforms fuel into a hydrogen-rich gas and a turbine driven by the hydrogen-rich gas jet from the plasmatron. The turbine converts the heat and kinetic energy of the hydrogen-rich gas into electricity using an alternator. The alternator provides electricity to the plasmatron and may also be used to charge a battery for plasmatron initiation. Additional electricity may be used for other needs of the vehicle or stationary turbine. The hydrogen-rich gas can then utilized as clean burning fuel in a combustor coupled into the same turbine, in a second turbine or in an internal combustion engine.
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Cohn Daniel R.
Rabinovich Alexander
Titus Charles H.
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