Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid – Rotating combustion products generator and turbine
Patent
1995-10-20
1997-06-10
Freay, Charles G.
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
Rotating combustion products generator and turbine
415 63, F02C 314
Patent
active
056365098
ABSTRACT:
Improvements in a flywheel engine are described which includes a flywheel with non radial propulsion units for generating thrust by combustion to rotate the flywheel in a first direction about a flywheel axis. A drive shaft mounts the flywheel for rotation about the flywheel axis within a housing that completely encloses the flywheel. A turbine is also mounted within the housing. It includes turbine blades positioned to react against thrust from the propulsion units and rotate in a second direction opposite to rotation of the flywheel. A transmission is connected to the turbine for producing torque responsive to rotation of the turbine.
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