Power plants – Motive fluid energized by externally applied heat – Power system involving change of state
Patent
1979-02-07
1980-08-26
Yeung, James C.
Power plants
Motive fluid energized by externally applied heat
Power system involving change of state
60721, 126433, 126437, 126440, 180 2A, 180 54C, 180165, F01K 1300, F24J 302, B60K 100
Patent
active
042188890
ABSTRACT:
A mass transit system is provided which derives its basic energy from the solar system and recovered heat energy. The system of the invention provides a storage building having a roof and an internal storage area for a multiplicity of individual wheel vehicles, a solar energy collection system on the roof of said building, water storage means in said building, a circulating system circulating water from said water storage means through said solar energy collection system for heating said water and storing said heat as heated water in said water storage means, energy conversion means in said building converting said heat in said water storage means to rotary energy, a plurality of wheeled vehicles, energy storage means in each said wheeled vehicle, means connecting said energy conversion means selectively to the energy storage means of each said wheeled vehicle for transferring and storing energy from the water storage means to the energy storage means in said wheeled vehicles, energy transmission means in each wheeled vehicle selectively connecting said energy storage means to drive wheels on said vehicle for driving the same, a braking system in each wheeled vehicle acting selectively to stop said drive wheels, a heat collection system surrounding said brakes for collecting frictional heat resulting from braking said vehicle, a vehicle solar heat collection on each said vehicle, fluid energy transfer means receiving the heat from the friction heat collection system and from said solar heat collection system on the vehicle, a drive means selectively connected to said energy storage means for adding driving energy thereto, said drive means connected to said fluid energy transfer means and energized thereby.
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O'Connor Daniel
Yeung James C.
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