Prime-mover dynamo plants – Turbogenerators
Patent
1976-07-13
1978-10-24
Schaefer, Robert K.
Prime-mover dynamo plants
Turbogenerators
60641, 126271, 165105, 290 1R, F03G 702, F24J 302
Patent
active
041223560
ABSTRACT:
Radiant heat is converted to electricity by a heat pipe - turbogenerator combination. Specifically, a heat pipe having heat-sorbing wicking or other material in an evaporation section thereof from which the heat pipe liquid in contact with or adjacent said wicking may evaporate, has such wicking heated by radiant heat, as by solar heat, vaporizing the liquid to a gas, which passes through a turbogenerator to a condensation section wherein it is condensed to the liquid, which is returned to the evaporation section. The heat pipe - turbogenerator assembly is suitably externally insulated, as by a vacuum shield, to prevent heat losses and heat is recovered from the condenser portion of the heat pipe and returned to the evaporator portion.
In an application of the generic invention it is employed in a building, such as a house, where it is utilized on wall and roof portions thereof and serves as at least a partial supporting structure for these. In another application the solar heat pipe feedback turbogenerator may be incorporated in or used with reflective means, such as reflective sheet material of large area positioned to direct solar radiation onto the evaporator section of the heat pipe, which reflective means may be supported by gas balloons or other useful supports and may be changed in position to "follow the sun" to produce maximum power during operation.
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Kramer Raymond F.
Redman John W.
Schaefer Robert K.
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