Steam generator in a heat regenerative engine

Details Steam generator in a heat regenerative engine Steam generator in a heat regenerative engine

2006-05-02

2008-08-05

Wilson, Gregory A (Department: 3749)

Heating

Work chamber having heating means

Combustion products heat work by contact

C432S181000, C122S247000, C060S670000

Reexamination Certificate

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07407382

ABSTRACT:
A steam generator in a heat regenerative engine includes a cylindrical combustion chamber that encloses a circularly wound coil of densely bundled tubes. The tube bundle is heated by two combustion nozzle assemblies, each having an air blower, a fuel atomizer, and an igniter. The igniter burns atomized fuel that exits the atomizer and is mixed with preheated air. The flames and heat from the combustion nozzle assemblies are directed in a centrifuge within the circular combustion chamber. This cyclonic circulation of combustion gases within the combustion chamber creates higher efficiency in the engine by subjecting the coil of tubes to multiple passes of heat, thereby promoting greater heat saturation relative to the amount of fuel expended. The relatively small diameter and large surface area of the tubes in the bundle allows the water and steam in the tubes to be heated to higher temperatures and pressures within a compact space, providing a highly efficient steam generator.

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