Power plants – Motor operated by expansion and/or contraction of a unit of... – Unit of mass is a gas which is heated or cooled in one of a...
Patent
1986-06-12
1987-07-07
Ostrage, Allen M.
Power plants
Motor operated by expansion and/or contraction of a unit of...
Unit of mass is a gas which is heated or cooled in one of a...
F02G 104
Patent
active
046778250
ABSTRACT:
A Stirling cycle engine of unique mechanical arrangement which operates on a principle similar to that of a planetary gear, the orbital members being the displacer shaft, piston crankshafts and engine body. The pistons reciprocate when thermal energy flows through the engine, causing the displacer shaft to rotate. If the displacer shaft is retarded or held stationary by an applied electric field, the engine body begins to revolve, transmitting power to a load. The engine body is sealed, with no dynamic seals or shafts exiting the engine body, and the design is such that size can be increased without pressure containment considerations making the engine impractical. Engine mass is used as inertial storage to increase efficiency with fluctuating loads, internal engine speed is constant for high fuel efficiency while dynamic power to the load is infinitely variable and the engine is specifically designed for ease and economy of production. The versatile design allows the engine body to drive automobiles, portable equipment and stationary generators with no design change, or to operate from solar collectors, radioisotope and chemical fuel supplies without design change.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4199945 (1980-04-01), Finkelstein
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