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...
Reexamination Certificate
2008-01-01
2008-01-01
Kim, Ted (Department: 3746)
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...
C060S738000, C060S736000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07313916
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for producing power from a source of liquid fuel. The apparatus includes at least one capillary flow passage, the at least one capillary flow passage having an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end in fluid communication with the source of liquid fuel, a heat source arranged along the at least one capillary flow passage, the heat source operable to heat the liquid fuel in the at least one capillary flow passage to a level sufficient to change at least a portion thereof from a liquid state to a vapor state and deliver a stream of substantially vaporized fuel from the outlet end of the at least one capillary flow passage, a combustion chamber for combusting the stream of substantially vaporized fuel and air, the combustion chamber in communication with the outlet end of the at least one capillary flow passage and a conversion device operable to convert heat released by combustion in the combustion chamber into mechanical or electrical power. The conversion device can be a device capable of producing up to about 5,000 watts of mechanical or electrical power.
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An English abstract of DE3413377.
An English abstract of DE3516410.
An English abstract of DE4036176.
An English abstract of EPO,905,447.
Kim Ted
Philip Morris USA Inc.
Roberts Mlotkowski & Hobbes
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