Solar reactor engine

Details Solar reactor engine Solar reactor engine

1976-02-10

1977-05-31

Ostrager, Allen M.

Power plants

Utilizing natural heat

Geothermal

60673, 126263, F03G 702

Patent

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040261123

ABSTRACT:
A solar reactor engine is disclosed which includes a concrete or other suitable housing having a reactor chamber therein. In one embodiment, the reactor chamber is cylindrical. A solar intensifier, such as a parabolic reflector, is mounted on top of the reactor housing. The parabolic reflector collects and intensifies solar rays and guides them down through a solar sight glass, mounted on top of the housing, into the reactor chamber. The concentrated beam of light is directed onto a reflector cone within the reactor chamber which disperses solar rays throughout the chamber. Hydrogen and chlorine are conducted into the reactor chamber and react with controlled explosive violence when exposed to the solar rays. Atmospheric oxygen is used as a control medium to regulate the energy given off by the reaction of the hydrogen and chlorine in the presence of solar energy. The heat and pressure thus formed are utilized to drive a turbine, the output of which is utilized to drive a suitable utilization device. In another embodiment of the invention, the solar reactor engine is housed in a metal or other suitable housing so that the reactor engine can be utilized for propulsion or mobile applications.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3302401 (1967-02-01), Rockenfeller

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