AU581410B2 - Solar powered heat engine - Google Patents

Solar powered heat engine

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Publication number
AU581410B2
AU581410B2 AU31837/84A AU3183784A AU581410B2 AU 581410 B2 AU581410 B2 AU 581410B2 AU 31837/84 A AU31837/84 A AU 31837/84A AU 3183784 A AU3183784 A AU 3183784A AU 581410 B2 AU581410 B2 AU 581410B2
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Prior art keywords
heat engine
solar powered
powered heat
solar
engine
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Inventor
Colin Clive Vincent
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Hardie Energy Products Pty Ltd
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SW Hart and Co Pty Ltd
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03G—SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03G6/00—Devices for producing mechanical power from solar energy
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02G—HOT GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS; USE OF WASTE HEAT OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F02G1/00—Hot gas positive-displacement engine plants
    • F02G1/04—Hot gas positive-displacement engine plants of closed-cycle type
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02G—HOT GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS; USE OF WASTE HEAT OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F02G2254/00—Heat inputs
    • F02G2254/30—Heat inputs using solar radiation
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/40—Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers
    • Y02E10/46—Conversion of thermal power into mechanical power, e.g. Rankine, Stirling or solar thermal engines

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Sustainable Development (AREA)
  • Sustainable Energy (AREA)
AU31837/84A 1983-08-11 1984-08-10 Solar powered heat engine Ceased AU581410B2 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AU31837/84A AU581410B2 (en) 1983-08-11 1984-08-10 Solar powered heat engine

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AUPG076883 1983-08-11
AUPG0768 1983-08-11
AU31837/84A AU581410B2 (en) 1983-08-11 1984-08-10 Solar powered heat engine

Publications (2)

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AU3183784A AU3183784A (en) 1985-02-14
AU581410B2 true AU581410B2 (en) 1989-02-23

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Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2636129A (en) * 1948-05-08 1953-04-21 Edward A Agnew Solar engine
US4227866A (en) * 1976-12-16 1980-10-14 Solar Pump Corporation Solar energy device
FR2462585A1 (en) * 1979-07-31 1981-02-13 Voisin Marcel Combined pump and turbine electrical generator - has closed loop of three vertically spaced reservoirs and vacuum pumps driven by pressurised water in upper reservoir

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2636129A (en) * 1948-05-08 1953-04-21 Edward A Agnew Solar engine
US4227866A (en) * 1976-12-16 1980-10-14 Solar Pump Corporation Solar energy device
FR2462585A1 (en) * 1979-07-31 1981-02-13 Voisin Marcel Combined pump and turbine electrical generator - has closed loop of three vertically spaced reservoirs and vacuum pumps driven by pressurised water in upper reservoir

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