JP2010164019A - External combustion type closed cycle thermal engine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an external combustion type closed cycle thermal engine which can be designed and manufactured under various conditions without relating the capacity of a heater or a cooler to the efficiency of the engine. <P>SOLUTION: The external combustion type closed cycle thermal engine includes a sealed gas chamber and the heater and the cooler, a flow path for conducting the gas chamber to the inlet and outlet sides of the heater, a flow path for conducting the gas chamber to the inlet and outlet sides of the cooler, on-off valves provided in the flow paths on the inlet and outlet sides, respectively, and a means for moving operating gas. The on-off valves change over the operating gas between the heater and the cooler to drive an acting body. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an external combustion type closed cycle heat engine that has a simple structure and is easy to operate and maintain.

  Stirling engines, regardless of the type of heat source, can effectively use energy that is currently wasted, and are quiet and low-pollution, so various types have been researched and developed, and are one of the important future heat engines. It is an external combustion type heat engine that is regarded as one of the most important.

The Stirling engine heats and cools the working gas sealed in the air chamber to expand and contract the gas to obtain power.
A conventional displacer-type Stirling engine reciprocates the gas between a heating part and a cooling part to heat and cool the gas, and expands and contracts by operating the power piston. It gains power. The displacer is configured to interlock with the power piston in phase.
Conventional Stirling engines are classified into three types, α type, β type, and γ type, depending on the arrangement of pistons, cylinders, and the like. Details of these three types of operations are described in Patent Document 1.

However, in the conventional Stirling engine, the working gas in the air chamber, the heater, and the cooler is simultaneously pressurized and depressurized. Therefore, during heating, the working gas in the cooler must be pressurized in order to pressurize the air chamber, and in cooling, the working gas in the heater must be depressurized in order to depressurize the air chamber. Don't be. For this reason, if the volume of the heater or the cooler is larger than the air chamber volume, the engine efficiency is lowered. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the size of the heater and the cooler in order to increase the engine efficiency.
However, to operate the engine, it is necessary to take in and discharge the necessary amount of heat, and the heater and cooler must have sufficient capacity. To make the heater small and have sufficient capacity, there are methods to reduce the wall thickness and raise the heating temperature to increase the amount of heat transfer per area, but it requires precise work, and expensive refractory metal is required. There is an adverse effect that it is necessary to adopt, and corrosion of the heater due to high temperature is promoted.
In addition, the heater is not used during the cooling period, and the efficiency of the heater throughout the entire period is reduced, and the amount of external heat applied to the heater is wasted and the utilization efficiency is reduced. The same applies to the cooler during the heating period.

JP 2006-275018 A

  In view of the prior art as described above, the present invention provides an external combustion type closed cycle heat engine in which the volume of the heater or cooler is not related to the efficiency of the engine and can be designed and manufactured under various conditions. Is an issue.

The inventors of the present invention have intensively studied to solve the above problems, and as a result, have completed the invention having the following configuration.
The invention of claim 1 is provided with a sealed air chamber, a heater, and a cooler, and provided with a flow path that communicates with the air chamber and an inlet side and an outlet side of the heater, and the air chamber and the inlet of the cooler. Provided with a flow path that communicates with the side and the outlet side, provided with on-off valves in the inlet-side and outlet-side flow paths, provided with a moving means for working gas, and closed the on-off valves on the inlet side and the outlet side of the cooler. The opening and closing valves on the inlet and outlet sides of the heater are opened and the working gas in the air chamber is circulated through the heater to heat the working gas in the air chamber, and the opening and closing valves on the inlet and outlet sides of the heater are opened. The heater is sealed as closed, while the opening and closing valves on the inlet side and outlet side of the cooler are opened and the working gas in the air chamber is circulated through the cooler to cool the working gas in the air chamber, It is characterized by driving the acting body by expanding and contracting, The volume of the heat or cooler is not related to the efficiency of the engine, the design under various conditions, was found to be achieved fabrication can outer 燃式 closed cycle heat engine.

  A second aspect of the present invention is the external combustion type closed cycle heat engine according to the first aspect, wherein the on-off valve is a three-way valve. The three-way valve has three branches, and the fluid entering from one branch is selectively used as one of the other two branches, or one of the two branches is selected, and the other. Is defined as a switching valve having a branch as a flow path.

  The invention of claim 3 is the external combustion type closed cycle heat engine according to claim 1, wherein the heater inlet side flow path from the air chamber and the cooler outlet side flow path to the air chamber are provided. The on-off valve is a check valve.

  A fourth aspect of the present invention is an external combustion closed cycle heat engine according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the operating body is a piston. When the acting body is a piston, an air chamber is defined as a cylinder, and a plurality of air chambers are defined as a multi-cylinder.

  The invention of claim 5 is the external combustion closed cycle heat engine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the operating body is a reciprocating turbine. . A reciprocating turbine is a device that generates rotational torque in the same direction even when the flow direction of the working gas is reversed.

  The invention of claim 6 is the external combustion type closed cycle heat engine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a plurality of the sealed air chambers and working bodies are provided, and a heater and a cooler are provided. It is characterized by sharing.

  A seventh aspect of the present invention is the external combustion type closed cycle heat engine according to any one of the first to fourth and sixth aspects, wherein the piston is provided in each of the plurality of sealed air chambers (multi-cylinders). It is characterized by sharing the crank chamber.

  Invention of Claim 8 is an external combustion type closed cycle heat engine as described in any one of Claims 1-4 and 6-7, Comprising: It heats to the A chamber and B chamber which partition the said air chamber with a piston It is characterized in that there are provided flow paths that are respectively connected to the inlet side and the outlet side of the cooler and flow paths that are respectively connected to the inlet side and the outlet side of the cooler.

  The invention according to claim 9 is the external combustion closed cycle heat engine according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and 5 to 6, wherein the air chamber is partitioned by one or a plurality of reciprocating turbines. Each chamber is provided with a flow path that is electrically connected to the inlet side and the outlet side of the heater, and a flow path that is electrically connected to the inlet side and the outlet side of the cooler.

  In the external combustion type closed cycle heat engine of the present invention, when the air chamber is heated, the cooler is hermetically sealed by the on-off valve, so the working gas in the cooler is not pressurized, and the air chamber is cooled at a low temperature and low pressure. At that time, since the heater is sealed by an on-off valve, the working gas in the heater is not depressurized, and the temperature / pressure changes occur only in the working gas in the air chamber, and the temperature / pressure changes occur in the past. Wasteful energy consumption for pressurizing and depressurizing the working gas in the heater and cooler does not occur regardless of the size of the heater or cooler. For this reason, the efficiency of heating and cooling is improved, and higher engine efficiency can be obtained as compared with the conventional Stirling engine. Further, by switching the on-off valve, the temperature and pressure in the air chamber can be changed abruptly, and the engine output can be increased.

  When the air chamber is heated, the cooler is sealed by the on-off valve, so that the working gas in the cooler can continue to be cooled effectively, and when the air chamber is cooled, the heater is sealed by the on-off valve. The working gas in the chamber can be effectively heated, the heater and the cooler can be effectively operated for the entire period, and the utilization efficiency of the heat source and the cold source can be increased.

  Since the volume of the heater and cooler including the flow path does not affect the efficiency as described above, the flow path between the heater and the cooler and the engine body can be lengthened, and the heater and cooler are connected to the engine body. Since it can be installed remotely, there is a degree of freedom in equipment arrangement, and an existing waste heat source in a place where the engine body is difficult to install can be used effectively.

  In addition, since the heater and cooler can be enlarged, the heat transfer area can be increased, a sufficient amount of heat transfer can be obtained even if the temperature difference is small, low temperature heat sources such as waste heat can be used effectively, and the design conditions of the heater It becomes gentler and it is possible to select the most suitable one for the purpose regarding the material, structure, work, etc. of the heater.

There is no need to use rare helium as the working gas, and the working gas may be nitrogen, air or the like. In addition, a reciprocating turbine can be miniaturized by using a gas having a heavy specific gravity such as carbon dioxide or xenon.
In addition, since a displacer is not used, a heat insulating material can be provided in the air chamber, heat dissipation through the air chamber outline can be reduced, thermal efficiency can be improved, and furthermore, the air chamber outline can be kept at a low temperature. There is no need to use a heat-resistant alloy.

If the on-off valve is a three-way valve type and is provided on the inlet side and outlet side of each heater and cooler, the number of channels to the air chamber can be reduced from four to two, and the structure can be simplified. .
In addition, if the check valve that automatically operates in response to a pressure change is used on the heater inlet side and the cooler outlet side among the on-off valves, it is not necessary to operate manually, and the control can be simplified.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the external combustion type closed cycle heat engine which employ | adopted the piston or the reciprocating flow turbine as an effect | action body can be provided.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, since the working gas in the heater remains at high temperature and high pressure and the working gas in the cooler remains at low temperature and low pressure throughout the entire cycle, a plurality of sealed air chambers, and When a multi-cylinder is provided by providing an action body, a large heater and a cooler can be provided and shared by a plurality of cylinders. Therefore, the structure of the heater and the cooler can be greatly simplified as compared with the conventional multi-cylinder Stirling engine that requires one heater and one cooler for each cylinder.

In the present invention, in the case of a multi-cylinder external combustion type closed cycle heat engine having a plurality of sealed air chambers and using a piston as an operating body, the crank chamber is shared and each cylinder piston has a total of 360 °. The total volume and pressure under the shared crank chamber and piston in the cylinder chamber can be made constant so that the operation of the piston can be smoothly performed without fluctuation. .
Arrangements such as a star shape, a horizontally opposed type, and a V type are also possible.

  There are provided a flow path for connecting the inlet side and the outlet side of the heater and a flow path for connecting the inlet side and the outlet side of the cooler to the A chamber and the B chamber in which the cylinder is partitioned by the piston. Increase the pressure difference applied to the piston by setting the chamber B to be low temperature and low pressure when the temperature is high and high, and conversely to set the chamber B to high temperature and high pressure when the temperature is low and low. Can be made small and have high output.

  A cylinder is partitioned by one or a plurality of reciprocating turbines, and a flow path that connects the inlet side and the outlet side of the heater and a flow path that connects the inlet side and the outlet side of the cooler are provided to each chamber. If the heating and cooling processes of the adjacent chambers are reversed by operation, the pressure difference applied to each reciprocating turbine can be increased with the increase in the number of reciprocating turbines. can do.

Schematic sectional view showing an embodiment of an external combustion type closed cycle heat engine of the present invention Schematic sectional view showing another embodiment of the external combustion type closed cycle heat engine of the present invention The principal part sectional side view which shows the other Example of the external combustion type closed cycle heat engine of this invention Schematic sectional view showing another embodiment of the external combustion type closed cycle heat engine of the present invention The schematic plan view which shows the other Example of the external combustion type closed cycle heat engine of this invention FIG. 5 is a schematic sectional view of a plurality of air chambers (1) to (4) arranged in FIG. Sectional drawing which shows the principal part which shows the other Example of the external combustion type closed cycle heat engine of this invention Sectional drawing which shows the principal part which shows the other Example of the external combustion type closed cycle heat engine of this invention

  Hereinafter, specific modes for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view showing an embodiment of an external combustion type closed cycle heat engine 100 of the present invention.
In the figure, a partition wall 110 and a cylinder 111 are provided in the lower part of an air chamber 101, and a piston 112 is provided inside the cylinder 111. Reference numeral 113 denotes a crank, 114 denotes a rotating shaft, and 115 denotes a flywheel. The crank 113, the rotating shaft 114, and the flywheel 115 are housed in a sealed crank chamber 116. Since these are conventionally known, details are not mentioned. A fan 120 is provided at the upper end of the air chamber 101, and a chamber 130 is formed downstream of the fan 120. An electric motor (not shown) for driving the fan 120 is provided above the air chamber 101, and the fan 120 is fixed to the drive shaft 121. Reference numeral 140 denotes a heater, one end of which is electrically connected to the chamber 130 via the hot air inlet side channel 141, and the other end of which is connected to the lower part of the air chamber via the hot air outlet side channel 142. Reference numeral 150 denotes a cooler, one end of which is connected to the chamber 130 via the cold air inlet side flow channel 151, and the other end of which is connected to the lower portion of the air chamber 101 via the cold air outlet side flow channel 152. 143 is an open / close valve provided in the hot air inlet side flow path 141, 144 is an open / close valve provided in the hot air outlet side flow path 142, 153 is an open / close valve provided in the cold air inlet side flow path 151, 154 is cold air It is an on-off valve provided in the outlet side flow path 152.
The positions of the on-off valves 143, 144, 153, and 154 shown by the solid lines in FIG. 1 indicate the heating process, and the broken lines indicate the cooling process.

The above-described operation is because the flow of working gas such as nitrogen gas in the air chamber is generated in the direction of the arrow by the fan 120 and is sent to the chamber 130, and is controlled to open the on-off valves 143 and 144 and close the on-off valves 153 and 154. The working gas flow is guided to the hot air inlet side flow path 141 as indicated by the arrow, passes through the heater 140 and flows from the hot air outlet side flow path 142 to the lower part of the air chamber as indicated by the arrow, The working gas is heated to a high temperature and a high pressure, expands, pushes down the piston 112, and the rotating shaft 114 is rotated via the crank 113. When the air chamber is in the heating process, the operating gas in the cooler 150 continues to be cooled while the on-off valves 153 and 154 are closed. Next, the on-off valve 144 of the hot air outlet side channel 142 and the on / off valve 143 of the hot air inlet side channel 141 are closed as indicated by broken lines, and the on / off valve 154 of the cold air outlet side channel 152 and the cold air inlet side channel 151 are closed. When the open / close valve 153 is set to the open position indicated by a broken line, the high-temperature and high-pressure working gas in the air chamber flows into the cooler 150, and the pressure in the air chamber rapidly decreases. When the pressures in the cooler 150 and the air chamber become substantially equal, the air chamber, the fan 120, the cold air inlet side flow channel 151, the cooler 150, the cold air outlet side flow channel 152, and the circulation of the air chamber and the working gas are performed. Since the working gas in the air chamber is cooled and depressurized and contracts, the piston 112 is pushed up by the pressure of the gas in the crank chamber 116 (the air chamber has a high pressure, so the pressure is much higher than the atmospheric pressure even during cooling. The rotating shaft 114 is rotated via the crank 113. When this air chamber is in the cooling process, the working gas in the heater 140 continues to be heated while the on-off valves 143 and 144 are closed. Therefore, when the air chamber starts the heating process, the low-temperature and low-pressure air chamber after the cooling process is finished can be rapidly raised by switching the on-off valves 143, 144, 153, and 154. By repeatedly switching the opening / closing valves 143, 144, 153, 154 in this way, the working gas in the air chamber is repeatedly heated / cooled and pressurized / depressurized.
Compared to the case where the conventional Stirling engine heater and cooler operate for a part of the period, as described above, the heater 140 and the cooler 150 operate effectively for the entire period, so that the performance is improved. In addition, the amount of heat for heating and the amount of cooling for cooling are effectively used throughout the entire period, and the heat efficiency and part of the amount of cooling are not wasted as in conventional Stirling engines. Will improve.

FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view showing another embodiment of the external combustion closed cycle heat engine 200 of the present invention.
In the figure, the same reference numerals are given to the components common to those in FIG. The air chamber 101 is divided into an air chamber A and an air chamber B by providing a reciprocating turbine 210 to the partition wall 110. The reciprocating turbine 210 is provided with a drive shaft 211 that passes through a pressure-resistant through-hole 212 provided in the lower wall of the air chamber 101 and is connected to a generator 220 provided outside the lower portion of the air chamber 101.

  The above operation is almost the same as that shown in FIG. The working gas in the heating process flows into the lower part of the air chamber A as indicated by an arrow, so that the working gas in the air chamber A is heated to expand to a high temperature and a high pressure, and passes through the reciprocating turbine 210 to pass through the air chamber. B flows into B, rotates the reciprocating turbine 210, and the generator 220 is driven via the rotating shaft 211 to generate power. Next, when the working gas in the cooling process flows into the lower part of the air chamber A, the high-temperature and high-pressure working gas in the air chamber A flows into the cooler 150, and the pressure in the air chamber A rapidly decreases. Then, since the working gas in the air chamber A contracts, the air flows from the air chamber B through the reciprocating turbine 210 to the air chamber A, and the reciprocating turbine 210 is rotated in the same direction as the previous process. The generator 220 is driven via the rotating shaft 211 to generate power. Although the generator 220 is operated and power can be obtained as electricity, the power can also be extracted directly as rotational torque. As shown in the figure, the direction of the generated working gas flow is opposite in the heating process and the cooling process, but the reciprocating turbine 210 generates rotational torque in the same direction.

FIG. 3 is a side cross-sectional view of a main part of an external combustion type closed cycle heat engine 300 showing another embodiment of the external combustion type closed cycle heat engine 100, 200 of the present invention. Elements common to FIGS. 1 and 2 are given the same reference numerals.
In the figure, a single opening 310 is provided in the chamber 130 above the air chamber 101, is connected to the flow path 311, branches off at a three-way valve 320 provided at the end of the flow path 311, and flows into the hot air inlet side flow path 141 or the cold air inlet. It is selectively conducted to the side channel 151. The hot air outlet side flow path 142 of the heater 140 or the cold air outlet side flow path 152 of the cooler 150 is selectively connected to the flow path 331 via the three-way valve 321, and the flow path 331 is formed in the lower part of the air chamber 101. It is electrically connected to the provided opening 330. It is also possible to provide the three-way valves 320 and 321 at the openings 310 and 330 without forming or providing the flow paths 311 and 331 short.
In the above, the on-off valves 143 and 153 described in FIGS. 1 and 2 are replaced with one three-way valve 320 and the on-off valves 144 and 154 are replaced with one three-way valve 321.

  The three-way valves 320 and 321 shown by the solid line in FIG. 3 are in the overheating process state, and the broken line is in the cooling process state. By repeating the switching, the working gas in the air chamber is repeatedly heated and cooled, and is pressurized and depressurized. Is done. Since the operation is the same as in FIGS. 1 and 2, description thereof is omitted.

FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional view showing another embodiment of the external combustion closed cycle heat engine 100 of the present invention.
In the drawing, reference numerals 145 and 155 denote check valves, and the open / close valve 143 provided in the hot air inlet-side flow path 141 of FIGS. 1 and 2 is provided as the check valve 145 and provided in the cool air outlet-side flow path 152. The on-off valve 154 is a check valve 155.
During the heating process, the check valve 145 is automatically opened by the pressure of the fan 120 when the pressure in the air chamber and the pressure in the heater 140 become substantially equal. At this time, since the air chamber is at a high pressure, the working gas does not enter the cooler 150 from the check valve 155 provided in the cool air outlet side flow path 152. During the cooling process, when the pressure in the air chamber and the pressure in the cooler 150 become substantially equal, the check valve 155 is automatically opened by the pressure of the fan 120. At this time, since the air chamber is at a low pressure, the working gas does not enter the heater 140 from the check valve 145 provided in the hot air inlet side channel 141.
With the above structure, the control and structure can be simplified.

FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view showing another embodiment of the external combustion type closed cycle heat engine 400 of the present invention.
In the figure, a plurality of air chambers (1) to (4) are arranged to form a multi-cylinder, and a hot air inlet-side flow channel 141 and a hot air outlet-side flow channel 142 are connected to each air chamber (cylinder). The cool air inlet-side flow channel 151 and the cold air outlet-side flow channel 152 that share the heater 140 and conduct to the respective air chambers share one cooler 150. Reference numeral 410 denotes a heater header that branches the hot air inlet-side flow paths 141 that are connected to the respective air chambers (cylinders), and 420 is a heater header that transfers hot air outlet-side flow paths 142 that are connected to the respective air chambers (cylinders). Are gathered. Reference numeral 430 denotes a cooler header, and the cool air inlet side flow path 151 branched to each air chamber (cylinder) is branched. Reference numeral 440 denotes a cooler header, and a cool air outlet side flow path 152 connected to each air chamber (cylinder). Are gathered. 450 is a fan provided in the flow path 421 between the heater 140 and the heater header 420, and 460 is a fan provided in the flow path 461 between the cooler 150 and the cooler header 440.

  Since the heater 140 is always kept at a high temperature and a high pressure, and the cooler 150 is always kept at a low temperature and a low pressure, half of the air chambers (cylinders) are cooled, and the other half of the air chambers (cylinders) are heated. If the on-off valves 143, 144, 153, and 154 are switched as described above, the operation described in detail in FIG. 1 can be obtained.

6 is a cross-sectional view of a plurality of air chambers (1) to (4) arranged in FIG.
In the figure, the crank chambers 116 provided in the air chambers (1) to (4) are electrically connected to form a single crank chamber 470. A rotating shaft 114 connected to each crank 113 shares a central axis. As shown in the figure, the piston 112 operates with an equal phase difference in which each cylinder piston has a total of 360 °, and the space volume of the crank chamber 470 including the volume under the piston of the air chamber (cylinder) is constant. To work.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing another embodiment of the external combustion type closed cycle heat engine 500 of the present invention.
In the figure, the air chamber 101 is divided into an air chamber A and an air chamber B by a piston 112, and openings 310 and 330 are provided in the air chambers, respectively, and a hot air inlet side channel 141 and hot air are provided via three-way valves 320 and 321, respectively. The outlet side flow path 142, the cold air inlet side flow path 151, and the cold air outlet side flow path 152 are electrically connected, and further are electrically connected to the heater headers 410 and 420 and the cooler headers 430 and 440, and the heater 140 and the cooler 150 are electrically connected. It constitutes a closed cycle circuit for the working gas to be conducted. The fan 450 is provided at the end of the heater header 420 and constantly circulates high-temperature and high-pressure working gas. The fan 460 is provided at the end of the cooler header 440 and constantly circulates low-temperature and low-pressure working gas. Yes.
The three-way valves 321 and 320 shown by the solid lines in FIG. 7 are such that the air chamber A is in the cooling process and the air chamber B is in the heating process, and the piston 112 between the air chambers A and B is contracted by the air chamber A. Is expanded in the direction of the arrow, and when the three-way valves 321 and 320 are switched to the broken line position, the direction of the arrow is reversed, and the rotating shaft 114 is rotated through the crank 113 connected to the piston 112 to Output power can be obtained.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing another embodiment of the external combustion type closed cycle heat engine 600 of the present invention.
In the figure, the air chamber 101 is partitioned by one or a plurality of reciprocating turbines 210, and in the figure, air chamber A, air chamber B, and air chamber C are provided, and the working gas flow path is the same as in FIG. ing.
The three-way valves 321 and 320 shown by the solid lines in FIG. 8 are such that the air chambers A and C are in the heating process, the air chamber B is in the cooling process, and the reciprocating turbine 210 provided between the air chambers As the gas chamber B expands and the air chamber B contracts, the working gas moves in the direction of the arrow. When the three-way valves 321 and 320 are switched to the broken line positions, the working gas acts in the opposite direction of the arrow, and acts on the reciprocating turbine 210. 211 rotates, and high output power is obtained by the generator 220 connected to one end of the drive shaft 211. Since the working gas flows into and out of the air chamber B from both the air chambers A and C, the heater and the cooler have the heating and cooling capacity for the air chamber B, and the heating and cooling capacity for the air chambers A and C. The air volume is designed to be equal to the sum.

100 external combustion type closed cycle heat engine 101 air chamber 110 partition wall 111 cylinder 112 power piston 113 crank 114 rotating shaft 115 flywheel 116 crank chamber 120 fan 121 drive shaft 130 chamber 140 heater 141 hot air inlet side flow path 142 hot air outlet side flow Paths 143, 144, 153, 154 On-off valves 145, 155 Check valve 150 Cooler 151 Cold air inlet side flow path 152 Cold air outlet side flow path 200 External combustion type closed cycle heat engine 210 Reciprocating flow turbine 211 Drive shaft 212 Withstand pressure penetration Unit 220 Generator 300 External combustion type closed cycle heat engine 310 Opening 311 Flow path 320, 321 Three-way valve 330 Opening 331 Channel 400 External combustion type closed cycle heat engine 410, 420 Heater header 430, 440 Cooler header 4 50, 460 Fans 421, 461 Flow path 470 Crank chamber 500 External combustion type closed cycle heat engine 600 External combustion type closed cycle heat engine

Claims (9)

  A sealed air chamber, a heater and a cooler are provided, and a flow path is provided to connect the air chamber to the inlet side and the outlet side of the heater, and the air chamber is connected to the inlet side and the outlet side of the cooler. Provide a flow path, open / close valves in the flow path on the inlet side and the outlet side, provide moving means for working gas, close the open / close valves on the cooler inlet side and outlet side, seal the cooler, and enter the heater The opening and closing valves on the side and the outlet side are opened and the working gas in the air chamber is moved and circulated through the heater to heat the working gas in the air chamber, and the heater on the inlet and outlet sides of the heater are closed. On the other hand, the opening and closing valves on the inlet side and outlet side of the cooler are opened, and the working gas in the air chamber is moved and circulated through the cooler to cool the working gas in the air chamber, and the working gas in the air chamber is expanded. External combustion type claw characterized in that the working body is driven by contracting -Cycle heat engine. There is no limitation on the means for moving the working gas for circulation.   The external combustion type closed cycle heat engine according to claim 1, wherein the on-off valve is a three-way valve.   2. The external combustion type closed cycle heat engine according to claim 1, wherein the opening / closing valves of the heater inlet side flow path from the air chamber and the cooler outlet side flow path to the air chamber are check valves. .   The external combustion type closed cycle heat engine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the operating body is a piston.   The external combustion type closed cycle heat engine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the operating body is a reciprocating turbine.   The external combustion type closed cycle heat engine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a plurality of the sealed air chambers and working bodies are provided, and a heater and a cooler are shared.   The external combustion type closed cycle heat engine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a crank chamber of a piston provided in each of the plurality of sealed air chambers is shared.   The A chamber and the B chamber that partition the air chamber with a piston are provided with a flow path that is respectively connected to the inlet side and the outlet side of the heater, and a flow path that is respectively connected to the inlet side and the outlet side of the cooler. The external combustion type closed cycle heat engine according to any one of claims 1 to 4 and 6 to 7.   To each chamber partitioning the air chamber with one or a plurality of reciprocating turbines, a flow path is connected to the inlet side and the outlet side of the heater, and a flow path is connected to the inlet side and the outlet side of the cooler. The external combustion type closed cycle heat engine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the external combustion type closed cycle heat engine is provided.

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