US1047903A - Power-producing plant. - Google Patents

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F. 0. BELL. POWER PRODUCING PLANT. APPLICATION FILED IAILS, 1912.

' 1,047,903, Patented Dec. 17, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concerm Be it known that I, FRED G. BELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alafication. v v

This invention relates to prime-motors and the principal objectofthe inventlon 1s to provide an improved method of operating prime motors and utilizingthe heat of the exhaust from asteam or internal combustion engine or the heat from the sun or other similar source of heat.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved apparatus for carrying out this method. p VViththe above and other obj ects'in vie the invention consists in general of certain 'binations of parts as will be hereinafter Q fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings like charactors of reference indicate like. parts'in the several views, and the figure is a diagrammatic illustration of a plantfor carrying out this method.

In the embodiment of the invention herein set forth there is indicated a heater 10 of the type usually employed to heatfeed water for boilers. This heater. consists of a drum containing acoil of pipe ll and is in communication with a suitable source of exhaust steam, gas, or the like, by means of a pipe 12, utilized fiuidafter passing through.

the'heater passes out of an exhaust pipe 13.

' Thishea'ter has its coil filled fulliof water and both its upper and lower ends are in communication respectively with the upper and lower ends of a drum 14 having an innor jacket 15. This communication is ef- 'fected by means of the pipes 16 and- 17 respectively. These pipes lead to the space between the inner and 'outer'drums and this space is kept filled with water sothat con stant circulation is maintained the hot water rising through the coil 11 and passing into the space between the drums through through the drum.

Within the space between the'inner and outer drums there is also 'a coiledpipe 17 which passes out through a suitable stuffing in throughjthe wall of the inner drum by means of asuitablefitting 19. Within the inner drum this pipe is connectedto a ring 20 0f suitable piping having openings 21 in I Patented Dec.17,1912. Application filed January 3, 1912. SefialNo. 669,262. a I p if boX at'the' bottom ofthe' drum and passes the" bottom thereof. Passing downward through the upper head 22of the drum is a i pipe 23 which terminates in an inverted funnel 24: lying just below the ring 20 so ithatas the fluid passes from the openings 21 it will be distributed evenly around the edges :of the funnel 24. This pipe 23 leads I to thesteam chest or valve chest 24"of :an

ordinary Jsteam engine, .7 the. exhaust from whichpasses out through a pipe 25. This pipe 25 communicateswith the interiorof a drumfhaving an inner cylinder 26 and an outer cylinder 27 and on the lower end of the pipe 25 where it passes through the head 28 of the last-"mentioned drum there is fitted an inverted funnel 29 around the edges of which is secured'axeylinder 30 of suitable open mesh fabric. Leading through the head 28, is'a second pipe 31 which terminates within the cylinder 26*ina ring 32 rovided with suitable openings 33 so that o I the fluid passing out-of the ring will flow with inlet and outlet pipes 37 and 38' so I that a constant flow of cold water may be kept in constant circulation about the inner cylinder 26, water'being supplied from city.

water works or any other of supply, I p v o Within the inner drum-15 there is placed aqua'ntity of the compound which has the propertyof absorbing gas at low temperaconven'ient source tures and giving off said gas by the applica tion of heat. Many of the ammoniumcompounds possess this property'a'nd ammonium' sulfo-cyanid has been found satisfactory .in

practice. This compound has theproperty of absorbing or occluding'anhydrous ammonium gas when cold. The same compoundfis also placed the cylinder 26 and the balance of the system is filled with an hydrous ammonium gas. Now as the cylinder 26 is kept cold by water circulating about it the ammonium sulfo-cyanid will absorb gas in this cylinder. From there it is pumped together with the gas of occlusion through the heater 32. As the coil 11 is kept constantly hot by the circulation of exhaust gas or the like the jacket surrounding the drum 15 will, in like manner, be kept hot so that the ammonium sulfo-cyanid in this latter drum in passing down through the pipe 38 is heated and parts with a certain portion of its heat to the fluid which is passing through the pipe 34. The fluid thus enters the coil 17 warm to a certain extent so that when it flows down through. the openings 21 it is in condition at once to give off anhydrous ammonium gas. This latter passes through the pipe 23 and oper ates the engine, it being, of course,understood, that the liquid flows down to the bottom in a thin sheet closely adjacent the wall so that the gas is all the more readily given off.

When the ammonium gas has been used it then flows through the pipe 25 and out of the funnel 29. At this time, however, the heated ammonium sulfo-cyanid is flowing out of the openings 33 and trickling down the mesh fabric where it comes into intimate communication with the ammonium gas. As the sulfo-cyanid cools while passing over the fabric the ammonium gas is again absorbed and the cycle thus becomes a recur ring one. It is to be understood that the pressure developed in the drum 15 is not only suflicient to run the engine but alsoacts to force the fluid out of the bottom part of the drum and lift it to the top of the cylinder 26.

By properly pro-portioning the various parts the exhaust steam or gas may be utiinner cylinder, a ring at the upper end of i the inner cylinder consisting of a perforated pipe and connected to the upper end of said coil of pipe, an outlet pipe connected to the upper end of the heating drum and extending into the inner cylinder, an inverted funnel carried on the inner end of said outlet pipe and having its edge extending below the perforated ring, and a second outlet pipe leading from the lower end of the inner drum.

2. A cooling drum comprising an inner and outer cylinder in concentric disposition, cold water inlet and outlet pipes communicating withthe space between said cylinders, an inlet pipe extending into the inner cylinder and provided on its lower end with an inverted funnel, an open mesh fabric screen depending from the edge of said inverted funnel, a second inlet pipe extending into said inner cylinder at the top thereof and communicating with a ring of perforated pipe arranged above the inverted funnel, and an outlet pipe extending from the lower end of the inner cylinder.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED G. BELL.

Witnesses:

F. P. SoHRonDER,

W. A. S'rocx.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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