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WO2016077909A1
WO2016077909A1 PCT/CA2014/051101 CA2014051101W WO2016077909A1 WO 2016077909 A1 WO2016077909 A1 WO 2016077909A1 CA 2014051101 W CA2014051101 W CA 2014051101W WO 2016077909 A1 WO2016077909 A1 WO 2016077909A1
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chamber
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Terry VANINSBERGHE
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Vaninsberghe Terry
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Priority to EP14906401.6A priority patent/EP3221565A4/en
Priority to US15/526,154 priority patent/US20170314396A1/en
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01C—ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01C21/00—Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in groups F01C1/00 - F01C20/00
    • F01C21/06—Heating; Cooling; Heat insulation
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01C—ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01C1/00—Rotary-piston machines or engines
    • F01C1/02—Rotary-piston machines or engines of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents
    • F01C1/0207—Rotary-piston machines or engines of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents both members having co-operating elements in spiral form
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01C—ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01C1/00—Rotary-piston machines or engines
    • F01C1/08—Rotary-piston machines or engines of intermeshing engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co- operating members similar to that of toothed gearing
    • F01C1/12—Rotary-piston machines or engines of intermeshing engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co- operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of other than internal-axis type
    • F01C1/14—Rotary-piston machines or engines of intermeshing engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co- operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of other than internal-axis type with toothed rotary pistons
    • F01C1/16—Rotary-piston machines or engines of intermeshing engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co- operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of other than internal-axis type with toothed rotary pistons with helical teeth, e.g. chevron-shaped, screw type
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01C—ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01C1/00—Rotary-piston machines or engines
    • F01C1/30—Rotary-piston machines or engines having the characteristics covered by two or more groups F01C1/02, F01C1/08, F01C1/22, F01C1/24 or having the characteristics covered by one of these groups together with some other type of movement between co-operating members
    • F01C1/34—Rotary-piston machines or engines having the characteristics covered by two or more groups F01C1/02, F01C1/08, F01C1/22, F01C1/24 or having the characteristics covered by one of these groups together with some other type of movement between co-operating members having the movement defined in group F01C1/08 or F01C1/22 and relative reciprocation between the co-operating members
    • F01C1/344—Rotary-piston machines or engines having the characteristics covered by two or more groups F01C1/02, F01C1/08, F01C1/22, F01C1/24 or having the characteristics covered by one of these groups together with some other type of movement between co-operating members having the movement defined in group F01C1/08 or F01C1/22 and relative reciprocation between the co-operating members with vanes reciprocating with respect to the inner member
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01K—STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES
    • F01K25/00—Plants or engines characterised by use of special working fluids, not otherwise provided for; Plants operating in closed cycles and not otherwise provided for
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01C—ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01C1/00—Rotary-piston machines or engines
    • F01C1/02—Rotary-piston machines or engines of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01C—ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01C1/00—Rotary-piston machines or engines
    • F01C1/30—Rotary-piston machines or engines having the characteristics covered by two or more groups F01C1/02, F01C1/08, F01C1/22, F01C1/24 or having the characteristics covered by one of these groups together with some other type of movement between co-operating members
    • F01C1/34—Rotary-piston machines or engines having the characteristics covered by two or more groups F01C1/02, F01C1/08, F01C1/22, F01C1/24 or having the characteristics covered by one of these groups together with some other type of movement between co-operating members having the movement defined in group F01C1/08 or F01C1/22 and relative reciprocation between the co-operating members

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  • the steam engine and the steam turbine enjoy their higher efficiency rate mainly due to the ratio that water expands at when boiled.
  • the process has three separate steps where steam is produced and then transferred to the engine, producing the work desired.
  • the thermal exchange engine transfers the thermal energy into the working chambers, during the volume change of the chamber, accumulating the pressure change that is leveraged by the phase change of a liquid in a scalable, reversible continuous and clean cycle.
  • the screw compressor, scroll compressor and the sliding vane pump are well known devices for moving or compressing various materials. These designs have chambers that move while changing in volume, essential to the design presented. This design will have the compressor or pump housing changed to encourage the conduction of thermal energy into the adjacent chambers in addition other details will be changed to create a closed cycle external combustion engine.
  • the cycle endeavors to change the internal gas pressure thermally and leverage this change with the phase change of a liquid for the duration of the volume change within each chamber.
  • the type of liquid and gas, as well as the pressure of the gas installed are prescribed for the anticipated temperature range.
  • a typical cycle starts with the conduction of heat into a chamber. As the contents are heated the gas is expanded and the liquid is boiled, increasing the internal pressure and advancing the chamber to a larger volume.
  • each chamber will continue to advance the rotor while thermal energy is accumulating and the chamber volume is increasing, distributing the pressure change and torque production for the duration of the volume change.
  • thermal energy is rejected the declining pressure will also produce torque, potentially creating a closed cycle with two torque producing functions.

Abstract

The orbiting scroll thermal exchange engine, expanding screw thermal exchange engine, and the sliding vane thermal exchange engine are three similar utility designs producing work with the expansion and contraction of a gas, leveraged by the phase change of a liquid contained in chambers that change in volume. Multiple working chambers are formed inside a vessel, carrying a quantity of liquid and gas, prescribed for the temperature range anticipated. Adjacent to each chamber the conduction of thermal energy into the vessel is changing the internal pressure and moving each chamber as it is changing in volume. The thermal expansion or contraction is leveraged with the phase change of the liquid, producing torque for the duration of the volume change within each chamber.

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Thermal Exchange Engine Utility, external combustion engine;
The steam engine and the steam turbine enjoy their higher efficiency rate mainly due to the ratio that water expands at when boiled. The process has three separate steps where steam is produced and then transferred to the engine, producing the work desired. Without the luxury of the rapid thermal release of fuel as in an internal combustion engine, the thermal exchange engine transfers the thermal energy into the working chambers, during the volume change of the chamber, accumulating the pressure change that is leveraged by the phase change of a liquid in a scalable, reversible continuous and clean cycle.
The screw compressor, scroll compressor and the sliding vane pump are well known devices for moving or compressing various materials. These designs have chambers that move while changing in volume, essential to the design presented. This design will have the compressor or pump housing changed to encourage the conduction of thermal energy into the adjacent chambers in addition other details will be changed to create a closed cycle external combustion engine. The cycle endeavors to change the internal gas pressure thermally and leverage this change with the phase change of a liquid for the duration of the volume change within each chamber. The type of liquid and gas, as well as the pressure of the gas installed are prescribed for the anticipated temperature range. A typical cycle starts with the conduction of heat into a chamber. As the contents are heated the gas is expanded and the liquid is boiled, increasing the internal pressure and advancing the chamber to a larger volume. The rising pressure in each chamber will continue to advance the rotor while thermal energy is accumulating and the chamber volume is increasing, distributing the pressure change and torque production for the duration of the volume change. When thermal energy is rejected the declining pressure will also produce torque, potentially creating a closed cycle with two torque producing functions.

Claims (3)

  1. A thermal exchange engine, comprising fitted orbiting, turning, rotating and or sliding elements on the axis provided in a vessel forming a plurality of working chambers, each having a continuous cycle wherein each formed chamber has a closed perimeter and an increasing and or decreasing volume and is movable, adjacent to a surface where thermal energy conduction is possible into and or from the said chamber, when the fitted members are turned or rotated on the said axis and contained in each said chamber is a prescribed gas and or vapor and the balance of the volume may contain a prescribed liquid.
  2. A method of operating a thermal exchange engine of claim 1comprising;
    a) thermal energy conduction is permitted into and or rejected from the vessel adjacent to said chambers, thermally increasing and or decreasing the pressure inside the said chamber, and that the cumulative changes in pressure is causing to move each said formed chamber and its movable elements for the duration of the said increasing and or decreasing volume change; and
    b) concurrent to the increase and or decrease of temperature and pressure from thermal energy conduction, the pressure change inside each chamber may be leveraged with the phase change of a prescribed liquid contained, for the duration of the said change in the volume, temperature and pressure of each chamber.
  3. A design method to separate, form a perimeter, seal and move each expansion and or contraction chamber inside the said thermal exchange engine vessel of claim 1 comprising;
    a) a plurality of fitted interacting scrolls; or
    b) a plurality of fitted interacting variable pitch screw rotors; or
    c) a rotor having a plurality of sliding vane or similar partitions attached.
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CN201480083527.3A CN106922158A (en) 2014-11-18 2014-11-18 heat exchange engine
CA2966933A CA2966933A1 (en) 2014-11-18 2014-11-18 Method of operating a thermal exchange engine
PCT/CA2014/051101 WO2016077909A1 (en) 2014-11-18 2014-11-18 Thermal exchange engine
EP14906401.6A EP3221565A4 (en) 2014-11-18 2014-11-18 Thermal exchange engine
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