摘要:
In a method for operating a reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine having internal exhaust gas energy recuperation, a cylinder head recuperator is heated up during an exhaust cycle by hot exhaust gas flowing through the cylinder head recuperator prior to being exhausted from the cylinder via an exhaust valve. During an intake cycle, fresh charge flows into the power chamber of the cylinder by passing around a cylinder head recuperator. During the subsequent compression stroke, the cylinder head recuperator is moved out of a recess formed in the cylinder head such that some of the compressed charge can flow into the recess. Near the end of the compression stroke, the cylinder head recuperator is moved back into the recess so that compressed charge located in the recess is forced to flow through the hot cylinder head recuperator and thereby be heated up immediately before ignition of the compressed charge.
摘要:
A motor and a power transmitting mechanism are accommodated and supported in a two-piece housing unit separable into first and second housings. An air tank is defined by an outer surface of the second housing and an inside surface of a third housing provided on a recessed outer surface of the second housing.
摘要:
A vapor-driven piston-type engine having multiple stages that may be constructed as a single block or unit. Each stage has its own separate vapor power source and the fluids in each stage are different and have different heat/temperature characteristics such that the waste heat from one engine can be used to drive a succeeding engine.
摘要:
A vapor-driven piston-type engine having multiple stages that may be constructed as a single block or unit. Each stage has its own separate vapor power source and the fluids in each stage are different and have different heat/temperature characteristics such that the waste heat from one engine can be used to drive a succeeding engine.
摘要:
Multiple steam powered cylinders reciprocate to pivot arms back and forth connected to output drive shafts through one way clutches with the output drive shafts being interconnected through gears such that when one shaft is powered, the other is coasting. The inlet and outlet valves for each cylinder chamber are controlled by an actuator which instantaneously snaps the valves between open and closed positions. The power cylinders may be operated individually, in parallel or in series and as required, a valve passageway through the piston may be operated to equalize pressure. A pair of O-rings on the piston engage the cylinder wall only when the adjacent chamber is pressurized, thereby reducing drag in operation of the piston.
摘要:
An improved power plant employing a combination of compressed air storage and saturation (simultaneous heating and humidification) of compressed air is disclosed. The power plant includes a combustor which provides hot gas for driving a turbine. The turbine is used in conjunction with a generator to generate electrical power. The power from the turbine is accessible by a compressor system during low power demand periods. The compressor system is used to compress air which is stored in an air storage chamber. The compressed air from the air storage chamber is used by the combustor during high power demand periods, while the compressor system is shut down, to provide compressed combustion gas to the turbine. To enhance the efficiency of the plant, while further lowering the capital cost of the plant, a saturator is positioned between the storage chamber and the combustor. The saturator receives compressed air from the storage chamber and simultaneously heats and humidifies it. The resultant heated and humidified compressed air is then conveyed to the combustor, typically after further heating by a recuperator.
摘要:
In accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present invention, an expansible chamber device includes a piston movable within a cylinder, a head on the cylinder having intake and exhaust ports, a normally-open intake valve for closing the intake port automatically when the flow rate or velocity of a working medium entering the cylinder reaches a predetermined value, variable restraining means for inhibiting closing of the intake valve in response to flow, an exhaust valve for preventing excape of working medium from the cylinder until cylinder pressure is reduced to a set level, spring means for opening the exhaust valve at that level, and means operable near the top-dead-center position of the piston for automatically opening the intake valve and for closing the exhaust valve to enable the cycle to repeat. A unique system for controlling the variable restraining means, as well as methods for regulating the flow or working medium through said valves, also is disclosed.
摘要:
An engine which is composed of a piston reciprocally movable in a cylinder, the follower connected to the piston which communicates with a substantially sinusoidal groove in a sleeve, the sleeve surrounding a portion of the cylinder, a power takeoff assembly coupled to the sleeve and effects transfer of the rotational movement of the sleeve to an output shaft, the longitudinal axis of the output shaft in alignment with the longitudinal axis of the cylinder and the longitudinal axis of the sleeve and the longitudinal axis of the piston.
摘要:
A rock drill and more particularly an independent rotation rock drill assembly having an improved method and apparatus for initiating reciprocable movement of the piston thereof.
摘要:
A main valve for a thrust piston motor wherein two angled bores of the control piston of the main control valve terminatein the zone of a restriction of the piston in first and second radial outlet ports, the axial distance between which is substantially equal to the length of the restriction, and in that the slide carries in a zone of the restriction a displaceable control sleeve mounted thereon acting as a movable supplementary valve element, and so dimensioned that in one end position it closes the outlet of the first channel and opens the outlet of the second channel, and in the other end position it opens the outlet of the second channel and closes that of the first channel.