HEAT ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICE
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240271588A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18561987

    申请日:2022-05-16

    申请人: REGENSYS LTD

    发明人: Howard SARGENT

    IPC分类号: F02G1/043 F02G1/053

    摘要: A Stirling engine comprising a first cylinder comprising a piston configured to separate at least two expansion or compression chambers of the first cylinder, and a second cylinder comprising a piston configured to separate at least two expansion or compression chambers of the second cylinder. The pistons of the first and second cylinders are connected, such that the first and second cylinders form a first piston assembly. Each chamber of the first cylinder is fluidly connected to a chamber of a first cylinder of a second piston assembly such that a working fluid to be compressed/expanded can flow between the fluidly connected chambers of the first and second piston assemblies. Each chamber of the second cylinder is fluidly connected to a chamber of a second cylinder of a third piston assembly such that a working fluid to be compressed/expanded can flow between the fluidly connected chambers of the first and third piston assemblies. The first cylinder and the second cylinder of the first piston assembly are each configured as an expansion cylinder or a compression cylinder.

    Reinforced sealing rings
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11746904B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-05

    申请号:US17528886

    申请日:2021-11-17

    摘要: The present disclosure provides a sealing ring assembly having a sealing ring and a reinforcement, configured to seal a high-pressure region from a lower pressure region of a piston and cylinder device. The sealing ring may be segmented, and a metal layer, wire, or other reinforcement may be affixed to the ring. The reinforcement is placed into tension against the sealing ring, which is correspondingly placed into compression. The composite structure of a relatively brittle sealing ring and reinforcement provides for reduced tensile loads in the sealing ring, thus extending life and reducing the likelihood of failure. The brittle portion of the sealing ring assembly may include a polymer or ceramic such as graphite, which is relatively less strong in tension than compression.

    Stirling Cycle Machine
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230003174A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17939280

    申请日:2022-09-07

    摘要: A Stirling cycle machine with a liquid fuel/gaseous fuel burner. The burner may include a preheater to capture the thermal energy of the exhaust. The burner directs the preheated air to each burner head, where it enters a prechamber. Each burner head includes a fuel nozzle that directs liquid or gaseous fuel into the prechamber. The prechamber is fluidically connected to a combustion chamber via a prechamber nozzle that has a smaller opening than the prechamber. The burner head ignites the fuel air mixture in the prechamber with an ignitor located above or within the prechamber. The flame is initially lit as a diffusion flame in the prechamber. The flame is pushed out of the prechamber into the combustion chamber by an increased air flow rate. The liquid fuel from the nozzle now evaporates in the prechamber and forms a prevaporized flame in the combustion chamber.

    Closed cycle regenerative heat engines

    公开(公告)号:US11530668B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-20

    申请号:US17329745

    申请日:2021-05-25

    IPC分类号: F02G1/043 F02G1/053 F02G1/044

    摘要: A closed cycle regenerative heat engine has a housing defining a chamber. A displacer is housed in the chamber. A power piston is housed in the chamber. The displacer is resiliently deformable from a rest condition in response to displace the working fluid in the chamber. The displacer may be a multi-start volute spring. The displacer may be provided with a heat storage reservoir to store heat received from a working fluid as the working fluid is displaced from a heating location in the chamber to a cooling location in the chamber and reject heat to the working fluid when the working fluid is displaced from the cooling location to the heating location. The resiliently deformable displacer may comprise two components with an air space defined between the two components.

    REINFORCED SEALING RINGS
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220074493A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-10

    申请号:US17528886

    申请日:2021-11-17

    摘要: The present disclosure provides a sealing ring assembly having a sealing ring and a reinforcement, configured to seal a high-pressure region from a lower pressure region of a piston and cylinder device. The sealing ring may be segmented, and a metal layer, wire, or other reinforcement may be affixed to the ring. The reinforcement is placed into tension against the sealing ring, which is correspondingly placed into compression. The composite structure of a relatively brittle sealing ring and reinforcement provides for reduced tensile loads in the sealing ring, thus extending life and reducing the likelihood of failure. The brittle portion of the sealing ring assembly may include a polymer or ceramic such as graphite, which is relatively less strong in tension than compression.