Stirling-cycle cooling device with monobloc support

    公开(公告)号:US11473815B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-18

    申请号:US16728770

    申请日:2019-12-27

    申请人: THALES

    摘要: A cooling device employing a thermodynamic cycle of the reverse stirling cycle type is provided. The device includes a compressor with a reciprocating piston driven by a rotary motor about an axis by means of a crankshaft. The device further comprises a monobloc support forming a cylinder in which the piston of the compressor moves. The crankshaft is supported by a single bearing. The bearing is positioned without an intermediate component in a housing of the monobloc support.

    HEAT ENGINE
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220316423A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-06

    申请号:US17697983

    申请日:2022-03-18

    申请人: Erik K. Carlsen

    发明人: Erik K. Carlsen

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

    摘要: Exemplary embodiments are directed to a heat engine. The heat engine includes a pipe that defines a continuous internal path. The pipe includes a first pipe section and a second pipe section. The heat engine includes a first piston disposed within the first pipe section. The heat engine includes a second piston disposed within the second pipe section. The first and second pistons are magnetically linked to travel along the continuous internal path of the pipe.

    A Tubular Reactor Serving as a Combustor and Heat Exchanger

    公开(公告)号:US20220220922A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-14

    申请号:US17595501

    申请日:2020-05-22

    申请人: ThermoLift, Inc.

    摘要: A tubular reactor which acts as a combustor and heat exchanger is disclosed. Such reactor supplants a system with a combustor having a heat exchanger arranged around the combustor. The combined system includes a diffuser having an inlet for a fuel-and-air mixture and a plurality of holes defined in its surface through which the fuel-and-air mixture exits the diffuser and a plurality of tubes. First linear portions along the length of each tube are mutually parallel with a centerline of the first portions of the tubes displaced from the diffuser by a predetermined distance. Centerlines of the linear portions of adjacent tubes are displaced from each other by a predetermined gap. The fuel and air combust in the proximity of the first portion of the tubes for effective heat transfer to gases traveling through the tubes. Such a tubular reactor can be employed within a thermal-compression heat pump.

    Floating head piston assembly
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11333101B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-17

    申请号:US16963080

    申请日:2019-01-10

    发明人: Joshua M. Schmitt

    IPC分类号: F02G1/053 F01K25/00 F02G1/044

    摘要: An assembly with a piston reciprocated with the aid of a floating head in fluid communication with the piston. The assembly may utilize a floating head that is shifted in position to promote reciprocation of the piston through the aid of pressure supplied to the floating head from a pressure volume regulator. Alternatively, the floating head may be in fluid communication with the piston at one side of the head and isolated at the other side. In this manner changing volume and pressure at this other side of the head during reciprocation may ultimately lead to floating head movement toward the piston, thereby promoting the continued reciprocation. Additional efficiencies may also be realized through unique hydraulic layouts for both operating and working fluid circulations.

    IMPROVED STIRLING ENGINE DESIGN AND ASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:US20220120235A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17425846

    申请日:2020-01-29

    申请人: AZELIO AB

    IPC分类号: F02G1/044 F02G1/043 F02G1/057

    摘要: A method for pressurisation of a working gas in a Stirling engine assembly for use in a thermal energy plant, the Stirling engine assembly including: a Stirling engine including an expansion cylinder and a compression cylinder, wherein the expansion and compression cylinders are configured in a V-arrangement; a regenerator; a cooler and a heater; an accumulator, the accumulator being in fluidic connection with the expansion and/or compression cylinders of the Stirling engine; and a low pressure receptacle including the working gas. The method includes: providing working gas to the accumulator from the low pressure receptacle; providing a pressurisation fluid to the accumulator to reduce the volume for the working gas in the accumulator, thereby increasing the pressure of the working gas in the accumulator; and displacing the pressurised working gas from the accumulator to the expansion and/or compression cylinder.

    HOT AIR ENGINE HAVING A STEP PISTON

    公开(公告)号:US20220106926A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-07

    申请号:US17553317

    申请日:2021-12-16

    发明人: Josef Frauscher

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

    摘要: According to an embodiment of a hot air engine, the hot air engine includes a transmission with a connecting rod and a double-acting step piston. The double-acting step piston has a first section with a larger diameter and a second section with a smaller diameter, and is arranged in a cylinder. The double-acting step piston is at least partially hollow and the connecting rod extends through the second section and is articulatedly connected in the first section of the double-acting step piston. The double-acting step piston has sealing rings both in the first section and in the second section.

    ENGINE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220074367A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-10

    申请号:US17528683

    申请日:2021-11-17

    IPC分类号: F02G1/044

    摘要: A piston apparatus may include a plurality of piston assemblies respectively having a first piston body and a first piston disposed within a first volume defined by the first piston body, a second piston body and a second piston disposed within a second volume defined by the second piston body, and a connection member coupled to the first piston and the second piston. The first and second volume may respectively include an expansion chamber and a compression chamber defined by opposite sides of the corresponding piston. The respective expansion chambers may fluidly communicate with a corresponding compression chamber of another one of the piston assemblies. The first volume of a first piston assembly may fluidly communicate with the first volume and the second volume of a second piston assembly, and the first volume of a third piston assembly may fluidly communicate with the first volume and the second volume of the second piston assembly.

    Engine apparatus and method for operation

    公开(公告)号:US11193449B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-07

    申请号:US16788402

    申请日:2020-02-12

    IPC分类号: F02G1/044

    摘要: An engine apparatus, in which each piston assembly includes a piston attached to a connection member at a first end and a second end. Each piston of the piston assembly defines a first chamber and a second chamber separated by the piston. The first chamber and the second chamber are each defined at the first end and at the second end. Each first chamber of one piston assembly is fluidly connected to the second chamber at a different piston assembly. At least one first chamber at the first end is fluidly connected to a respective second chamber at the second end. At least one first chamber at the second end is fluidly connected to a respective second chamber at the first end.