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SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS OF HARNESSING THERMAL ENERGY OF GAS TURBINE ENGINES

  • US 20100162704A1
  • Filed: 12/21/2009
  • Published: 07/01/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a gas turbine engine;

    a chamber thermally coupled to the gas turbine engine, the chamber containing a phase changeable matter;

    an actuator; and

    a flow pathway coupling the chamber and the actuator;

    wherein the system is operable such that heat from the engine operation induces a phase change of the phase changeable matter effective to actuate the actuator.

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