Portable diver heat generating system
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1. A portable heat generating system, suitable for use with a diver water circulation garment, comprising:
- a. a reaction chamber having an inlet and an outlet;
b. a heat exchanger chamber separate from and surrounding said reaction chamber;
c. said heat exchanger chamber having separate first and second sections;
d. the first section of said heat exchanger chamber having an inlet and outlet thereto through which a heating fluid is circulated;
e. a source of supercorroding mechanically alloyed powder;
f. means for supplying a controlled amount of said supercorroding alloy powder from said source to the inlet of said reaction chamber;
g. the second section of said heat exchanger chamber having an inlet and an outlet through which fresh seawater is circulated for preheating;
h. means for supplying a controlled amount of preheated seawater from the second section of said heat exchanger to the inlet of said reaction chamber where said seawater is mixed with said supercorroding powder for reaction thereof and high generation of heat;
the heat generated being substantially removed by the heating fluid and seawater circulated through said first and second chambers, respectively, of said heat exchanger chamber;
i. the cooled byproducts from the reaction of the seawater and supercorroding alloy powder being expelled from said reaction chamber outlet along with hydrogen.
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Supercorroding magnesium alloys that react rapidly and predictably with seawater to produce heat and hydrogen gas. The alloys are formed by a mechanical process that bonds magnesium and noble metal powder particles together. The alloy powders can be sintered to form barstock, etc., suitable for self-contained corroding links.
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1. A portable heat generating system, suitable for use with a diver water circulation garment, comprising:
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a. a reaction chamber having an inlet and an outlet; b. a heat exchanger chamber separate from and surrounding said reaction chamber; c. said heat exchanger chamber having separate first and second sections; d. the first section of said heat exchanger chamber having an inlet and outlet thereto through which a heating fluid is circulated; e. a source of supercorroding mechanically alloyed powder; f. means for supplying a controlled amount of said supercorroding alloy powder from said source to the inlet of said reaction chamber; g. the second section of said heat exchanger chamber having an inlet and an outlet through which fresh seawater is circulated for preheating; h. means for supplying a controlled amount of preheated seawater from the second section of said heat exchanger to the inlet of said reaction chamber where said seawater is mixed with said supercorroding powder for reaction thereof and high generation of heat;
the heat generated being substantially removed by the heating fluid and seawater circulated through said first and second chambers, respectively, of said heat exchanger chamber;i. the cooled byproducts from the reaction of the seawater and supercorroding alloy powder being expelled from said reaction chamber outlet along with hydrogen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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