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Power plant and process utilizing gravitational force

  • US 4,399,368 A
  • Filed: 03/15/1982
  • Issued: 08/16/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A process for converting gas expanding energy sources into useful other forms of energy, such as inducing an alternating current in a coil, comprising the steps of:

  • holding a piston means forming a magnetic field and slidably operable, but otherwise unattached, within a substantially enclosed cylinder means at a starting position near a lower end thereof, by the compressive support of the vapor of a liquid in the bottom of the cylinder means, said cylinder means having a load-connected electrical conductor coil means surrounding it intermediate its ends;

    lifting said piston means to an apex position near the upper end of said cylinder means by vaporizing the liquid by directing a concentrated solar beam onto it, thereby opening a spring-biased valve mounted in an outlet port in the upper end of said cylinder means in order to transfer the column of air above the piston means through a tube into a reservoir means;

    lowering said piston means to said starting position, including the steps of;

    discontinuing the directing of the concentrated solar beam, thereby allowing the vapor to condense and leave a vacuum below the piston means, and allowing said spring-biased valve in the outlet port to close and a spring-biased valve in an inlet port in the upper end to open in order to admit a charge of fresh air;

    allowing a portion of the vapor to escape from beneath the piston means in the cylinder means to a separate hot reservoir partially filled with said liquid by a valve means for diverting the vapor when the piston means reaches the apex position;

    allowing any remaining liquid or liquid vapor to escape from beneath the piston means in the cylinder means to a remote cooling condenser containing a near perfect vacuum by the vapor diverting valve means before the piston means reaches a mid-point between the apex position and the starting position;

    preventing the escape of the vapor beneath the piston into the remote cooling condenser by the vapor diverting valve means; and

    allowing a portion of the vapor and liquid stored in the separate hot reservoir to return therefrom to the cylinder means beneath the piston means by the vapor diverting valve means before the piston means reaches the starting position, whereby a bounce chamber for the falling piston is provided and the liquid in the cylinder means is replenished; and

    stopping the downward movement of said piston means at said starting position by compressed gas below said piston means, thereby completing a cycle which can be repeated by starting at the step in which the piston is lifted.

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