Hot water and electricity generator

• US 5,719,990 A
• Filed: 03/19/1996
• Issued: 02/17/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tsai Hui Yang
• Original Assignee: Tsai Hui Yang
• Inventors: Yang, Tsai Hui
• Primary Examiner(s): Walberg, Teresa J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): PAIK, SANG YEOP
• Application Number:
  US08/618,516
• Time in Patent Office: 700 Days
• Field of Search: 392/400, 392/401, 392/402, 392/403, 122/13.2, 290/2, 237/12.3 C, 222/146.5
• US Class Current: 392/400
• CPC Class Codes: F24D 17/001 with accumulation of heated water
• CPC Class Codes: F24D 2200/26 Internal combustion engine
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 30/18 Domestic hot-water supply systems using recuperated or waste heat

Abstract

A hot water and electricity generator including a casing having a water inlet provided with a float ball valve, an engine arranged within the casing and having an exhaust pipe, a power generator drivingly connected with the engine, a pump drivingly connected with the power generator, a water reservoir disposed above the power generator within the casing and provided with a heat exchanging pipe, a first electric heater electrically connected to the power generator and installed within the water reservoir, an outlet pipe having an end connected with another end of the heat exchanging pipe and another end extending out of the casing, a steam chamber mounted on the water reservoir, and a second electric heater electrically connected to the power generator and installed with the steam chamber, whereby hot water and electricity will be generated as desired.

Claims

1. A hot water and electricity generator comprising:

a casing having a water inlet provided with a float ball valve;

an engine arranged within said casing and having an exhaust pipe;

a power generator drivingly connected with said engine;

a pump drivingly connected with said power generator;

a water reservoir disposed above said power generator within said casing and provided with a heat exchanging pipe, said water reservoir being in communication with said pump;

a first electric heater electrically connected to said power generator and installed within said water reservoir;

said exhaust pipe connected with an end of said heat exchanging pipe;

an outlet pipe having an end connected with another end of said heat exchanging pipe and another end extending out of said casing;

a steam chamber mounted on said water reservoir; and

a second electric heater electrically connected to said power generator and installed with said steam chamber.

2. The hot water and electricity generator as claimed in claim 1, wherein said engine is formed with a plurality of passages which are in communication with said water reservoir.