Rotary heat engine
First Claim
1. A rotary heat engine comprising:
- a cylinder including two sets of an inlet channel for supplying gasified working fluid to the cylinder and an outlet channel for recovering liquefied working fluid from the cylinder, said inlet channel and said outlet channel in each set are located on opposite sides of said cylinder, said inlet channel of the first set is juxtaposed with said outlet channel of said second set on a first side of said cylinder and said outlet channel of said first set is juxtaposed with said inlet channel of said second set on the other side of said cylinder;
a rotor rotatably received within the cylinder and dividing the inside of the cylinder into at least three chambers, wherein said rotor is eccentrically placed; and
a fluid flow path for circulating a working fluid through the cylinder, said fluid flow path including a heat receiving section and a heat discharging section, anda working liquid reservoir section connecting said inlet and outlet channels in fluid flow communication, said reservoir section including a flow restricting dam for preventing backflow of the working fluid toward said outlet channel.
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Abstract
A rotary heat engine having a cylinder and a rotor having a rotating shaft rotatably placed in the cylinder. The cylinder has a heat receiving section for supplying heat to the inside of the cylinder and a heat radiating section for radiating heat from the inside. The engine also has an engine section body and an operation liquid storage section. A vaporized gas supply channel and a gas recovery channel communicating with the inside of the cylinder are provided, respectively, on the heat receiving section side and heat radiating section side of the cylinder in the engine section body. The operation liquid storage section is between the vaporized gas supply channel and the gas collection channel in order to aggregate and liquefy recovered gas and is installed such that both channels fluidly communicate with each other. Also, the operation liquid storage section has a heat insulation dam provided with a through hole for preventing backflow of fluid flowing inside.
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6 Claims
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1. A rotary heat engine comprising:
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a cylinder including two sets of an inlet channel for supplying gasified working fluid to the cylinder and an outlet channel for recovering liquefied working fluid from the cylinder, said inlet channel and said outlet channel in each set are located on opposite sides of said cylinder, said inlet channel of the first set is juxtaposed with said outlet channel of said second set on a first side of said cylinder and said outlet channel of said first set is juxtaposed with said inlet channel of said second set on the other side of said cylinder; a rotor rotatably received within the cylinder and dividing the inside of the cylinder into at least three chambers, wherein said rotor is eccentrically placed; and a fluid flow path for circulating a working fluid through the cylinder, said fluid flow path including a heat receiving section and a heat discharging section, and a working liquid reservoir section connecting said inlet and outlet channels in fluid flow communication, said reservoir section including a flow restricting dam for preventing backflow of the working fluid toward said outlet channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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