Method of operating a thermal engine powered by a chemical reaction

Patent · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:866608

Ross, John ^[1]; Escher, Claus ^[2]

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1. Stanford, CA
2. Nieder-Ronstadt, DE

The invention involves a novel method of increasing the efficiency of a thermal engine. Heat is generated by a non-linear chemical reaction of reactants, said heat being transferred to a thermal engine such as Rankine cycle power plant. The novel method includes externally perturbing one or more of the thermodynamic variables of said non-linear chemical reaction.

• Research Organization: Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AT03-82ER13018
• Assignee: Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 4748813
• OSTI ID: 866608
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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