Turbine engine for automotive vehicles
Patent
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OSTI ID:5282656
An engine for driving an automotive vehicle has a plurality of turbine rotors mounted on the main drive shaft. Compressed air is supplied to the rotors in succession from a distributing valve which is supplied with compressed air from a main air tank, and compressed air at reduced pressure from the delivery side of each rotor is supplied to a manifold which also supplies the main air tank through a second stage compressor.
- Assignee:
- TIC; EDB-78-037855; ERA-03-018734
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4043126
- OSTI ID:
- 5282656
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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25 ENERGY STORAGE
250200 -- Energy Storage-- Compressed & Liquified Gas
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330103 -- Internal Combustion Engines-- Turbine
330603* -- Vehicle Design Factors-- Engine System
AUTOMOBILES
COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE
COMPRESSORS
CONTAINERS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
DESIGN
ENERGY STORAGE
FLOW REGULATORS
ROTORS
STORAGE
TANKS
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
USES
VALVES
VEHICLES
250200 -- Energy Storage-- Compressed & Liquified Gas
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330103 -- Internal Combustion Engines-- Turbine
330603* -- Vehicle Design Factors-- Engine System
AUTOMOBILES
COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE
COMPRESSORS
CONTAINERS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
DESIGN
ENERGY STORAGE
FLOW REGULATORS
ROTORS
STORAGE
TANKS
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
USES
VALVES
VEHICLES