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Combustor for external combustion engine having rotary-type regenerator heat exchanger

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5532782
A combustor for use in an external combustion engine having a rotary-type regenerator heat exchanger is described comprising: a housing having a combustion chamber, an air chamber, first outlet ports, and a first inlet port; a main partition defining the combustion chamber and the air chamber in the housing and having second outlet ports defined in a peripheral portion thereof and a second inlet port defined in a central portion thereof; an annular regenerator rotatably supported in the housing and dividing the air chamber into first and second chambers, the regenerator having first and second axially opposite end surfaces and a multiplicity of axial through-holes extending therebetween; first subpartitions defining first outlet passages communicating between the first outlet ports, respectively, and the first end surface of the regenerator, and dividing the first chamber into air and exhaust sections; and second subpartitions defining second outlet passages communicating between the second outlet ports, respectively, and the second end surface of the regenerator, and dividing the second chamber into air and exhaust sections.
Assignee:
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya
Patent Number(s):
US 4708639
OSTI ID:
5532782
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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