Stirling cycle rotary engine

Patent · Tue Jun 28 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:7047426

Chandler, J A

A Stirling cycle rotary engine for producing mechanical energy from heat generated by a heat source external to the engine, the engine including: an engine housing having an interior toroidal cavity with a central housing axis for receiving a working gas, the engine housing further having a cool as inlet port, a compressed gas outlet port, a heated compressed gas inlet port, and a hot exhaust gas outlet port at least three rotors each fixedly mounted to a respective rotor shaft and independently rotatable within the toroidal cavity about the central axis; each of the rotors including a pair of rotor blocks spaced radially on diametrically opposing sides of the respective rotor shaft, each rotor block having a radially fixed curva-linear outer surface for sealed rotational engagement with the engine housing.

• Assignee: NOV; EDB-88-178046; NOV-88-027188
• Patent Number(s): US 4753073
• OSTI ID: 7047426
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330104* -- Internal Combustion Engines-- Rotary
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
DESIGN
ENERGY TRANSFER
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
EXHAUST GASES
EXHAUST SYSTEMS
FLUID FLOW
FLUIDS
GAS FLOW
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
HEAT ENGINES
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT TRANSFER
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MACHINE PARTS
ROTARY ENGINES
ROTORS
SHAFTS
STIRLING CYCLE
STIRLING ENGINES
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
WASTES
WORKING FLUIDS