Solid state engine with alternating motion

Patent · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:864176

Golestaneh, Ahmad A ^[1]

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1. Bolingbrook, IL

Heat energy is converted to mechanical motion utilizing apparatus including a cylinder, a piston having openings therein reciprocable in the cylinder, inlet and outlet ports for warm water at one end of the cylinder, inlet and outlet ports for cool water at the other end of the cylinder, gates movable with the piston and slidably engaging the cylinder wall to alternately open and close the warm and cool water ports, a spring bearing against the warm water side of the piston and a double helix of a thermal shape memory material attached to the cool end of the cylinder and to the piston. The piston is caused to reciprocate by alternately admitting cool water and warm water to the cylinder.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4325217
• OSTI ID: 864176
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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solid
engine
alternating
motion
heat
energy
converted
mechanical
utilizing
apparatus
including
cylinder
piston
openings
therein
reciprocable
inlet
outlet
ports
warm
water
cool
gates
movable
slidably
engaging
wall
alternately
close
spring
bearing
double
helix
thermal
shape
memory
material
attached
caused
reciprocate
admitting
outlet ports
warm water
cylinder wall
openings therein
heat energy
shape memory
apparatus including
double helix
mechanical motion
memory material
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