Power control system for a hot gas engine

Patent · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:865989

Berntell, John O ^[1]

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1. Staffanstorp, SE

A power control system for a hot gas engine of the type in which the power output is controlled by varying the mean pressure of the working gas charge in the engine has according to the present invention been provided with two working gas reservoirs at substantially different pressure levels. At working gas pressures below the lower of said levels the high pressure gas reservoir is cut out from the control system, and at higher pressures the low pressure gas reservoir is cut out from the system, thereby enabling a single one-stage compressor to handle gas within a wide pressure range at a low compression ratio.

• DOE Contract Number: DEN3-32
• Assignee: Mechanical Technology Incorporated (Latham, NY)
• Patent Number(s): US 4612769
• OSTI ID: 865989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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