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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8051654 | Reheat gas and exhaust gas regenerator system for a combined cycle power plant A combined cycle power plant includes a compressor, a first turbine, a second turbine, a first combustor, a second combustor, a heat exchanger and a heat recovery steam generator. A controller operates the combined cycle power plant a first mode wherein compressor a... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7314104 | Steam driven road vehicle A steam driven road vehicle having a firebox, a boiler, a drive mechanism operated by steam from the boiler, a water supply supplying water to the boiler, and a drive connection connected between the drive mechanism and an axle of the vehicle. A fuel bin is supporte... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7000419 | High-efficiency gas temperature/humidity controlling device and controlling method The present invention has an object to comprise an apparatus for high efficiency gas temperature and humidity adjustment and an adjustment method allowing to elevate the heat exchange efficiency of a cooling coil, reduce the cooling water quantity, lower also the pi... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6244240 | Rotary positive-displacement scavenging device for rotary vane pumping machine A rotary vane pumping machine includes a stator and rotor in relative rotation. The rotor has a plurality of radial vanes slots and each one of a corresponding plurality of vanes slides within a radial vane slot of the rotor. Each pair of adjacent vanes d... | 06/12/2001 |
| 4783963 | Internal combustion steam engine A high temperature, high pressure, four-cycle piston engine having two companion cylinders or multiple pairs of companion cylinders connected by a transfer valve or valves and working together to complete the four-cycle operation. The internal combustion ... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4432203 | Rotary external combustion engine A rotary external combustion engine wherein energy is transferred to air acting as a working gas by injection into the air of liquid water at a high temperature and pressure. The liquid water is injected either directly into the working space in the stato... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4393653 | Reciprocating external combustion engine A reciprocating external combustion engine wherein energy is transferred to air acting as a working gas by injection into the air of liquid water at a high temperature and pressure. The liquid water is injected either directly into the cylinder or into a ... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4037415 | Implosion rotary engine A rotary engine includes an outer body arranged to rotate on a stationary member, the outer body having an eccentric circular cavity cooperating with radial vanes from the stationary body which sequentially reciprocate so that a series of volumes sequenti... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4016724 | Steam engine A steam or vapor engine comprising a vapor generating apparatus, at least one cylinder with a piston working in the cylinder, and pipes and valves for supplying vapor from the vapor generating apparatus to a closed chamber, formed in the cylinder, and for... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3975914 | Implosion engine A variable volume chamber such as defined by a cylinder and piston has closed circuit connections to a given gas and a given liquid for which the gas has a chemical affinity when in physical contact therewith. By bringing the liquid and gas together in th... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3972194 | Thermodynamic machine of the vane type A method and apparatus for a thermodynamic machine for the generation of power or for the transport of heat, where a compressible working fluid is compressed and expanded in a cycle using a vane type apparatus. Heat is added and removed from the working f... | 08/03/1976 |
