Self-condensing steam turbine

Abstract

This invention relates to a new method of generating mechanical power by means of pumping boiling liquid through heated pipes, and thus converting heat into kintic energy, which is then recovered in Pelton type turbine. Several methods of converting heat into mechanical energy by means of such low speed liquid turbines are given.

What is claimed:  
     
         1 . A method of converting heat energy into mechanical energy by means of pumping liquid at its boiling temperature through pipes, which are being heated so as to make the liquid boil, causing bulk of the liquid to flow faster and thus commuting the heat energy into kinetic energy, which then generates mechanical energy, when the said liquid is made to strike blades in a Pelton type turbine.  
     
     
         2 . A method of converting heat energy into mechanical energy by means of pumping liquid at its boiling temperature through a heat exchanger pipe as in  claim 1 , but the pumping action is generated by the turbine of an automotive torque converter, and the said liquid is made renter the said torque converter on the impeller side of the said converter, at a greater velocity, imparted to it by the boiling process, and the said liquid is made to strike again the said turbine to generate power.  
     
     
         3 . A method of converting heat into mechanical energy in a similar way as in  claim 2 , but when two said automotive torque converters are used, having opposite rotation, and interconnected with straight heat exchanger tubes, circulating said liquid from one said torque converter to another with the aid of the heat energy transfered through the wall of the tube.