System for providing heat and/or hot water to a structure

Abstract

A system for heating a structure uses a cavitation engine connected to a water supply, and to a discharge pipe, a condensate storage tank connected to the discharge pipe, the storage tank collecting condensate from the discharge pipe, and a pump connected to the condensate storage tank via a transfer pipe and being configured to pump the condensate out of the storage tank, and ether directly back into the cavitation engine for reuse or into a mixing tank for mixing with water from the water supply, and then back to the cavitation engine. The system creates a closed loop so that no water is wasted, and the energy generation is as efficient as possible.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for heating a structure, comprising:
 a cavitation engine connected to a water supply, and to a discharge pipe, the cavitation engine being formed from an an impact chamber having an impact surface, a heater connected to the impact surface and being configured to heat the impact surface, and a fluid injector having an outlet positioned to inject hyperbaric liquid water onto the impact surface of the impact chamber at supersonic velocities such that cavitation bubbles are present in the injected water and steam is generated from impact of the cavitation bubbles with the impact surface and discharged into the discharge pipe;   a condensate storage tank connected to the discharge pipe and being configured to collect condensate from the discharge pipe, and   a pump connected to the condensate storage tank via a pipe and being configured to pump the condensate out of the storage tank and back to the cavitation engine.   
     
     
         2 . The system according to  claim 1 , further comprising a mixing tank connected to the pump and to the water supply for mixing water from the storage tank and the water supply, and an additional pump disposed between the mixing tank and the cavitation engine, the additional pump being configure for feeding water from the mixing tank to the cavitation engine. 
     
     
         3 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein there are two of said cavitation engines connected to the discharge pipe and two of said additional pumps for feeding water to each of the cavitation engines from the mixing tank. 
     
     
         4 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein there are three of said cavitation engines, the cavitation engines being arranged in series and connected to a same discharge pipe. 
     
     
         5 . The system according to  claim 4 , wherein the system is configured to be connected to a steam supply and wherein steam from the cavitation engines mix with steam from the steam supply in the discharge pipe. 
     
     
         6 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the cavitation engine is connected to a heat exchanger that converts steam from the cavitation engine to heated water, and wherein the heat exchanger is connected to a storage tank configured to store heated water for use in the structure. 
     
     
         7 . The system according to  claim 6 , wherein the heat exchanger is connected to a pump that feeds water back to the cavitation engine. 
     
     
         8 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the cavitation engine is connected to an electric power source, and further comprising a controller in the form of a computer processor that controls the heater and the fluid injector.