EP 0877862 A1 19981118 - ASYMMETRICAL HYDRODYNAMIC ENERGY CONVERTER
Title (en)
ASYMMETRICAL HYDRODYNAMIC ENERGY CONVERTER
Title (de)
ASYMMETRISCHER UMWANDLER HYDRODYNAMISCHER ENERGIE
Title (fr)
CONVERTISSEURS D'ENERGIE HYDRODYNAMIQUE ASYMETRIQUE
Publication
Application
Priority
- FR 9700095 W 19970117
- FR 9600897 A 19960122
- FR 9601575 A 19960208
- FR 9615683 A 19961216
- FR 9707395 A 19970610
- FR 9710523 A 19970819
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9727401A1] A set of devices that may consist of an arm, a wheel or a chain rotatable about an axis (22) is disclosed. The devices convert a pressure force into storable potential energy or into driving energy convertible into electrical energy. A heat transfer fluid (4) is vaporised by applying heat so that it helps to drive out a ballast fluid (1) contained in a tank located, at a given time, at the bottom of the arm, the wheel or the chain, and feed the fluid upwards into a tank located, at that time, at the top of said arm, wheel or chain, the latter tank containing a partial vacuum (5). As a result, the weight of the tanks makes the chain turn and thus generates driving energy that may be used, e.g., to raise an amount of water constituting a store of potential energy. Alternatively, it may be converted into electricity by an alternator.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
F01K 27/00 (2006.01); F03B 17/04 (2006.01); F03G 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
F03G 7/10 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 9727401A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9727401 A1 19970731; AU 3522897 A 19970820; EP 0877862 A1 19981118; FR 2757897 A1 19980703; FR 2757897 B1 19990326; FR 2757904 A1 19980703; FR 2757905 A1 19980703
DOCDB simple family (application)
FR 9700095 W 19970117; AU 3522897 A 19970117; EP 97901113 A 19970117; FR 9615683 A 19961216; FR 9707395 A 19970610; FR 9710523 A 19970819