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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2015
Applicant:

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;

Inventors:

Helmut Eckert, Roettenbach, DE;

Guenter Schmid, Hemhofen, DE;

Dan Taroata, Erlangen, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 3/18 (2006.01); F24V 30/00 (2018.01); F01K 23/02 (2006.01); F23C 99/00 (2006.01); F01K 21/04 (2006.01); F23J 15/02 (2006.01); F23C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 3/188 (2013.01); F01K 21/04 (2013.01); F01K 23/02 (2013.01); F23C 9/00 (2013.01); F23C 99/00 (2013.01); F23J 15/022 (2013.01); F24V 30/00 (2018.05); F23B 2900/00003 (2013.01); F23J 2217/102 (2013.01); F23J 2217/40 (2013.01); Y02E 20/16 (2013.01); Y02E 20/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method of generating energy. The teachings thereof may be embodied in a method comprising: atomizing an electropositive metal; combusting the metal with a reaction gas; mixing the resulting combustion products with water, or an aqueous solution, or a suspension of a salt of the metal; separating a resulting mixture into (a) solid and liquid constituents and (b) gaseous constituents; at least partly converting energy from the separated constituents. Mixing the combustion products may include: atomizing liquid or gaseous water; or atomizing or nebulizing an aqueous solution or a suspension of a salt of the electropositive metal, into the reacted mixture.


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