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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2023
Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited, Haifa, IL;
Lava Energy Ltd, Haifa, IL;
Erez Kline, Ramat Gan, IL;
Yuval Neumann, Kfar Saba, IL;
Doron Tamir, Beit Yanai, IL;
Carmel Rotschild, Ganei Tikva, IL;
Joseph Cassell, Netanya, IL;
TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LIMITED, Haifa, IL;
LAVA ENERGY LTD, Haifa, IL;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a solution for a system and a method for converting heat into work. The solution makes use of a nozzle, in which pressurized heat transfer liquid (HTL) and a Liquid-Vapor-Phase-Changing (LVPhC) working fluid is about the same pressure are mixed to form a LVPhC-HTL mixture, which in turn undergoes evaporation and isothermal or quasi-isothermal expansion while flowing in the nozzle that results in acceleration of the mixture. The accelerated mixture is ejected from to thereby rotate a turbine and produce work from the generated kinetic energy. The LVPhC is separated from the mixture and condensed after its ejection from the nozzle and its pressure is elevated back to the working pressure in the nozzle. The present solution exploits the thermodynamic advantages of each phase of the LVPhC.