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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Ross, Stanford, CA (US);
Claus Escher, Nieder-Ronstadt, DE;
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60643 ; 60645 ; 60721 ; 60670 ;
Abstract
The invention involves a novel method of increasing the efficiency of a thermal engine. Heat is generated by a non-linear chemical reaction of reactants, said heat being transferred to a thermal engine such as Rankine cycle power plant. The novel method includes externally perturbing one or more of the thermodynamic variables of said non-linear chemical reaction.