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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald C. Erickson, Annapolis, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/143 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/143 ;
Abstract
An improvement to an energy conversion engine in which fuel is combusted with compressed air is disclosed. Referring to FIG. , the inlet air to compressor ( ) is chilled in chiller ( ) sufficiently to condense moisture. The moisture is pressurized and routed to at least one of chilled inlet fogger ( ) and compressed air sprayer ( ). Engine exhaust heats an absorption refrigeration unit once-through generator ( ), which supplies the refrigeration to chiller ( ).