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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2009
Subir Roychoudhury, Madison, CT (US);
David Spence, Beacon Falls, CT (US);
Bruce B. Crowder, North Haven, CT (US);
Richard T. Mastanduno, Milford, CT (US);
Jonathan Berry, Simsonville, SC (US);
Subir Roychoudhury, Madison, CT (US);
David Spence, Beacon Falls, CT (US);
Bruce B. Crowder, North Haven, CT (US);
Richard T. Mastanduno, Milford, CT (US);
Jonathan Berry, Simsonville, SC (US);
Precision Combustion, Inc., North Haven, CT (US);
Abstract
The invention provides an apparatus and a method for transferring heat by conduction to the internal heat acceptor of an external combustion engine. Fuel and air are introduced into a combustion chamber and mixed to form an air/fuel mixture. The air/fuel mixture is directed into a catalytic reactor that is positioned in direct contact (non-spaced-apart relation) with the heater head. Heat is transferred via conduction from the catalytic reactor to the heater head; and the catalytic reaction products are exhausted with heat recuperation.