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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2010
Norio Gouko, Nagoya, JP;
Masahiro Asano, Anjo, JP;
Atusi Sakaida, Nagoya, JP;
Tomikazu Ishikawa, Kariya, JP;
Keiji Okamoto, Kariya, JP;
Norio Gouko, Nagoya, JP;
Masahiro Asano, Anjo, JP;
Atusi Sakaida, Nagoya, JP;
Tomikazu Ishikawa, Kariya, JP;
Keiji Okamoto, Kariya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A heat engine is provided which includes: a boiler unit including an evaporation chamber and a fluid-pool chamber, the evaporation chamber heating a working fluid by supplied heat and generating vapor of the fluid, and the fluid-pool chamber collecting the fluid supplied to the evaporation chamber; an output unit through which the vapor flows, and which converts energy of the vapor to mechanical energy; a condensation unit which condenses the vapor that has passed through the output unit, and refluxes the condensed fluid to the fluid-pool chamber; and a working fluid guide member which is disposed in the boiler unit, and which sucks the fluid in the fluid-pool chamber by using capillary force and supplies the fluid to the evaporation chamber. The evaporation chamber is separated from the fluid-pool chamber. Pressure in the evaporation chamber is higher than pressure in the fluid-pool chamber. The working fluid guide member satisfies (2σ/r)·cos θ>PH−PL.