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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Bastian Family Holdings, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
William A. Bastian, II, Carmel, IN (US);
Elizabeth Sobota, Greenfield, IN (US);
Assignee:
BASTIAN FAMILY HOLDINGS, INC., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F22B 3/00 (2006.01); F01K 13/00 (2006.01); F01K 3/18 (2006.01); F01K 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F22B 3/00 (2013.01); F01K 3/186 (2013.01); F01K 13/00 (2013.01); F01K 27/00 (2013.01); Y02E 10/46 (2013.01); Y10T 137/206 (2015.04);
Abstract
A steam turbine system uses a laser to instantaneously vaporize water in a nozzle within a turbine. This steam is then used to rotate the turbine. Thus, the turbine system does not require an external boiler. The steam turbine system may be used in either an open system, where the steam passing through the turbine is not condensed and reused, or a closed system, where the steam passing through the turbine is condensed and reused.