Method of externally modifying a Carnot engine cycle

摘要

A method of externally modifying a Carnot engine cycle. A first step involves providing a heat exchange path between an external environment and a fluid circulating in a carnot engine. A second step involving permitting the carnot engine to draw from an endless supply of heat or cold in the external environment to regenerate the Carnot engine cycle as entropic losses are encountered and as differential heat energy is converted into power.

主权项

1. A method of externally modifying a Carnot engine cycle, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a Carnot engine comprising: a heat source; a cold source; comprising a container holding a cryogenic working substance in liquid form; a first transfer path for circulation of the cryogenic working substance from the heat source to the cold source, the cryogenic working substance existing in a gas form at the heat source, such that the cryogenic working substances goes from a liquid phase to a gas phase with resulting isothermal and adiabatic expansion; a second transfer path for circulation of the cryogenic working substance from the cold source to the heat source, the cryogenic working substance going from a gas phase at the heat source to a liquid phase at the cold source resulting in isothermal and adiabatic compression; means for converting differential heat energy into power as the working substance circulates between the heat source and the cold source; means for effecting a heat exchange between the first transfer path and the second transfer path to perpetuate the Carnot cycle by cooling the cryogenic working substance flowing from the heat source to the cold source and heating the cryogenic working substance flowing from the cold source to the heat source; means for effecting a heat exchange between an external environment and at least one of the first transfer path or the second transfer path; positioning the Carnot engine in an external environment providing at least one of an unlimited source of heat or an unlimited source of cold; providing a heat exchange path between the external environment and at least one of the first transfer path or the second transfer path of the Carnot engine, such that the Carnot engine is able to draw from an endless supply of heat or cold to regenerate the Carnot cycle as entropic losses are encountered and as differential heat energy is converted into power.