| 摘要 |
<p>A heat engine (10) comprising: a feeder stage (20) comprising: a first compressor (24) for compressing first gas received at pressure Pi from a gas source to an elevated pressure and temperature; a reactor (28) for receiving gas compressed by the first compressor (24) and combining the compressed gas with fuel to generate an exothermic reaction; and a primary stage comprising (40): a circuit (42) for recirculating a gas flow comprising a second gas; a mixing chamber (44) in fluid communication with the circuit (42) for combining the products of the exothermic reaction from the feeder stage (20) with the gas flow in the circuit(42) at pressure P wherein P is greater than P an expander (48) for expanding gas received from the mixing chamber (44) to generate mechanical work; and a second compressor (58) for compressing gas expanded by the expander (48).</p> |
