Closed loop energy system for power generation and transportation based on metal fuel and condensed phase oxidizer

摘要

The present invention suggests a safe process and system for generating energy, which may be used for transportation applications such as car propulsion. More particularly, the process of the invention is for producing mechanical work from heat generated by at least one exothermic chemical reaction. In each step of the process, at least part of the heat is generated by a process comprising introducing into a reaction chamber a metal from a metal reservoir and an oxidizer from an oxidizer reservoir. The metal and the oxidizer used in this process are of kinds that react exothermally with each other, and the oxidizer is oxygen of ambient air or is of a condensed phase origin.