Patent ID: 11913425
Assignee: ALAN DAVID KENNEY
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 21:
22. A method of converting energy, comprising the steps of:
providing a riser conduit comprising a first liquid (201);
providing a down-comer comprising a second liquid, the down-comer in fluid communication with the riser conduit (20), the second liquid comprising first liquid and a finely divided material in suspension so that the second liquid has a higher specific gravity than the first liquid, the down-corner in fluid communication with a first tank and a second tank (202);
separating, in a pressurized separation tank (22), the first liquid from the finely divided material;
discharging the separated first liquid to the riser conduit (20) and the third liquid to a recirculator (17, 18);
recirculating a third liquid comprising the second liquid and a further finely divided material in suspension to maintain the finely divided material in suspension, so that the third liquid has a higher specific gravity than the second liquid, and discharging the third liquid to mix with the first liquid from the converter device to form the second liquid (203);
converting potential energy of the first liquid in the first column into a work output and discharging the first liquid (204); and
maintaining a height of liquid in each of the first and second tanks below a predetermined threshold (205).