Patent ID: 9644615
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: F01D,F01K,F03G,F22B,F24S,F28D,Y02E

Claim:
1. An installation for performing conversion of thermal energy into mechanical energy, the installation comprising: a heat transfer fluid source providing a heat transfer fluid; a vaporizable fluid source providing a vaporizable fluid, the vaporizable fluid having a temperature of vaporization; an injector connected to the vaporizable fluid source and to the heat transfer fluid source, the injector being configured to (i) mix the heat transfer fluid with the vaporizable fluid so as to vaporize the vaporizable fluid, and (ii) form a jet from at least the mixture of the heat transfer fluid and the vaporizable fluid; a heater connected between the heat transfer fluid source and the injector, the heater being configured to heat the heat transfer fluid; an impulse wheel mounted rotatingly on a tank and secured to a shaft that extends along an axis substantially perpendicular to the at least one injector, the impulse wheel including a plurality of asymmetric blades, and the jet being injected onto the asymmetric blades so as to drive the shaft in rotation and to transform axial kinetic energy of the jet into rotational kinetic energy of the shaft; the tank surrounding the impulse wheel, the tank including a bottom and a sidewall; at least one deflector extending underneath the asymmetric blades, the at least one deflector presenting a shape arranged to recover the mixture of the heat transfer fluid and the vaporizable fluid on an outlet of the impulse wheel, and to redirect the mixture in a substantially tangential direction to the sidewall of the tank, so as to impart a cyclone effect on the mixture and to separate the heat transfer fluid from the vaporizable fluid; a tight enclosure configured to enclose the tank and the impulse wheel, the tight enclosure including a first outlet configured to deliver the heat transfer fluid from the heat transfer fluid source to the injector, and a second outlet configured to deliver the vaporizable fluid; and a hole in a bottom part of the tank forming the first outlet of the tank, the hole being configured to provide heat transfer fluid to the tight enclosure, a bottom part of the tight enclosure storing the heat transfer fluid and forming the heat transfer fluid source.