Patent ID: 7131270
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: F01K,F03G

Abstract:
1. A heat engine for converting thermal energy into kinetic energy, comprising: a structure capable of rotating about a center axis; a pair of working chambers, comprising a first working chamber and a second working chamber, evenly distributed about the perimeter of said structure wherein each of said first chamber and said second chamber includes a sub-chamber for holding said working gas and exposing said working gas to a thermal source, each of said working chambers containing substantially equal amounts of working gas; a channel for fluid communication between said first working chamber and said second working chamber; a volume of liquid in said channel, said first working chamber and said second working chamber and separating the working gas of said first chamber from the working gas of said second chamber, wherein said liquid is in direct contact with said working gas; wherein the liquid is capable of moving between said first and second working chambers in response to variations in volume of the working gas caused by the differential application of heat energy to either of said first and second working chambers.