Patent ID: 8950185
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: F01K

Abstract:
1. A method of converting thermal energy into mechanical energy, comprising: imparting thermal energy, sufficient to transfer the working fluid from liquid to vapor phase, to the working fluid in a tank of a forced circulation steam generator; feeding the working fluid in the vapor phase into a device for converting energy into mechanical work with expansion of the vaporous working fluid and reduction in temperature and pressure; condensing the vaporous working fluid; and cyclically returning the working fluid in the liquid phase into the tank, wherein before or after said imparting of thermal energy to the working fluid a catalytic additive is introduced thereto, said catalytic additive being in the form of a solid, a solution or suspension thereof or a liquid or emulsion thereof, wherein a catalytic substance or a catalytic mixture of substances is used as the catalytic additive, said catalytic substance or at least one substance in the catalytic mixture comprises at least one carbonyl functional group and has at least one intense absorption band in the region from 1550 to 1850 cm