Patent ID: 9140181
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: F01N,F02B,F02C,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for producing electrical or mechanical power, the apparatus comprising: a. a chemical energy conversion apparatus, said chemical energy conversion apparatus being configured to combust a fuel and to generate a product of combustion of said fuel; b. a turbine engine having a turbine compressor, a combustion chamber and a power turbine, said turbine compressor and said chemical energy conversion apparatus having a configuration such that said product of combustion from said energy conversion apparatus is sucked by said turbine compressor from said energy conversion apparatus and compressed for combustion in said combustion chamber when said chemical energy conversion apparatus and said turbine engine are in operation, said combustion chamber being configured to combust a turbine engine fuel, said turbine engine fuel comprising said product of combustion, said combustion chamber being in fluid communication with said power turbine, said power turbine being configured for rotation in response to combustion of said turbine engine fuel in said combustion chamber, said power turbine being configured to power said turbine compressor.