Patent ID: 9120384
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: B60L

Abstract:
1. A steam generator comprising: a steam separator chamber having an external wall and an internal wall that defines a steam heating chamber, said steam separator internal wall retains very high pressures of steam and said steam heating chamber receiving water from a first transfer pipe; said first transfer pipe being located proximate to the external wall of said steam separator chamber; a pressure chamber that surrounds the steam separator chamber, said pressure chamber receiving a water stream through a first inlet pipe that is in fluid communication with the first transfer pipe, said water stream in the pressure chamber absorbing heat from the external wall of the steam separator chamber before the water stream is input into the internal steam heating chamber of the steam separator chamber via said first transfer pipe; a metering assembly coupled to the first transfer pipe, said metering assembly placing one or more energetic fuel packets at a desired rate into the water stream flowing through a transfer tube which is connected to the first transfer pipe, said energetic fuel packets having an outer casing that encapsulates a mixture of Aluminum particles, said outer casing of the energetic fuel packets forming a thin film seal surrounding an exterior surface of the fuel packet and assisting with packet ignition, and said outer casing having a combustible plug for sealing the energetic fuel packet after loading of Aluminum particles in to an internal cavity of the energetic fuel packet; a source of high energy that initiates oxidation of the energetic fuel packets in the first transfer pipe by exposing the thin film of the outer casing of the energetic fuel packet to said energy source after the fuel packets flow into the steam heating chamber via the transfer tube, said oxidation resulting in combustion of the Aluminum particles in the energetic fuel packet over a predetermined burn time to facilitate production of thermal energy and the transfer of thermal energy to produce steam in the steam heating chamber; and, an inlet into the interior of the steam separator chamber coupled to said transfer tube, said water stream with the one or more energetic fuel packets entering the interior of the steam separator chamber via the first transfer pipe, said water stream receiving thermal energy as the energetic fuel packet oxidizes and steam is produced in the heating chamber of the steam separator chamber, said steam being ejected from a top outlet on the separator chamber.