Patent Publication Number: US-2007107433-A1

Title: Hybrid electric steam turbine automotive engine

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
      This invention relates, generally, to an engine that is capable of operations as an engine for Transportation Vehicles. The increasing number of hydrocarbon-based engines has resulted in increased air pollution caused by the emissions of hydrocarbon particles and gases. However, air pollution in economically developed countries has diminished over recent decades as a result of changing fuel use patterns, such as the increased use of cleaner burning fuels like natural gas. The invention combines the advantages of an electric motor driven engine with the advantages of internal combustion of non-hydrocarbon 50-100 percent hydrogen peroxide.  
      Traffic pollution problems are worsening World-wide. In both developed and developing countries, the threat to clean air is now posed by traffic emissions. Diesel-engine motor vehicles emit a wide variety of pollutants, principally, Carbon Monoxide (CO), Carbon Dioxide (CO 2 ), Oxides of Nitrogen (NO X ), Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and Carbon Particles, all of which have increasing negative impacts on Urban Air Quality. Carbon Dioxide emissions are increasing at 4% per year and contributes to Global Warming.  
      Motor vehicles produce high levels of Carbon Monoxide and are a major source of hydrocarbons and Oxides of Nitrogen. The time has arrived for a paradigm shift in the design of internal combustion engines. The time has come for an engine which does not require petroleum-based fuels and can, alternately, operate by air pollution free fuel-cell driven electric motor.  
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
      It is an object of this invention to provide a new and useful engine which does not need to burn petroleum-based fuels.  
      It is another object of the invention to reduced emissions which negatively impact the quality of the air.  
      Yet another object is to reduce dependency upon foreign sources of crude oil.  
      As we enter the 21 st  Century, some inventors are looking to use their creativity to find ways to reduce this Country&#39;s dependency upon foreign petroleum resources and to reduce economic pressures to increase production of domestic crude oil, which is approximately 3 percent of the World&#39;s Petroleum Resources.  
      According to one aspect of this invention, it provides an engine which is compatible with petroleum-based fuels but permits the operations of an engine without reliance upon various kind of petroleum-based fuel products. This is achieved by using fuels which are comprised of elements commonly found in the air that we breathe, such as Oxygen and Hydrogen. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING  
       FIG. 1  Hybrid Electric Steam Turbine Engine Schematic  
      In  FIG. 1  there is depicted an engine and its supporting Fuel Canisters. It shows a means of igniting the fuel without the use of spark plugs. It depicts a low weight-to-horsepower engine. It depicts an automotive hybrid electric steam turbine engine which is, alternatively, driven by fuel-cell powered motor.  
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION  
      Referring initially to  FIG. 1  of the Drawing, the engine  1  is a closed-cycle operations engine which has no Air Intake Manifold. It requires no Fuel-to-Air Ratio. The engine is made of high strength-to-weight Titanium honey-comb metal. The overall weight of the engine is under 100 pounds. The entire interior of the engine is coated with Teflon material. The exterior is coated with insulated composite materials. The exterior is air-cooled during operations. The interior of the engine is cooled by conversion of Hydrogen enriched Hydrosol to superheated steam, which occurs when the Hydrosol spray is exposed to the high temperature of the burning O 2  and H 2  Gases.  
      The engine does not require a carburetor. The 50-100% Hydrogen Peroxide Fuel  2  is metered from the Hydrogen Peroxide Canister  3  through the Hydrogen Peroxide Fuel Pump  4  directly through a catalytic screen  5  into the Forward Primary Chamber  6 . The catalyst results in spontaneous flaming heat and burning  0   2  and H 2  which flow through a revolving Gas Impeller  7  This rotating Gas Impeller directs the flow of hot gases into the Secondary Chamber  8  where the Hydrosol spray  9 , introduced from the Hydrosol Canister  10  by the Hydrosol Pump  11  into this Chamber, mixes with the hot gases and heat flowing in from the Primary Chamber. The Hydrosol Spray is thereby converted to High Pressure Superheated Steam. This High Pressure Superheated Steam  12  causes the Torque Converter Steam Turbine  13  to spin at a very high angular rate of speed. This Torque Converter Steam Turbine is physically attached to the Central Drive Shaft  14  which rotates at the same high angular rate. The Central Drive Shaft drives the Reduction Gears  15  which drives high speed Hydraulic Pumps. The Central Drive Shaft is also attached to the Flywheel  16  and the Engine Cooling Fan  17 . The high pressure exhaust gases pass through the Exhaust Manifold  18  and out through the Mufflers  19 , then passes out the Tailpipe  20 , as steam. The Central Drive Shaft is also connected through the gears in the transmission to the Gear Train which drives the wheels of the vehicle. The Central Drive Shaft is also driven by the Electric Motor  21  which is powered by electric power from the Solid Polymer Fuel Cells  22 , through Drive Gears  23  attached to the Central Drive Shaft  14 .  
      While this invention is herein described by way of some selected embodiments, it should be understood that the invention is not limited to these particular embodiments and other combinations are possible without departing from the scope and principles of this invention, as defined in the appended claims.