Patent ID: 8720180

Claim:
A turbine engine for a vehicle, said turbine engine comprising: a turbine shaft coupleable with a vehicle drive shaft; an air inlet for receiving a flow of air therethrough, fluidly coupleable with an air compressor subassembly; said air compressor subassembly for compressing air flowing through said air inlet, fluidly coupleable with a combustion subassembly; said combustion subassembly for generating and combusting ionic hydrogen, fluidly coupleable with a mid-turbine subassembly; said mid-turbine subassembly coupleable with said turbine shaft, fluidly coupleable with a rear turbine subassembly; and said rear turbine subassembly coupleable with said turbine shaft, fluidly coupleable with an exhaust outlet, for exhausting combustion products from said mid-turbine subassembly; said combustion subassembly including an electrostatic subassembly fluidly coupleable with a combustion chamber subassembly; said combustion chamber subassembly fluidly coupleable with said mid-turbine subassembly; whereby said air compressor subassembly can compress and humidify said air, said electrostatic subassembly can generate ionic hydrogen from said compressed and humidified air, said combustion chamber subassembly can combust said ionic hydrogen, and said mid-turbine subassembly and rear turbine subassembly can rotate with said flow of combustion products therethrough; and whereby said turbine shaft and a drive shaft can rotate with rotation of said mid-turbine subassembly and rear turbine subassembly.