Patent ID: 8653686

Claim:
A system for generating electric and mechanical power utilizing a thermal gradient, said system comprising: a closed loop thermal gradient producing device that utilizes outside air to impart a heat energy into a refrigerant, said thermal gradient producing device consisting of a circulation chamber containing the pressurized refrigerant, an energy absorption unit having a plurality of coils that are exposed to the outside air for circulating the refrigerant, said absorption unit being configured to allow the refrigerant to absorb heat from the outside air as an endothermic process, and a compressor configured to receive an electrical input, and to circulate and recompress the refrigerant within the circulation chamber, a turbine generator having an efficiency of greater than 70%, that is in communication with the thermal gradient producing device, said turbine generator being configured to remove the heat energy from the thermal gradient producing device and convert the same into an electrical output; and an electrical feedback unit configured to augment a power requirement of the thermal gradient producing device by supplying the electrical output generated by the turbine generator to at least one of the compressor and an outside device.