Patent ID: 8302403

Claim:
A compressor-less micro gas turbine comprising: a compressed working medium container for maintaining a gas therein under pressure; a combustion chamber in fluid communication with the compressed gas container for receiving a gas from the gas container and heating the gas within the combustion chamber to create an expanded gas; a heater for heating the combustion chamber; a turbine in fluid communication with the combustion chamber for receiving the expanded gas; the heated gas driving the turbine; and a generator operatively coupled to the turbine, the turbine providing a mechanical input to the generator and causing the generator to produce electricity; and a casing, the combustion chamber, the heater, the turbine and the generator being disposed within said casing; and a stationary vane disposed within said casing, the combustion chamber being disposed within said stationary vane; the turbine being a rotor rotatably mounted about said stationary vane, and the generator being operatively coupled to the rotor.