Patent ID: 8671687

Claim:
A hydrogen based combined steam turbine apparatus having an irreversible isobaric Rankine steam cycle portion, an irreversible isobaric Carnot steam cycle portion and a reversible isobaric Rankine steam cycle portion, said three steam cycle portions operating simultaneously, said apparatus comprising: (a) a source of liquid oxygen; (b) a source of liquid hydrogen; (c) a combustion chamber; (d) a first pump connected to the source of liquid oxygen and to the source of liquid hydrogen for pumping liquid oxygen from the source of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen from the source of liquid hydrogen into the combustion chamber where said liquid oxygen and said liquid hydrogen are burned to produce heat, radiant energy and a working fluid mass, said working fluid mass being in the form of a plasma; (e) a superheater connected to the combustion chamber for receiving plasma from the combustion chamber and cooling said plasma; (f) a pressure vessel surrounding the combustion chamber for cooling the combustion chamber; (g) a steam turbine connected to the superheater for receiving said working fluid mass from the superheater and outputting work; (h) a condenser operatively connected to the steam turbine for receiving said working fluid mass from the steam turbine and outputting liquid water; (i) a second pump connected to the condenser and operatively coupled to the pressure vessel for pumping liquid water from the condenser to the pressure vessel for cooling one of the combustion chamber and the superheater; (j) a first valve connected to the superheater and the second pump for regulating the flow of said working fluid mass from the second pump to the superheater; (k) a second valve positioned in a conduit being coupled between the second pump and the pressure vessel for regulating the flow of said working fluid mass; (l) a third valve coupled between the output of the pressure vessel and the second inlet to the superheater regulating the flow of said working fluid mass from the pressure vessel to the superheater; and (m) a non statutory computer readable medium encoded including a computer program for controlling the operation of the first valve, the second valve, the third valve, the first and second pumps and the temperature of the combustion chamber with respect to the flow of said working fluid mass.