FUELLESS COMBUSTION ENGINE SUITED NOTABLY TO THE AUTOMOTIVE AND NUCLEAR FIELDS

摘要

Device (1) that produces mechanical energy from converting thermal energy carried by two fluids (16) and (17) at different temperatures circulating alternately through the first medium (5) of a heat exchanger (4) giving rise to alternating variations in temperature and pressure in the second medium (6) of the exchanger (4) that a piston (18) converts into a reciprocating movement that can be exploited as mechanical power or converted into electrical energy (11). The thermal energy carried by the fluids leaving the device and that has not been converted into mechanical energy can be regenerated by reintroducing some of the fluids into the hot circuit and/or can be used in cogeneration, for example for private or communal heating and/or domestic hot water. The device (1) can be connected to an electrical mains network which it can supply with electrical power.