THREADED SEALING FLANGE FOR USE IN AN EXTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD OF SEALING A PRESSURE VESSEL

摘要

A pressure vessel for containing a mechanical device operable to convert heat to mechanical or electrical power, comprising ahigh temparature section (12) the high temparature section having a first and end an open second end (52),a sealing flange (16) the sealing flange having a first end (40) and secoind threaded end (42) the first end bounded to the open second end of the high temparature section (14 having an open nthread first end (60) the first end in sealing engagement with the second threaded end of the sealing flange Also provided are a string engine and s metyhod of thermatically sealing a pressure vessel of a snbrgn engine