Improved Process of and Apparatus for Converting the Pressure or Gas Energy liberated by the Heating or Cooling of Gases or Vapours or by the Explosion of Gases or Vapours into Mechanical Work.

摘要

2818. Knauff, L. Feb. 5. Gas turbines; hot-air engines. -In an elastic-fluid or gas turbine, the working fluid after admission is compressed by the action of a part of the vanes, and subsequently expands over another section of the vanes. Fig. 2 shows the invention applied to a hot-air turbine, taking in atmospheric air at A. This air in being carried through the part I to X is compressed by the action of gases from the space S, which gases entering at I, flow through the chambers I to X and compress the air carried between the vanes. The compressed air is then heated by the furnace T and flows through a pipe B to the space S1, where it enters the vanes at 1. The useful work is then done over the part 1 to 12, exhaust taking place at Z. Regulating-valves are provided at K, L, and P, and fans may be used to assist the circulation of air. A compound form of turbine is described and illustrated in the Specification.