公开(公告)号：US08448440B2

公开(公告)日：2013-05-28

申请号：US12959025

申请日：2010-12-02

Applicant: Jerry A. Peoples ,  James V. Harmon, Sr.

Inventor： Jerry A. Peoples ,  James V. Harmon, Sr.

IPC: F01B29/04 ,  F01B1/00 ,  F01K23/06 ,  F01K23/10 ,  F01K27/00 ,  F01K13/00 ,  F02B33/44 ,  F02B75/28 ,  F02B75/30 ,  F15B15/22 ,  F02M33/02

CPC classification number: F01B7/20 ,  F01B17/04 ,  F01B21/02 ,  F02B41/00 ,  F02B75/30 ,  Y02T10/14 ,  Y02T10/16

Abstract: A high order of thermal efficiency is achieved in a steam engine or steam expander having a piston clearance that approximates zero together with a negligible amount of compression, such that pressure in the clearance volume approximates ambient pressure, i.e. atmospheric or condenser pressure as the case may be at the end of the piston return stroke when the clearance is essentially zero and constitutes a new engine apparatus and Rankine operating cycle that can be referred to as “zero clearance with zero compression”. The steam admission valve assembly can be operated either automatically responsive to piston contact or by means of a cam shaft or electrically by means of a solenoid. A normally open exhaust valve permits residual steam to be exhausted through the piston return stroke, closed by the piston or cam then held closed by a fresh charge of steam.

Abstract translation: 蒸汽发动机或蒸汽膨胀器的蒸发发动机或蒸汽膨胀机的高阶达到，其活塞间隙接近零，压缩量可忽略不计，使得间隙容积中的压力接近环境压力，即大气压或冷凝器压力，视情况而定 当间隙基本为零时，在活塞返回行程结束时，构成新的发动机装置和兰金运行循环，可以称之为“零间隙，零压缩”。 蒸汽进入阀组件可以自动响应于活塞接触或通过凸轮轴或通过螺线管电气操作。 常开排气阀允许残余蒸汽通过活塞返回冲程排出，由活塞或凸轮关闭，然后由新鲜蒸汽保持关闭。

公开(公告)号：US08661817B2

公开(公告)日：2014-03-04

申请号：US12844607

申请日：2010-07-27

Applicant: James V. Harmon, Sr. ,  Jerry A. Peoples

Inventor： James V. Harmon, Sr. ,  Jerry A. Peoples

IPC: F02G3/00

CPC classification number: F01B7/20 ,  F01B17/04 ,  F01B21/02 ,  F02B41/00 ,  F02B75/30 ,  Y02T10/14 ,  Y02T10/142 ,  Y02T10/16 ,  Y02T10/166

Abstract: The coolant in the cooling jacket of a dual cycle internal combustion steam engine is intentionally maintained at an elevated temperature that may typically range from about 225° F.-300° F. or more. A non-aqueous liquid coolant is used to cool the combustion chamber together with a provision for controlling the flow rate and residence time of the coolant within the cooling jacket to maintain the temperature of the coolant at a selected elevated temperature that is substantially above the boiling point of water but below the boiling point of the coolant. The coolant is passed from the jacket through a heat exchanger in a first circuit to transfer heat to a vaporizable working fluid such as water and is then returned. An optional second circuit is an intrajacket perturbation circuit within the engine can be used to disrupt and disperse pockets of vapor that may tend to form before damaging hot spots can develop around the combustion chamber. A cooling jacket design is tailored to extract heat at the highest possible temperature from each heat transfer zone as by having the coolant follow a circuitous helical pathway to achieve more efficient and improved heat transfer from the combustion chamber to the cooling medium.

Abstract translation: 双循环内燃机的冷却套管中的冷却剂被有意地维持在通常为约225°F至300°F或更高的升高的温度。 使用非水液体冷却剂来冷却燃烧室以及用于控制冷却套管内的冷却剂的流速和停留时间的设置，以将冷却剂的温度保持在基本上高于沸点的选定的升高温度 水位但低于冷却液的沸点。 冷却剂从夹套通过第一回路中的热交换器，将热量传递到可蒸发的工作流体例如水，然后返回。 可选的第二回路是发动机内的球窝扰动电路，可用于破坏和分散可能趋于形成的蒸气袋，在损坏之前可能在燃烧室周围产生热点。 冷却套设计适合于从每个传热区域以最高可能的温度提取热量，因为通过使冷却剂遵循迂回的螺旋路径以实现从燃烧室到冷却介质的更有效和更好的传热。

公开(公告)号：US09316130B1

公开(公告)日：2016-04-19

申请号：US13532853

申请日：2012-06-26

Applicant: James V. Harmon, Sr. ,  Jerry A. Peoples

Inventor： James V. Harmon, Sr. ,  Jerry A. Peoples

IPC: F01K23/06 ,  F01K13/00 ,  F01B15/02 ,  F01B17/04 ,  F01L31/00 ,  F01L15/02 ,  F01L15/14 ,  F01L15/16 ,  F01B17/02 ,  F01L23/00

CPC classification number: F01K21/02 ,  F01B7/20 ,  F01B9/02 ,  F01B17/04 ,  F01B21/02 ,  F01B31/28 ,  F01B2250/001 ,  F02B41/00 ,  F02B75/30 ,  Y02T10/14

Abstract: An engine having a Rankine cycle steam expander includes an engine cylinder, a cylinder head and a piston in which clearance is zero together with a negligible amount of compression, such that pressure in the clearance volume is as low as to approximate ambient pressure or condenser pressure existing at the end of a return stroke when the clearance is zero. These provisions for clearance and compression working together simultaneously provide a thermal efficiency which substantially exceeds all prior known Rankine operating cycles and is referred to as “zero clearance with zero compression”. The steam admission valve is raised slightly by the piston to establish a zero clearance whereupon a steam assist then moves the steam admission valve determinately and quickly to a fully open position.

Abstract translation: 具有兰金循环蒸汽膨胀器的发动机包括发动机气缸，气缸盖和活塞，其中间隙为零以及可忽略的压缩量，使得间隙容积中的压力低至接近环境压力或冷凝器压力 当间隙为零时，在返回行程结束时存在。 这些用于间隙和压缩的规定一起提供热效率，其基本上超过了所有先前已知的兰金操作循环，并被称为“零间隙，零压缩”。 蒸汽进入阀由活塞略微升高以建立零间隙，因此蒸汽辅助器将蒸汽进入阀确定地快速地移动到完全打开的位置。

公开(公告)号：US08343036B1

公开(公告)日：2013-01-01

申请号：US12975427

申请日：2010-12-22

Applicant: James V. Harmon, Sr.

Inventor： James V. Harmon, Sr.

IPC: A61B1/04 ,  A61B1/00

CPC classification number: A61M25/0662 ,  A61B1/00135 ,  A61B1/00154 ,  A61B17/3421 ,  A61B17/3431 ,  A61B2017/3456 ,  A61B2017/3486 ,  A61B2090/3614 ,  A61M25/0017 ,  A61M25/01 ,  A61M25/10 ,  A61M2025/0233 ,  A61M2025/0293

Abstract: A thin sheath of flexible, flaccid material is introduced through openings in the body of an animal or human patient to permit surgical tools or fluids to be inserted and removed, or debris removed, during surgeries anywhere in the body to protect the tissue of the body from the instruments used. The sheath is inserted by an obturator which holds the sheath thereon by suction through an aperture in the obturator at its distal end. Once the sheath is inserted, suction is removed to release the sheath. Then a balloon on the distal end of the sheath is expanded to hold the sheath in place in the body while the obturator is removed. The sheath then remains in place with the balloon holding the distal end in the open position to enable fluids to flow through the sheath. After a procedure, the balloon is deflated and the sheath removed.

Abstract translation: 通过动物或人类患者体内的开口引入柔性松弛物质的薄护套，以允许外科手术工具或流体在体内任何地方的手术中被插入和移除或移除，以保护身体的组织 从使用的仪器。 护套由封闭体插入，该闭孔器通过吸收器在其远端通过封闭器中的孔抽吸而将护套保持在其上。 一旦鞘被插入，抽吸被移除以释放鞘。 然后，在护套的远端上的气囊被膨胀以将护套保持在身体中的适当位置，同时除去闭孔器。 然后，护套保持在适当位置，气囊将远端保持在打开位置，以使流体能够流过护套。 手术结束后，气囊被放气，鞘被移除。

公开(公告)号：US08109097B2

公开(公告)日：2012-02-07

申请号：US12387113

申请日：2009-04-28

Applicant: James V. Harmon, Sr. ,  James V. Harmon, Jr. ,  Stephen C. Harmon

Inventor： James V. Harmon, Sr. ,  James V. Harmon, Jr. ,  Stephen C. Harmon

IPC: F01K23/06 ,  F01K13/00 ,  F01K27/00 ,  F01K23/10 ,  F02G3/00

CPC classification number: F01K23/10 ,  F01K15/02 ,  F01K23/14 ,  F02G5/02 ,  Y02E20/14 ,  Y02T10/166

Abstract: A high efficiency combined cycle internal combustion and steam engine includes a cylinder with a combustion chamber outward of a piston, a cylinder cap slideably mounted within the piston and a steam expansion chamber inside the piston. The cap can be heated to reduce condensation of steam. Steam remaining when a steam exhaust valve closes can be recompressed prior to admitting the next charge of steam. One valve or a pair of steam inlet valves connected in series act in cooperation to help maximize efficiency. The amount of steam admitted each stroke is regulated by shifting the phase of one steam admission valve of a pair to vary their overlap for determining the steam mass admitted each cycle. Other valves balance steam displacement with the steam generator output to use steam more efficiently.

Abstract translation: 一种高效率的联合循环内燃机和蒸汽发动机包括一个具有活塞外部的燃烧室的气缸，可滑动地安装在活塞内的汽缸盖和活塞内部的蒸汽膨胀室。 可以加热盖子以减少蒸汽的冷凝。 在蒸汽排气阀关闭时剩余的蒸汽可以在进行下一次蒸汽加注之前重新压缩。 串联连接的一个阀门或一对蒸汽入口阀协同作用，以最大限度地提高效率。 通过移动一对蒸汽进入阀的相位来调节每冲程进入的蒸汽量，以改变它们的重叠，以确定每个循环进入的蒸汽质量。 其他阀门平衡蒸汽排量与蒸汽发生器输出，以更有效地使用蒸汽。

公开(公告)号：US07997080B2

公开(公告)日：2011-08-16

申请号：US12075042

申请日：2008-03-07

Applicant: James V. Harmon, Sr. ,  James V. Harmon, Jr. ,  Stephen C. Harmon

Inventor： James V. Harmon, Sr. ,  James V. Harmon, Jr. ,  Stephen C. Harmon

IPC: F01K23/06 ,  F01K23/10 ,  F01K27/00 ,  F01K13/00 ,  F02G3/00

CPC classification number: F01K11/00 ,  F01K21/02 ,  Y02E20/14 ,  Y02T10/16

Abstract: A combination internal combustion and steam engine includes a cylinder having a piston mounted for reciprocation therein with an internal combustion chamber and a steam chamber in the cylinder adjacent the piston and at least one steam exhaust port positioned to communicate with the steam chamber through the wall of the cylinder for exhausting steam at a location in the cylinder wall adjacent to an engine cylinder cap surface that is heated externally to assist in reducing chilling or condensation of steam entering the steam chamber from a boiler fired by waste combustion heat. The invention also permits steam admitted from a steam chest jacketing the cylinder cap to be exhausted from the engine when the steam chamber is in an expanded state whereupon residual steam is then recompressed prior to admitting the next charge of steam with the stream in the steam chamber being heated directly by the combustion chamber as well as by heat from the steam chest. An I.C. exhaust powered heater is a part of an I.C. exhaust manifold which functions as an afterburner with supplemental air injection for promoting combustion of unburned exhaust constituents to superheat steam that is piped through it to the steam chest. The invention provides valves for balancing steam engine displacement with boiler output and for cylinder compounding with a boiler, heat exchange and control arrangement for efficiently recovering waste heat.

Abstract translation: 组合式内燃和蒸汽发动机包括一个气缸，其具有安装成往复运动的活塞，内部燃烧室和气缸中邻近活塞的蒸汽室以及至少一个蒸汽排气口，定位成与蒸汽室相通 用于在与外部加热的发动机气缸盖表面相邻的气缸壁中的位置处排出蒸汽的气缸，以帮助减少从由废燃烧热量燃烧的锅炉进入蒸汽室的蒸汽的冷却或冷凝。 本发明还允许从蒸汽箱中吸入的蒸汽在蒸汽室处于膨胀状态时从发动机排出，随后在蒸汽室内的流进入下一次蒸汽之前将剩余蒸汽再次压缩 被燃烧室直接加热以及来自蒸汽箱的热量。 一个I.C. 排气加热器是IC的一部分。 排气歧管，其用作补充燃料器，其具有用于促进未燃烧排气成分燃烧以过热蒸汽的补充空气注入，该蒸汽通过其被蒸发通过蒸汽箱。 本发明提供了用于平衡蒸汽发动机排量与锅炉输出和用于与锅炉混合的气缸的阀，用于有效地回收废热的热交换和控制装置。

公开(公告)号：US08061140B2

公开(公告)日：2011-11-22

申请号：US12539987

申请日：2009-08-12

Applicant: James V. Harmon, Sr.

Inventor： James V. Harmon, Sr.

IPC: F01K23/06 ,  F01K23/10 ,  F01K27/00 ,  F01K13/00 ,  F02G3/00 ,  F02B33/44 ,  F02B75/28 ,  F02B75/30

CPC classification number: F01B7/20 ,  F01B17/04 ,  F01B21/02 ,  F02B41/00 ,  F02B75/30 ,  Y02T10/14 ,  Y02T10/16 ,  Y02T10/166

Abstract: A high efficiency combined cycle internal combustion and steam engine includes a cylinder and a piston with an internal combustion chamber outward of the piston, a fixed cylinder cap and a steam expansion chamber inside the piston. The cylinder cap can be heated to reduce condensation of steam entering from a steam generator fired by waste combustion heat. Following exhaust, residual steam can be recompressed prior to admitting the next charge of steam. A wrist pin connected to an inner end of the piston skirt inwardly of the cylinder cap is coupled to a connecting rod secured to a crankshaft. One valve or a pair of steam inlet valves are connected to communicate in series within the cylinder cap inside the piston. The steam mass admitted is regulated to reduce fuel consumption. Coolant can be superheated in the combustion exhaust manifold.

Abstract translation: 一种高效率的联合循环内燃机和蒸汽发动机包括一个气缸和一个具有活塞外部的内部燃烧室的活塞，活塞内的固定气缸盖和蒸汽膨胀室。 可以加热气缸盖以减少由废燃烧热量燃烧的蒸汽发生器进入的蒸汽的冷凝。 在排气之后，残余蒸汽可以在承认下一次蒸汽之前被再压缩。 连接到气缸盖内侧的活塞裙部的内端的腕销联接到固定到曲轴的连杆。 一个阀门或一对蒸气入口阀被连接以在活塞内的气缸盖内串联连通。 监管的蒸汽质量受到监管以减少燃料消耗。 在燃烧排气歧管中可以使冷却液过热。

公开(公告)号：US07862542B1

公开(公告)日：2011-01-04

申请号：US11853666

申请日：2007-09-11

Applicant: James V. Harmon, Sr.

Inventor： James V. Harmon, Sr.

IPC: A61M29/00

CPC classification number: A61M25/0662 ,  A61B1/00135 ,  A61B1/00154 ,  A61B17/3421 ,  A61B17/3431 ,  A61B2017/3456 ,  A61B2017/3486 ,  A61B2090/3614 ,  A61M25/0017 ,  A61M25/01 ,  A61M25/10 ,  A61M2025/0233 ,  A61M2025/0293

Abstract: A thin sheath of flexible, flaccid material is introduced through openings in the body of an animal or human patient to permit surgical tools or fluids to be inserted and removed, or debris removed, during surgeries anywhere in the body to protect the tissue of the body from the instruments used. The sheath is inserted by an obturator which holds the sheath thereon by suction through an aperture in the obturator at its distal end. Once the sheath is inserted, suction is removed to release the sheath. Then a balloon on the distal end of the sheath is expanded to hold the sheath in place in the body while the obturator is removed. The sheath then remains in place with the balloon holding the distal end in the open position to enable fluids to flow through the sheath. After a procedure, the balloon is deflated and the sheath removed.

Abstract translation: 通过动物或人类患者体内的开口引入柔性松弛物质的薄护套，以允许外科手术工具或流体在体内任何地方的手术中被插入和移除或移除，以保护身体的组织 从使用的仪器。 护套由闭孔器插入，该闭孔器通过其顶端的封闭器中的孔抽吸而将护套保持在其上。 一旦鞘被插入，抽吸被移除以释放鞘。 然后，在护套的远端上的气囊被膨胀以将护套保持在身体中的适当位置，同时除去闭孔器。 然后，护套保持在适当位置，气囊将远端保持在打开位置，以使流体能够流过护套。 手术结束后，气囊被放气，鞘被移除。