Methods of powering a heat engine with a remote lasers are disclosed, where the ambient air surrounding the engine is used as the working fluid. All methods include inputting the ambient air into the engine, absorbing laser optical radiation, turning it into heat, supplying the heat to the air, harvesting mechanical work from expanding air and releasing the air back into surrounding atmosphere.
Laser powered, air breathing, open-cycle heat engines
2019-07-16
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | F02G HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS , mit Heißgas oder Verbrennungsgasen betriebene Kraftmaschinenanlagen, wobei die Kraftmaschinen mit Verdrängerwirkung arbeiten / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / F01B Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen oder Kraftmaschinen allgemein oder mit Verdrängerwirkung, z.B. Dampfkraftmaschinen , MACHINES OR ENGINES, IN GENERAL OR OF POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT TYPE, e.g. STEAM ENGINES / F02K JET-PROPULSION PLANTS , Strahltriebwerke / F03G Feder-, Gewichts-, Trägheits- oder ähnliche Kraftmaschinen , SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA, OR LIKE MOTORS / H05B ELECTRIC HEATING , Elektrische Heizung |
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