A marine vessel is propelled through water using a hydro-compress gas powered engine including a chamber having a hydropower motor in an upper section and a compressed gas motor in a lower section. In a first cycle of the engine water is introduced into the hydropower motor that driving a drives a crankshaft using the kinetic energy of falling water. Concurrently a portion of a compressed gas stored in a tank is introduced into the compressed gas motor. The compressed gas is stored in a tank at a predetermined potential energy much greater than the kinetic energy of the falling water. A portion of the compressed gas introduced into the compressed gas motor has an amount of potential energy greater than the kinetic energy of the falling water. Compressed gas pushes water from the compressed gas motor the equal in mass to a predetermined mass of water in a gas-water lock. The potential energy of the compressed gas is greater than the usable kinetic energy of the falling water and sufficiently in excess so that in the second cycle and cycles thereafter the potential energy in the tank is restored to its initial potential energy.
Hydro-compressed gas powered marine engine, marine vessels using such engine and method
2016-07-21
Patent
Electronic Resource
English