Abstract: Steam suitable for use in conventional apparatus is produced by burning hydrogen to oxygen to generate very high temperature steam which passes through a pool of water to cool it and produce additional steam with the final steam produced having the desired temperature. Water is fed into the pool at a controlled rate during the burning of the hydrogen and oxygen to maintain the level of the pool within predetermined limits.

Abstract: Solar energy is collected in any suitable manner with part of the energy being used immediately to produce mechanical or electrical energy. Another part of the solar energy is used to heat a liquid metal which is stored until the sun is not out. At that time the heat from the liquid metal vaporizes another liquid which is then used to produce mechanical or electrical energy. A further part of the solar energy is used to produce hydrogen which is stored until the mechanical or electrical energy produced by the first two parts of the solar energy during a twenty-four hour period is not sufficient to produce the required energy for the twenty-four hour period. At that time the hydrogen is used to produce the remainder of the required mechanical or electrical energy.

Abstract: A mixture of air, oxygen and engine exhaust gases is added to a fuel and fed to an internal combustion engine in controlled amounts to reduce the amount of toxic material formed. The oxygen is supplied by a plurality of oxygen converters arranged in parallel so that one or more of the converters are charging while one or more of the remaining converters are discharging oxygen. Each converter includes an inner chamber having a fluidized bed of a metallic oxide surrounded by a heating chamber. Engine exhaust gases are fed to the heating chamber to raise the temperature of the metallic oxide to that at which a higher oxide is formed. To obtain oxygen the temperature of the fluidized bed is raised by means of the exhaust gases to that at which oxygen is released and the original metallic oxide is formed.

Abstract: Fuels, such as gasoline, are oxidized in a combustion chamber, such as an automobile engine, with a substantial reduction in the amount of toxic materials (nitric oxide, carbon monoxide and unburned hydrocarbons) formed. A mixture of oxygen and inert gases combine with the gasoline in a proportional mixer, the amount of nitrogen not exceeding 70% by weight of the mixture. In the preferred embodiment the oxygen is supplied partially from air and partially from a separate oxygen tank while the inert gases are partially the nitrogen from the air and the remaining exhaust gases from the engine.