Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for energy conversion, comprising: a housing provided with at least one chamber and a piston which is freely movable within said chamber, wherein said piston is capable of reciprocating movement from a central position or rest position, and wherein a gap between the piston and the wall of the chamber has a dimension that decreases as the piston moves further away from said central position or rest position.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 20, 2006
Publication date:
January 21, 2010
Applicant:
ENATEC MICRO-COGEN B.V.
Inventors:
Ruud Rene Van der Woude, Jacobus Gerardus Maria Zutt, Gerardus Jocobus Josephine Beckers, Bouke Vriesema
Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for heating fluid in a pipe system, comprising: a first burner for heating pipes of the fluid circuit; a feed for air and/or fuel for causing combustion of this mixture by the burner; a second burner for heating a head of a generator for generating electrical energy; and an outlet pipe for discharging flue gases from the second burner into the space where the first burner is situated.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 23, 2001
Date of Patent:
September 6, 2005
Assignee:
Enatec Micro-Cogen B.V.
Inventors:
Erwin Johannes Maria Waalders, Ronald Hubertus Theodorus Maria Hezemans, Michel Martinus Willen Van Wezel, Cornelis Aplhonsus Waltherus Baijens, Jozef Johannes Maria Luttikholt, Gerardus Jacobus Josephine Beckers