Abstract: The present invention proposes methods and apparatus for improving the technology disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,225,538, U.S. Pat. No. 3,067,594, and U.S. Pat. No. 3,871,179, wherein are detailed techniques for creating a unique thermochemical cycle, termed the Bland/Ewing Cycle (B/E Cycle) after the co-inventors, involving “molecular expansion” and “molecular compression”. The advantage of the B/E Cycle is best exemplified in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 of U.S. Pat. No. 3,225,538, where P/V and T/S charts indicate the potential for increased “power density”. This power density is a result of the reduced compression work following exothermic conversion of a single mole of gas relative to the increased expansion work following endothermic conversion of multiple moles of gas. The present invention improves power density and/or overall heat engine thermal efficiency by capturing otherwise-waste heat in the exhaust of a B/E Cycle heat engine.

Abstract: For efficiently exchanging heat between two streams of fluid at approximately equal pressure while simultaneously reducing the internal volume and general overall mass of the heat exchange means per quantity of heat exchanged over time, a means termed a Synchronized Thermal Regenerator Exchange Pump (STREP) is proposed.

Abstract: The present invention proposes a thermochemical battery cycle, termed a Benzene Battery cycle, for efficiently storing electric and/or thermal energy for later and/or distant use. The methods and apparatus herein proposed utilize reversible endothermic fluid and exothermic fluid thermochemical means for efficiently storing H2 in a liquid state at STP. The present invention is generally based on the technology disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,225,538, 3,067,594, and 3,871,179, wherein techniques are described for creating a unique thermochemical cycle, termed the Bland/Ewing Cycle (B/E Cycle) after the co-inventors, involving “molecular expansion” and “molecular compression”. The present invention is also based on US Patent Application #18-0954634 which proposes optimizing endothermic and exothermic “segments” for the creation of either Combined Heat and Power (CHP) or Combined Cycle (CC) applications.