Abstract: A method and apparatus for transferring heat from a first fluid which is normally gaseous to a second fluid which is normally a liquid, by using a rotating rotor with passages for said first fluid extending from rotor center outward and with passages for said second fluid also extending outward within said rotor with said two fluids being in heat exchange relationship within said rotor with heat another transferred from said first fluid to said second fluid, wherein said first fluid temperature is increased by compressing said first fluid within said rotor. Said two fluids are then returned in separate passages to the center of said rotor and discharged; said first fluid will leave said rotor colder than it entered and said second fluid will leave said rotor warmer than it entered. In one form of the invention, said rotor is mounted within a sealed casing with entry and exit for first fluid to said casing, and a heat exchanger for adding heat is provided.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transferring heat by employing a rotating centrifuge to compress a gaseous first fluid with accompanying temperature increase and then transferring heat from said first fluid in its compressed state to a second fluid being circulated within said centrifuge in heat exchange relationship with said first fluid. After transferring said heat from said first fluid, said first fluid is allowed to expand within said centrifuge with accompanying temperature reduction. Said first fluid may then be passed out from said centrifuge, or said first fluid may be receiving heat within said centrifuge from a third fluid, being circulated in heat exchange relationship with said first fluid, after which said first fluid is again compressed within said centrifuge. Various gases may be employed as said first fluid, such as air, or halogenated hydrocarbons. Said second fluid is usually a liquid, such as water. The third fluid may also be water.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a thermodynamic machine for the generation of power or for the transport of heat, where a compressible working fluid is compressed and expanded in a cycle using a vane type apparatus. Heat is added and removed from the working fluid by using another fluid within the vane unit housing together with the working fluid. The second fluid is also circulated through external heat exchange means for changing the temperature of the fluid. The working fluid may be a suitable gas, such as a halogenated hydrocarbon or carbon dioxide, and the second fluid may be a liquid such as a light oil which also can provide lubrication within the housing. The working fluid ordinarily remains within the vane type unit housing, while the second fluid is circulated through the outside heat exchanger means.

Abstract: A means for exchanging heat between two streams of a working fluid, during expansion and compression of said working fluid, thus providing heat removal from said working fluid either during expansion or compression and providing heat addition to said working fluid either during expansion or compression. The heat exchanger means may be either a finned wall, finned tubing, or heat pipes; also, other types of heat exchangers may be used. The heat exchangers are normally mounted within a centrifuge type rotor wherein said working fluid is either cooled or heated when said working fluid either expands or is being compressed within outward extending rotor passages.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generation of power wherein a first fluid is compressed and accelerated within radially oriented rotor passages with accompanying temperature increase during said compression, wherein heat is transferred into a second fluid also being accelerated but which has a lesser temperature increase, and wherein both fluids are then decelerated and expanded with release of work. Two rotors are used, with said second fluid being expanded either partially or fully within the second rotor. Suitable heat exchangers are provided within the rotors for adding heat into said first fluid and removing heat from said second fluid; also, a cooling heat exchanger may be provided within the passages for said first fluid. The heat transfer from first fluid to second fluid occurs in areas near the rotor periphery, and the cooling and heat addition heat exchangers are located generally inward toward rotor center from said heat exchangers near said rotor periphery.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating power by compressing and expanding a first fluid in inward and outward extending first fluid passages within a centrifuge type rotating rotor. In a closed form of the turbine, heat is supplied to the first fluid by circulating a second fluid in a heat exchanger within the rotor, and heat is removed from from the first fluid by circulating a third fluid through another heat exchanger. A regenerator type heat exchanger is provided for removing heat from the first fluid during compression and adding heat into said first fluid during expansion; thus, heat is taken from one stream of the first fluid and the same heat is added into another stream of of the first fluid within the rotor. Alternately, two rotors may be used, with a second rotor serving as the power output rotor. Also, in an open form, the cooling heat exchanger may be deleted, with the first fluid entering from outside of the rotor and being discharged to outside said rotor.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the generation of power wherein a fluid is circulated within a pressurizer wherein the fluid is pressurized by centrifugal action and then passed via nozzles to a toroidal shaped cavity for further pressurization. After passing through said circular shaped cavity, the fluid passes through nozzles oriented to discharge forward, in the direction of rotation, and then the fluid is passed through a reaction type turbine wheel with inward flow, to generate the power. Work is required to rotate the pressurizer, and work is obtained from the turbine, and the difference between the two amounts of work is the work output for the power generator. Heat is added to the working fluid of the power generator from external sources. Working fluid may be either a gas or a liquid. Normally, the working fluid is maintained within the power generator at an elevated pressure.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating power by passing a fluid from a higher energy level to a lower energy level by compressing said fluid first in a continuous flow centrifuge rotor and then reducing the pressure of said fluid in an inward flow reaction turbine section. The fluid enters the first rotor at center and leaves the second rotor at center, and vanes are provided within both rotors to assure that said fluid will rotate with said rotors. Nozzles are provided near the periphery of the first rotor to increase the absolute tangential velocity of the fluid leaving said first rotor; the tangential velocity of second rotor near rotor tip is greater than said first rotor tangential tip velocity. The said fluid is contained within said rotors, and passes from said second rotor to said first rotor near rotor center.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for compressing and expanding a fluid by passing said fluid through a rotating continuous flow centrifuge wherein said fluid is pressurized by centrifugal action on said fluid by said centrifuge rotor. Said rotor is provided with passageways for said fluid with vanes placed therewithin assuring that the fluid will rotate with said rotor. After compression, said fluid is passed in compressed state through nozzles near the periphery of said rotor with said nozzles oriented to discharge said fluid backward thus reducing the absolute tangential velocity of said fluid. After passing said nozzles, said fluid is passed through inward extending passageways to exit near the rotor center. Cooling is provided for said fluid during said compression, and heating is provided during expansion in said inward extending passages. As an alternate, two rotors may be employed, wherein said fluid is passed to a second rotor for said expansion and for deceleration.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transferring heat from a source at a lower temperature to a fluid at a higher temperature by employing a rotating centrifuge and a compressor to compress a gaseous first fluid with accompanying temperature increase and then transferring heat from said first fluid to a second fluid being in heat exchange relationship with said first fluid within said centrifuge. The first fluid is then allowed to expand within the rotor and heat is added during and after expansion from a third fluid being in heat exchange relationship with said first fluid. The first fluid is normally a gas, the second fluid may be a gas or a liquid, and the third fluid may be a gas or a liquid. Typical first fluid may be carbon dioxide, second fluid be water, and third fluid be water.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for compressing fluid by passing said fluid through a rotating continuous flow centrifuge wherein said fluid is pressurized by centrifugal action on said fluid by said centrifuge rotor. Said rotor is provided with passageways for said fluid with vanes placed therewithin for assuring that the fluid will rotate with said rotor. After compressing occurs, said fluid is passed in compressed state to a second rotor wherein energy contained in said fluid is converted to work, with said fluid being passed within fluid passageways in said second rotor inwardly to an exit at center, with vanes ensuring that said fluid second rotor will rotate with said fluid for receiving the work associated with deceleration of said fluid. Cooling may be provided during compression of said fluid by circulating a coolant in heat exchange relationship with said fluid. Nozzles may be provided near the first rotor periphery for decelerating said first fluid.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating power by passing a motivating fluid from a higher energy level to a lower energy level by compressing said fluid within a centrifuge type first rotor and discharging said fluid via nozzles near the first rotor periphery forwardly in the direction of rotation to a second rotor which is an inward flow type reaction turbine, then passing said fluid through a regeneration type heat exchanger to transfer heat from the inward bound fluid into outward bound fluid, after which the fluid is cooled in a heat exchanger to its original temperature and is passed outward again thus completing its cycle. Heat is added to said fluid near the periphery of the second rotor, or the heat may be added near the periphery of the first rotor, or both. Additionally, the fluid may be supplied to the unit from outside source, and returned to such outside source, and the cooling thus may be eliminated from the unit. Further, the entering fluid from outside source may be at an elevated pressure.