Claims near-perfect efficiency...
RU2101521
METHOD OF AND DEVICE FOR
CONVERTING HEAT RECEIVED BY WORKING MEDIUM OF HEAT ENGINE
FROM HEATER, IN PARTICULAR, HEAT RECEIVED FROM SURROUNDING
MEDIUM, INTO MECHANICAL WORK
Abstract -- FIELD: power
plant engineering. SUBSTANCE: closed thermodynamic process is
realized in proposed method in which liquid and steam phases
of working medium are separated at minimum cycle temperature
and then gaseous phase is compressed adiabatically to heater
temperature. In device containing standard members of piston
heat engine, working cylinders are divided into two blocks,
one of which is in heat contact and in balance with heater,
and in other block each cylinder is adiabatically insulated.
EFFECT: improved efficiency of conversion of heat energy into
mechanical energy.




