US 7,320,218 B2
Method and system for generation of power using stirling engine principles
Guy Silver, 1071 Lackawanna Ct., Sunnyvale, Calif. 94087 (US); and Juinerong Wu, 1071 Lackawanna Ct., Sunnyvale, Calif. 94087 (US)
Filed on Feb. 09, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/54,057.
Application 11/054057 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/963274, filed on Oct. 12, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0075753 A1, Apr. 13, 2006
Int. Cl. F01B 29/10 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 60—517  [50/519; 50/524] 111 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rotary engine, comprising:
a housing including a chamber having, during operation, a first zone which receives energy from a heat source and a second zone which is maintained at a temperature that is lower than the temperature in the first zone;
an insulator separating the first zone from the second zone;
a first fluid provided within the chamber, the first fluid maintaining the same phase between the first zone and the second zone; and
a set of blades within the chamber structurally adapted such that, an expansion or contraction of the first fluid acting on the set of blades sets the set of blades into non-oscillating motion;
wherein the first fluid flows inside the chamber in an unenclosed channel, or a discontinuous, enclosed channel.