METHOD OF OPERATION OF THERMOGENERATOR Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: power engineering; generation of thermal energy and supply of this energy to consumer by means of generated bi-agent heat transfer medium. SUBSTANCE: proposed method includes delivery of liquid, propellant and oxidizer, mixing propellant and oxidizer, burning this mixture, noncontact heating of liquid being fed by heat of incomplete combustion products of propellant, obtaining bi-agent heat transfer medium at contact of heated liquid with combustion products and discharge of bi-agent heat transfer medium thus obtained. Liquid is fed under pressure of 50 to 100 atm and is additionally heated by heat of propellant combustion products to temperature of 120-900 C; contact of liquid with propellant complete combustion products takes place in jet flow whose static pressure is increased from magnitude of pressure of propellant complete combustion products to magnitude of stagnation pressure at which bi-agent heat transfer medium is discharged. EFFECT: enhanced operational efficiency of thermogenerator due to increased degree of heating heat transfer medium and reduced power requirement. 1 dwg