CA2354658A1 - Hydrogen combustion robotic propulsion engine - Google Patents

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CA2354658A1
CA2354658A1 CA002354658A CA2354658A CA2354658A1 CA 2354658 A1 CA2354658 A1 CA 2354658A1 CA 002354658 A CA002354658 A CA 002354658A CA 2354658 A CA2354658 A CA 2354658A CA 2354658 A1 CA2354658 A1 CA 2354658A1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64GCOSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/22Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/40Arrangements or adaptations of propulsion systems
    • B64G1/401Liquid propellant rocket engines
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64DEQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D27/00Arrangement or mounting of power plants in aircraft; Aircraft characterised by the type or position of power plants
    • B64D27/02Aircraft characterised by the type or position of power plants
    • B64D27/16Aircraft characterised by the type or position of power plants of jet type
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64GCOSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/22Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/40Arrangements or adaptations of propulsion systems
    • B64G1/402Propellant tanks; Feeding propellants
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02KJET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F02K9/00Rocket-engine plants, i.e. plants carrying both fuel and oxidant therefor; Control thereof
    • F02K9/42Rocket-engine plants, i.e. plants carrying both fuel and oxidant therefor; Control thereof using liquid or gaseous propellants
    • F02K9/44Feeding propellants
    • F02K9/56Control
    • F02K9/58Propellant feed valves
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02TCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T90/00Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02T90/40Application of hydrogen technology to transportation, e.g. using fuel cells

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Abstract

Computer controlled hydrogen combustion robotic propulsion engine including a circular-elliptical thermally insulated high pressure and high temperature combustion chamber interfaced by a flange port having a concentric spark plug threaded port and a threaded steel tube coupling; The flange forms a watertight manifold port with inner face nozzle orifices drilled concentric to facilitate ignition and cooling of the spark plug. A
common steel tube is coupled to the flange port and two check valves each leading to an electric servo-valve and pressurized water and hydrogen fuel supplies. A piston pressure regulated servo-check-valve at the opposite exhaust outlet port having a compression spring and a pressurized air supply to provide steam operating pressure and temperature control within the combustion chamber for Z axis propulsion control according to a pressure transducer. Two encoded electric servomotors interfaced to the exhaust propulsion steering nozzle X
and Y-axis provide jet propulsion steering according to manual or automatic computer control. The water and hydrogen combustion engine has numerous potential applications including aircraft, propulsion to conventional power plants as an environment friendly replacement to conventional boilers for electric power generation.

Description

TITLE: HYDROGEN COMBUSTION ROBOTIC PROPULSION ENGINE
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to an environment friendly computer controlled spherical or circular-elliptical water and hydrogen fuel combustion engine for robotic jet propulsion and to provide a direct replacement interface to conventional turbines of stationary electricity generating power stations, or interfaced to Servomotor-Generators, or with encoded X, Y, Z steering propulsion control for applications within water, the atmosphere and outer space vehicles; and more particularly, for propulsion of ROBOTIC SUPER-TRANSPORTERS, GPS ROBOTIC INTERMEDIATE SPACE STATIONS, GPS ROBOTIC OCEAN SPACE STATIONS and GPS ROBOTIC
SUBMERSIBLE SPACE STATIONS for the eventual colonization of intermediate space, ocean space and submersible space.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Conventional transportation of cargo and passengers with cars, trucks, airplanes and the like with contemporary combustion engines and fuels, account for a major part of the present environment pollution globally.
Electric power generating plants are other major polluters of the environment. Renewable electricity provides a means to dissociate water into hydrogen fuel, which can be recombined with water and electric ignition to provide controlled non-polluting propulsion steam directly without a boiler and applied directly to electric power generation or propulsion. The recent Canadian patent applications filed by this inventor according to Patent Attorney File No. JJ 11 308CA, CIRCULAR ELLIPTICAL ROBOTIC SUPER-TRANSPORTER and File No. JJ 11 207CA, HYDROGEN ROTARY GENERATOR, describe rotary combustion engine apparatus powered by a mixture of hydrogen fuel and water for the conversion to electricity and propulsion at once.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The environment friendly HYDROGEN COMBUSTION
ROBOTIC PROPULSION ENGINE according to the present invention has pressurized water and hydrogen fuel supplies interfaced by electric servo valves and ball check valves into a common high pressure supply line interfaced by a threaded coupling to a flange with a watertight nozzle manifold with a plurality of concentrically disposed nozzle orifices and a concentric threaded high voltage spark plug for ignition controlled in harmony with the fuel servo valves and the Z axis propulsion control valve according to computer control.
The specific design shape of the combustion chamber and power rating choice can potentially be of either small or immense scales according to specific applications. Basically, it can operate in outer space and underwater and as a robotic jet propulsion engine to suit aircraft and numerous other applications. It provides certain advantages over the HYDROGEN ROTARY
GENERATOR in certain specific applications such as:
direct interfacing to conventional electric power generating plants propeller-generators and direct interfacing to electric servomotor-generator-flywheels.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Preferred embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an overall assembly of « hydrogen combustion robotic propulsion engine interfaced to the specific controls to achieve manual and automatic computer control in harmony of propulsion.
FIG. 2 is partial center cut view of the flange assembly adapted to the combustion chamber to show the relative position to the spark plug to the fuel injection ring multi-orifice nozzles.
FIG. 3 is a partial cut view of an overall assembly of servo-exhaust check valve adapted to the combustion chamber exhaust port and providing an interface either directly or to a robotic propulsion nozzle according to specific application.
FIG. 4 is a partial cut view of the hydrogen fuel and water combustion chamber to show the reinforcing strut frames, insulation and reflective stainless steel cover.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the servo-exhaust valve assembly module FIG. 3.
FIG. 6 is a partial cut view of the X-Y axis propulsion module with the arrows showing the Z-axis propulsion flow, the pivoting assembly within two roller bearings, a sprocket wheel and link chain interfaced to the X-axis servomotor and the Y-axis motor adapted to the X-axis frame and coupled by means of a worm gear to the exhaust nozzle.
FIG. 7 is one of two pivoting roller bearings providing supxvort to the steering nozzle within the flange assembly.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
An object according to a preferred embodiment of the invention is to provide an environment friendly water and hydrogen combustion engine having the ratio of water and hydrogen fuel mixture and exhaust pressure release, provide a means of exhaust temperature and propulsion speed control.
Another object is to provide a circular elliptical combustion chamber of suitable premium materials for high temperature and strength according to specific power ratings being thermally and acoustically insulated to ensure maximum operation efficiency.
Another object is to provide combustion engines, which can be directly applied to propellers in conventional electricity generating plants as an environment friendly alternative or to electric servomotor-generator flywheels.
Another object is to provide an encoded electric servomotor interfacing the combustion engine frame and the steering nozzle by means of sprocket wheel and a link chain as a means to provide X axis propulsion control.
Another object is to provide an encoded electric servomotor interfacing the X axis ball joint frame and the steering nozzle by means of a worm gear link to the steering nozzle as a means to provide Y axis propulsion control.
Another object is to provide and exhaust servo check-valve interfaced to an air pressure transducer as mean to provide an electrically encoded means to provide Z axis propulsion control.
Another object is to provide high-pressure rated check valves to the water and hydrogen fuel supply lines before the respective servo valves couplings.
Another object is to provide a spark plug that is specifically adapted to the application.
Another object is to provide a layer of insulation and a reflective polished stainless steel sheet metal covering over the insulating material.
Anotl-ier object is to provide a pair of roller bearings to the steering nozzles interfacing frame.
Another object is to provide an array of contemporary transducers to suit sophisticate robotic computer control manual and automatic operation of the engine.
An object according to an embodiment of the present invention is to provide a hydrogen fuel and water internal combustion engine generally shown as 10 in FIG.1 having a circular-elliptical combustion chamber 11 high-pressure hydrogen fuel supply source 12 with a shut off valve 13 electric servo valve 14 a check valve 15 coupled to a T 16. A high-pressure water source 17 with a shut off valve 18 E~:lectric servo valve 19 and electric servo valve 20 to T 16 to complement the combustion fuel source. An electric power source 21 couple to high voltage ignition supply control module 22 and spark plug 23 are operated in coordination with the hydrogen and water supply port 24 according to automatic computer control provide by the servos 14, 19 and 22. Circular elliptical combustion chamber 11 has a reflective polished stainless steel covering 25 for protection of sound and thermal insulation layer 26. A plurality of mounting frames 27.
Exhaust servo check valve 28 has flanges 29 and 30 control port 31 by means of pressure regulating servo valve 32 for Z-axis propulsion control, shut off valve 33 and high pressure air supply 34, which provide an interface of the basic hydrogen and water combustion engine to numerous potential applications as a source of precise pressurized steam, such as to electric power generating plants as a replacement for conventional boilers. Hollow ball joint frame 35 is controlled by encoded servomotor 36 by means of link chain 37 to provide the X-axis propulsion control and nozzle propulsion steering nozzle 38 is driven by encoded servomotor 39 assembled ob flange 40 to drive worm gear 41 to provide the Y-axis propulsion control according to computer control servo 42. as indicated by arrows 43.
FIG. 2 is a center cut view of the ignition flange manifold 45 module bolted down to combustion chamber 11 by a plurality of bolts 46 and adapted with threaded fuel pot 24 and ignition spark plug 23 in position. The high pressure hydrogen fuel and water mixture are circulated through a ring shaped manifold 48 and exits at a plurality of drilled nozzles 49 to disperse the combined mixture 50 for ignition by spark plug 23, which is partially cooled by the fuel flow manifold 48. The ignition flange is watertight sealed by two Teflon sealing rings 51.
FIG. 3 is a center cut view of the combustion exhaust servo check valve generally shown as 28 assemble to exhaust port frame 11 by a plurality of screws 52 and watertight sealed by Teflon seal 53 and a replaceable high temperature material valve seat frames 54 and 55 having a safety shutoff compression spring 56. A threaded pipe fitting 57 provides a coupling means for the piston cylinder 58 assembled to check valve frame 55 by means of a plurality of screws 59, reciprocates within cylinder wall 60 sealed by Teflon sealing rings 61 and 62. The air pressure at port 57 provide a means to regulate the combustion exhaust pressure indicated by arrows 63 in symbiosis and harmonized by servo valves 14, 19, 32 and ignition control module 22 according to a specific manual or automatic computer control program.
FIG. 4 is a partial cut view of the hydrogen fuel and water combustion chamber generally shown as 11 to better show the layer of insulating material 26 and stainless steel sheet metal covering to provide thermal and sound insulation enclosing a plurality of longitudinal reinforcing strut walls 64 with mounting frames 27 and fuel flange ports 65 and exhaust flange ports 66 to inner wall 67 circular elliptical chamber.
FIG. 5 s a perspective view of the exhaust control check valve module generally shown as 28 with a flange 68 providing an interfacing means of the basic environment friendly combustion engine to numerous potential applications, including the X and Y-axis propulsion steering nozzle generally shown as 38 having two mounting flanges 69 with two roller bearings 70 riding inside on a V shape ring shape guide frame 71 on tubular frame 72 supported by a plurality of bolts through ports 73. A Teflon cup seal 74 inside flange 40 provides an exhaust seal. Bronze worm gear 41 assembled on stainless steel nozzle 38 is engaged to a lubricated hard steel lead screw 75 driven by the encoded servomotor 39 assemble on frame 40 to provide the Y-axis propulsion.
X-axis servomotor 39 is assembled to flange 69 to drive tubular frame 72 with sprocket wheel 76 driven by link chain 37 and encoded servomotor 36 to provide the X-axis control according to manual and automatic computer control servo 42. Partial cut view of the stainless steel frame 77 provides an inside view of the hollow ball joint formed with steering nozzle 38 inside.
FIG. 6 is an overall view of one of two, conventional roller bearing 70.
In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, the principles and mode of operation of the invention have been explained and illustrated in its preferred embodiment. However, it must be understood that the invention may be practiced otherwise than specifically illustrated and described without departing from its spirit or scope.
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Claims (6)

1. Hydrogen combustion robotic propulsion engine apparatus comprising:
a pressurized source of hydrogen and water in appropriate mixture rates is supplied according to electric servo valves as a form of fuel into a sound and thermally insulated circular-elliptical combustion chamber;
a inlet port module having a threaded coupling to the fuel supply tube and a threaded port for a spark plug concentric to a plurality of nozzle orifices drilled into a ring manifold leading to the fuel supply, having two sealing rings to form a watertight seal and keep the spark plug relatively cool;
a computer control servo valve and a check valve for the hydrogen and water supply lines operating in symbiosis with a time and voltage control module to fire the spark plug in harmony with contemporary transducers to provide sophisticate manual and automatic computer controlled combustion and propulsion.
a layer of acoustic and thermal insulation over the combustion chamber covered by a polished stainless steel reflective sheet metal forming a watertight covering to protect the insulation layer;
a plurality of peripheral radial mounting frames to provide a firm support of the combustion engine frame;
a propulsion exhaust servo check computer controlled valve module to provide an output interface of the basic combustion engine to the specific application;
a sprocket gear and a link chain interfaced to an encoded servomotor to provide X-axis of an optional propulsion steering nozzle;
a worm gear and a lead screw interface driven by a Y-axis of propulsion steering nozzle according to an encoded electric servomotor assembled on the X-axis controlled frame, with the servo check valve, the fuel supply and ignition control modules providing for the Z-axis propulsion control.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the basic engine design may optionally operate with other fuel mixtures.
3. The apparatus according to claim 2 wherein the basic combustion engine is directly applied to conventional electric power generating plants as a replacement for conventional boilers powered polluting fossil fuels.
4. The apparatus according to Claim 2 wherein the basic combustion engine is adapted with a X, Y-axis propulsion steering nozzle for numerous applications ranging in size from miniature to immensely powerful applications.
5. The apparatus according to claim 4 wherein the steering nozzle is applicable directly into the water to surface and submersible vessels of kinds and sizes to provide environment friendly non-polluting propulsion.
6. The apparatus according to claim 4 wherein the engine is adapted to aircraft propulsion within the atmosphere and outer space for cargo and passenger airliners with potential for an immense legacy for peace and prosperity, worldwide.
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