5 - Applications

Figure 1 shows the simplest model of Turbivo application to an external combustion engine with no heat exchanger.

It is based on the Joule cycle as used in modern gas turbines.

Consider the classic case of air as the combustive fluid.

Air enters the compressor (2) through (1) at ambient temperature and exits compressed through (3). It then enters the combustion chamber (5) through (4) in order to supply oxygen to the fuel and form a gas that increases in temperature and therefore volume.

It exits through (6) and enters the pressure reducer valve (8) through (7) with a greater volume than the volume in the compressor (2) in a ratio equal to the volume of gases in combustion and their initial volume.

It exits through (9) at a temperature as close as possible to ambient temperature.