5 - Applications

Figure 2 shows the simplest model of turbivo application to an external combustion with 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.

The air enters heat exchanger (10) through (11) at ambient temperature to then enter the compressor (2) at the exchange temperature and exit compressed through (3). It enters the combustion chamber (5) through (4) to supply oxygen to the fuel, forming a gas which, on changing, will increase the temperature and thus the 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 ratio between the volume of combustion gases and their initial volume.

It exits through (9) at a temperature as close as possible to ambient temperature to enter the heat exchanger and release most of its residual heat into the combustive air and exit in principal at ambient temperature.