Inventors:
Carl D. Nicodemus - Mumford NY
Blake T. Nicodemus - Perry NY
Assignee:
Helios Research Corp. - Mumford NY
International Classification:
F04F 500
F04F 548
B05B 700
Abstract:
A hydrokinetic amplifier 10 having a primary liquid input formed into a primary liquid jet surrounded by a motivating vapor that transfers vapor momentum to the primary liquid jet and accelerates the primary liquid jet through a minimum cross-sectional area 20 upstream of a diffuser is provided with a secondary inlet that admits a secondary fluid to merge with the primary liquid jet in a diffuser 16 beyond the minimum cross-sectional area. Without varying the primary inflows of liquid and vapor, the secondary flow varies inversely with the fluid flow resistance of the output load; and this can be used to vary the volume, pressure, and temperature of the output. The product of the pressure and volume of the combined flows can exceed the product of the pressure and volume of the primary flow, and change in the load resistance can be used to turn the secondary flow on and off for adding a material to the primary flow.