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PROVISIONALPATENTAPPLICATION

INVENTORS:

RICHARDE.AHO

WILLIAMWALTERMEE

FOR

CAVITATIONENGINE

LUEDEKANEELYGROUP,P.C.

RichardE.Aho P.O.Box1871,KnoxvilleTN37901

4170N.W.42St.

LauderdaleLakes,FL33319 1.865.546.4305 （Tel）

WilliamWalterMee 1.865.523.4478 （Fax）

8591PioneerRoad

WestPalmBeach,FL33411 RFOX@LUEDEKA.COM

AllUnitedStatesCitizens AttorneyDocket:

69935.PV

CAVITATIONENGINE

FIELD

[0001]Thepresentdisclosurerelatestoacavitationengine.Moreparticularly,thedisclosurerelatestoacavitationenginestructurethatenablesimprovedefficiency.

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BACKGROUNDANDSUMMARY[0002]Improvementisdesiredintheconstructionofenginesorthelikethatgeneratesteam.

[0003]Thedisclosureadvantageouslyprovidesacavitationengineconfiguredtoproducesuperheatedsteam.Thecavitationengineincludesapre-heatedimpactchamberconfiguredtoreceiveinjectedfluid,suchashyperbaricwater,injectedatsupersonicvelocitiesandinamannertomaximizetheformationofbubblesintheinjectedfluid.Theimpactchamberisconfiguredtointeractwiththeinjectedfluidtopromotecavitationoftheinjectedfluidandgenerateveryhighpressure.

BRIEFDESCRIPTIONOFTHEDRAWINGS[0004]Furtheradvantagesofthedisclosureareapparentbyreferencetothedetaileddescriptionwhenconsideredinconjunctionwiththefigures,whicharenottoscalesoastomoreclearlyshowthedetails,whereinlikereferencenumbersindicatelikeelementsthroughouttheseveralviews,andwherein:

[0005]FIG.1isaperspectiveviewofacavitationengineaccordingtothedisclosure.

[0006]FIG.2isafrontalviewofthecavitationengineofFIG.1,withaportioncutawaytoshowinternaldetails.

[0007]FIG.3isacross-sectionalviewtakenalonglineA-AofFIG.2.

[0008]FIG.4isadetailedviewofaportionofFIG.3.

[0009]FIG.5isatopviewofthecavitationengineofFIG.1.

[0010]FIG.6isabottomviewofthecavitationengineofFIG.1.

[0011]FIG.7isatransparentperspectiveviewofthecavitationengineofFIG.1.

[0012]FIG.8isatransparentfrontalviewofthecavitationengineofFIG.1.

[0013]FIG.9showsvariouscross-sectionalanddetailedviewsofthecavitationengineofFIG.1.

[0014]FIG.10isapartslistofthecavitationengineofFIG.1.

[0015]FIG.11isagraphshowingoperationofacavitationengineaccordingtothedisclosure.

DETAILEDDESCRIPTION[0016]Withreferencetothedrawings,thedisclosurerelatestoasteamengine,andinparticulartoacavitationengine.Thecavitationengineproducessuperheatsteambyinjectinghyperbaricwateratsupersonicvelocitiesintoaspeciallyconfigured,heatedimpactchamberconfiguredtopromotecavitationoftheinjectedwaterandgenerateveryhighpressurethatcanbeusedtogenerateelectricityorotherwisedharnessedasanenergyoutput.Theimpactchamberisinitiallypre-heatedto375degreesF.Oncetheengineisoperating,theenergysuppliedforthepre-heatingmaybeceased,asthetemperatureoftheimpactchamberwillremainabove375degreesFduetotheoperationoftheengine.

[0017]Cavitationreferstotheformationofvaporcavitiesinaliquid.Thevaporcavitiesarecharacterizedassmallliquid-cavitation-freezonesinthenatureofbubblesorvoidsthataretheconsequenceofcavitationalforcesactingupontheliquid.Cavitiationoccurswhenaliquidissubjectedtorapidchangesofpressurethatcausetheformationofcavitieswherethepressureisrelativelylow.Whensubjectedtohigherpressure,asinthecaseofthecavitationengineaccordingtothedisclosure,thevoidsimplodeandgenerateanintenseshockwaveandhighpressure.

[0018]Inaccordancewiththedisclosure,whentheinjectedwatercollideswiththeimpactchamberwallashockwaveoccursandthewaterisshatteredandinstantlytransformedintosuperheatsteam.Thecavitationenginehassubstantiallyimprovedefficiencyascomparedtoconventionalsteamengines,suchasconventionalexternalcombustionRankineCyclesteamboilers.

[0019]Ithasbeenobservedthattheangleofincidenceandtheproximityoftheimpactsurfacewallarecriticaltothefunctioningofthecavitationengineofthedisclosure.Thetypeofelectronicpiezofuelinjectorutilizedtoejectthewaterfractionpreferablyhasinjectororificesorientedatsuchanangletotheimpactchambersurfaceastoproduceanearlyperpendiculartrajectory.Thisgeometryisshowninthecross-sectionalviewsoftheimpactchamber,suchasFIGS.2-4.Thisgeometrydesirablyproducesveryhighwaterhammerpressureduringcollisionofthewaterfraction

[0020]Inthisregard,thetiming,distanceandgeometryoftheimpactmodulearecriticalindesiredoperationoftheenginesystemandtheproductionofheat.Theenginesystemoperateswithpressuresbetween15000-28000psiandavarietyofinjectororificed