Donald Rohwer
Burbank, CA (USA)
Role(s):
Other
TRIDENT ENGINEERING
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Location:
Burbank
Industry:
Invention
Year Founded:
2012
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Business Stage:
Creation/Idea
Entity Type:
Sole Proprietorship
Description:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
I have designed a balanced radial power stroke turbo-piston hybrid engine. Unlike the axial flow of a jet or turbine which requires massive volumes of flow along the axis of rotation to create power, the turbo-piston creates compressive force in expanding chambers along the circumference of the power disk turbo-piston.
The TRIDENT engine is a light weight, high power, fuel efficient, environmentally friendly engine. The TRIDENT can be configured with a variable number of cylinder chambers that can be daisy-chained along a common drive shaft to increase power requirements. The engine can be configured to accommodate land, sea and aircraft applications for civil and military use. I have engineered the parts for CNC ready Machining.
The design is simple which makes manufacturing highly cost effective and maintenance low. The turbo-piston has few moving parts other than its own spinning motion. The intake ports and exhaust ports have no moving parts. Timing triggers are all incorporated into the power turbo-piston for future electronic control devices.
Small volumes of high pressure super heated steam provide the power. 12 power strokes per revolution on each turbo-piston create massive power potential. Heat pump recapture techniques employed in the design greatly reduces the external fuel requirements to conserve working temperatures. The power vector is farther from the center of rotation than a conventional drive shaft giving the TRIDENT a 3 to 1 or better leverage advantage.
A variety of energy storage devices are incorporated in the design. Beside the conventional fuel tank and electrical battery systems; the engine itself is a heat storage ’battery’ when encased in insulation. Clutching the engine allows the turbo-pistons to freely rotate turning them into fly-wheel momentum ‘batteries’. Both of these ‘batteries’ can be remain fully charged with very small kicks from electric or fuel combustion energy sources.
I think that the TRIDENT engine is an ideal design for future power plants, and meet or exceed the requirements of law, consumer demands or military applications.