Continuous flow combustion engine

Claim 1

IN A PROCESS FOR GENERATING POWER IN A POWER PLANT HAVING A COMBUSTION ENGINE INCLUDING A COMBUSTION CHAMBER WHEREIN FUEL IS BURNED AND THE RESULTING HOT PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION ARE USED AS THE WORKING FLUID FOR THE ENGINE, SUCH AS A GAS TURBINE, AND IN WHICH LIQUID HYDROCARBON FUEL IS MIXED WITH IN A PROPORTION SUCH THAT IN THE PRESENCE OF HEAT SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF SAID LIQUID FUEL AND AT LEAST PART OF SAID WATER WILL BE CONVERTED TO HYDROGEN AND CARBON MONOXIDE, SAID MIXTURE OF FUEL AND WATER BEING HEATED AT LEAST PARTIALLY TO AN ENDOTHERMIC REACTION BY WASTE HEAT FROM THE TURBINE TO FORM A GASEOUS FUEL CONTAINING HYDROGEN AND CARBON MONOXIDE HAVING A HIGHER HEAT CONTENT THAN SAID LIQUID FUEL, SAID GASEOUS FUEL BEING BURNED IN SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER TO PRODUCE HOT COMBUSTION GAS, AND PASSING THE HOT COMBUSTION GAS INTO SAID ENGINE FOR ACTUATING SAID ENGINE, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING USING THE HEAT OF THE COMBUSTION GAS BETWEEN TWO STAES IN THE TURBINE AND AT A HIGH ENOUGH TEMPERATURE TO COMPLETE SAID ENDOTHERMIC REACTION.