Method of energy separation and apparatus for carrying out the same

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF FORMING AT LEAST TWO STREAMS AT DIFFERENT ENERGY LEVELS BY THE DIRECT TRANSFER OF ENERGY IN A FIRST FRAME OF REFERENCE BETWEEN PORTIONS OF AN INITIAL FLUID FLOW INDEPENDENTLY OF VISCOUS STRESSES AND DISSIPATIVE TRANSPORT PROCESSES, COMPRISING FEEDING IN SAID FIRST FRAME OF REFERENCE AN INITIAL FLOW UNDER PRESSURE WHILE CONFINING AND CONTROLLING THE SAME SO AS TO CONSTANTLY FORM A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE STREAMS THEREFROM WITH SAID STREAMS AND SAID INITIAL FLOW AT LEAST AT THE POINTS WHERE SAID STREAMS DIVERGE FROM SAID INITIAL FLOW FORMING A FLOW FIELD IN WHICH SAID STREAMS ARE DIFFERENTLY DIRECTED AND IN WHICH THE FLOW VELOCITIES RELATIVE TO A SECOND FRAME OF REFERENCE MOVING IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST FRAME OF REFERENCE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY INVARIANT WITH RESPECT TO TIME AT ALL SAID POINTS WHICH ARE FIXED IN SPACE IN SAID SECOND FRAME OF REFERENCE, THE PARTICLES IN AT LEAST ONE OF SAID STREAMS HAVING IN SAID SECOND FRAME OF REFERENCE A VELOCITY COMPONENT IN THE DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO SAID PREDETERMINED DIRECTION AND THE PARTICLES IN AT LEAST ANOTHER OF SAID STREAMS HAVING IN SAID SECOND FRAME OF REFERENCE A VELOCITY COMPONENT IN SAID PREDETERMINED DIRECTION, UTILIZING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REACTIONS OF SAID ONE AND SAID OTHER OF SAID STREAMS TO SUSTAIN MOTION OF SAID FLOW FIELD RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST FRAME OF REFERENCE, WHEREBY IN SAID FIRST FRAME OF REFERENCE THE KINETIC ENERGIES OF THE PARTICLES OF SAID ONE OF SAID STREAMS AND OF THE OTHER OF SAID STREAMS ARE LOWER AND HIGHER RESPECTIVELY THAN IN SAID SECOND FRAME OF REFERENCE SO THAT IN SAID FIRST FRAME OF REFERENCE ENERGY IS TRANSFERRED FROM THE PORTION OF SAID INITIAL FLOW THAT FORMS SAID ONE OF SAID STREAMS TO THE PORTION OF SAID INITIAL FLOW THAT FORMS THE OTHER OF SAID STREAMS INDEPENDENTLY OF MIXING, DIFFUSION AND HEAT TRANSFER THEREBETWEEN, AND SEPARATELY COLLECTING AND LEADING AT LEAST ONE OF SAID STREAMS TO A UTILIZATION SPACE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF FORMING AT LEAST TWO STREAMS AT DIFFERENT ENERGY LEVELS BY THE DIRECT TRANSFER OF ENERGY IN A FIRST FRAME OF REFERENCE BETWEEN PORTIONS OF AN INITIAL FLUID FLOW INDEPENDENTLY OF VISCOUS STRESSES AND DISSIPATIVE TRANSPORT PROCESSES, COMPRISING FEEDING IN SAID FIRST FRAME OF REFERENCE AN INITIAL FLOW UNDER PRESSURE WHILE CONFINING AND CONTROLLING THE SAME SO AS TO CONSTANTLY FORM A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE STREAMS THEREFROM WITH SAID STREAMS AND SAID INITIAL FLOW AT LEAST AT THE POINTS WHERE SAID STREAMS DIVERGE FROM SAID INITIAL FLOW FORMING A FLOW FIELD IN WHICH SAID STREAMS ARE DIFFERENTLY DIRECTED AND IN WHICH THE FLOW VELOCITIES RELATIVE TO A SECOND FRAME OF REFERENCE MOVING IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST FRAME OF REFERENCE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY INVARIANT WITH RESPECT TO TIME AT ALL SAID POINTS WHICH ARE FIXED IN SPACE IN SAID SECOND FRAME OF REFERENCE, THE PARTICLES IN AT LEAST ONE OF SAID STREAMS HAVING IN SAID SECOND FRAME OF REFERENCE A VELOCITY COMPONENT IN THE DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO SAID PREDETERMINED DIRECTION AND THE PARTICLES IN AT LEAST ANOTHER OF SAID STREAMS HAVING IN SAID SECOND FRAME OF REFERENCE A VELOCITY COMPONENT IN SAID PREDETERMINED DIRECTION, UTILIZING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REACTIONS OF SAID ONE AND SAID OTHER OF SAID STREAMS TO SUSTAIN MOTION OF SAID FLOW FIELD RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST FRAME OF REFERENCE, WHEREBY IN SAID FIRST FRAME OF REFERENCE THE KINETIC ENERGIES OF THE PARTICLES OF SAID ONE OF SAID STREAMS AND OF THE OTHER OF SAID STREAMS ARE LOWER AND HIGHER RESPECTIVELY THAN IN SAID SECOND FRAME OF REFERENCE SO THAT IN SAID FIRST FRAME OF REFERENCE ENERGY IS TRANSFERRED FROM THE PORTION OF SAID INITIAL FLOW THAT FORMS SAID ONE OF SAID STREAMS TO THE PORTION OF SAID INITIAL FLOW THAT FORMS THE OTHER OF SAID STREAMS INDEPENDENTLY OF MIXING, DIFFUSION AND HEAT TRANSFER THEREBETWEEN, AND SEPARATELY COLLECTING AND LEADING AT LEAST ONE OF SAID STREAMS TO A UTILIZATION SPACE.