Power generating means
Abstract
Abstract UTILIZING THE NATURAL FORCES OF OSMOSIS INHERENT IN NATURE A POWER GENERATOR IS PROVIDED INCLUDING A POROUS CONTAINER HAVING A SURROUNDING INTERNAL AND/OR EXTERNAL SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE AND CONTAINING A SOLUTION OF RELATIVELY HIGH MOLECULAR C ONCENTRATION SELECTIVE TO SAID MEMBRANE, WHICH CONTAINER IS MOUNTED IN A CHAMBER INTO WHICH A SOLVENT IS INTRODUCED, SAID SOLVENT FLOWING BY OSMOSIS THROUGH SAID SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE INTO SAID SOLUTION CONTAINER, THE RESULTING INCREASED LIQUID VOLUME IN SAID CONTAINER FORCIBLY EXTENDING AN ASSOCIATED PISTON TO PRESSURABLY ENGAGE AND COMPRESS THE AIR OR OTHER FLUID IN AN ADJACENT PRESSURE CELL TO CRETE PRESSURE THEREIN PROVIDING A SOURCE OF POTENTIAL POWER FOR ANY DESIRED PURPOSES.
Inventors
- 👤 Maxwell H Weingarten
- 👤 Robert J Weingarten
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