Buoyancy and thermal differentials energy generator

Claim 1

A method of traducing into useful energy the buoyancy power of a circulating generative fluid assisted by a heating means in operative communication with at least one independent high temperature source, said generative fluid rising within a standing liquid and revolving a floturbine essentially composed of an endless sequence of closable tube segments supported by frame means including at least one upper and at least one lower rotor and having at least a rising length, said method comprising the steps of: a) accumulating the generative fluid in liquid state within circulating means; b) allowing to flow the liquefied generative fluid powered by its own hydrostatic pressure through heating means to be energized by exposition to the heat of said at least one independent high temperature source; c) accumulating the energized generative fluid within a funneling inlet chamber or gas accumulator(38) arid within said rising length adjacent thereat such that the tube segments turn on the lower rotor to wall the accumulated generative fluid rising length therein; d) closing the gates of at least one of said closable tube segments in said rising length causing the endless sequence of tube segments to move around a fixed path thereby generating useful energy; e) opening the gates of the topmost closable tube segment of said rising length to release the generative fluid.

Claim 2

A method of traducing into useful energy the buoyancy power of a circulating generative fluid assisted by a heating means in operative communication with at least one independent high temperature source, said generative fluid rising within a standing liquid and revolving a floturbine essentially composed of an endless sequence of closable tube segments supported by frame means including at least one upper and at least one lower rotor and having at least a rising length, said method comprising the steps of: a) accumulating the generative fluid in liquid state within circulating means; b) allowing to flow the liquefied generative fluid powered by its own hydrostatic pressure through heating means to be energized by exposition to the heat of said at least one independent high temperature source; c) accumulating the energized generative fluid within a funneling inlet chamber or gas accumulator(38) arid within said rising length adjacent thereat such that the tube segments turn on the lower rotor to wall the accumulated generative fluid rising length therein; d) closing the gates of at least one of said closable tube segments in said rising length causing the endless sequence of tube segments to move around a fixed path thereby generating useful energy; e) opening the gates of the topmost closable tube segment of said rising length to release the generative fluid.

Claim 4

A method of deriving energy from a temperature differential using heating means fed by independent energy sources, linking-circulating means and a circulating generative fluid having flotation power within a relatively standing liquid and moving a sequence of closable tube segments part of a floturbine having a rising length and substantially submerged in said liquid, said method comprising the steps of: (a) exposing the generative fluid to the heating means for energizing the fluid; (b) furnishing via said linking-circulating means the energized generative fluid into a gas accumulator adjacent said flotation turbine; (c) allowing the closable tube segments to control the energized generative fluid from the accumulator for rising within the liquid along said rising length; (d) releasing the generative fluid from said closable tube segments at a substantially topmost point of (e) capturing and condensing the released generative fluid in the circulating means using at least an external low temperature source, and (f) recirculating the condensed generative fluid.

Claim 5

A method of deriving energy from a temperature differential using heating means fed by independent energy sources, linking-circulating means and a circulating generative fluid having flotation power within a relatively standing liquid and moving a sequence of closable tube segments part of a floturbine having a rising length and substantially submerged in said liquid, said method comprising the steps of: (a) exposing the generative fluid to the heating means for energizing the fluid; (b) furnishing via said linking-circulating means the energized generative fluid into a gas accumulator adjacent said flotation turbine; (c) allowing the closable tube segments to control the energized generative fluid from the accumulator for rising within the liquid along said rising length; (d) releasing the generative fluid from said closable tube segments at a substantially topmost point of (e) capturing and condensing the released generative fluid in the circulating means using at least an external low temperature source, and (f) recirculating the condensed generative fluid.

Claim 8

A system including a floturbine for converting into usable energy the buoyancy power of a circulating generative fluid rising within a standing liquid part of a passageway therefore defining an upstream and a downstream directions, said system comprising: (a) a closed-loop tube defining an internal plenum; (b) a support structure including at least one upper and one lower rotors rotatably engaging said closed-loop tube thereon such that same defines a substantially vertical rising length terminated top and bottom by arcuate transition lengths in turn connected by a return length to define said closed-loop tube as substantially continuous and confined to a continuous cyclic path and motion around said rotors; (c) said closed-loop tube as mounted on said support structure defining an inner side engaging said rotors and being defined by an endless sequence of closable tube segments; (d) each tube segment having at least one gate with an open mode and a closed mode in which it closes off said internal plenum, and (e) motive means for selectively opening and closing said at least one gate as a function of the position of the respective gate in said cyclic path such that there is always at least one closed gate in said vertical rising length to capture buoyant gas to drive the tube around said cyclic path, whereby the buoyancy power of said generative fluid fills said rising length, and at least one of said closable tube segments closes its gates capturing said buoyancy power for revolving the flotation turbine thus transducing buoyancy into useful energy.

Claim 9

A system including a floturbine for converting into usable energy the buoyancy power of a circulating generative fluid rising within a standing liquid part of a passageway therefore defining an upstream and a downstream directions, said system comprising: (a) a closed-loop tube defining an internal plenum; (b) a support structure including at least one upper and one lower rotors rotatably engaging said closed-loop tube thereon such that same defines a substantially vertical rising length terminated top and bottom by arcuate transition lengths in turn connected by a return length to define said closed-loop tube as substantially continuous and confined to a continuous cyclic path and motion around said rotors; (c) said closed-loop tube as mounted on said support structure defining an inner side engaging said rotors and being defined by an endless sequence of closable tube segments; (d) each tube segment having at least one gate with an open mode and a closed mode in which it closes off said internal plenum, and (e) motive means for selectively opening and closing said at least one gate as a function of the position of the respective gate in said cyclic path such that there is always at least one closed gate in said vertical rising length to capture buoyant gas to drive the tube around said cyclic path, whereby the buoyancy power of said generative fluid fills said rising length, and at least one of said closable tube segments closes its gates capturing said buoyancy power for revolving the flotation turbine thus transducing buoyancy into useful energy.