Power generating system

Claim 1

An electric power generating system comprising: motor vehicle means defining a trunk storage compartment, passenger compartment and an engine compartment and including a chassis; an internal combustion engine retained in said engine compartment; exhaust means defining a passage for discharging exhaust gases produced by said internal combustion engine; primary heat exchange means comprising a muffler and a catalytic converter, and coupled to said exhaust means, said primary heat exchange means including primary chamber means, a muffler chamber defined by said muffler and a converter chamber defined by said catalytic converter, said primary heat exchange means adapted to transfer thermal energy from the exhaust gases to a working fluid in said primary chamber means; cooling system means for circulating cooling liquid in a path that results in removal of thermal energy from said internal combustion engine; auxiliary heat exchange means coupled to said cooling system means and defining auxiliary chamber means, said auxiliary heat exchange means adapted to transfer thermal energy from the cooling fluid to a working fluid in said auxiliary chamber means; expander means mounted under said chassis and having rotor means adapted to be driven by expansion of a circulatory working fluid; working fluid tubulation means for circulating a working fluid through said primary chamber means, said auxiliary chamber means and said expander means; electrical generator means mounted under said chassis and coupled to said rotor means so as to be driven thereby; air conditioner means disposed in said trunk storage compartment and adapted to produce cooling air flow into said passenger compartment, said air conditioner means comprising electric motor means connected to be energized by said electric generator means; and electrical energy storage means connected to receive electrical energy from said electrical generator means.