Standing bow shock electrical power generator
CA 1114878 A · Owner: Kwan, Joe W.M. · Inventors: Ahlborn, Boye; Kwan, Joe W.M.
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Boye Ahlborn, Joe W.M. Kwan ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE, Apparatus for generating electric power directly from a supersonic gas flow. An obstacle is positioned in the supersonic gas flow to establish a standing shock wave having a potential gradient. A pair of electrodes one located in the upstream direction from the shock wave and the other located in the downstream direction from the shock wave, are used to extract power from the potential gradient.
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- Granted December 22, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 22, 1998.
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