Mark S Webb

US Patent:

20110023489, Feb 3, 2011

Filed:

Aug 2, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/848388

Inventors:

Sanza T. Kazadi - Alhambra CA, US
Mark Webb - Santa Monica CA, US

Assignee:

JISAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE - Alhambra CA

International Classification:

F01K 25/08

US Classification:

60671

Abstract:

A novel pump design for energy and volatile substances exhibits a high level of reliability and durability with minimal amount of wear on parts constituting the novel pump design. In one embodiment of the invention, a volatile substance is transformed from a solid state or a liquid state to a gaseous (i.e. vaporized) state using a thermal transfer method at a vaporizer, and transformed back to the solid state or the liquid state at a condenser after traveling through an energy conduit (e.g. a continuous cavity). Physical properties of matter such as pressure differences, diffusion, forward, and reverse thermal transfer methods are utilized for operation of a pump according to an embodiment of the invention. A heating mechanism which maintains the interior of the energy conduit above a threshold temperature of the volatile substance can be utilized for a greater pump efficiency.