An engine and corresponding driving propulsion system may provide continuous force necessary to keep the engine operating. Utilizing two pressurized tanks with high and low pressures may provide a continuous flow of pressure to the engine necessary for it to operate.

A pneumatic engine, comprising: a rotating outer ring (1), an intermediate shaft (2), a direct drive power core (3), and left and right baffles (4) and (5) where the rotating outer ring (1), the direct drive power core (3), and the left and right baffles (4) and (5) are coaxially provided on the intermediate shaft (2), the rotating outer ring (1) is integrally connected to the left and right baffles (4) and (5) to engage with the intermediate shaft (2) via a bearing, and a closed space is formed, the intermediate shaft (2) is provided with a master air inlet (21) and a master air outlet (22), the direct drive power core (3) is provided with a logarithmic spiral line runner, multiple drive grooves (11) are provided on an inner ring surface of the rotating outer ring (1). The pneumatic engine has a simple structure, high transmission efficiency and strong endurance.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for operating an engine having a cylinder and a piston reciprocable therein on compressed gas. The apparatus comprises a source of compressed gas connected to a distributor which distributes the compressed gas to the cylinder. A valve is provided to selectively admit compressed gas to the cylinder when the piston is in an approximately top dead center position. Compressed gas is provided by a compressor comprising a axial compressor, a deflector blade which is located downstream of the axial compressor, a radial compressor which is located downstream of the deflector blade and a housing with a which encloses the axial compressor, deflector blade, and radial compressor.

This Hydrostatic/Hydro-Power engine's power to create energy arises from compression chambers filled by the force of Gravity to full capacity with water and is immediately ready to be instantly pressurized, amazingly enough, to virtually thousands of pounds (PSI). This uses an intensifier piston assembly pushing a small Force of compressed air against surfaces of water in the chambers. A computer program manages a repeating cycle of compression (PSI) and kinetic hydro-power bursts from chambers which collectively comprises a powerful hydro-power flow. This is by automated opening and closing of certain valves in connecting conduits. After/as pressurized water is expelled from a chamber, gravity almost instantly floods the vacant space again with enough water to reach full capacity, in reverse order the refilling water pushes the intensifier's piston upward in its cylinder, simultaneously ejecting the air from the piston's chamber space, thus the piston is reset to repeat another cycle.

This Hydrostatic/Hydro-Power engine's power to create energy arises from compression chambers filled by the force of Gravity to full capacity with water and is immediately ready to be instantly pressurized, amazingly enough, to virtually thousands of pounds (PSI). This uses an intensifier piston assembly pushing a small Force of compressed air against surfaces of water in the chambers. A computer program manages a repeating cycle of compression (PSI) and kinetic hydro-power bursts from chambers which collectively comprises a powerful hydro-power flow. This is by automated opening and closing of certain valves in connecting conduits. After/as pressurized water is expelled from a chamber, gravity almost instantly floods the vacant space again with enough water to reach full capacity, in reverse order the refilling water pushes the intensifier's piston upward in its cylinder, simultaneously ejecting the air from the piston's chamber space, thus the piston is reset to repeat another cycle.

The present invention concerns an air motor comprising a piston and a housing, the piston being received in the housing and dividing the housing into two primary chambers of variable volume. Said motor comprises a first direct supply valve for supplying a first primary chamber of the two primary chambers and a second direct supply valve for supplying the other primary chamber, said two valves each being movable relative to at least one respective seat. The first valve and the second valve are mounted on a same stem movable relative to the housing in a direction parallel to the direction of movement of the piston, and the stem is configured to be moved between a first position and a second position by moving means activated by the piston.

An active chamber engine, includes at least one piston (2) slidingly mounted in a cylinder (1) and operating according to a three-phase thermodynamic cycle including an isobaric and isothermal transfer, a polytropic expansion with work and an exhaust at ambient pressure, which is preferably supplied with compressed air contained in a high-pressure storage tank (12), in which the volume of the cylinder (1) swept by the piston is divided into an active chamber (CA) and an expansion chamber (CD), and in which the compressed air is used to move the intake valve (9) in order to open and then close the intake duct, making it possible to supply the active chamber of the engine, the compressed air having been used for the actions then being reused in the engine to produce additional work.

An active chamber engine, includes at least one piston (2) slidingly mounted in a cylinder (1) and operating according to a three-phase thermodynamic cycle including an isobaric and isothermal transfer, a polytropic expansion with work and an exhaust at ambient pressure, which is preferably supplied with compressed air contained in a high-pressure storage tank (12), in which the volume of the cylinder (1) swept by the piston is divided into an active chamber (CA) and an expansion chamber (CD), and in which the compressed air is used to move the intake valve (9) in order to open and then close the intake duct, making it possible to supply the active chamber of the engine, the compressed air having been used for the actions then being reused in the engine to produce additional work.

A pneumatic regenerative system for a railway vehicle equipped with a plurality of axles includes a plurality of pneumatic drive mechanisms coupled to each of the plurality of axles. Each pneumatic drive mechanism includes an accumulator and a pneumatic device. The pneumatic device may in some examples be a reversible air motor device. The accumulator is operable to receive and store pressurized air. The reversible air motor device is coupled to the accumulator and one of the plurality of axles of the vehicle. The reversible air motor device is operable in a first configuration and a second configuration. During a braking operation of the railway vehicle, the reversible air motor device in the first configuration is driven by rotation of the one of the plurality of axles to generate and store pressurized air in the accumulator. During an acceleration operation, of the railway vehicle the reversible air motor device receives pressurized air from the accumulator to drive rotation of the one of the plurality of axles.

Methods of powering a heat engine with a remote lasers are disclosed, where the ambient air surrounding the engine is used as the working fluid. All methods include inputting the ambient air into the engine, absorbing laser optical radiation, turning it into heat, supplying the heat to the air, harvesting mechanical work from expanding air and releasing the air back into surrounding atmosphere.