US Patent Issued to Engine Development on March 4 for "Multifuel closed-loop thermal cycle piston engine, system and method" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,432, issued on March 4, was assigned to Engine Development Corp LLC (Spring Valley, Calif.).

"Multifuel closed-loop thermal cycle piston engine, system and method" was invented by Ralph T. Worthington (Spring Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multifuel closed-loop thermal cycle piston engine, system and method. An externally-fired continuous combustion piston-driven engine configured to employ water injection post combustion to maintain a temperature of exhaust gas at a set point to form a closed-loop thermal cycle. A multifuel closed-loop thermal cycle piston engine includes a drive stage, a compression stage separate ...