High Efficiency Hydrogen Turbine

Abstract

Hydrogen is combusted in Oxygen to generate extremely high temperature steam. By feeding the combustion generated steam directly into a steam turbine, unprecedented high conversion efficiency to electricity is achieved.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for generating electrical power comprising:
 a source of hydrogen fuel;   a source of combustion oxygen;   a combustor comprising a burner for burning the hydrogen fuel in oxygen thereby generating a super high temperature supply of steam; and   at least one or more steam turbine driven by the super high temperature steam to generate electrical power.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the supply of super high temperature steam is directed to the steam turbine without any external water source. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the supply of super high temperature steam is directed to the combustor without any external steam source. 
     
     
         4 . A method of generating power comprising the steps of:
 burning hydrogen in oxygen and thereby generating a source of super high temperature steam which is not cooled by adding a water or external steam source to the process;   driving one or more steam turbines with the super high temperature steam to generate electrical power, to drive pumps or compressors, or to drive a shaft for some useful purpose.