ANALYTICAL APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING THE PRESSURE DROP POTENTIAL IN CONVECTIVE VORTEX HEAT ENGINES

This paper presents a new analytical approach for estimating the pressure drop potential in proposed technical concepts in which convective vortices are to be used as heat engines. The main novelty is analytical connection of the well-known CAPE value with the magnitude of the pressure potential. The proposed analytical approach is important and useful for research in energy concepts where convective vortices are to be used as sources of mechanical work for electricity production. Furthermore, it is the first approach developed by which the pressure drop potential can be calculated for concepts utilising convective vortex heat engines, and it is an important step forward for the theoretical research of alternative energy concepts with convective vortices.